Activities of Liem HOANG NGOC related to 2010/2277(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Governance and partnership in the Single Market - Single market for Europeans - Single market for enterprises and growth - Public procurement (continuation of debate)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas reduction of thea fair administrative burden and respect for the EU’s Better Regulation strategy are crucial in order for business, notably SMEs as the main engine of EU growth, to reap the full benefits of the single market, contribute to job creation and, allocate funds to research, development and innovation, and play a part in the redistribution of wealth,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that, while SMEs are the main employment providers in the European Union, they remain heavily dependent on the big companies which subcontract to them; considers that the Commission should take this reality into account in its deliberations, and specifically that it should submit legislative proposals to protect subcontracted SMEs in the event of big companies’ experiencing economic difficulties; sees this interdependence as an argument for a broad common industrial policy capable of sustaining and developing employment within the Union;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas differences in fiscal provisions, such as corporate taxation and reporting obligations forparticularly with regard to corporate taxation and VAT, result in significant obstacles to cross-border transactions; whereas these barriers can be removed without harmonizing tax rates,
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the coordination of national tax policies and a new VAT strategy which aims to increase growth and reduce the burden as called for by the European Parliament; notes, however, that significant distortions of competition on the single market occur because the tax rules for companies, in relation to both the tax base and the rate of taxation, are not more closely harmonised; calls on the Commission to submit, as soon as possible, a legislative proposal for a common consolidated corporate tax base, which it deems crucial to the proper functioning of the internal market;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas services are accountable for a significant part of our economic growth; whereas crucial sector for economic growth and employment but the Single Market for services is still underdeveloped particularly due to gaps and latdifficulties encountered by the Member States with respect to the implementation of the Services Directive,
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Strongly supports the creation of an EU patent and of a unified patent litigation system in order to make the Single Market an innovation-friendly environment; stresses that the cost burden of multilingual patents would hintranslation of patents into many languages is an additional cost burden and impeders innovation in the Single Market;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to promote cross-border investment and, in particular, to set up a legislative framework to allowmake it easier to invest venture capital funds to be invested freely within the Single Market, irrespective of the Member State of originwhilst protecting the employees of companies acquired using these venture capital funds against practices such as asset-stripping and fully incorporating the information requirements contained in the Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that a common consolidated corporate tax base would increase the transparency and comparability of corporate tax rates, thus reducing the obstacles to cross-border activitiese need for better fiscal coordination through harmonisation of the corporate tax base and VAT rates, in order to avoid any unfair tax competition and to guarantee a fairer environment for all companies in the European Union;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls for a tax structure that can reduce taxes on labour and stimulate employment, innovation and long-term investment;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the need for full and proper implementation of the Services Directive and for the possibility to complete procedures online which could considerably reduce operational costs for enterprises; urges the Commission to put a special emphasis on the development of the Single Market for online services;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to present a legislative framework to protect social services of general interest and services of general economic interest, which are at the heart of the European social model, to enable them to fulfil all their tasks, as provided for in the Lisbon Treaty and in accordance with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality;