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Committee Opinion | ENVI |
Lead committee dossier:
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TFEU 113Subjects
Events
The opinion of the Parliament in this consultation procedure is to reject the Commission proposal.
In procedural terms, the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission provides that the Commission shall undertake, if appropriate, to withdraw a legislative proposal that Parliament has rejected. If, for important reasons and after consideration by the College, the Commission decides to maintain its proposal, it shall explain the reasons for that decision in a statement before Parliament.
The Parliament rejected the Commission proposal.
As the Commission did not withdraw its proposal, the matter was thereby referred back to the committee responsible under Rule 52(3).
The committee adopted the report by Astrid LULLING (EPP-ED, LU) amending - under the consultation procedure - the proposed directive amending Directive 92/84/EEC on the approximation of the rates of excise duty on alcohol and alcoholic beverages. MEPs in the committee voted to repeal Article 1, Article 3(1) subparagraph 1 and Articles 4, 6 and 8 of Directive 92/84/EEC dealing with minimum rates of excise duty, and instead proposed that Member States, on a proposal from the Commission, should lay down a Code of Conduct no later than 31 December 2009 under which Member States with duties above the EU average would take steps to freeze and gradually lower them, and those with duties below the average would consider raising them by an appropriate amount, in both cases "depending on the status of their economic cycles".
The Council examined proposed adjustments to minimum excise duty rates on alcoholic beverages, aimed at countering the effects of inflation, and a proposed mechanism for review of the rates in order to cater for inflation in the future.
It invited the Commission to carry out a comprehensive study of the taxation of alcohol and alcoholic beverages, including trends in competitive positions and in levels of taxes and prices, and to present the results of that study during the first half of 2007, with a view to facilitating further Council decision-making as regards alcohol taxation.
PURPOSE : to update the existing Directive 92/84/EEC on the approximation of the rates of excise duty on alcohol and alcoholic beverages by increasing the minimum rates in order to restore their real value agreed by Council in 1992.
PROPOSED ACT : Council Directive.
CONTENT : u nder Article 8 of Council Directive 92/84/EEC on the approximation of the rates of excise duty on alcohol and alcoholic beverages, the Commission is required to undertake regular reviews and to produce a report, and where appropriate a proposal, upon which the Council shall examine the rates of duty laid down in that Directive.
The Commission's report, presented on 26 May 2004, concluded that more convergence of the rates of excise duty in the different Member States is needed so as to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market, in particular with regard to the potential for distortions of competition and fraud. However, given the widely differing views in the Member States about the appropriate levels of the minimum rates, and given that any change would require unanimous agreement, the Commission did not make a proposal at that time. Instead the Commission indicated that it wished to launch a broad debate in the Council, the European Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee and that on the basis of the outcome of this debate the Commission would then decide whether or not to submit proposals on all or some of the issues raised in the report.
Having assessed the position, the Commission proposes to amend Directive 92/84/EEC by:
- revalorising the minimum rates on alcohol, intermediate products and beer in line with inflation from 1993 to 2005, which is in the order of 31%, to take effect from 1 January 2008;
- providing, by way of derogation, transitional periods up to 1 January 2010 for those Member States that may have difficulties in increasing their national rates by 1 January 2008 to meet the revalorised minima, such transitional periods being determined by the efforts required of the Member States concerned;
- rendering the review procedure under Article 8 of the Directive more flexible and less onerous and to prolong the review period from 2 years to 4 years.
The primary purpose of revalorising the minimum rates is to restore their real value of 1992. Increasing minimum rates to account for inflation does not, by definition, produce real value increases. On the other hand, failure to maintain the specific minimum rates in line with inflation would result in erosion of their real value. Consequently, such increases in the minimum rates are necessary in order to maintain the level of rates which the Council agreed in 1992, as a requirement to ensure the functioning of the Internal Market without fiscal borders.
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2007)4170
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T6-0324/2007
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE386.495
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES0789/2007
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A6-0148/2007
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A6-0148/2007
- Committee draft report: PE384.545
- Debate in Council: 2766
- Debate in Council: 2759
- Legislative proposal published: COM(2006)0486
- Legislative proposal published: EUR-Lex
- Committee draft report: PE384.545
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A6-0148/2007
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES0789/2007
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE386.495
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2007)4170
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- Jim ALLISTER
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- Jan ANDERSSON
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- Jean-Pierre AUDY
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- Gerard BATTEN
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- Zsolt László BECSEY
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- Ivo BELET
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- Pervenche BERÈS
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- Bernadette BOURZAI
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- Ieke van den BURG
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- Françoise CASTEX
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- Charlotte CEDERSCHIÖLD
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- Philip CLAEYS
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- Bairbre de BRÚN
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- Martin DIMITROV
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- Christofer FJELLNER
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- Ilda FIGUEIREDO
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- Glyn FORD
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- Robert GOEBBELS
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- Hélène GOUDIN
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- Bruno GOLLNISCH
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- Françoise GROSSETÊTE
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- Pedro GUERREIRO
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- Roger HELMER
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- Gunnar HÖKMARK
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- Anna IBRISAGIC
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- Piia-Noora KAUPPI
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- Jörg LEICHTFRIED
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- Astrid LULLING
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- Mary Lou McDONALD
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- Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT
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- Jean-Claude MARTINEZ
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- Andreas MÖLZER
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- James NICHOLSON
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- Hubert PIRKER
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- Zdzisław Zbigniew PODKAŃSKI
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- Petre POPEANGĂ
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- Zuzana ROITHOVÁ
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- Antolín SÁNCHEZ PRESEDO
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- Carl SCHLYTER
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- Olle SCHMIDT
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- Marek SIWIEC
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- Margarita STARKEVIČIŪTĖ
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- Ivo STREJČEK
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- Andrzej Jan SZEJNA
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- Konrad SZYMAŃSKI
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- Marianne THYSSEN
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- Georgios TOUSSAS
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- Dominique VLASTO
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- Diana WALLIS
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- Thomas WISE
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Votes
Modification de l'ordre du jour - demande de renvoi du rapport Lulling (A6-0148/2007) #
BE | PT | RO | AT | DE | ES | CZ | HU | IT | EL | FR | DK | PL | EE | IE | LT | SK | BG | CY | MT | LU | NL | FI | SE | LV | GB | ||
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Total |
6
|
6
|
9
|
3
|
14
|
11
|
3
|
8
|
4
|
3
|
9
|
1
|
13
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
16
|
|
PSE |
59
|
4
|
5
|
Romania PSE |
3
|
Germany PSE |
1
|
Hungary PSE |
3
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
|||||||
UEN |
6
|
Poland UENFor (5) |
1
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Verts/ALE |
4
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
GUE/NGL |
4
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
ITS |
3
|
Romania ITSFor (1)Against (2) |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
NI |
1
|
1
|
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IND/DEM |
7
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
ALDE |
15
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
|||||||||||||||||
PPE-DE |
39
|
1
|
Germany PPE-DEAgainst (5) |
Spain PPE-DEAgainst (4) |
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
Poland PPE-DEAgainst (5) |
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
United Kingdom PPE-DEAgainst (4) |
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FR | DK | IE | EE | BG | IT | LV | MT | CY | LT | AT | SI | HU | PT | LU | FI | SK | ES | SE | RO | BE | GB | EL | NL | CZ | PL | DE | ||
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Total |
38
|
10
|
4
|
6
|
13
|
46
|
8
|
4
|
3
|
12
|
13
|
6
|
20
|
22
|
4
|
10
|
13
|
39
|
13
|
31
|
18
|
66
|
18
|
24
|
20
|
47
|
84
|
|
PSE |
157
|
France PSEFor (13)Against (1) |
4
|
3
|
Bulgaria PSEAgainst (1) |
Italy PSEFor (9)Against (2) |
2
|
2
|
Austria PSE |
1
|
Hungary PSEFor (7) |
Portugal PSEFor (10) |
1
|
3
|
Spain PSEFor (17)Alejandro CERCAS, Antolín SÁNCHEZ PRESEDO, Bárbara DÜHRKOP DÜHRKOP, Carlos CARNERO GONZÁLEZ, Emilio MENÉNDEZ del VALLE, Enrique BARÓN CRESPO, Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ, Joan CALABUIG RULL, Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, Luis YÁÑEZ-BARNUEVO GARCÍA, Manuel MEDINA ORTEGA, Maria BADIA i CUTCHET, María SORNOSA MARTÍNEZ, Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ, Raimon OBIOLS, Rosa DÍEZ GONZÁLEZ, Rosa MIGUÉLEZ RAMOS
Against (1) |
3
|
Romania PSEFor (8)Against (2) |
Belgium PSEAgainst (1)Abstain (1) |
United Kingdom PSEFor (15)Against (2) |
4
|
Netherlands PSEFor (5) |
1
|
Poland PSEFor (6)Against (1) |
Germany PSEFor (13)Against (2)Abstain (3) |
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ALDE |
74
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
Bulgaria ALDEFor (3)Abstain (1) |
Italy ALDEFor (7)Against (1)Abstain (1) |
1
|
1
|
Lithuania ALDEFor (1)Against (5)Abstain (1) |
2
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
Romania ALDEFor (1)Against (2) |
4
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United Kingdom ALDEFor (10)Abstain (1) |
Netherlands ALDEAgainst (5) |
Poland ALDEFor (1)Against (2) |
Germany ALDEAgainst (1) |
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NI |
10
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2
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2
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3
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1
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2
|
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ITS |
9
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1
|
1
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Romania ITSAgainst (5) |
1
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1
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UEN |
29
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1
|
1
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Italy UENAgainst (2) |
3
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2
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Poland UENAgainst (17)
Adam BIELAN,
Andrzej Tomasz ZAPAŁOWSKI,
Bogdan PĘK,
Bogusław ROGALSKI,
Hanna FOLTYN-KUBICKA,
Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI,
Konrad SZYMAŃSKI,
Leopold Józef RUTOWICZ,
Marcin LIBICKI,
Marek Aleksander CZARNECKI,
Michał Tomasz KAMIŃSKI,
Mieczysław Edmund JANOWSKI,
Mirosław PIOTROWSKI,
Ryszard CZARNECKI,
Wiesław Stefan KUC,
Wojciech ROSZKOWSKI,
Zdzisław Zbigniew PODKAŃSKI
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GUE/NGL |
30
|
1
|
1
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Italy GUE/NGLAgainst (3)Abstain (2) |
2
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
Czechia GUE/NGLAgainst (4)Abstain (1) |
Germany GUE/NGLFor (1)Abstain (5) |
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IND/DEM |
22
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
United Kingdom IND/DEMAgainst (8) |
1
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
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Verts/ALE |
37
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France Verts/ALEAgainst (6) |
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
United Kingdom Verts/ALEAgainst (4)Abstain (1) |
Netherlands Verts/ALEAbstain (1) |
Germany Verts/ALEAgainst (11) |
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PPE-DE |
224
|
France PPE-DEFor (10)Against (2) |
1
|
1
|
1
|
Bulgaria PPE-DE |
Italy PPE-DEFor (1)Against (12) |
3
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
3
|
Hungary PPE-DEAgainst (11) |
Portugal PPE-DEAgainst (9) |
3
|
Finland PPE-DEFor (1)Against (3) |
Slovakia PPE-DEAgainst (8) |
Spain PPE-DEAgainst (17)
Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA,
Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS,
Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE,
Carmen FRAGA ESTÉVEZ,
Cristina GUTIÉRREZ-CORTINES,
Cristobal MONTORO ROMERO,
Daniel VARELA SUANZES-CARPEGNA,
Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA,
Fernando FERNÁNDEZ MARTÍN,
Francisco José MILLÁN MON,
Gerardo GALEOTE,
José Javier POMÉS RUIZ,
Luis HERRERO-TEJEDOR,
Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL,
Pilar AYUSO,
Pilar del CASTILLO VERA,
Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO
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Sweden PPE-DEAgainst (3)Abstain (1) |
Romania PPE-DEAgainst (8)Abstain (1) |
Belgium PPE-DEAgainst (4)Abstain (1) |
United Kingdom PPE-DEAgainst (20)
Caroline JACKSON,
Christopher BEAZLEY,
Daniel HANNAN,
Den DOVER,
Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT,
Giles CHICHESTER,
James ELLES,
James NICHOLSON,
John BOWIS,
John PURVIS,
Malcolm HARBOUR,
Martin CALLANAN,
Neil PARISH,
Nirj DEVA,
Philip BRADBOURN,
Philip BUSHILL-MATTHEWS,
Sir Robert ATKINS,
Struan STEVENSON,
Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK,
Timothy KIRKHOPE
Abstain (1) |
Greece PPE-DEAgainst (10)Abstain (1) |
Netherlands PPE-DEAgainst (6) |
Czechia PPE-DEAgainst (12) |
Poland PPE-DEAgainst (15) |
Germany PPE-DEAgainst (44)
Albert DESS,
Alexander RADWAN,
Alfred GOMOLKA,
Andreas SCHWAB,
Angelika NIEBLER,
Anja WEISGERBER,
Bernd POSSELT,
Christa KLASS,
Christoph KONRAD,
Daniel CASPARY,
Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH,
Doris PACK,
Elisabeth JEGGLE,
Elmar BROK,
Ewa KLAMT,
Georg JARZEMBOWSKI,
Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL,
Hans-Peter MAYER,
Hartmut NASSAUER,
Herbert REUL,
Horst POSDORF,
Horst SCHNELLHARDT,
Ingeborg GRÄSSLE,
Ingo FRIEDRICH,
Jürgen SCHRÖDER,
Karl von WOGAU,
Karsten Friedrich HOPPENSTEDT,
Klaus-Heiner LEHNE,
Kurt LECHNER,
Lutz GOEPEL,
Manfred WEBER,
Markus FERBER,
Markus PIEPER,
Michael GAHLER,
Peter LIESE,
Rainer WIELAND,
Reimer BÖGE,
Renate SOMMER,
Roland GEWALT,
Rolf BEREND,
Ruth HIERONYMI,
Thomas MANN,
Thomas ULMER,
Werner LANGEN
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