Activities of Nikolaos CHOUNTIS related to 2011/0341B(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Action programme for taxation (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the amended proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an action programme for taxation in the European Union for the period 2014-2020 (Fiscalis 2020) and repealing Decision No°1482/2007/EC PDF (287 KB) DOC (406 KB)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2α) The operational objective of the Fiscalis 2020 programme should be to defend the interests of the Union, the Member States and EU taxpayers and not simply those of the tax authorities. Furthermore, information systems must be an instrument which supplements and underpins a European fiscal policy based on social justice and fairness and geared towards growth and redistribution.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) In order to combat fraud, tax evasion and tax avoidance and uphold the interests of EU taxpayers, thereby achieving the objective of the Fiscalis 2020 programme, the EU must display firm resolve in dealing with ‘professional tax-dodgers’. Actions taken as part of this programme must be based on a European fiscal strategy seeking to get to grips with the serious problem of tax shopping, of effective control and taxation of offshore companies and of the notorious tax havens springing up in the EU and at the same time protect EU taxpayers and wage-earners from any change of course leading to the imposition of socially unjust taxes.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) To support the process of accession and association by third countries, the programme should be open for the participation of acceding and candidate countries as well as potential candidates and partner countries of the European Neighbourhood Policy if certain conditions are fulfilled. Considering the increasing interconnectivity of the world economy, the programme continues to provide for the possibility to involve external experts, such as representatives of governmental authorities, economic operators and their oganisations or representatives of international organisations, in certain activities and provided that it is limited to combating tax fraud and evasion.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The specific objective of the programme shall be to improve the operation of the taxation systems, in particular through cooperation between participating countries, their tax authorities, and their officials and external experts.