Plenary Session 13-14 July 2016 - Related Opinions

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Action Plan on VAT

Aprobados on 13/07/2016
Referencia: 
ECO/406-EESC-2016-02343-00-01-ac-tra
Referral: 
COM(2016) 148 final
Rapporteur: 
Daniel MAREELS (Belgium)
Co-rapporteur: 
Giuseppe GUERINI (Italy)

The EESC welcomes the "Action Plan on VAT", and calls for a  definitive VAT system that is clear, consistent, robust and comprehensive, as well as proportionate and future-proof. The Committee  welcomes the strong focus on closing the VAT gap and tackling the susceptibility of VAT to fraud. There should be results delivered without delay, including by improving cooperation between tax administrations. “Bona fide” enterprises should be protected and no new excessive measures should be imposed on them. The future system of reduced rates must combine flexibility and legal certainty, be transparent, and for the sake of simplicity the number of reduced rates and exemptions must be limited.

Dictamen del CESE: Action Plan on VAT

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VAT Action Plan - Measures to modernise VAT in the EU - Bertrand LAPALUS - DG TAXUD

Building a coalition of civil society and subnational authorities to deliver commitments of the Paris Agreement (own-initiative opinion)

Aprobados on 13/07/2016
Referencia: 
NAT/684-EESC-2016-00713-00-01-AC-TRA
Rapporteur: 
Lutz RIBBE (Germany)
Co-rapporteur: 
Isabel CAÑO AGUILAR (Workers - GR II/Spain)

Dictamen del CESE: Building a coalition of civil society and subnational authorities to deliver commitments of the Paris Agreement (own-initiative opinion)

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Paris Agreement

Climate Commitments of Subnational Actors and Business.

The Emissions Gap Report 2015

Steel: Preserving sustainable jobs and growth in Europe

Aprobados on 13/07/2016
Referencia: 
CCMI/146-EESC-2016
Referral: 
COM(2016) 155 final
Rapporteur: 
Andrés BARCELÓ DELGADO (Employers - GR I / Spain)
Co-rapporteur: 
Enrico GIBELLIERI (Italy)

If the message of this opinion should be summarised in a sentence, this would be: "Enough is enough; rules must be respected".

Steel industry is at the forefront of granting MES to China. However, the opinion does not tackle the legal and political side of granting MES to China (CCMI/144). It focuses on the Commission's communication and puts forward specific additional measures to provide Europe's steel industry with the level playing field it needs to preserve growth and jobs.

Dictamen del CESE: Steel: Preserving sustainable jobs and growth in Europe

Industry 4.0 and digital transformation: Where to go

Aprobados on 13/07/2016
Referencia: 
CCMI/141-EESC-2016
Referral: 
COM(2016) 180 final
Rapporteur: 
Joost VAN IERSEL (Netherlands)
Co-rapporteur: 
Nicola KONSTANTINOU (Greece)

The EESC appreciates the coherent and ambitious strategic vision in industrial policy being displayed in the Communication and its focus on four key issues: (1) technologies and platforms; (2) standards and reference architectures; (3) geographic cohesion, embodied in a network of regional Innovation Hubs; (4) skills at all levels.

Dictamen del CESE: Industry 4.0 and digital transformation: Where to go

The impact on key industrial sectors (and on jobs and growth) of the possible granting of market economy treatment to China (for the purpose of trade defence instruments) (own-initiative opinion)

Aprobados on 13/07/2016
Referencia: 
CCMI/144-EESC-2016
Rapporteur: 
Andrés BARCELÓ DELGADO (Employers - GR I / Spain)
Co-rapporteur: 
Gerald KREUZER (Austria)

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) warns against granting China market economy status (MES) and  calls on the European institutions to promote fair international competition and actively defend European jobs and European values with efficient trade defence instruments (TDIs). In its opinion, adopted at its 514th plenary session on 14th July, the EESC points to the disastrous impact a possible granting of MES to China would have on Europe's industry and consequently on Europe's labour market. The EESC insists on China's fulfilment of the five EU criteria for achieving the MES.

Dictamen del CESE: The impact on key industrial sectors (and on jobs and growth) of the possible granting of market economy treatment to China (for the purpose of trade defence instruments) (own-initiative opinion)

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