On 4 July 2016, officials from Romania and Uzbekistan signed a protocol to the 1996 income and capital tax treaty between the two countries. The protocol reportedly updates Articles 2 (Taxes Covered) and 3 (General Definitions), replaces Article 27 (Exchange of Information) and adds Article 27A (Assistance in Tax Collection).

The protocol is the first to amend the treaty, and will enter into …