European Economic
and Social Committee
European Economic
and Social Committee
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is the voice of organised civil society in Europe.
Find out more about its role and structure at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/about
The EESC issues between 160 and 190 opinions, evaluation and information reports a year.
It also organises several annual initiatives and events with a focus on civil society and citizens’ participation such as the Civil Society Prize, the Civil Society Days, the Your Europe, Your Say youth plenary and the ECI Day.
Find the latest EESC opinions and publications at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/opinions-information-reports/opinions and http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/our-work/publications-other-work/publications respectively.
The EESC is active in a wide range of areas, from social affairs to economy, energy and sustainability.
Learn more about our policy areas and policy highlights at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/policies
The EESC holds nine plenary sessions per year. It also organises many conferences, public hearings and high-level debates related to its work.
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Read the latest EESC news http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/news and press releases http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/news-media/press-releases
The EESC brings together representatives from all areas of organised civil society, who give their independent advice on EU policies and legislation. The EESC's326 Members are organised into three groups: Employers, Workers and Various Interests.
Find out more about our Members and groups at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/members-groups
The EESC has six sections, specialising in concrete topics of relevance to the citizens of the European Union, ranging from social to economic affairs, energy, environment, external relations or the internal market.
Find out more at http://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/sections-other-bodies
I en sonderende udtalelse understreger EØSU betydningen af koordineret europæisk lovgivning, som fastsætter skattesatser for udbydere af digitale tjenester. Dette vil sikre et vækstfremmende erhvervsmiljø og gavne det indre marked, samtidig med at man undgår de huller, som særskilte nationale initiativer vil skabe. I udvalgets udtalelse, som er udarbejdet på anmodning af det tjekkiske formandskab for Rådet for Den Europæiske Union, påpeges det, at alle nye regler skal forebygge risikoen for dobbeltbeskatning og minimere virksomhedernes efterlevelsesomkostninger.
Selv om EU kan spille en ledende rolle med hensyn til at udstikke regler for beskatning af den digitale økonomi, er det nødt til at respektere den internationale aftale, som OECD/G20 er nået frem til. I den forbindelse erklærede ordfører Benjamin Rizzo, at "både søjle 1 og søjle 2 i OECD's inklusive ramme vedrørende udhuling af skattegrundlaget og overførsel af overskud bør gennemføres i EU, så snart det er muligt. Det vil bidrage til at skabe en høj grad af overensstemmelse med den internationale aftale, som skal forhandles af OECD/G20". Medordfører Petru Dandea tilføjede: "EØSU understreger, at en hensigtsmæssig international skattelovgivning for digitale virksomheder har afgørende betydning i bestræbelserne på at forebygge skatteunddragelse og skatteundgåelse og udforme et retfærdigt, stabilt og progressivt skattesystem". (tk)