4 Amendments of Georgios KYRTSOS related to 2021/0213(CNS)
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The Union and the Member States have concluded multilateral agreements regarding air services and air transport, or bilateral agreements with third countries. Those agreements include provisions related to the taxation of aviation fuel. Aviation fuel has traditionally had a privileged tax regime. The need to pursue the objectives of the Directive requires that, without prejudice to those international agreements, energy products and electricity supplied for intra-EU air navigation, except cargo-only flights should be taxed. The exemption for the fuel used by cargo-only flights is still needed in the absence of more efficient alternativeIn the absence of more efficient alternatives for energy products and electricity supplied to cargo and passenger flights, the tax exemption is still needed in order to pursue the objectives of this Directive without prejudice to the international commitments.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23 a) Adequate compensation is needed to alleviate the already high costs of island transport, taking into account equivalent island transport schemes.
Amendment 334 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) reductions in the level of taxation, which shall not go below the minima as set out in Table B and D of Annex I, to energy products and electricity used for the carriage of goods and passengers by rail, metro, tram and trolley bus, and for local public passenger transport, waste collection, armed forces and public administration, disabled people and ambulances;
Amendment 335 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b – paragraph 1 a (new)
Armed forces should be exempted from taxation in order to ensure their operational capacity;