Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-06-08-Speech-3-227"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-06-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Agreement Commission – Member States/Philip Morris to combat fraud2
dcterms:Language	"lv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050608.19.3-227"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-06-08-Speech-3-2282
lpv:speaker	lp:Valdis Dombrovskis2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-03-11)3 substitute; ECON (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Jaunais laiks (2004-07-20--2009-03-11)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-03-11)3 member; BUDG (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-03-11)3 substitute; CONT (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, smuggling and evading the payment of duties are problems which affect all the EU Member States. For understandable reasons, the problem of the illegal circulation of excisable goods is particularly topical. According to calculations by the Member States, in 2003 the EU budget suffered a loss of approximately 200 million euro solely as a result of the illegal trade in cigarettes. Losses to the Member States’ budgets are much greater. Of course, both the Member States’ taxation authorities and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) have done a lot to combat the illegal trade in cigarettes. In this connection, the initiative to combine forces in the fight against the illegal trade in cigarettes at European Union level, bringing in the legal cigarette manufacturers, is to be welcomed. The cooperation agreement concluded by the European Commission and various EU Member States with Philip Morris International is the first example of this cooperation. The agreement stipulates that Philip Morris International will improve its cigarette distribution system and will provide more detailed information to the Member States’ law enforcement and tax authorities, which is necessary for effectively combating the illegal trade in cigarettes. In addition to this, over a 12-year period Philip Morris International will pay 1.25 billion US dollars into the EU and Member States’ budgets. The European Parliament considers that, ideally, all these resources, or at least the major part of them, should be channelled into combating and preventing the trade in illegal tobacco products. The European Parliament, as one of the branches of the EU budgetary authority, considers that Parliament should participate in the decision-making on the distribution and use of these resources. We consider that those Member States which have not yet subscribed to this agreement, especially the new Member States, ought to seriously weigh up the possibility of joining. More precise information and extra financial resources will make it possible to combat more effectively the illegal trade in cigarettes and to improve collection of excise duties. Similar agreements could also be concluded with other tobacco companies, and it is to be hoped that this precedent might also encourage the signing of similar agreements with manufacturers of other excisable goods, such as alcohol."@en1

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