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Document 52020AE5307
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Council Directive amending Council Directive 2006/112/EC as regards temporary measures in relation to value added tax for COVID-19 vaccines and in vitro diagnostic medical devices in response to the COVID-19 pandemic’ (COM(2020) 688 final — 2020/0311 (CNS))
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Council Directive amending Council Directive 2006/112/EC as regards temporary measures in relation to value added tax for COVID-19 vaccines and in vitro diagnostic medical devices in response to the COVID-19 pandemic’ (COM(2020) 688 final — 2020/0311 (CNS))
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Council Directive amending Council Directive 2006/112/EC as regards temporary measures in relation to value added tax for COVID-19 vaccines and in vitro diagnostic medical devices in response to the COVID-19 pandemic’ (COM(2020) 688 final — 2020/0311 (CNS))
EESC 2020/05307
IO C 56, 16.2.2021, p. 61–61
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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16.2.2021 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 56/61 |
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Council Directive amending Council Directive 2006/112/EC as regards temporary measures in relation to value added tax for COVID-19 vaccines and in vitro diagnostic medical devices in response to the COVID-19 pandemic’
(COM(2020) 688 final — 2020/0311 (CNS))
(2021/C 56/09)
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Referral |
Council of the European Union, 6.11.2020 |
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Legal basis |
Article 113 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union |
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Section responsible |
Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion |
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Adopted at plenary |
2.12.2020 |
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Plenary session No |
556 |
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Outcome of vote (for/against/abstentions) |
195/0/3 |
Since the Committee has announced its support for taxation rules due to the COVID-19 crisis in its opinion on the Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2011/16/EU to address the urgent need for deferring certain time limits for the filing and exchange of information in the field of taxation due to the COVID-19 pandemic (COM(2020) 197 final — 2020/0081 (CNS)); on the Proposal for a Council Decision amending Directives (EU) 2017/2455 and (EU) 2019/1995 as regards the dates of transposition and application due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis (COM(2020) 198 final — 2020/0082 (CNS)) and on the Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2454 as regards the dates of application due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis (COM(2020) 201 final — 2020/0084 (CNS)) (1), adopted on 10 June 2020 and this amendment to Directive 2006/112/EC does not contain any further content for the EESC to comment on, it decided, at its 556th plenary session of 2 and 3 December 2020 (meeting of 2 December 2020), by 195 votes with 3 abstentions, to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text and to refer to the position it had taken in the abovementioned document.
Brussels, 2 December 2020.
The President of the European Economic and Social Committee
Christa SCHWENG