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I have voted in favour of this report because I agree with the rapporteur’s assessment, which received the broad support of the committee.
Making the movement of excisable goods less bureaucratic and guaranteeing fiscal controls that serve as a deterrent to tax evasion and fraud are crucial aspects of ensuring the completion, deepening and streamlining of the internal market. It would therefore appear to be desirable, given the modern tools now available, to centralise data, which would enable the various Member State authorities to link up with one another. This is the aim of the Commission proposal, by means of a real-time computerised messaging system – EMCS (Excise Movement and Control System) – to track the movements of goods, also integrated with the New Computerised Transit System (NCTS), which is also in the process of being brought in.
As to the doubts that have been raised over the legitimacy of such Community action in an area of taxation, I think that the problem is definitively resolved with the selection of a legal basis, making it clear that this is an administrative approximation for fiscal control and to improve the internal market, and not any kind of fiscal harmonisation.
I also supported, in particular, the rapporteur’s suggestion to involve the candidate countries more closely before they join the Union."@en1
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