Hearing of Ingrida UDRE (Latvia), Commissioner designate for Taxation and Customs Union at the European Parliament Committees on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO).

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

hearing

hearing of Commissioners

2004 Commissioners' hearings (T)

UDRE, Ingrida (LV)

Hearing of Ingrida UDRE (Latvia), Commissioner designate for Taxation and Customs Union: extracts

SOUNDBITE (Original), Ingrida UDRE, Latvian Commissioner designate in charge of Taxation and Customs Union, on her main objective: to continue a global approach to tax policy in a globalised world

SOUNDBITE (Original), Ingrida UDRE, Latvian Commissioner designate in charge of Taxation and Customs Union, on developing cross border enterprises on a common consolidated tax base

SOUNDBITE (Original), Ingrida UDRE, Latvian Commissioner designate in charge of Taxation and Customs Union, "I am not in favour of tax shifted from the business to the labour"

SOUNDBITE (Original), Ingrida UDRE, Latvian Commissioner designate in charge of Taxation and Customs Union, "Tax will still remain sovereignty of Member States, and I will not change that... but we can talk about measures to stop the different kind of distortions in the internal market"

SOUNDBITE (Original), Ingrida UDRE, Latvian Commissioner designate in charge of Taxation and Customs Union,  "The issue about tax base harmonisation is coming in effect... but it is very hard to find a common position..."

SOUNDBITE (Original), Ingrida UDRE, Latvian Commissioner designate in charge of Taxation and Customs Union, "I could not envisage for today to introduce a common EU tax..." - On the need for all EU Member states to combat tax -fraud and her willingness to fight against fraud practices

SOUNDBITE (Original), Ingrida UDRE, Latvian Commissioner designate in charge of Taxation and Customs Union,...

SOUNDBITE (Original), Ingrida UDRE, Latvian Commissioner designate in charge of Taxation and Customs Union, on the support to SME's by facilitating the calculation of the corporate income tax and by creating a "one stop shop" in the area of VAT

SOUNDBITE (Original), Ingrida UDRE, Latvian Commissioner designate in charge of Taxation and Customs Union, "We cannot speak about tax dumping ..."

SOUNDBITE (Original), Ingrida UDRE, Latvian Commissioner designate in charge of Taxation and Customs Union, on the possibility of an environmental tax