(5) Da der ikke er sket nogen samordning af de nationale ordninger for beskatning af indtægter fra opsparing i form af rentebetalinger, navnlig ikke med hensyn til behandlingen af rentebetalinger, der modtages af ikke-hjemmehørende personer, er det for øjeblikket ofte muligt for personer hjemmehørende i medlemsstaterne at unddrage sig enhver form for beskatning i deres bopælsland af rentebetalinger modtaget i en anden medlemsstat.
(5) In the absence of any coordination of national tax systems for taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments, particularly as far as the treatment of interest received by non-residents is concerned, residents of Member States are currently often able to avoid any form of taxation in their Member State of residence on interest they receive in another Member State.