5 Amendments of Constance LE GRIP related to 2015/2283(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the package of better regulation measures adopted on 19 May 2015; believes however that macriterial criteria for establishing the existence of a violation that are more material to ensuring strict observance of the subsidiarity and proportionality principles should be proposed; adds that care needs to be taken to prevent any ‘gold-plating’ of EU legislation by Member States and that national parliaments have a genuine role to play here;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. RegretNotes the decrease in the number of reasoned opinions received from national parliaments in 2014; takes note ofshares the Commission’s view that, far from reflecting a decrease in interest on their part, this might beis the result of the declining number of legislative proposals from the Commission, as the volume of reasoned opinions remained unchanged in proportion to the number of Commission proposals;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes, nevertheless, that it is important to continue to raise the awareness of national parliaments on subsidiarity issues and to support them with tools permitting information exchange; stresses that, especially since the volume of reasoned opinions received from national parliaments in 2014 remained unchanged in proportion to the number of Commission proposals, a mechanism should be developed for the participation of national parliaments in the EU legislative processf their key role in regard to monitoring observance of the subsidiarity principle and to support them with tools permitting information exchange;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that the period of eight weeks given to national parliaments to issue a reasoned opinion under Article 6 of the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality should be extended significantlyis appropriate;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the Commission should provide an adequate response toTakes notes of the request by a number of national chambers for a strongerthat their role in the subsidiarity control procedure; supports the request made by some national chambers to play a more crucial role, by proposing that the Commission should be bound to withdraw or amend its proposal when a yellow card is triggered; believes, at the same time, that the idea of a ‘green card’ should be considered as one means of raising the participation and activity of national parliaments in the EU legislative process be strengthened; considers that it is for all the EU institutions to provide an adequate response by stepping up information exchange to enable strict application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality.