Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-09-04-Speech-1-085"

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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	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060904.18.1-085"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-09-04-Speech-1-0862
lpv:speaker	lp:Johannes Blokland2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; TRAN (2004-09-15--2007-01-14)3 member; LIBE (2004-09-14--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (2004-11-18--2006-12-12)3 vice-chair; ENVI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 treasurer; IND/DEM (2004-07-26--2007-02-12)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; ChristenUnie - Staatkundig Gereformeerde Parti (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, according to a Dutch newspaper this summer, car purchasing tax is being evaded on a massive scale in the Netherlands. Evasion is, after all, very lucrative, because the tax is high and the chances of being caught are minimal. Measures to avoid this evasion are therefore called for, not so much in the form of abolishing this tax, as the Commission proposed, but in the form of action by competent authorities. During the debate of 5 November 2003, I made a case for a transparent system of levies with clear goals. To link the levies to the environmental effects is a transparent and clear goal. That is why further research into, and discussion about, the environmental effects of car taxes deserve our unqualified support. The Member States would then, based on research results, be able to harmonise their levies, and give accountability to environmental damage. To impose this measure from Brussels would be taking matters too far, though. After all, the Commission proposal falls outside the scope of Article 93 of the Treaty. Registration and motorised vehicle tax do not belong to the harmonised taxes. It is not the differences in, for example, motorised vehicle tax that hinders the functioning of the internal market, but mainly an inefficient system of reimbursing levies in the event of car imports and exports. The Commission proposal is therefore in contravention of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality. That is the reason why I will not be voting in favour of this report or of the Commission proposal."@en1

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