Translation of "Politique fiscale relative aux taxes spéciales " (French → English) :

Your draftsman recognises that the Commissions proposal contribute very limited to reducing environmental damage through transport related tax policy.

Although the European Union does not share a common fiscal policy, the value-added tax is a key source of funding for the European Union’s budget.

13. Advocates the adoption of a simple taxation policy that is in keeping with the objectives of the European Union; endorses the abolition of vehicle registration tax, the refund of tax paid twice on cross-border transactions, the introduction of elements based directly on CO2 emissions and the establishment of a European framework for tax incentives for innovative safety and environmental technologies; regrets in this context that the proposal for a directive on passenger car taxation, aiming at reducing CO2 emissions, has still not been adopted by the Council; urges that that directive is speedily adopted and implemented;

71. Reiterates its concern about the significant direct and indirect government support given to US industry, by means of direct subsidies, protective legislation and tax policies; stresses, in particular, that all the reports by the WTO Panel and the Appellate Body on the Foreign Sales Corporations (FSC) scheme have concluded that, despite some major changes to its legislation, the US has yet to fully abide by previous WTO rulings and the recommendations of the WTO Dispu ...[+++]te Settlement Body (DSB); calls therefore on the US Congress to bring the American Jobs Creation Act (Jobs Act), which contains a "Grandfathering Clause", into full compliance with previous WTO rulings and DSB recommendations;

(8) Where the non-established operator opts for the special scheme, any input value added tax that he has paid with respect to goods and services used by him for the purpose of his taxed activities falling under the special scheme, should be refunded by the Member State where the input value added tax was paid, in accordance with the arrangements of the thirteenth Council Directive 86/560/EEC of 17 November 1986 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes - ...[+++] arrangements for the refund of value added tax to taxable persons not established in Community territory(5).

As requested by the Council on 22 July 1999, the study: "will be undertaken in the general context of the Vienna European Council conclusions emphasising the need to combat harmful tax competition whilst taking into account that co-operation in the tax policy area is not aiming at uniform tax rates and is not inconsistent with fair tax competition, but is called for to reduce the continuing distortions in the Single Market also in view of stimulating economic growth and enhancing the international competitiveness of the Community, to prevent excessive losses of tax revenue or to get tax structures to develop in a more employment-friendly ...[+++] way.