Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-12-17-Speech-3-093"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-12-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031217.4.3-093"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-12-17-Speech-3-0942
lpv:speaker	lp:Ilda Figueiredo2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (2002-03-06--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Comunista Português (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Temporary committee on improving safety at sea (2003-11-20--2004-04-21)3 substitute; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	". We supported rejecting the Commission proposal which, in the name of combating distortions of competition in the internal market and in environmental protection and, on the basis of the ‘polluter-pays’ principle, seeks to achieve the gradual upwards harmonisation of excise duties on fuel for commercial purposes, and to separate the systems of duties on such fuel from those on fuel for private purposes. This proposal for a directive, which had already been rejected by the European Parliament, forms part of the strategy put forward in the White Paper ‘European Transport Policy for 2010: time to decide’, whose stated intention is to seek to redistribute the tax burden between ‘users’ and ‘taxpayers’ and to pass on the ‘real’ costs of transport to ‘users’. The Commission proposed ‘introducing a graduated tax on transport infrastructure use and making the tax system more consistent’ and creating within ten years, a European-level tax system that includes registration and road taxes, an ‘intelligent’ system for levying duties on infrastructures and harmonizing fuel taxation. It also set minimum rates of special duty on unleaded fuel and a central rate for fuel for commercial purposes. Given our disagreement, however, with the majority of these proposals, we supported the positions put forward to reject the Commission proposal, which is what has happened once again."@en1

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