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". – Mr President, I would like to begin by expressing the thanks of the Commission to the rapporteur, Mr García—Margallo y Marfil, for his work and for his extremely forthcoming attitude. I would also like to express our appreciation of the fact that Mr García—Margallo y Marfil has decided not to retable the amendments which played a role in the first reading of this proposal.
I have listened with great interest to what Mr García—Margallo y Marfil has just said. Many of the matters that he discussed are important but, at the present time, the Fiscalis programme is more restricted than he would have liked. However, it is important that the programme should be adopted before the expiry of the current Fiscalis programme, which ends on the 31 December of this year. I am therefore very pleased that this proposal has secured the support of the European Parliament at second reading. I would therefore like to welcome, in particular, the positive contribution of the rapporteur for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Mr García—Margallo y Marfil.
As you may be aware from the Commission's communication to Parliament on the Council's common position, the Commission has expressed its satisfaction that the Council endorsed the general approach adopted in its original proposal. The Commission has noted that the Council has supported the continuation of the actions currently carried out under the existing Fiscalis programme. In particular, the Commission has welcomed the Council's support for extending these actions to the area of direct taxation.
Nevertheless, the communication regretted the reduction in budget from the Commission's original proposal of EUR 56 million to EUR 44 million. I am satisfied that an agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission has been possible, so that the new programme may be adopted shortly. For that support, I would like to thank Members of Parliament and, in particular, as I said, Mr García—Margallo y Marfil."@en1
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