Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-01-16-Speech-2-210"
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Mr President, the honourable Member may well be disappointed with my reply but if what he says is correct, i.e. that statements by local politicians have caused confusion in his region, in Flanders, then it is up to the same local politicians to clarify the matter. They cannot expect the European Commission to do it for them.
I have one more comment to make on a point that was raised. Where, as the honourable Member mentioned, a Member State introduces fiscal or parafiscal measures, such as value added tax surcharges, then any such measures must, of course, be taken within the framework of existing legislation, i.e. they must be compatible with European tax directives, and any measures taken must be checked by the Commission accordingly.
But it is also the job and the responsibility of the individual Member States to announce regional measures. In other words, Member States must not only announce measures taken at national level; they must make known and report all measures taken."@en1
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