Traduction de «Assiette fiscale de district de services locaux » (Français → Anglais) :

AS. whereas criminal organisations are equipped to exploit to their advantage the free movement of persons, goods, services and capital in the European Union in addition to the differences in the legislation and legal traditions of the Member States; whereas tax havens and countries that pursue non-transparent or harmful tax practices play a vital role in money laundering; whereas the persistence of distortions caused by tax havens can lead to artificial flows and negative effects within the EU internal market; whereas harmful tax ...[+++]competition within European Union is clearly against the logic of the single market; whereas more efforts are needed to harmonise tax bases within an ever-closer economic, fiscal and budgetary Union;

Until now, the uniform basis of assessment provided for by the common system of value-added tax (VAT) has not adequately addressed the supply of services delivered electronically because the supply of services in this way was simply not envisaged when the existing tax system was set up.

Foster competition in goods and services markets by: (i) increasing the transposition rate of Internal Market directives and eliminating remaining barriers (including barriers created through the fiscal system) to cross-border trade and market entry in goods and, especially services markets; (ii) further opening up public procurement; (iii) giving adequate resources to competition and regulatory authorities, (iv) continuing efforts to reduce the overall level of State aid, whilst reorienting aid towards horizontal objectives of comm ...[+++]on Community interest and targeting it to identified market failures; (v) encouraging market entry and effective competition in network industries while pursuing a greater connectivity of national markets within the current EU and with candidate countries ; (vi) eliminating tax obstacles which impede the smooth functioning of the internal market by establishing a consolidated corporate tax base for those companies incorporated under the European Company Statute, or alternatively for companies operating in several Member States; and (vii) guaranteeing the universality, high quality, and reasonable pricing of services of general interest .

Foster competition in goods and services markets by: (i) increasing the transposition rate of Internal Market directives and eliminating remaining barriers (including barriers created through the fiscal system) to cross-border trade and market entry in goods and, especially services markets; (ii) further opening up public procurement; (iii) giving adequate resources to competition and regulatory authorities, (iv) continuing efforts to reduce the overall level of State aid, whilst reorienting aid towards horizontal objectives of comm ...[+++]on Community interest and targeting it to identified market failures; (deletion) (v) encouraging market entry and effective competition in network industries while pursuing a greater connectivity of national markets, (deletion) within the current EU and with candidate countries; (vi) eliminating tax obstacles which difficult the proper functioning of the Internal Market, by establishing a consolidated corporate tax base for those companies incorporated under the European Company Statute, or alternatively for companies operating in several Member States; and (vii) guaranteeing the universality, high quality, and reasonable pricing of services of general interest.

13. Believes that the single market has already delivered for consumers an enhanced choice and a higher quality of goods and services. The European Parliament welcomes the euro as a key element in furthering liberalisation, particularly in establishing transparency of pricing. To enhance competitiveness and employment opportunities, the European Parliament wants to see the completion and enforcement of the single market in such areas as financial services, post, public and defence procurement and energy supply. The European Parliament favours fair competition between the tax regimes of Member States, but recognises the need for the EU to ...[+++] protect the tax base from erosion and prevent harmful tax concessions that penalise other Member States.

This may be affected by tax evasion, by cross-border differentials or by a higher mobility of tax bases and hence the possibility for economic activities to move to countries where the best balance between taxes/contributions and public services can be found".