Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-01-15-Speech-4-057"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-01-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040115.3.4-057"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-01-15-Speech-4-0582
lpv:speaker	lp:Elizabeth Montfort2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (2003-06-02--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (2003-09-10--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". I approved Parliament’s draft legislative resolution seeking to extend the facility allowing Member States to apply reduced rates of VAT for certain labour-intensive services, in particular the building industry. This text is far from satisfactory. It is merely a stopgap compared with the opinion given by Parliament on 4 December 2003, which called for the application of reduced taxes to be made permanent and to extend it to the catering industry and to cultural products. It will at least, though, allow the Member States concerned to extend a trial that demonstrated positive effects on employment and the strength of SMEs and the self-employed targeted by these measures. Despite national studies, the Commission is not convinced by the first three years of trials. This extension should be able to convince them. Nevertheless, we cannot be content with closing the legal gaps on an ad-hoc basis. I hope that the Council will be aware of the impact that these measures have on the economy and on land-use planning and adopt the directive amended by Parliament on 4 December 2003 and give Member States the choice to apply reduced rates of VAT to the catering industry."@en1

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