20. Excise duty on alcohol * (debate)

Verbatim reports

Report on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 92/84/EEC on the approximation of the rates of excise duty on alcohol and alcoholic beverages [COM(2006)0486 - C6-0319/2006 - 2006/0165(CNS)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Astrid Lulling (A6-0148/2007)

László Kovács (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Astrid Lulling introduced the report.

The following spoke: Piia-Noora Kauppi, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the PSE Group, Olle Schmidt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, on behalf of the UEN Group, Carl Schlyter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Gerard Batten, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Jean-Claude Martinez, on behalf of the ITS Group, Roger Helmer, Non-attached Member, Martin Dimitrov, Ieke van den Burg, Margarita Starkevičiūtė, Hélène Goudin, Petre Popeangă, Zsolt László Becsey, Antolín Sánchez Presedo, Ivo Strejček, Jan Andersson, László Kovács, Astrid Lulling, in reply to László Kovács (the President cut her off).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 23.05.2007, Item 5.4.