9 Amendments of Jean-François JALKH related to 2017/2273(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Maintains that effective application of EU law is essential in order to realise the benefits which EU policies bring, when EU policies are implemented, EU law must apply to citizens and businesses and that uniformthe application of EU law in all Member States is central to the EU’s successproper functioning;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that the Commission's supervisory powers are delegated to it by Parliament and the Member States, and that Parliament can adopt a motion of censure against the Commission or even dissolve it altogether; points out that the Commission's task is to ensure that the Treaties are upheld and serve as the EU's executive body;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses its concern at the increase in the total number of infringement procedures in 2016, making the figure for such cases the highest to have been recorded in the last five years; stresses that the increase in the total number of infringement procedures is partly due to disagreements between the EU Member States and the EU and partly due to the growing conflict between the citizens of sovereign states and Commission decisions;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States concerned and the Commission closely to monitor environment-related infringement cases with a cross-border dimension, including correct transposition and application of EU law in future Member States;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the number of infringement proceedings concerning the environment fell in 2016 compared with 2015, but that there was an increase in the number of procedures in the area of health and food safety, and calls on the Commission to bring particular attention to bear on that point; notes, in that connection, that the free-trade agreements signed between the EU and third countries are a long way from meeting the EU's environmental standards, and that the lack of traceability of imported products will increase the number of violations in the EU;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission, when drafting and assessing legislation, to take greater account of the need to reduce the administrative burden for SMEs in an effort to maintain their competitiveness and halt the collapse of the economic fabric made up of European SMEs;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that, in line with the Commission’s efforts to produce better and more effective EU legislation2, the application of the subsidiarity and proportionality principles should always be taken into accountbe stepped up and made more systematic. _________________ 2 COM(2017)0651, 24 October 2017.