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The Parliament also supports the proposal for pan-European pension institutions as reflected in the Commission's communication. Further, it calls for a statute for a pension fund to be set up for migrant and frontier workers. Member states and the Commission are called upon to grant migrant and frontier workers easier access to information on the benefits and the drawbacks of cross-border pension schemes, so as to enable them to become more aware of their rights and also the difficulties which they might encounter concerning that such tax treatment of cross-border occupational pension schemes.
The Commission is urged to submit to the special European Council in Barcelona in the spring of 2002, an action plan for the coordination of taxation on pensions, as a follow-up to the plans which are to be prepared at the Laeken European Council.
Lastly, it is suggested by the Parliament that the Commission should set up a scoreboard, adjusted regularly, to assess progress with the automatic exchange of information, assistance with collection and mutual recognition andsupervision.
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