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Activities of Gilles LEBRETON related to 2018/2121(INI)

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Amendments (9)

Amendment 437 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51 a (new)
51a. Calls for discussion to determine what should be done with the proceeds of fines imposed under European regulations for unlawful State aid, the object being to ensure that, when fines relate to laws or rulings which allow aggressive tax optimisation, they benefit countries whose public finances have been wrongfully deprived of revenue and not countries which have passed such laws or granted such rulings;
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 685 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4.2 a (new)
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 778 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 116 a (new)
116a. Regrets that the TAXE3 Committee did not have the time to devote more attention to specific cases of financial crime; draws attention, in this regard, to the case of the Kazakh oligarch Mukhtar Ablyazov, sentenced to life in prison in his country for murder and convicted of embezzling an estimated USD 7.5 billion in clients' deposits and pensions from Bank Turan Alem (BTA), of which he was chairman; notes, in this connection, that in the proceedings against him in the United Kingdom, where he first sought exile before fleeing to France, it was found that Mr Ablyazov made extensive use of opaque offshore structures to channel the embezzled funds as well as certain loans granted by EU credit institutions; notes that he was also able to operate under false identities, visibly and with the connivance of certain administrations; recalls that many building projects had to be stopped when the BTA financial support disappeared, as a direct result of the wrongdoing of Mr Ablyazov; notes that Mr Ablyazov has been convicted in the United Kingdom, France and Kazakhstan and is subject to an international arrest warrant issued by Ukraine and Russia; is surprised at the decision of the Council of State of 9 December 2016, given that all Mr Ablyazov’s cassation appeals had been systematically rejected up until 5 October 2016; calls on the authorities of the Member States concerned to implement the necessary legal remedies to ensure that the court decisions can be enforced and the sums recovered.
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 1235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 200
200. WelcomNotes the participation and input of stakeholders as referred to in Annex XX on TAX3 committee hearings;
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 1237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 201
201. Takes note of the persons who refused to participate in TAX3 committee hearings as referred to in Annex XXDeplores the fact that some of the persons referred to in Annex XX refused to participate in TAX3 committee hearings; regrets that no sanctions of any kind could be found for cases where no reason was given for this refusal and asks the institutions to bear this attitude in mind during any future dealings with the persons concerned;
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 1245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 203 a (new)
203a. Regrets that the hearings with business representatives were not long enough to be able to go into the details of the tax plans and arrangements set up by these multinationals ; deplores the often insipid and general nature of the answers and presentations, which were often just public relations exercises; recommends supplementing the hearings by Members of the European Parliament with widespread use of the formula whereby a panel of specialist journalists or whistle- blowers confront business representatives, in order to give greater depth and substance to the exchanges;
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 1251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 204
204. Reiterates its call on the Commission to use the procedure laid down in Article 116 TFEU which makes it possible to change the unanimity requirement in cases where the Commission finds that a difference between the provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States is distorting the conditions of competition in the internal market;deleted
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 1257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 205
205. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to propose qualified majority voting for specific and pressing tax policy issues where vital legislative files and initiatives aimed at combating tax fraud, tax evasion, aggressive tax planning or financial crimes have been blocked in the Council to the detriment of Member States;deleted
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3
Amendment 1269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 206
206. Stresses that all scenarios should be envisaged and not only shifting from unanimity to qualified majority voting through a passerelle clause; calls on the Commission to issue its proposal before the end of its current mandate, early 2019;deleted
2018/12/20
Committee: TAX3