17 Amendments of Tanja FAJON related to 2013/0000(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission's proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on 5 February 2013 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing (2013/0025 (COD)),
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
– having regard to The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations of February 2012 on International Standards on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the loss of revenues raises the deficit and debt levels of the Member States (MS), thereby reducing the funds available to fostering public investment, growth and employment, employment and protecting the public social services, threatened by the current fiscal crisis;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas tax fraud, tax avoidance and all forms of tax crime produce and further facilitate socially detrimental profiteering which leads to growing social inequality, increases citizens' mistrust in democratic institutions and cultivates an environment of democratic deficit;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas tax fraud and tax evasion constitute an illegal activity of evading tax liabilities, while, on the other hand, tax avoidance is the legal but improper and inherently malevolent utilisation of the tax regime to reduce or avoid tax liabilities;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas unilateral national measures have proven ineffective, inefficient and in some cases even detrimental to the cause, and this necessitates a coordinated and multi- pronged approach at national, EU and international level;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas investigative journalism, the non-governmental sector and the academic community have been instrumental in exposing cases of tax fraud, tax avoidance and tax havens and duly informing the public thereof;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Proposes the introduction of requirements for unconditional cooperation with the EU on money laundering, tax fraud and tax avoidance issues for MS and their dependant territories seeking financial assistance;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strictly apply the EU standards in tax related matters as a condition in their respective relations with third countries, in particular in cases of future bilateral or multilateral trade agreements;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to and the Member States closely review and duly implement the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations of February 2012;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to commit to an ambitious but realistic target of halving the tax gap by 2020, since this would gradually generate new tax revenue without raising tax rates and endangering the existing public social services;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Encourages the Commission to introduce proposals for a harmonised tackling of tax fraud under criminal law, in particular as regards crossborder and mutual investigations; bwelievcomes that explicit mentione Commission's proposed measure of listing of tax crimes as predicate offences to money laundering should be included in the review of the Thirdnew Anti- Money Laundering Directive (2013/0025 (COD)) and calls on the Council and the European Parliament to adopt without delay;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Encourages the Member States to adequately and swiftly transpose the new Anti-Money Laundering Directive (2013/0025 (COD)) and implement provisions which list tax crimes as predicate offences to money laundering in their national legislations;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider setting up measures to enable the social reuse of funds confiscated through criminal proceedings in cases of tax fraud and tax avoidance; therefore calls for a substantial part of the funds confiscated to be reused for social purposes and reinjected into the local and regional economies directly or indirectly affected by tax crimes;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to foster an environment where the role of the civil society in exposing cases of tax fraud and tax havens will be fully protected, inter alia by setting up effective systems of whistleblower and journalistic' sources protection;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Urges the Commission to compile and create a European blacklist of tax havens; calls on Member States to suspend or terminate existing Double Tax Conventions with jurisdictions that are on the blacklist, and to initiate Double Tax Conventions with jurisdictions that cease to be tax havens; and also consider reviewing and/or revoking licences for financial institutions which operate in blacklisted territories;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to review and reconsider any bilateral and/or multilateral agreement with jurisdictions listed on the blacklist;