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"Madam President, honourable Members, I would like to thank you for your comments and the views you expressed during this very interesting debate. I am glad to see that the European Parliament and the stakeholders often share views on priorities and on the action to be undertaken to achieve a simpler, more fraud-proof and efficient VAT system tailored to the single market.
I also see general strong support for our initiative and, indeed, this is more than necessary. Our role in the EU VAT system will constitute a huge task. After all, we should never forget that most of the European VAT legislation is based on Article 113 of the Treaty, requiring adoption by unanimity in the Council. If the Council were to deliver on the high expectations that have been raised, it would have to leave the comfort zone of business as usual, and some Member States might find themselves chasing their own shadows.
The Commission will, of course, take into account Parliament’s conclusions, suggestions and requests during the next steps of the review of the EU VAT system. As I said, we are finalising our work on the communication on the future of VAT, which will be issued very soon – before the end of the year – but, in parallel, we are already working on concrete proposals for improving the system and on issues that were raised today during the discussion. Issues such as fraud, better coordination of activities between Member States, and exemptions are currently the subject of detailed analyses, and when implementing the strategy, we will come forward with concrete proposals on these matters.
In conclusion, I would like to thank this Parliament – as well as Mr Casa personally – for its strong support and constructive approach."@en1
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