The EU Council disagreed with the European Commission’s proposal to introduce a ban on targeted fishing for central herring.
The EU Council has also increased the fishing quota for herring, as proposed by the European Commission, and increased the fishing quota for sprat – the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has informed. The Council Regulation fixing fishing opportunities for 2024 in the Baltic Sea was the main topic of discussion at the meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRIFISH).
“The compromise legal decision implemented Poland’s negotiating priorities. The EU Council did not agree to introduce a ban on targeted fishing for central herring. The quota originally proposed by the EC was also increased from 28,000 tons to approximately 42,000 tons (17%). The Council also did not agree to reduce sprat fish quotas in line with the EC proposal; as a result, it was increased by 13% compared to the EC proposal,” we read in the press release.
At the end of August, the European Commission proposed a significant reduction in the total allowable herring catches (TAC) in the Baltic Sea, in some of its areas. This effectively meant a total fishing ban.
EC: In 2021, the VAT gap in Poland was 3.3%.
The VAT gap, ie the difference between expected and actually obtained VAT revenue, was 3.3% in Poland. potential revenues (1,694 million euros) in 2021 – according to the European Commission.
“In nominal terms, the total VAT gap in the EU has decreased by around €38 billion, from €99 billion in 2020 to €61 billion in 2021. which represents an unprecedented improvement compared to previous years. A number of Member States, such as Italy (-10.7 percentage points) and Poland (-7.8 percentage points), recorded particularly significant decreases in their national VAT gap.
Adopted in April this year. by the Council of Ministers The Convergence Program Update (APK) predicts that the value added tax (VAT) tax gap has narrowed by 6.1 percentage points. to approximately 4.3 percent potential revenue in 2021. According to the Ministry of Finance’s estimates from April this year, the VAT gap in 2019 was 11.2%. potential income, in 2020 – 9.3%, in 2021 – 3.1%. and in 2022 – 4.9 percent
Source: Do Rzeczy
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