Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-06-12-Speech-3-288"
| Predicate | Value (sorted: default) |
|---|---|
| rdf:type | |
| dcterms:Date | |
| dcterms:Is Part Of | |
| dcterms:Language | |
| lpv:document identification number |
"en.20020612.7.3-288"2
|
| lpv:hasSubsequent | |
| lpv:speaker | |
| lpv:spoken text |
"Mr President, as Mr Karas said in the first speech, the Fiscalis programme currently in operation has had real benefits. It has allowed knowledge to be disseminated and it has added to the experience of those who participated in the programme. It has definitely helped the fight against fraud and in doing so has improved the workings of the internal market. It has allowed officials to adopt new administrative practices and cooperate more with each other. All of these things have been very beneficial since 1998. It has also improved mutual understanding of Community tax law on indirect taxes such as VAT and excise taxes.
There have been exchanges of officials from the EU Member States, seminars on indirect tax issues of common interest, multilateral control of excise duties, development of common professional training across the European Union, including improving audit skills for the officials concerned, and, significantly, development of language training. There has also been funding for the maintenance and development of communication and information systems and schemes.
Overall, we are enthusiastic about the Fiscalis programme and believe that it has been very successful and that it should be continued, but only in its present form. It should also be extended, but only in its present form, to the candidate countries, which could benefit very much from this programme for the objectives and the kind of things that the Fiscalis programme has been carrying out. They could certainly benefit from implementing the necessary legislative, organisational, administrative and technical measures in the programme as it exists at the moment.
I have stressed the notion of the programme as it exists at the moment because I agree with Mrs Villiers that the Fiscalis programme should not be extended to direct taxation. Unlike value added tax, there is little by way of a shared body of knowledge of direct taxation across the EU Member States and different Member States impose indirect taxation in very different ways. The fact needs to be borne in mind that the Fiscalis programme as it stands has not really been properly evaluated yet and it would not, therefore, be a good idea to carry it forward on this basis. The programme as it stands at the moment has been a success. It should be continued in its present form and we should not extend it beyond its current boundaries."@en1
|
| lpv:spokenAs | |
| lpv:unclassifiedMetadata |
Named graphs describing this resource:
The resource appears as object in 2 triples