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As the rapporteur quite rightly points out, as long ago as 1998, the European Parliament declared itself in favour of strengthening the internal market in this field and fought to end double taxation – specifically through the registration tax (RT) – in support of the European Commission proposal. The Council has still not delivered an opinion.
The Council has not delivered an opinion despite the fact that most citizens agree on the need to establish more equitable conditions for car buying within the European Union. Look at Portugal, for example, where one tax – the Car Tax, – makes the final selling price much higher than in other countries in the European Union.
The proposed links between levels of taxation and CO2 emissions are to be praised, as is the much-desired closer harmonisation of market conditions and the observation the report makes that competition between Member States in the field of taxation is reasonable and advantageous for strong economic development in the EU. Furthermore, I must recall that this subject falls, objectively – see Article 95(2) TEC – outside the EU’s sphere of action.
Since these ideas go considerably further than being simply recommendations, I decided to vote against the report."@en1
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