8 Amendments of Fredrick FEDERLEY related to 2015/2283(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas subsidiarity concerns areas of shared competence, and onincluding the vitally important such area is thatareas of the environment, food safety and public health matters as defined in Article 168.4 TFEU, and whereas issues such as air quality, biodiversity and the climate require action at local and national level to be coordinated with EU policies in a balanced way;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that, essentially, the reason fewer reasoned opinions have been issued is that the Commission has not brought forward many legislative proposals, but among the five proposals that gave rise to the largest number of reasoned opinions in 2014, two fell within the ENVI Committee’s areas of responsibility1 ; emphasises, in this regard, that the volume of reasoned opinions received in 2014 remained unchanged in proportion to Commission proposals; this trend suggests that there is no systemic disrespect of the subsidiarity principle; highlights that while the number of reasoned opinions in 2014 decreased the number of contributions from national parliaments to the European Parliament increased; __________________ 1 COM(2014)0397 and COM(2013)0894.
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the Commission received 13 opinions from national parliaments of which 3 reasoned on its 2014 proposal for a review of waste policy and legislation, and 7 opinions of which 2 reasoned on its 2015 proposal; this decrease may suggest that many of the concerns were adequately addressed in the framework of the political dialogue;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that local and regional authorities are closely involved in implementing environmNotes that environmental legislation is often transposed and implemented in a highly decentral policies and that as a result the Committee of the Regions and its subsidiarity monitoring mechanism are vitally important;ised manner in the Member States; emphasises that the opinion of the Committee of the Regions is important to the co-legislators when defining environmental policies
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to take into accoucarry out thorough impact assessments to a greater extent the efforts the Member States have already made as regards environmental policies, to ensure it proposes suitable tools and proportionate objectivesccompany legislative proposals, and to take stock of the efficiency of the actions already implemented on Member State level in the policy area of environment, public health and food safety;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that the transfer of powers under the subsidiarity principle is based on trust, and that the national parliaments are right to take the view that conferring tasks; emphasises, in this regard, the importance of safeguarding the independence onf agencies in which conflicts of interest are not managed in a satisfactory manner runs counter to the subsidiarity principle in terms of the effectiveness of action to protect citizensas well as analysing their funding from the EU budget in order to ensure that funding is appropriately and efficiently targeted;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the constructive approach of the Commission to the opinions of national parliaments; emphasises the important role of the European Parliament as co-legislator and the Commission's obligation to act as mandated by the co-legislators to adopt permanent criteria for endocrine disrupters (Case T-521/14, Sweden v Commission);