# European Court of Auditors' Special Report No 8/2007 concerning administrative cooperation in the field of VAT

European Parliament procedure 2008/2151(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 6th term, committee CONT / ECON). Stage: Procedure completed. 13 committee amendments tabled by 2 Members between 2008-09-16 and 2008-09-23.

## What the amendments focus on

The own-initiative report concerns Court of Auditors Special Report No 8/2007 on administrative cooperation in the field of VAT. The amendments call for better use of administrative cooperation to fight VAT evasion and fraud, timely exchange of information between Member States, greater use of simultaneous multilateral controls, and a common approach to quantifying VAT fraud; they note missing trader intra-Community fraud and Germany's refusal to comply with the Court's audit.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bart STAES | Belgium | Verts/ALE | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4751.md |
| Zsolt László BECSEY | Hungary | PPE-DE | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28138.md |

## Official source documents

- PE412.175: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-412.175+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE412.326: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-412.326+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2008-2151-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2008-2151-INI.json

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