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2018/0124(CNS) VAT and excise duty Directives: inclusion of the Italian municipality of Campione d’Italia and the Italian waters of Lake Lugano in the customs territory of the Union and in the territorial application

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead ECON GUALTIERI Roberto (icon: S&D S&D) SWINBURNE Kay (icon: ECR ECR), KLINZ Wolf (icon: ALDE ALDE), GIEGOLD Sven (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE)
Committee Opinion ITRE
Committee Opinion IMCO
Lead committee dossier:

Events

2019/03/25
   Final act published in Official Journal
2019/02/18
   EP/CSL - Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
2019/02/18
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2019/02/18
   CSL - Council Meeting
2018/10/02
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2018/10/02
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 583 votes to 42, with 23 abstentions, in accordance with the consultation procedure, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directives 2006/112/EC and 2008/118/EC as regards the inclusion of the Italian municipality of Campione d’Italia and the Italian waters of Lake Lugano in the customs territory of the Union and in the territorial application of Directive 2008/118/EC.

Parliament approved the Commission's proposal without amendments.

Documents
2018/09/10
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Details

The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs adopted, under the consultation procedure, the report by Roberto GUALTIERI (S&D, IT) on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directives 2006/112/EC and 2008/118/EC as regards the inclusion of the Italian municipality of Campione d’Italia and the Italian waters of Lake Lugano in the customs territory of the Union and in the territorial application of Directive 2008/118/EC.

The committee recommended that the European Parliament approve the Commission proposal without amendments.

As a reminder, the Italian government requested that the Italian municipality of Campione d’Italia and the Italian waters of Lake Lugano should be included in the EU customs territory and in the territory of the Union to which Directive 2008/118/EC concerning the general arrangements for excise duty (the ‘excise Directive’) applies.

However, Italy wishes to continue the exclusion of the two territories from the territorial application of Directive 2006/112/EC (VAT Directive) on the common system of value added tax, as Italy considers it to be essential to maintain an even playing field between economic actors in Campione d’Italia and Switzerland.

This proposal only requires a formal amendment of the VAT Directive, moving the two territories from Article 6(2) (territories not forming part of the EU customs territory excluded from the territorial application of the VAT Directive) to Article 6(1) (territories forming part of the EU customs territory excluded from the territorial application of the VAT Directive).

Documents
2018/09/07
   EP - Vote in committee
2018/07/13
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2018/06/11
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2018/05/31
   EP - GUALTIERI Roberto (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in ECON
2018/05/08
   EC - Legislative proposal published
Details

PURPOSE: to include the Italian municipality of Campione d'Italia and the Italian waters of Lake Lugano into the customs territory of the EU and in the territorial application of Directive 2008/118/EC concerning the general arrangements for excise duty.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Directive.

ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the Council adopts the act after consulting the European Parliament but without being obliged to follow its opinion.

BACKGROUND: in July 2017, Italy requested that the Italian municipality of Campione d’Italia and the Italian waters of Lake Lugano be included in the customs territory of the Union as defined in Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as well as in the territorial scope of Council Directive 2008/118/EC for the purposes of excise duty, whilst leaving these territories outside the territorial scope of Council Directive 2006/112/EC for the purposes of value added tax (the VAT Directive).

CONTENT: the proposal aims to include the Italian municipality of Campione d'Italia and the Italian waters of Lake Lugano into the customs territory of the EU and the territory of the Union to which Directive 2008/118/EC concerning the general arrangements for excise duty (the Excise Directive) applies.

The proposal to amend the excise Directive and the VAT Directive is strictly linked to the amendment of the Union Customs Code . These amendments should apply from 1 January 2019.

Documents

Votes

A8-0284/2018 - Roberto Gualtieri - Vote unique 02/10/2018 12:18:33.000 #

2018/10/02 Outcome: +: 569, 0: 71, -: 12
DE FR ES PL IT GB RO NL PT SE CZ BE BG FI EL HU DK LT AT SK HR SI IE LU CY LV MT EE ??
Total
87
69
46
47
66
51
28
22
19
18
18
18
15
13
17
13
12
10
18
10
9
8
7
6
6
5
5
5
2
icon: PPE PPE
189

United Kingdom PPE

2

Lithuania PPE

2

Luxembourg PPE

3

Cyprus PPE

1

Latvia PPE

2

Malta PPE

2

Estonia PPE

For (1)

1
icon: S&D S&D
170

Netherlands S&D

For (1)

1

Croatia S&D

2

Slovenia S&D

For (1)

1

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

1

Cyprus S&D

2

Latvia S&D

1

Malta S&D

3

Estonia S&D

For (1)

1
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67

United Kingdom ALDE

1

Romania ALDE

3

Portugal ALDE

1

Austria ALDE

For (1)

1

Croatia ALDE

2

Slovenia ALDE

For (1)

1

Ireland ALDE

For (1)

1

Luxembourg ALDE

For (1)

1

Latvia ALDE

1

Estonia ALDE

For (1)

Against (1)

2
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
48

Italy Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

5

Netherlands Verts/ALE

2

Belgium Verts/ALE

2

Finland Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Hungary Verts/ALE

2

Denmark Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Lithuania Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Croatia Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Slovenia Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Estonia Verts/ALE

For (1)

1
icon: ECR ECR
51

Italy ECR

For (1)

Against (1)

2

Romania ECR

2

Netherlands ECR

2

Sweden ECR

2

Czechia ECR

1

Belgium ECR

2

Bulgaria ECR

2
2

Greece ECR

Against (1)

1

Lithuania ECR

1

Slovakia ECR

2

Croatia ECR

For (1)

1

Cyprus ECR

1
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
38

Italy GUE/NGL

1

United Kingdom GUE/NGL

1

Netherlands GUE/NGL

3

Sweden GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Czechia GUE/NGL

2

Finland GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Denmark GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Ireland GUE/NGL

3

Cyprus GUE/NGL

2
icon: NI NI
18

Germany NI

Against (1)

Abstain (1)

2

France NI

Abstain (1)

1

United Kingdom NI

For (1)

Abstain (2)

3

Hungary NI

For (1)

1

Denmark NI

1

NI

For (1)

Abstain (1)

2
icon: EFDD EFDD
37

Germany EFDD

Abstain (1)

1

Poland EFDD

1

Czechia EFDD

Abstain (1)

1

Lithuania EFDD

For (1)

1
icon: ENF ENF
32

Germany ENF

For (1)

1

Poland ENF

Against (1)

1

Belgium ENF

Abstain (1)

1

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  • date: 2018-05-08T00:00:00 type: Legislative proposal published body: EC docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2018/0261/COM_COM(2018)0261_EN.pdf title: COM(2018)0261 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2018&nu_doc=0261 title: EUR-Lex summary: PURPOSE: to include the Italian municipality of Campione d'Italia and the Italian waters of Lake Lugano into the customs territory of the EU and in the territorial application of Directive 2008/118/EC concerning the general arrangements for excise duty. PROPOSED ACT: Council Directive. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the Council adopts the act after consulting the European Parliament but without being obliged to follow its opinion. BACKGROUND: in July 2017, Italy requested that the Italian municipality of Campione d’Italia and the Italian waters of Lake Lugano be included in the customs territory of the Union as defined in Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as well as in the territorial scope of Council Directive 2008/118/EC for the purposes of excise duty, whilst leaving these territories outside the territorial scope of Council Directive 2006/112/EC for the purposes of value added tax (the VAT Directive). CONTENT: the proposal aims to include the Italian municipality of Campione d'Italia and the Italian waters of Lake Lugano into the customs territory of the EU and the territory of the Union to which Directive 2008/118/EC concerning the general arrangements for excise duty (the Excise Directive) applies. The proposal to amend the excise Directive and the VAT Directive is strictly linked to the amendment of the Union Customs Code . These amendments should apply from 1 January 2019.
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  • PURPOSE: to include the Italian municipality of Campione d'Italia and the Italian waters of Lake Lugano into the customs territory of the EU and in the territorial application of Directive 2008/118/EC concerning the general arrangements for excise duty.

    PROPOSED ACT: Council Directive.

    ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the Council adopts the act after consulting the European Parliament but without being obliged to follow its opinion.

    BACKGROUND: in July 2017, Italy requested that the Italian municipality of Campione d’Italia and the Italian waters of Lake Lugano be included in the customs territory of the Union as defined in Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as well as in the territorial scope of Council Directive 2008/118/EC for the purposes of excise duty, whilst leaving these territories outside the territorial scope of Council Directive 2006/112/EC for the purposes of value added tax (the VAT Directive).

    CONTENT: the proposal aims to include the Italian municipality of Campione d'Italia and the Italian waters of Lake Lugano into the customs territory of the EU and the territory of the Union to which Directive 2008/118/EC concerning the general arrangements for excise duty (the Excise Directive) applies.

    The proposal to amend the excise Directive and the VAT Directive is strictly linked to the amendment of the Union Customs Code. These amendments should apply from 1 January 2019.

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