3 Amendments of Ivan JAKOVČIĆ related to 2015/2283(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
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1. Welcomes the continued consideration of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, which are guiding principles for the European Union when it chooses to act; stresses that subsidiarity and democratic legitimacy are closely intertwined concepts; highlights that subsidiarity checks can be considered an important tool for reducing the so-called ‘democratic deficit’; points out that national parliaments have a vital role to play in ensuring that decisions are taken as closely as possible to the citizen; points out that the exercise of EU competence is based on the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality; points out that the general significance and purpose of the subsidiarity principle lie in the fact that it confers a degree of independence on a lower body in relation to a higher body; points to the importance of applying the subsidiarity principle within national frameworks, that is to say, when assigning responsibilities to tiers of power, which usually implies a shift towards local bodies in relation to central government;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
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3. Calls on the Commission to take into account to a greater extent the efforts the Member States and regional and local communities have already made as regards environmental policies, to ensure it proposes suitable tools and proportionate objectives;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
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3. Is concerned by the fact that some national parliaments have highlighted that, in a number of the Commission’s legislative proposals, the justification of subsidiarity and proportionality is insufficient or non-existent in substance; stresses, in this connection, the need for the European institutions to make it possible for national parliaments to scrutinise legislative proposals by ensuring that the Commission provides detailed and comprehensivewell-argued and factually substantiated grounds for its legislative decisions on subsidiarity and proportionality, in accordance with Article 5 of Protocol No 2 to the TFEU;