22 Amendments of David CASA related to 2018/2121(INI)
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. WelcomNotes the re-launch of the CCCTB project in a two-step approach, with the Commission’s adoption of interconnected proposals on CCTB and CCCTB; calls on the Council to swiftly adopt them, takingtake into consideration Parliament’s opinion that already includes the concept of virtual permanent establishment that would close the remaining loopholes allowing tax avoidance to take place and level the playing field in light of digitalisation;
Amendment 455 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
Amendment 465 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
55. UnderlinNotes that a high share of foreign direct investment held by special purpose entities exists in several Member States, particularly in Malta, Luxembourg and the Netherlands;41 _________________ 41 Kiendl Kristo I. and Thirion E., op. cit., p.23.
Amendment 471 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
Amendment 478 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
Amendment 489 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
59. Calls on the Commission to carry out, within two years, fitness checks of the interconnected legislative and policy initiatives aimed at addressing the use of letterbox companies in the context of tax fraud, tax evasion, aggressive tax planning and money laundering;
Amendment 543 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71
Paragraph 71
71. WelcomNotes the opening of infringement procedures by the Commission on 8 March 2018 against Cyprus, Greece and Malta to ensure that they stop offering unlawful favourable tax treatment for private yachts, which distorts competition in the maritime sector;
Amendment 546 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71 a (new)
Paragraph 71 a (new)
71a. Condemns the singling out of some member states on the tax treatment of private yachts despite some larger member states having similar systems;
Amendment 597 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 84
Paragraph 84
Amendment 783 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 116 a (new)
Paragraph 116 a (new)
116 a. Notes that the financial advisers Nexia BT that allegedly planned to use Pilatus Bank for the purpose of money laundering and created the highly suspect financial structures exposed by the Panama Papers for Maltese PEPs continue to operate without consequence;
Amendment 784 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 116 b (new)
Paragraph 116 b (new)
116 b. Notes that Malta's FIAU has yet to take any action against Nexia BT as well as its managing partners Brian Tonna and Karl Cini whose beach of AML rules are well-documented and in the public domain, further notes that Brian Tonna and Karl Cini continue to hold their accountancy warrants and that Karl Cini remains a member of the ACCA.
Amendment 785 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 116 c (new)
Paragraph 116 c (new)
116 c. Calls on Maltese authorities and bodies regulating and overseeing the accountancy profession to take appropriate action including the launching of investigative and disciplinary processes against Nexia BT, Brian Tonna and Karl Cini;
Amendment 786 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 116 d (new)
Paragraph 116 d (new)
116 d. Notes that Maltese PEPs Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri exposed by the Panama Papers and the reporting of the Daphne Project as being involved in international corruption and money laundering continue to hold their posts in the Maltese government and to escape justice;
Amendment 787 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 116 e (new)
Paragraph 116 e (new)
116 e. Notes that revelations concerning the ownership of the UAE-based company 17 Black provides further evidence of the involvement of Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri in international corruption and money laundering;
Amendment 788 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 116 f (new)
Paragraph 116 f (new)
116 f. Demands the dismissal of Maltese PEPs suspected of corruption and money laundering currently holding positions at the highest levels of the Maltese government and for efforts to obstruct justice to cease;
Amendment 1194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 186 a (new)
Paragraph 186 a (new)
186 a. Notes that at the time that investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated she was working on the largest leak of information she had ever received that originated from the servers of ElectroGas, the company operating Malta's power station. Further notes that the ownership of the UAE- based company that was to transfer large amounts of money to Maltese PEPs responsible for this power station is the director and shareholder of ElectroGas.
Amendment 1195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 186 b (new)
Paragraph 186 b (new)
186 b. Demands a full independent public inquiry into the role of the Maltese State in the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia;
Amendment 1202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 188
Paragraph 188
188. Deplores the fact that investigative journalists are often victims of abusive lawsuits intended to censor, intimidate and silence them by burdening them with the costs of legal defence until they are forced to abandon their criticism or opposition; recalls that these abusive lawsuits constitute a threat to fundamental democratic rights, such as to freedom of expression, freedom of the press and freedom to disseminate and receive information; calls on the Member States to put in place mechanisms to prevent strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP); considers that these mechanisms should take duly into consideration the right to a good name and reputation; calls ondemands that the Commission to assess the possibility of takingakes concrete, decisive legislative action in this area;
Amendment 1250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 204
Paragraph 204
Amendment 1267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 205
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;
Amendment 1272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 206
Paragraph 206