Activities of Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM related to 2013/0024(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on information accompanying transfers of funds
Amendments (3)
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5 a) Special attention must be paid to the EU obligations set out in the Treaty of Lisbon in Article 208 on Policy Coherence for Development in order to stem the increasing trend of money laundering activities being moved from developed countries with stringent legislation into developing countries.
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12 a) In order to strengthen international cooperation on sharing information and best practices with third countries, the EU should support capacity-building programmes in developing countries.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
(1) Because a great proportion of illicit financial flows ends up in tax havens, the EU should increase its pressure on these countries to cooperate in order to combat such illicit financial flows and improve transparency.