Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-11-17-Speech-1-156"

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dcterms:Date	"2008-11-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:General arrangements for excise duty (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"hu"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20081117.23.1-156"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-11-17-Speech-1-1572
lpv:speaker	lp:Zsolt László Becsey2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; TRAN (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 member; ECON (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3,3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3,3 unknown; Fidesz-Magyar Polgári Szövetség (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3,3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Thank you, Mr President. I would like to congratulate both the Commission and the rapporteurs for their work, and I believe that this electronic updating system will have a timely and very positive effect. I would like to make two remarks. First, let us allow the internal market to operate. If the tax record system and the exchange of information are working well, I believe that traffic for personal use by private individuals will not cause great harm. If someone somewhere – having purchased goods for personal use – pays the excise duty, then the wholesale prices, and in part the divergent VAT rates will in any case compete with each other. It is not necessary to put limits on everything, and it is entirely unnecessary to send negative messages in the interests of protecting the treasuries of high-price countries. It would be very strange within the Schengen zone in particular, if we were to bother with police or customs inspections, since we know that there are various other methods for scanning the contents of larger lorries. Therefore, I see no point in an indicative listing. My other remark is that I too support the rights of citizens leaving the internal market to purchase such goods when they leave that market. As regards overland travel, I do not think that this would give rise to large-scale smuggling, or that the neighbouring Member States would suffer great losses, since prices in neighbouring third countries are much lower than within EU Member States. Thus, I am not thinking of industrial-scale export of goods. I presume the same is true in the case of airports, since one cannot take such great quantities of goods in checked baggage or carry-on bags that we should have to forbid taking such goods for personal use to third countries outside the customs union. Thank you very much, Mr President, for the opportunity to speak."@en1
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