20 Amendments of Simona BONAFÈ related to 2017/2705(RSP)
Amendment 3 #
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the Commission as the ‘guardian of the Treaties’ has the primary responsibility for enforcing EU laws and should do so more vigorously;
Amendment 4 #
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas 70 % of EU environmental law is being implemented by regional and local authorities;
Amendment 6 #
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; notes, however, that there are common problem areas where implementation is poor throughout the EU and that these often concern the largest environmental health threats, such as air quality and noise pollution;
Amendment 11 #
Recital D
D. whereas the EIR should be a cross- sectorial instrument, able to evaluate the environmental impacts ofin other sectorareas such as agriculture, fisheries, industry or, transport, forestry, and regional policyies in general;
Amendment 13 #
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the Commission should aim to achieve better comparability of the data used in assessing Member States' performances.The differences between the data collected in different Member States represent an important obstacle to their comparability and ultimately to the assessment itself;
Amendment 17 #
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas the EIR should be seen as an instrument for political discussion, particularly at ministrerial level, and not only as a technical tool;
Amendment 26 #
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; the approach of fixing a deadline by the Commission before initiating an infringement procedure, should be assessed as an integration to the EIR;
Amendment 29 #
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes that the EIR covers the majority of thematic objectives of the 7th Environmental Action Programme (7th EAP); however regrets that important areas such as climate change, energy efficiency measures and energy savings, chemicals and industrial emissions have not been covered and calls on the Commission to ensure that they are included in future versions; points out that existing data already published by the European Environment Agency could have allowed at least a preliminary analysis of the implementation of climate change legislation, energy efficiency measures and energy savings at both EU and Member State level.
Amendment 33 #
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Highlights the fact that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at global level and the 7th EAP at EU level create a framework for progressive environmental policies that are however continuously under pressure from the promotion of deregulatory policies;
Amendment 36 #
Paragraph 7
Amendment 41 #
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that the review should take into account and assess any serious problems and possible conflicting goals between environmental policies and other sectoral policies, highlighting any misalignments, where they are found, and drawing up proposals to correct them;
Amendment 42 #
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Regrets that the EIR does not include Member States "issue papers" and believes that there should be fewer discretion to Member States to find solutions for a better implementation;
Amendment 44 #
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Underlines that the implementation of environmental law could be improved by a better integration of environmental legislation into other policy areas and by a full application of the precautionary principle;
Amendment 48 #
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Takes the view that the use of market instruments by Member States, such as a fiscal policy based on the 'polluter pays' principle, is an effective and efficient tool for achieving the goal of full implementation of environmental policy;
Amendment 49 #
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Stresses that investments are a fundamental lever for the implementation of environmental policies;considers it necessary to broaden public investment in the preservation and enhancement of natural resources, in particular with regard to those that are not profitable for private investors;calls on the Commission, to that end, to consider allowing greater budget flexibility for such measures;
Amendment 55 #
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that the EIR can also be used as a tool for public information, raising awareness, increasing the involvement of civil society and 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;
Amendment 58 #
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Stresses that NGOs and the wider public can also play an important role in promoting better implementation and thereby upholding the rule of law if effective access to justice is available;
Amendment 62 #
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Considers it necessary, within the review mechanism, to take into consideration the differences and specific territorial features of a Member State which presents recognised anomalies;calls on the Commission, therefore, to determine specific goals and strategies for these areas and to provide for its own direct support if necessary;
Amendment 66 #
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve the data collection and availability of information, the dissemination of good practices and the involvement of citizens and to consider involving local authorities to a greater extent in the process of defining environmental policy;
Amendment 69 #
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the competent authorities at the relevant level in the Member States to seize the opportunity of organising implementation dialogues, by involving also the national parliaments, and calls on the Commission to engage in those dialogues;