6 Amendments of Hans-Peter MARTIN related to 2009/2174(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas globalisation has led to increasing difficulties in combating fiscal fraud at international level and the 27 EU Member States with their major differences are particularly affected by this; whereas those factors militate strongly in favour of improving international cooperation within the EU and at international level in order for it to be effective;,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the OECD currently values private capital accumulated in tax havens at almost USD 1 000 000 000 000 (one billion), which is five times more than two decades ago; whereas more than one million companies, particularly from the United States and the EU Member States, have their registered offices in countries where such tax havens are located;,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that good tax governance, understood as transparency and exchange of information at all levels, is a key elementone of the most fundamental areas in the reconstruction of the global economy after the 2008 financial collapse; and the resulting serious world economic crisis,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the marketing in the Community of alternative funds domiciled in a third country must be conditional on the respect by that third country of good tax governance standards, including the effective implementation, on the basis of legally binding rules, of the principle of exchange of information and on effective monitoring by the third country, at all times, of compliance with those standards;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Asks the Commission to report quicklyby February 2010 at the latest on the recommendation made by the Council on 14 May 2008 to include a good tax governance clause in relevant agreements to be concluded with third countries by the Community and its Member States;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls, as regards the work on harmful tax competition under the Code of Conduct for Business Taxation, the urgent need to ensure that Member States implementenforce the Code in their relations with third countries in way consistent with their efforts to promote transparency and exchange of information in tax;