8 Amendments of Markus FERBER related to 2022/2080(INI)
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the importance of safeguarding high standards of integrity, honesty and responsibility among public officials in the EU; calls on the Member States to ensure that they have measures and systems in place requiring public officials to declare relevanyt outside activities, employment, investments, assets and substantial gifts or benefits which may give rise to a conflict of interest with respect to their functions as public officials; highlights the importance of having systems in place to report and verify this information and independently assess conflicts of interest when they arise;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls onInvites the Commission and the Member States to recognise andfurther analyse and, where appropriate, address the potential risks of conflicts of interest stemming from the provision of legal advice, tax advice and auditing services when advising both corporate clients and public authorities; reiterates its call on the Commission to propose measures to clearly separate accountancy firms from financial or tax service providers as well as all advisory services;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. WelcomNotes the fact that the Commission is preparing new legislative initiatives in the field of the regulation of intermediaries through an act securing the activity framework of enablers (SAFE) in order to tackle the role of enablers involved in facilitating tax evasion and aggressive tax planning; awaits the Commission proposal without further delaynotes that such measures should be targeted and proportionate;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Welcomes that with the Directive on Administrative Cooperation a mandatory disclosure regime for certain cross-border tax arrangements has already been introduced; notes that more than a full year of reporting is completed; calls on the European Commission to analyse the depth and breadth of the reporting and identify possible shortcomings; calls on the Commission to keep the European Parliament informed about its findings;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is deeply disappointed by the failure of fWelcomes the decision of EU Finance mMinisters to adopt the much-neededa reform of the Code of Conduct for Business Taxation on 7 December 2021, after several unsuccessful attempts; condemns Hungary and Estonia, in particular, for blocking the reformduring their meeting of 8 November 2022;