Activities of Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS related to 2013/0045(CNS)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a Council directive implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of financial transaction tax PDF (306 KB) DOC (411 KB)
Amendments (22)
Amendment 24 #
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) Calls on the Commission to demonstrate in a comprehensive impact assessment and cost benefit analysis that any enhanced cooperation will respect the competences, rights and obligations of those Member States which do not participate in it.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) It is important to emphasize that non- participating Member States' interests should be taken into account after the this Directive on enhanced cooperation has been implemented since the introduction of the tax will effect the single market as a whole. A tax with a narrower tax base would reduce the negative effects of the tax.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Transactions on public debt from EU Member States should not be included in the scope of the tax
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19 a (new)
Recital 19 a (new)
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 b (new)
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 c (new)
(7 c) 'SME, small and medium-sized enterprises' means a company that has an average market capitalisation of less than EUR 200 000 000 in accordance with Article 4 (12) in Regulation No.../...[MiFID];
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point f
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point f
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
(12a) 'Public debt' means debt titles issued by any of the levels of administration of a participating Member State.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) SME growth markets;
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c b (new)
(cb) Small and medium-sized enterprises;
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c c (new)
(c c) a pension fund or an institution for occupational retirement provision as defined in Article 6(a) of Directive 2003/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council36 , an investment manager of such fund or institution;
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point g a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point g a (new)
(ga) Transactions of public debt.
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point g b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point g b (new)
(gb) Transactions with any financial product issued by SMEs
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point g c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point g c (new)
(g c) A reverse repurchase agreement, a repurchase agreement, a contractual agreement on securities lending and borrowing.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point g d (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 4 – point g d (new)
(gd) Currency and interest rate related derivatives as specified in MiFID Annex 1 Section C.
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
In the case of financial transactions referred to in point 2(c) of Article 2(1) and, in respect of derivative contracts, in points 2(a), 2(b) and 2(d) of Article 2(1), the taxable amount of the FTT shall be the notional amounteconomic value referred to in the derivatives contract at the time of the financial transaction.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Those rates shall not be lower thanbe:
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) 0,02% on over the counter derivatives
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a (new)
Article 15 a Establishment of the FTT Committee 1. The Commission shall establish an expert working group (the FTT Committee) comprising representatives from all EU Member States, the Commission, the ECB, and ESMA to assist participating Member States in the effective implementation of this Directive and prevent tax fraud, evasion and avoidance and to preserve the integrity of the Single market. 2. The FTT Committee shall assess the effective implementation of this Directive, assess the effects on the single market, for participating and non participating Member States, and detect avoidance schemes including abusive arrangements as defined in Article 14 in order to propose countermeasures, where appropriate, making full use of Union law in the field of taxation and financial services regulation and of the instruments for cooperation on tax matters established by international organisations including the OECD and the Council of Europe.