It was unusual for two countries as politically intertwined by virtue of their membership in the European Union and their long-standing economic and commercial ties to be without a treaty. The new treaties with Denmark and Greece will facilitate cross-border commerce and investments, including the movement of cross-border employees between the countries party to the treaties, by reducing or eliminating double taxation on the same income.
With respect to the termination by Mali and Niger of their tax conventions with France, treaty benefits enjoyed by individual taxpayers would no longer be available when each convention is terminated. As a result, benefits of lower, preferential tax rates on certain income (e.g., interest, dividends), exclusion for certain employment income, as well as relief from double taxation would expire with the termination. This could give rise to double taxation without relief for individual taxpayers and higher international assignment costs for mobility programmes as concerns mobile employees between France and Niger and between France and Mali.