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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-06-17
CONTENTS
[01] Avramopoulos: Revision of Dublin Regulation included in proposals
for a "fair and sustainable common European asylum system"
[02] Finance ministry drafts legislation to promote use of plastic money
[01] Avramopoulos: Revision of Dublin Regulation included in proposals
for a "fair and sustainable common European asylum system"
EU Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos on Friday gave a
response on behalf of the European Commission to a question of the Vice
President of the European Parliament and SYRIZA MEP Dimitris Papadimoulis
regarding the revision of the Dublin Regulation.
Unveiling the proposal for the establishment of the European Union Agency
for Asylum, Avramopoulos confirmed the debate on the revision of the
Dublin Treaty.
"The Commission presented, on May 4, 2016, the first set of proposals for
a radical revision of the Common European Asylum System", he said adding
that this set of proposals is designed to build a "fair and sustainable
common European asylum system."
[02] Finance ministry drafts legislation to promote use of plastic money
Greek Finance ministry is drafting a new legislation -soon to be
submitted to Parliament- linking tax-free income with spending using
credit cards and interconnecting cash machines with the General
Secretariat of Information Systems.
The new legislation, drafted by the team of Alternate Finance Minister
Tryfon Alexiadis, envisages that each taxpayer must spend using
credit/debit cards up to 10-30 pct of its income in order to enjoy a tax
discount. More analytically, for annual income up to 10,000 euros a 10
pct spending using plastic money should be required, for income up to
20,000 euros a 15 pct, for income up to 40,000 euros a 20 pct and for
higher incomes a 30 pct. The draft bill could also envisage offering
additional incentives to promote e-payments, such as lotteries with
state property assets as prize, cash returns, etc.
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