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lpv:speaker	lp:Philippe De Backer2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; ECON (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2012-01-27--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2011-09-12--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten (2011-09-07--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2011-09-12--2014-06-30)3 substitute; EMPL (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2011-09-09--2014-06-30)3 member; TRAN (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, tomorrow, the European Parliament will give its final opinion on the reform of current taxes on energy products. I support the Commission’s desire to split the existing energy tax into two components, energy content, on the one hand, and the CO component, on the other. With this dual tax, it is essential that we eliminate competitive distortions that exist in Europe today. Together, these two components will determine the rates at which various energy products will be taxed. Energy efficiency plays a very important role here, as do environmentally friendly products that we hope we can promote in this way. I therefore hope that Parliament will support the Commission’s proposal for fairer energy taxation. Member States should be encouraged to tax competing energy products that are used for the same purposes, such as motor fuels, on an equal and proportional basis; equal calculation based on their CO emissions and their energy content, because that will result precisely in the creation of a technology-neutral landscape. It will also result in us leaving the choice of the energy product to the market. It is consumers, companies, that will choose their energy products and no longer we politicians. When that happens, we will also be allowing new sources of energy to get a fair chance on the market and greater market access. That will also serve to encourage innovation; it is an incentive for us to seek out the most energy-efficient energy products. Tomorrow, during the vote, I will, in any case, be thinking of the future and asking Member States to tax energy products on an equal basis, without giving preference to certain fuels, as has actually been the case in the past. I call on my colleagues to do the same, not to look to the short term, but to strive for a sufficiently long transitional period, so that companies and consumers, as well as providers, can adapt to the new situation. Parliament’s opinion to the Member States is not binding, of course, but I would, nonetheless, call on Member States to opt for a fair and sustainable tax structure which is based on an equal and proportional treatment of all energy products."@en1
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