Activities of Antonio CANCIAN related to 2011/0092(CNS)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2003/96/EC restructuring Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity
Amendments (2)
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 2003/96/CE
Article 7
Article 7
“Article 7 “Article 7 1. As from 1 January 2013, from 1 January 2015 and from 1 January 2018, the minimum levels of taxation applicable to motor fuels shall be fixed as set out in Annex I, Table A.” 2. Member States may differentiate between commercial and non-commercial use of gas oil used as propellant, provided that the Union minimum levels are observed and the rate for commercial gas oil used as propellant does not fall below the national level of taxation in force on 1 January 2012. 3. ‘Commercial gas oil used as propellant’ shall mean gas oil used as propellant for the following purposes: (a) the carriage of goods for hire or reward, or on own account, by motor vehicles or articulated vehicle combinations intended exclusively for the carriage of goods by road and with a maximum permissible gross laden weight of not less than 7.5 tonnes; (b) the carriage of passengers, whether by regular or occasional service, by a motor vehicle of category M2 or category M3, as defined in Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers1.” ___________________ 1 OJ L 43, 23.2.1970, p. 1.
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
2003/96/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States may differentiate between commercial and non-commercial use of gas oil used as propellant, provided that the EU minimum levels are observed and the rate for commercial gas oil used as propellant does not fall below the national level of taxation in force on 1 January 2003, notwithstanding any derogations for this use laid down in this Directive.