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"Madam President, honourable Members of Parliament, I am pleased to have the opportunity to present to you, on behalf of the European Commission, the proposal on passenger car related taxes. Once adopted it will have a direct impact on about 15 million new passenger cars presented for registration in the EU each year and, to a certain extent, on more than 200 million used passenger cars circulating on the roads of the Community.
The proposal is designed to benefit the internal market, the citizens, the car industry and the environment. First of all, the proposal contains a number of measures needing to be taken at Community level in order to improve the functioning of the internal market, mainly by abolishing registration taxes – which currently involve unnecessary cost and administrative burdens, the lack of transparency and legal uncertainty for citizens.
The proposed Community measures are furthermore aimed at avoiding double payment of car-related taxes, when a car registered in a Member State is exported or permanently moved for registration to another Member State. Registration taxes also involve high costs and reduced competitiveness for the car industry and result in the fragmentation of the car market.
The proposal also promotes sustainability by implementing fiscal measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from passenger cars, as it establishes a more direct relationship between taxation levels and carbon dioxide emissions.
It is important to mention that the application of the proposed measure is budget neutral: the gradual abolition of registration tax and its replacement by an annual circulation tax does not involve revenue losses for the national budgets, nor does it increase the total tax burden for citizens.
The proposal takes a minimalist approach to car taxation and addresses only those issues that can best be dealt with at Community level. It only seeks to establish the principle and structure of passenger car related taxes; it does not seek to harmonise tax rates, which will continue to remain the responsibility of the Member States. It does not introduce new car taxes, but instead provides for the gradual abolition of registration taxes in the 16 Member States currently applying such taxes, as well as for their gradual replacement by an annual circulation tax.
The proposal has been discussed only once in the Council so far, and the reaction of the Member States has been mixed. Strong support from the European Parliament can maintain the momentum and help the Council reach a unanimous decision. I want to emphasise that the proposed measures would make passenger car taxation citizen-friendly, car-industry-friendly and environment-friendly."@en1
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