13 Amendments of Daniel BUDA related to 2014/2150(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
- having regard to the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards a standard VAT return
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 b (new)
Citation 18 b (new)
- having regard to the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 861/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 establishing a European Small Claims Procedure,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the aims and objectives of the Union spelled out in Article 3 TEU are all of equal import; whereas the Commission underlines that the REFIT programme does not call into question existing policy objectives, nor does it impact negatively on the health and safety of citizens, consumers, or workers, or on the environment;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that better regulation should encompass the ‘culture’ of public administration at all levels of the European Union, bearing in mind the excessive levels of red tape EU-wide and the need to simplify legislation, and include the implementation and application of Union acts at European level as well as at national, regional and local levels in order to ensure good administration and ‘Europe- friendly conduct’ at all levels;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that the Economic and Social Committee, which enjoys consultative status, plays an key role in representing civil society and may, under current legislation, be consulted in advance by Parliament, the Council and the Commission in all cases where Parliament and the Council deem it usefulappropriate; takes the view that it should be properly consulted on specific issues sufficiently well in advance and advantage taken of its specific areas of expertise for the purposes of better legislation;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that there should be stronger involvement on the part of regional and local authorities in EU policy making, given the fact that the decentralisation process is much more advanced in some Member States, in particular by involving Member State expertise and experience at regional and local levels at an early stage in the preparation of legislation; notes that the Committee of the Regions is an important mouthpiece for these levels of representation;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment regularly to revise the impact assessment guidelines in order to improve this process; believes that the Commission should assess the economic, social and environmental consequences, and better evaluateanalyse more thoroughly the impact of its policy on the fundamental rights of citizens in order to fully grasp its effects, keeping in mind that the cost-benefit analysis is only one of manyconstitutes just one of the assessment criteria;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the need to take account of the horizontal, social and ecological provisions of the Lisbon Treaty (Articles 9 and 11 TFEU) in defining and implementing Union actions and policies; calls on all EU institutions always to consider the short- and long-term effects of legislation; believes that, while the focus of such assessments is primarily on monetary factors, and on easily quantifiable criteria such as economic operators costs, the long- term value of legislation, such as the reduction of adverse health effects or the preservation of ecosystems, is often difficult to quantify, and that, as a consequence, social and environmental costs and benefits are not taken into adequate account;Does not affect the English version
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that all EU institutions should develop and adopt a common methodological approach to impact assessments, and calls on them to include this as a priority in the upcoming negotiations on a new interinstitutional agreement; stresses the fact that the legislative prerogatives of Parliament and the Council to amend a proposal from the Commission must remain undiminished;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the fact that the Commission is making ex-post analysis an integral part of better regulation; stresses that, in the interests of legal certainty for citizens and businesses, such analyses should be carried out within a sufficient time-frame, and preferably several yearsa reasonable time after the deadline for transposition into national law, so that a genuine analysis can be conducted of the effects of the legislation implemented;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Considers that national parliaments should be involved in the ex-post evaluation of new legislation, as this would not only contribute to strengthening their common European responsibility but also benefitand lend greater value to the Commission’s reports;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Acknowledges that, in most cases, it is the prerogative of the Member States to decide whether to adopt higher social and environmental standards at national level than those agreed upon at EU level, and welcomes any decision to do so; calls, however, onfor the competent national authorities to have to be aware of the possible consequences of the so-called practice of ‘gold plating’, by which unnecessary bureaucratic burdens are added to EU legislation, since this may lead to a misconception of the legislative activity of the EU, which in turn might foster EU scepticism; recommends, for the sake of transparency and user-friendliness, that any additional innovations introduced at national level be clearly identified as such;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Points out that the Commission, in consequence of its right of legislative initiative, may at any time in the course of a procedure for the adoption of a Union act withdraw a proposal as long as the Council has not yet taken any decision on it; stresses, however, that the Commission’s readiness to take into account the views of the Parliament in questions relating to the withdrawal or amendment of legislative proposals, constitutes an essential element of the political trust between the two institutDoes not affect the English versions;