EUU, Alm.del - 2010-11 (1. samling) - Bilag 256: Udtalelse fra Italiens parlament til Europa-Parlamentets CRIS-udvalg (det særlige udvalg om den finansielle, økonomiske og sociale krise)

Dear colleagues, on 2nd February 2010 the Committee on budget of the ItalianChamber of deputies approved by unanimity a resolution on the mid-term report ofthe CRIS Committee, and the questionnaire enclosed.Here it is a summary (in English) of the resolution.The Committee underlines:a) concerning the initiatives and legislatives proposals to boost the competiveness ofthe EU in the framework of the Europe 2020 strategy:1) an action plan for the SMEs access to the capital markets should beadopted, reducing the administrative burden and simplifying the financialinformation duties;2) the guidelines on trans-European networks should be revised in order toremove the administrative obstacles to the cross-border transportationsystem;3) the public-private partnerships (PPP) should be improved;4) it is advisable the introduction of a common consolidated corporate taxbase;5) it must be assessed the possibility to adopt a greater flexibility approachin the State aid discipline, especially for the SMEs;6) it is advisable the adoption of aSocial Business Actin order to promotethe social market economy;7) it is advisable aiming at a tax harmonization, both of the direct andindirect taxes, especially in the taxation of enterprises activities;b) concerning the financial resources:1) assessing the opportunity to issue Eurobonds for financing trans-European networks and infrastructures;2) promoting the introduction of long-term incentives for the enterprises inorder to boost private investments;c) concerning the financial transactions tax:1) it is advisable an impact assessment, taking into account the opportunityof a global discipline in this field; nevertheless, that tax should not chargeon government bonds and the revenues should be used primarily to reducepublic debt;d) concerning the cohesion policy;1) in view of the revision of the EU budget, any attempt to "re-nationalize"the cohesion policy should be avoided, and the financial resources for theConvergence regions provided by the current financial framework (2007-2013) should be preserved;2) resources should be allocated for projects with high added value interms of competitiveness and innovation;

e) concerning the EU economic governance:1) it is advisable setting up a European Debt Agency which replaces thecurrent European financial stability fund (EFSF);2) it should be assessed the possibility foreseen in the paragraph 107 of theEP resolution for a mutual issue and management of a proportion ofMember States sovereign debt providing a basis for more complexmultilateral surveillance with assistance from the EMF and EFSF, in orderto ensure that the euro zone market as a whole is more attractive and forjoint debt management;3) in the framework of the new macro-economic multilateral surveillance,it should be taken into account indicators like the private sector debt, thereal estate market stability, the level of public debt and liabilities related toageing, the bank system stability;f) concerning the reform of financial markets:1) within the framework of the new European system for financialsupervision, the new financial supervision authorities should adoptcommon European rule-books that are binding for all the nationalauthorities;2) it is sharable the EP proposal to launch a feasibility and impact study onthe setting up of a public and independent European Credit Rating Agency,and considers that Courts of auditors, as independent bodies, ought tocontribute actively to the rating of sovereign debt;g) concerning the reform of the global economic governance:1) the Committee of budget of the Italian Chamber fully supports the EPfavour for the initiatives to enhance, by means of reform, the effectiveness,global reach and accountability of the IMF and other UN institutions, sothat they can be mandated to serve as a platform for overarching economicand financial sector coordination initiatives;2) it is essential to develop the external dimension of the new economicgovernance, ensuring that there is a common position and unifiedrepresentation of the euro area and, where possible, of the European Unionwithin the competent international financial institutions and conferences,in accordance with Article 138 of the Treaty on the Functioning of theEuropean Union.