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Activities of Mireille D'ORNANO related to 2017/2705(RSP)

Plenary speeches (1)

Environmental Implementation Review (EIR) (debate) FR
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2705(RSP)

Amendments (30)

Amendment 1 #

Recital A
A. whereas the EU has strong environmental legislation but its weak and defective implementation is a longstanding problem. These implementation gaps threaten sustainable development, have adverse trans-boundary impacts on the environment and human health and entail important socio-economic costs. M; whereas, moreover, implementation gaps undermine the EU's credibility of environmental policy achievements;
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2 #

Recital A
A. whereas the EU has strong environmental legislation but its weak, inconsistent and defective implementation is a longstanding problem. These implementation gaps threaten sustainable development, have adverse trans-boundary impacts on the environment and human health and entail important socio-economic costs. Moreover, implementation gaps undermine the EU's credibility;
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 5 #

Recital B
B. whereas the EU Environmental Implementation Review (“EIR”) and the 28 Country reports have shown once again that implementation of the environmental law in the EU is not homogeneous but varies dramatically between Member States as well as between the different environmental areas; whereas, at the same time, specificities, or even ingrained differences, exist between each of the 28 Member States in terms of the assessment of environmental objectives, public action and the legal context, and it would be unrealistic to try to eliminate them;
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 7 #

Recital C
C. whereas the biennial reporting exercise is very important to show the real situation of the implementation in the Member States but also a regular monitoring would be important; whereas monitoring the consistency of the Commission's policies, from an environmental point of view, is equally important;
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 9 #

Recital D
D. whereas the EIR should be a cross- sectorial instrument, able to evaluate the environmental impacts of other sectors such as agriculture, fisheries, industry, transport - in particular because of the trans-European transport networks - or regional policy;
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 10 #

Recital D
D. whereas the EIR should be a cross- sectorial instrument, able to evaluate the environmental impacts of other sectors such as agriculture, - in particular because of the common agricultural policy - or fisheries, industry or regional policy;
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 19 #

Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the Commission’s initiative to introduce an EIR and recognises its enormous potential, if the right political importance will be given to it;; considers that the EIR has the potential tof putting implementation problems high on the political agenda and to ultimately improve the implementation of European environmental legislation and policy;
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 20 #

Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the European Parliament has called in several occasions for a more proactive role of the Commission in monitoring, guiding and supporting the implementation of environmental legislation and policy, e.g. on the Nature Directives;deleted
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 22 #

Paragraph 3
3. Supports theEndorses the Commission's cross- sectorial, multi- stakeholder holistic approach taken by the Commisvision, which is key in order to make changes on the ground. W, and the respect for subsidiarity and local communities in the implementation of European decisions; welcomes the fact that the EIR identifies the root causes of poor implementation and suggests actions to tackle those challenges in a constructive manner;
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 25 #

Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the EIR should be one of the tools used to evaluate progress made by Member States and by the Union towards the achievement of the environmentally relevant Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 27 #

Paragraph 5
5. Recognises that the EIR can also serve as a prevention tool and thus could lower the amount of infringement procedures. However, stresses that the EIR shall not replace or delay necessary infringement action by the Commission;
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 28 #

Paragraph 5
5. RecognisesWelcomes the fact that the EIR can also serve as a prevention tool and thus could lower the amount of infringement procedures. However, stresses that the EIR shall not replace or delay necessary infringement action by the Commission;
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 34 #

Paragraph 7
7. Considers that a stronger link between the EIR and the European Semester would be beneficial to the coherence of the Union action;deleted
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 37 #

Paragraph 8
8. Underlines that limited availability of data can result in implementation gaps and difficulties for review of implementation; adds that data comparability is a basic problem which could call into question such methodologies used in comparisons between Member States;
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 38 #

Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the importance of harmonising data and reporting cycles in order to streamline future review processes; calls on the Commission to increase data comparability and to include in future EIRs a specific section to assess the quality of reporting and data provided by Member States under the different Directives; underlines the importance of safe electronic data-sharing in order to facilitate the reporting by Member States, given that the latter often set great store by the confidential nature of the data they are willing to provide to the Commission;
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 39 #

Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the importance of harmonising data and reporting cycles in order to streamline future review processes; calls on the Commission to increase data comparability, without this leading to any additional costs, and to include in future EIRs a specific section to assess the quality of reporting and data provided by Member States under the different Directives; underlines the importance of safe electronic data-sharing in order to facilitate the reporting by Member States;
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 40 #

Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the importance of supporting qualitative assessment with quantitative targets. In that regards, considers that a better cooperation with the European Environment Agency would help to develop appropriate indicators;deleted
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 43 #

Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that lack of integration of environmental concerns into other policy areas, in particular agriculture and transport, is one of the root causes of implementation gaps of environmental legislation and policy;
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 45 #

Paragraph 12
12. Believes that lack of administrative capacity and governance, twoone of the main causes of defective implementation, derives from a lack of adequate funding as well as to an inefficient use of the available funds by Member States and calls on them for improvement wherever possible;
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 50 #

Paragraph 13
13. Strongly supports the emphasis given in the EIR to the exchange of best practices and peer-to-peer review and considers that this could help Member States facing difficulties with the implementation of environmental legislation to find innovative solutions. In that context, guidelines from the Commission would be helpful; considers, nonetheless, that differences do exist between each of the 28 Member States in terms of the assessment of environmental objectives, public action and the legal context, and it would be unrealistic to try to erase those specific national features;
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 51 #

Paragraph 13
13. Strongly supports the emphasis given in the EIR to the exchange of best practices and peer-to-peer review and considers that this could help Member States facing difficulties with the implementation of environmental legislation to find innovative solutions. In that context, guidelines from the Commission would be helpful;
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 53 #

Paragraph 14
14. Believes that the EIR can also be used as a tool for public information, raising awareness, enhancing public engagement and education on environment policy with benefits for Member States and citizens; in that regard, calls on the Commission to develop a toolbox of measures to assess progress made on environmental performance by Member States, including best practice benchmarking and scoreboard reports, which should be regularly updated and publicly available; calls on the Commission, in addition, to commission audits to assess the quality of all these arrangements and the consistency between environment policy and other policies;
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 54 #

Paragraph 14
14. Believes that the EIR can also be used as a tool for public information, raising awareness, enhancing public engagement and education on environment policy with benefits for Member States and citizens; in that regard, calls on the Commission to develop a toolbox of measures to assess progress made on environmental performance by Member States, includingcalls for best practice benchmarking and scoreboard reports, which should be regularly updated and publicly available;
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 59 #

Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to come forward with a legislative proposal on environmental inspections in order to accelerate the implementation of environmental laws and standards;deleted
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 60 #

Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to come forward with a legislative proposal onMember States to conduct environmental inspections in order to acceleratimprove the implementation of environmental laws and standardsaction;
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 65 #

Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission, the competent authorities in the Member States and relevant stakeholder to fully engage in the EIR. Stresses the important role of regional and local authorities; calls on Member States to fully involve them to further engage in the IMPEL network and to promote involvement of local and regional experts in order to better facilitate the sharing of data, knowledge and best practices;
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 71 #

Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the competent authorities at the relevant level in the Member States to seize the opportunity of organising implementation dialogues and calls on the Commission to engage in those dialogues;
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 73 #

Paragraph 18
18. WelcomNotes the policy proposals of the Commission on the dedicated framework for the structured implementation dialogue, but considers it imperative to ensure that this process is transparent;
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 74 #

Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the discussion between the Commission, Member States and stakeholders in the Expert Group 'Greening the European Semester', but considers that an establishment of a specific environmental implementationExpert Group group of experts, appointed by all the Member States, could facilitate a structured implementation dialogue in addition to the bi-lateral country dialogues;
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 77 #

Paragraph 20
20. Urges that the issue of implementation should figure as a recurring item in trio-presidency priorities and programmes, be discussed at the Environment Council at least once a year, perhaps through a dedicated Implementation Council and be complemented by another forum where also the Parliament and Committee of Regions are involved.C, in addition to a panel representing civil society; calls for joined Council meetings to address implementation of horizontal issues;
2017/09/11
Committee: ENVI