14 Amendments of Corien WORTMANN-KOOL related to 2010/2105(INI)
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned that there is a high risk that the momentum behNotes the rapid evolution of the debate concernindg the proposal to introduce a global FTT is about to be lost and deplores the fact that the G20 has so far been unable to promotFTT and the increasingly differentiated evaluation of the feasibility, efficiency and effectiveness of such a tax as well as the emeanrgingful joint initiatives on this matter; calls on the G20 leaders to reach an agreement discussion concerning a Financial Activities Tax (FAT); calls on the G20 leaders to give guidance on the desired future onf the minimum common elements of a global FTTse various kinds of taxation;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Stresses that a European FTT should only be considered if the European Commission's impact assessment concludes that this is a viable option that does not cause a significant displacement of economic activity away from the European Union;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that within the centralised European market central clearing and settlement services make an EU FTT technically feasible,could facilitate the introduction of an FTT that could be cheap in administrative terms and simple to implement;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. CWelcomes the fact that the recent Commission Communication has announced an impact assessment on various options for the taxation of the financial sector and calls on the Commission also to address in its feasibility study the geographical asymmetry of transactions and revenues and the possibility of a graded or differentiated rate on the basis of the asset category, the nature of the actor involved or the short-term and speculative nature of the transaction; calls on the Commission to develop follow-up proposals based on the results of its impact assessment;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Calls on the Commission to produce a feasibility assessment in order to establish in the long run a system under which Member States may participate in the issuance of common European bonds; calls for the inclusion in such an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of all options, taking into account possible moral hazard implications for participating members;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Supports the idea of issuing common European bondsproject bonds to be administered by the European Investment Bank to finance Europe'’s significant infrastructure needs and structural projects in the framework of the EU 2020 agenda;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Supports, therefore, the introduction of a carbon tax on European sectors not covered bya strengthening of the Emissions Trading Scheme as well as a comprehensive revision of the energy taxation directive to make CO2 emissions and energy content one of the basic criteria for the taxation of energy products;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Believes adequate tools need to be found to impose a CO2 tax on imported products and services in order to rWarns against the risk of initiating trade wars as a resulet out competitive disadvantages for the internal marketf the imposition of a border tax based on the CO2 content of imported goods;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Believes thatCalls on the Commission to research the feasibility of a European carbon-added tax along the lines of VAT imposed on every product within the internal market would be the least distortive and fairest tool; suggests as an alternativealso calls on the Commission to explore the usefulness and feasibility of a Border Taxation Adjustment negotiated within the WTO framework to provide for the imposition of carbon tariffs on non-EU products imported into the internal market as an alternative to the carbon-added tax;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Understands that a Carbon Tax would be an instrument to reduce emissions rather than a long-term source of income, as this source would eventually dry up should that instrument be effective;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27 b. Points out that a common European carbon tax would have highly dissimilar effects on individual Member States; warns, in this respect,against the uneven burdens that such a tax would create;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Notes that there is as yet no clear idea to whom the proceedings thus collected are to be allocated;