Activities of Astrid LULLING related to 2012/0298(APP)
Plenary speeches (1)
Enhanced cooperation on the financial transaction tax (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
RECOMMENDATION on the proposal for a Council decision authorising enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of financial transaction tax PDF (135 KB) DOC (69 KB)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 3 #
-H. whereas Parliament, in its position of 23 May 2012, highlighted the importance of FTT being implemented at Union level and stressed that the Union should take a lead in efforts to reach an agreement on FTT at a global level,
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas Parliament, in its position of 23 May 2012, stated that the model for FTT proposed by the Commission would be a suitable basis for implementation within a group of Member States should they choose to move faster by means of enhanced cooperation and that, taking into account that FTT will achieve its objectives if it is introduced at a global level, the Union should lead efforts to reach agreement on FTT at a global level,
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital -I (new)
Recital -I (new)
-I. whereas Parliament, in its position of 23 May 2012, requested that the Commission conduct regular reviews on the application of FTT in order to reassess at least its impact on the proper functioning of the internal market, the financial markets and the real economy,
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas enhanced cooperation will respect the rights, competences and obligations of the non-participating Member States, inasmuch as the possibility of raising harmonised FTT on the territories of the participating Member States does not affect the availability affects neither the ability of non- participating Member States to maintain or introduce similar taxation at a national level nor the conditions ofor raising FTTsuch taxes on their territories of non-participating Member States,
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital -N (new)
Recital -N (new)
-N. whereas existing Union law, in particular the Council Directive 2008/7/EC, must be complied with,
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas before the Commission presents its new proposal to introduce FTT it should further investigate, in an impact assessment, two crucial points: the effects on the internal market and its direct and indirect effects on non- participating Member States,