Activities of Dominique BILDE related to 2021/2166(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Better regulation: Joining forces to make better laws
Amendments (7)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the EU’s obligation to incorporate the development cooperation objectives into any policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries, particularly least- developed countries, as set out in Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; recalls that many Union policies with a more domestic dimension contribute to the implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), and therefore achieving coherence across all Union policies is crucial to achieving the SDGs worldwide;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses, further, that impact analyses must also take account of the specific features of the outermost regions and overseas countries and territories;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses that developing countries are an extremely heterogeneous group and that, consequently, impact analyses must focus on least-developed countries;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Strongly believes that the Union’s better regulation system is a valuable instrument in the implementation of this legal obligation, as long as the tools that the system proposes are used appropriately and to their maximum potential; welcomes the new versions of the better regulation guidelines and the better regulation toolbox; believes that tool number 35 in particular contains the necessary elements to guide the performance of impact analyses in developing countries and least- developed countries in particular and expects that this tool will be used extensively;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to improving the analysis and reporting of the impact of proposals, in particular on developing countries, particularly least-developed countries, and with regard to achieving the SDGs;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the impact on outermost regions and overseas countries and territories must also be taken into account;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates the importance of policy coherence in relation to external EU policy affecting developing countries, particularly least-developed countries, but also a number of territories in the EU with specific geographical features that must be taken into account, i.e. the outermost regions and overseas countries and territories; welcomes any initiatives that make the EU’s approach more consistent in this regard.