Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-04-19-Speech-4-359-327"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-04-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"lv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120419.15.4-359-327"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-04-19-Speech-4-359-3432
lpv:speaker	lp:Krišjānis Kariņš2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Jaunais laiks (2009-07-14--2013-03-24)3,3 substitute; ECON (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3,3 member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3,3 member; Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3,3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3,3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3,3 member; ITRE (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3,3
lpv:translated text	". I voted against the proposal for a Council directive amending the determination of tax rates for energy products in the European Union. In my view, now is not the time to be contemplating tax increases. Although the Commission proposal envisages the introduction of an environmentally friendly system of tax computation, the possible changes are nevertheless too rapid, and European Union industry would be unable to adapt to them in such a short time. I was involved in the discussions on this directive from the very day that Parliament began to work on it. I took the firm stance in the discussions on the required amendments that this directive should be supported only if it did not give rise to tax increases for energy products and that Latvian taxpayers did not have to pay any more for them than at present. These changes in tax legislation would also give the wrong signal to industry in the European Union as a whole and could alter energy taxation structures in individual states. It is in Latvia’s interests to have stable export markets and rapid tax changes in them are not desirable."@en1

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