3 Amendments of Danuta Maria HÜBNER related to 2016/2100(INI)
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Notes that the European Court of Auditors has detected State aid errors in approximately a fifth of the projects co- financed by cohesion programmes and deemed to have state aid relevance over the period 2010-2014 that it audited1a; notes that one third of these errors were assessed to have financial impact and that they are considered to have contributed to the level of error in cohesion policy; considers therefore that there is scope for progress in addressing non-compliance with State aid rules in cohesion policy; considers that it is in particular necessary to improve the knowledge of State aid rules in the recipient countries to avoid errors made in good faith as well as to improve the recording of irregularities in order to have a better view of the issue; __________________ 1aSpecial Report No 24/2016 of the European Court of Auditors: “More efforts needed to raise awareness of and enforce compliance with State aid rules in cohesion policy”http://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/EC ADocuments/SR16_24/SR_STATE_AIDS _EN.pdf
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Takes notes of the decisions issued by the Commission in recent cases where the distortionary effects of tax-related measures have been discussed; welcomes the increased awareness of the interlinkages between tax policies and administrative practices in the field of taxation on one side and competition policy on the other side; calls on the Commission to draw up clear guidelines on tax-related State aid;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Underlines that, although approaching the issue of administrative tax practices and mismatches between tax legislations from a State aid perspective has led to useful progress in how taxation, in particular transfer pricing issues, is thought of and dealt with, the first-best option to tackle unfair tax competition is more effective and binding mechanisms for coordination and cooperation between Member States;