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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>As an aside and addressed to no one in particular, it occurs to me that for those who are truly concerned about maintaining the technical integrity and global seamlessness of the Internet should be looking to find appropriate and globally equitable means for taxation of Internet related activities rather than presenting ideologically based anti-tax posturing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>France may or may not succeed with this particular initiative, but behind them are most of the other OECD countries and behind them is the rest of the world looking to get some fair share from rapidly escalating Internet based revenues. Better to my mind to have a reasonable and technically compliant plan in place than to attempt to play catch up as every country thunders forward with its own national taxation scheme and chaos in some form ensues…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(Anyone want to bet that the clever boffins in the OECD aren't already working in this direction?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Nick Ashton-Hart<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 22, 2013 2:17 PM<br><b>To:</b> William Drake<br><b>Cc:</b> governance@lists.igcaucus.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [governance] France Proposes an Internet Tax<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>We've found that there's a need for much more coordination and consultation between ministries responsible for ITU matters and trade ministries. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Nick Ashton-Hart<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Geneva Representative<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Computer & Communications Industry Assocation (CCIA)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Tel: +41 (22) 534 99 45<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Fax: : +41 (22) 594-85-44<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mobile: +41 79 595 5468<span class=apple-style-span> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>USA DID: +1 (202) 640-5430<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>Need to meet with me? Schedule the time that suits us both here: <a href="http://meetme.so/nashton">http://meetme.so/nashton</a></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my one of my handheld thingies, please excuse linguistic mangling.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On 22 Jan 2013, at 21:22, William Drake <<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Jan 22, 2013, at 9:18 PM, Nick Ashton-Hart <<a href="mailto:nashton@ccianet.org">nashton@ccianet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Palatino","serif"'>It would not be possible for a measure to target foreign companies only - that would breach France's WTO obligations (and that of many other countries were they to try to do the same thing).</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>A small problem that seemed to receive zero discussion among the proponents in Dubai<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>