Meeting: Committee on Financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance/Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Brussels - Main contents

Fotograaf: Kevin Bergenhenegouwen

date	November 26, 2018 19:00 - 20:30
city	Brussels, Belgium
location	Paul-Henri Spaak building (PHS) i
station	EbS+
room	P3C050
attending	(Petr) Ježek i et al.
organisation	European Parliament (EP) i, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) i, Committee on Financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance (TAX3) i

19.00 - 20.30 uur

Brussel

Zaal: Paul-Henri Spaak (3C050)

19.00 - 20.30 uur

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  Aanneming van de agenda

• 2. 

  Mededelingen van de voorzitter

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  Openbare hoorzitting over "CumEx-schandaal: financiële criminaliteit en de mazen in het huidige rechtskader"

TAX3/8/14953

• 4. 

  Zie afzonderlijk ontwerpprogramma

• 5. 

  Rondvraag

The European Parliament is the EU's law-making body. It is directly elected by EU voters every 5 years.

What does the Parliament do?

The Parliament has 3 main roles:

Legislative

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  Passing EU laws, together with the Council of the EU, based on European Commission proposals

The Parlimentary Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs is responsible for:

• 1. 

  The economic and monetary policies of the Union, the functioning of Economic and Monetary Union and the European monetary and financial system (including relations with the relevant institutions or organisations)

This "Special Committee on Financial Crimes, Tax Evansion and Tax Avoidance" was set up by the European Parliament in March 2018. It continues the work of previous special committees TAXE, TAX2 and PANA.