Speeches
Speech of the Commissioner Algirdas Šemeta in the European Parliament Plenary Debate on Common System for Taxing Financial Transactions 
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23/05/2012
Chair, Honourable Members, I wish first to thank the European Parliament, and in particular Anni Podimata, for your excellent work on the Financial Transaction Tax. This is an extremely important file for me, because I truly believe in....
Opening Speech of Commissioner Šemeta in the 13th Meeting of the European Statistical System Committee [36 KB]
23/05/2012
Ladies and gentlemen, Dear former colleagues, It is a great pleasure for me to be with you here today at the 13th meeting of the European Statistical System Committee (ESSC). I still remember the many meetings of the....
Algirdas Šemeta EU Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud Statement on Savings Tax Agreements and VAT strategy Press conference ECOFIN Council Brussels, 15 May 2012
15/05/2012
SPEECH/12/359 "I am extremely frustrated that we could not reach agreement today on the mandates to negotiate new and stronger savings tax agreements with Switzerland and the 4 other third countries. Let me remind you what is at stake here....
Algirdas Šemeta EU Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud "Boosting security in the global supply chain" Statement on EU-US agreement to secure the global supp...
04/05/2012
SPEECH/12/328 "Today an important step forward has been taken in EU-US trade relations– and in securing the global supply chain. After several years of negotiations, the EU and USA have agreed to mutually recognise each other's "trusted traders"....
Keynote speech of the Commissioner Šemeta on the role of statistics for the seminar on the evidence-based decision making [36 KB]
03/05/2012
Ladies and gentlemen, It is a pleasure for me to open such an important conference where both policymakers and statisticians meet. I warmly welcome the enlargement and the European neighbourhood countries to exchange best practices and to contribute to the discussion....
Algirdas Šemeta EU Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud Tax challenges and opportunities in an ever-closer Union CEPS Conference on Taxation 2012 Brussels, 2...
27/04/2012
SPEECH/12/309 Ladies and Gentlemen, First of all, let me thank you for the invitation and the chance to open today’s conference in front of such a distinguished audience. I had the opportunity last year to present to you our main initiatives....
Algirdas Šemeta EU Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud Call for concrete ways to combat tax fraud and tax evasion EP Plenary session Strasbourg, 18 April 2012
18/04/2012
SPEECH/12/277 Opening speech Chair, Honourable Members, In these difficult times we must ensure that taxes are efficiently and fairly collected. We cannot ask citizens to accept the burden of increased taxes and cuts in public services if we do not do ...
Introductory remarks of the Commissioner Šemeta to the debate: European Parliament Report on the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base [31 KB]
18/04/2012
SPEECH/12/275 Chair, Honourable Members, I wish to thank you and in particular Marianne Thyssen for her work on this Report. I welcome the positive views from the ECON and IMCO Committees on our proposal for a CCCTB. It has been one of our flagship legislative initiatives for 2011...
Introductory remarks of the Commissioner Šemeta to the debate: European Parliament Report on the Energy Taxation Proposal [33 KB]
18/04/2012
SPEECH/12/276 Chair, Honourable Members, I wish to thank you and Astrid Lulling for the report and the speedy and thorough treatment of this proposal. Its main purposes are to meet the EU's priority goals of combating climate change, improving energy efficiency, stimulating renewable energy sources and also ensuring fair competition within the internal market...
Algirdas Šemeta EU Commissioner for taxation, Customs Union, Anti-Fraud, Audit and Statistics "Financial Transactions Tax: The Way Ahead" Meeting of Members of the Finance and Fiscal Com...
19/03/2012
SPEECH/12/196 Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to thank the Danish Parliament for inviting me to this conference and giving me the opportunity to address such a distinguish audience. The European Commission places great value on strong relations with ...
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