Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-04-Speech-1-091"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-09-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Passenger car related taxes (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060904.18.1-091"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-04-Speech-1-0922
lpv:speaker	lp:Claude Turmes2
lpv:spoken text	". Mr President, I have a very specific comment to make on this report. Amendment 18, which refers to Article 4, calls for a graduated progressive tax. However, Amendment 19 – creating a new paragraph 1a in Article 4 – seeks to introduce the notion of direct proportion. This notion was also included in the amendments by Mr Langen, although he has now withdrawn them. So what would such a notion mean? It would mean that the tax on a car with emission levels of 200 g/km could only be EUR 200 and that on a car of 160 g/km, EUR 160. As a result, the desired outcome – namely to effect a major shift in what the consumer decides when he buys a car – would not be achieved, since, if there is only a difference of EUR 80 between a car with 120 g/km emission and a car with 200 g/km emissions, then the market will remain unaffected. We must therefore vote against this direct proportionality and stick to the text on the graduated progressive tax. The Commission published a very interesting document last week on the efficiency of cars in Europe. On page 32 of the working document, there is a graph showing which category most cars fall into. You will see that almost 70% of the cars in Europe are between 140 and 200 g/km, and only 25% are below 140 g/km. So what we can achieve with this instrument is to levy an over-proportional tax on those between 140 and 200 g/km, so that we can effect a major shift to categories below 140, which is the target of the European Union. So, we have a contradiction in our text, and if we want to be effective we have to remedy this."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Les Verts (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 vice-chair; G/EFA (2005-05-24--2007-02-26)3 substitute; EMPL (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; ITRE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; ENVI (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Claude Turmes (Verts/ALE ),"1 "draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety"1

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