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1 TABLING SERVICE INDICATIVE VOTING LIST FINAL VERSION/ Resolutions: evasion Draft recommendation following the inquiry on money laundering, tax avoidance and tax Motion for a resolution B8-0660/07 (Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion) After 38 EUL/NGL RCV 39 EUL/NGL RCV 40 EUL/NGL RCV 4 EUL/NGL 3 original text After 3 3 EPP 4 EPP 5 EPP After 4 6 EPP 6 original text RCV 7 After 8 4 EUL/NGL 43 EUL/NGL RCV 44 EUL/NGL RCV original text 3 7 EPP After 3 9 EFDD RCV

2 5 8 EPP RCV 9 original text RCV original text RCV RCV After 0 EFDD RCV 4 After 4 45 EUL/NGL 46 EUL/NGL RCV After 5 4 S&D RCV RCV 3 RCV 6 9 EPP After 6 58 EUL/NGL After 7 47 EUL/NGL After EUL/NGL original text RCV EPP original text 3 39

3 After EUL/NGL 50 EUL/NGL After 4 EFDD RCV 45 5 EUL/NGL After 49 6 Greens/ EFA RCV 5 EUL/NGL 5 5 original text RCV 55 original text RCV After 55 5 ENF 58 3 EPP RCV 63 After 66 7 Greens/ EFA RCV 69 original text original text EPP 79 original text 3

4 RCV RCV original text RCV 87 8 Greens/ EFA RCV After EUL/NGL original text RCV 97 6 ENF 98 original text RCV RCV 0 original text RCV RCV 08 original text RCV After 0 7 ENF 4 5 original text RCV 0 original text RCV original text RCV 7 33 EPP After 8 8 ENF RCV 30 original text 4

5 3 original text RCV After 3 EFDD RCV 33 9 ENF RCV After 37 0 ENF 39 After 4 54 EUL/NGL 43 original text RCV After EUL/NGL original text RCV After EPP 53 After 53 3 S&D 54 original text 59 D EFDD RCV EPP After EPP RCV After EUL/NGL 76 EFDD RCV 80 original text 5

6 86 After EUL/NGL After 89 ENF RCV 94 original text RCV 98 3D EFDD RCV 99 4D EFDD RCV 00 0 original text RCV oral amendment After 0 37 EPP 0 original text RCV 09 original text 0 5D EFDD RCV original text vote: resolution (as a whole) RCV D=Deleting amendment vote "FOR"=delete text vote "AGAINST"=maintain text There is no vote on the original text Amendment has been withdrawn. Paragraph 53 will be deleted from the final text as it is already incorporated in paragraph 5. Requests for roll-call votes EFDD: am,, 3, 4, 5, 9, 0, and S&D: final vote 6

7 Greens/ EFA: am 6, 7, 8, 4, 8 and 9,, 35, 55, 79, 85, 9, 98, 0, 08, 5,, 43, 45, 94, 0 EUL/NGL: am 38, 39, 40, 43, 44 and 6 EPP : am 3, 36 and 5 ENF: am 7, 0,, 8, 9,, 46 and 0, 3, 43, 0 Requests for separate votes ALDE: 7, 3, 4, 6, 34, 35, 38, 39, 45, 5, 5, 55, 58, 69, 7, 73, 74, 78, 79, 80, 89, 98, 5,, 7, 43, 44, 45, 46, 53, 87, 88, 94 and 00 EUL/NGL: 6 and 4 EPP: 7, 3, 5, 9, 4, 6, 35, 38, 45, 5, 5, 55, 63, 74, 78, 80, 85, 89, 90, 9, 5,, 7, 30, 39, 43, 44, 45, 46, 50, 53, 86, 87, 88, 94, 99, 00 and 0 ECR: 6 and 70 Requests for votes S&D Am 4 st part: nd part: Notes that... other Member States; calls, therefore,... as EU tax havens; EUL/NGL 3 st part: nd part: 54 st part: nd part: 80 st part: nd part: Text as a whole excluding the words which may be legal, but are contrary to the spirit of the law these words Text as a whole excluding the words future free trade partnership and these words Fears that the prosecution... silencing of whistle-blowers while also taking into account the legal rights of firms EPP Am 4 st part: nd part: st part: nd part: st part: nd part: 38 st part: nd part: Notes that... size of its economy; [ROLL-CALL VOTE] notes that, according... as EU tax havens; [ROLL-CALL VOTE] Text as a whole excluding the words notes that anti-corruption... financial matters in this process these words Calls on the Commission... blocking projects and follow-up actions taken to ensure... tax avoidance and tax fraud; Encourages the Commission... reforms in the field of taxation in order to eliminate tax competition among Member States; 7

8 3rd part: urges the Commission... the agreements already in place; 69 st part: Is very concerned... increased in recent years nd part: notwithstanding the social alarm created by the LuxLeaks scandal ;» 73 st part: nd part: 79 st part: nd part: 98 st part: nd part: 0 st part: nd part: 30 st part: nd part: 09 st part: nd part: 0 st part: nd part: Stresses that the mandatory... accessible not only for tax authorities but also for the general public; Calls on the Commission... Panama Papers and other leaks; calls on the Commission... deficits in Member States; Urges that assets... while respecting the principle of subsidiarity; calls on the Commission... money laundering, tax fraud and organised crime; Believes that, by harmonising... would be strengthened; calls on the Commission... strategic analysis functions of FIUs; Text as a whole excluding the words both within and outside the EU these words Calls for a significant... framework of Europol and suggest linking... uncovering illegal international tax schemes; Calls on the Member States... a qualified majority in the Council and within the framework of the ordinary legislative procedure; Miscellaneous Mr Urban Crespo will move the following oral amendment to 0: Resolves to establish a permanent committee of inquiry in the next legislative term, and to equip it with appropriate resources and competences. Voting scheme Am 4 st part: nd part: 3rd part: Notes that... size of its economy; [ROLL-CALL VOTE] notes that... other Member States; [ROLL-CALL VOTE] calls, therefore... as EU tax havens [ROLL-CALL VOTE] 8

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