Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-04-Speech-1-095"

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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	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060904.18.1-095"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-04-Speech-1-0962
lpv:speaker	lp:Dariusz Maciej Grabowski2
lpv:spokenAs	member; BUDG (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3,3 member; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2006-12-12)3,3 substitute; CONT (2004-07-21--2006-12-12)3,3 unknown; Liga Polskich Rodzin (2004-07-20--2007-06-04)3,3 substitute; ECON (2004-07-21--2006-12-12)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I welcome the fact that this issue has been raised. However, the level of passenger car emissions is a function of the amount of fuel used, that is, the distance driven, the quality of the petrol, and, essentially, also of time. The proposed tax solution has two aims: to remove the currently compulsory registration tax and replace it with a new tax levied when the vehicle is purchased or annually. This issue begs the question: what do the authors want? The new tax is, by definition, unfair. It places the same burden on consumers who travel great distances and contribute more to air pollution, and on consumers who travel short distances, only going out for Sunday trips to church, as we say in Poland. Furthermore, the legislation forces the consumer to pay tax upfront while the damage done, that is, the pollution, will be generated in the future. Moreover, the tax burden will affect the poorer consumers most of all, and make it more difficult to purchase used cars. If that is the case, then doubts may arise as to whether this legislation has not been written to order with a view to the interests of car manufacturers. Stagnating demand means that these car manufacturers are on the lookout for solutions that will benefit them, especially as the new tax will pass through their hands, thereby increasing their revenues and cash flow. The authors also say nothing of the level of this tax and there are worries or concerns about the amounts flowing into the budgets of the Member States. The programme that we would be prepared to support reads as follows: we should gradually set stricter emissions standards for new passenger cars, introduce more stringent standards for fuel quality and abolish taxes on the purchase of cars. We should perhaps also consider introducing an environmental tax on the cost of petrol and use the revenue this creates for research into new technologies and cleaner fuels. Only these solutions will benefit consumers, producers, environmentalists and the whole economy in the long term."@en1

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