Fru formand, hr. kommissær, kære kolleger, da det ikke siden 1992 har kunnet lade sig gøre at gennemføre nogen større harmonisering af merværdiafgiften, har Kommissionen på baggrund af SLIM-gruppens arbejde meget fornuftigt valgt den løsning at harmonisere og forenkle momsfaktureringsprocedurerne.
Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, since it has not been possible since 1992 to achieve greater harmonisation of value added tax, the Commission quite rightly decided to go for a different solution, which is to harmonise and simplify VAT administrative practices, as a result of the work carried out by the SLIM (Simpler Legislation for the Internal Market) Group.