18 Amendments of Werner LANGEN related to 2013/0000(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas an estimated and scandalous EUR 1 trillion is lost to tax fraud and tax avoidance every year in the EU without appropriate measures being taken in response;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas unilateral national measures have proven ineffective, and this necessitates a coordinated and multi- pronged approach at national, EU and international level is needed;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the power to legislate on taxation is vested in the Member States;
Amendment 79 #
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 seeking financial assistance;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to prevent, when approving state aid or EU funding for national, regional and local authorities, non-EU countries and companies that breach EU tax standards from receiving state aid and EU funding of all types; , to ensure that all applicable EU tax standards and framework laws are complied with;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on Member States to commit to an ambitious bu target of at rlealistic target ofst halving the tax gap by 2020, since this would gradually generate newhigher tax revenue without raising tax rates;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to urgentlyat last to develop a comprehensive strategy based on concrete legislative actions within the framework of the existing Treaties to close the EU tax gap;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that a strong commitment to reducing the tax gap would contribute to the necessary stabilisaresult in fair and transparent competitive conditions of financin the internal markets, help with fiscal consolidation while easing its austerity effects, increase public investment resources, improve the efficiency and fairness of national tax systems, and raise general tax compliance levels;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on Member States to agree and implement a compulsory Common Consolidated Corporate Tax BaseStresses the importance of a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base and calls on the Member States to implement it;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on Member States to revoke the banking licensces of financial institutions if they actively assist in tax fraud by offering products or services to customers enabling them to evade taxes or refuse to cooperate with tax authoritiesdemonstrably assist directly in tax fraud;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Encourages the Commission to introduce proposals for a harmonisedimproving cooperation in tackling of tax fraud under criminal law, in particular as regards crossborder and mutual investigations; believes that explicit mention of tax crimes as predicate offences to money laundering should be includserious tax crimes should be appropriately assessed in the review of the Third Anti- Money Laundering Directive;
Amendment 150 #
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the importance of implementing new strategies and making bettermore efficient use of existing EU structures for improved combating of VAT fraud;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the need to upgrade and extend the scope of the Savings Directive in order to end banking secrecy; considers it high time that Luxembourg and Austria abandon their opposition to an effective agreement with Switzerlandrevise the Savings Directive;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on Member States to improve the effectiveness of the Code of Conduct for business taxation by raising issues at Council level where political decisions are urgently needed; urges the Commission to intervene actively; calls on the Commission to submit legislative proposals in cases where the Code of Conduct Group cannot agree on procedures to remove mismatches in national tax systems;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. UrgesCalls on the Commission to compile and create a European blacklist of tax havens; calls on Member States to suspend or terminatereview 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;