12. Mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation *- EU-Switzerland agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information * - Taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments: repealing the Savings Directive * (debate)

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Report on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2011/16/EU as regards mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation [COM(2015)0135 - C8-0085/2015 - 2015/0068(CNS)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Markus Ferber (A8-0306/2015)

Report on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Amending Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments [08266/2015 - C8-0169/2015 - 2015/0076(NLE)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Jeppe Kofod (A8-0271/2015)

Report on the proposal for a Council directive repealing Council Directive 2003/48/EC [COM(2015)0129 - C8-0086/2015- 2015/0065(CNS)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Molly Scott Cato (A8-0299/2015)

Markus Ferber (rapporteur) introduced the report.

IN THE CHAIR: Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI
Vice-President

Elisa Ferreira (for the rapporteur Jeppe Kofod) and Molly Scott Cato, who also replied to a blue-card question by Tibor Szanyi, presented their reports.

The following spoke: Pierre Moscovici (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Andreas Schwab, on behalf of the PPE Group, Peter Simon, on behalf of the S&D Group, Sander Loones, on behalf of the ECR Group, Petr Ježek, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Eva Joly, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marco Zanni, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Barbara Kappel, on behalf of the ENF Group, Ivana Maletić, Hugues Bayet, Bernd Lucke, Michael Theurer, Miguel Viegas, who also replied to a blue-card question by Bill Etheridge, Patrick O'Flynn, Luděk Niedermayer, Olle Ludvigsson, Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner, Sylvie Goulard and Fabio De Masi.

IN THE CHAIR: Antonio TAJANI
Vice-President

The following spoke: Theodor Dumitru Stolojan, Othmar Karas and Tom Vandenkendelaere.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Nicola Caputo, Romana Tomc, Notis Marias, Ivan Jakovčić, Igor Šoltes, Maria Spyraki and Doru-Claudian Frunzulică.

The following spoke: Pierre Moscovici, Markus Ferber, Peter Simon (for the rapporteur Jeppe Kofod) and Molly Scott Cato.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 27.10.2015, item 5.10, minutes of 27.10.2015, item 5.2 and minutes of 27.10.2015, item 5.3.