Activities of Lukas MANDL related to 2021/2071(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the creation of guidelines for the application of the general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget
Amendments (6)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates that the applicationlegal effectiveness of the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation, as of 1 January 2021, cannot be subject to the adoption of guidelines, and urgescalls on the Commission to publish these guidelines as soon as possible in view of avoiding any further delay in its application; in terms of concrete actions; urges the Commission to immediately start preliminary investigations on any potential individual or systemic breach of the principles of the rule of law in the Member States that affect or seriously risk affecting the sound financial management of the Union budget, or the protection of the financial interests of the Union in a sufficiently direct way.
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the Commission has begun tois about to present its draft guidelines on the application of the Regulation; requests that, if the Commission deems such guidelines necessary, Parliament be consulted prior to their adopto consult the Parliament prior to its final adoption; once the guidelines are adopted, the Commission should report to the all competent parliamentary committees active in the field of rule of law on a quarterly basis regarding new and ongoing cases under investigation;.
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that any guidelines must not undermine the adopted regulation or the intention of the co-legislatorsalter, expand or narrow the adopted regulation, but should clarify how its provisions should be applied in practice; underlines that the purpose of the guidelines consists of outlining the procedure, definitions and methodology of the concrete application by the Commission; asks the Commission to avoid strict or exhaustive definitions of the concepts, as this would be in contradiction with the Regulation; considers that interpretation of abstract concepts is a dynamic process which cannot be predefined in one document; believes that the guidelines should fully respect the interpretation of relevant concepts by the Court of Justice of the European Union and the Venice Commission.
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Underlines the complementarity of the annual Rule of Law report to the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation; calls on the Commission to use the findings of the annual report as an important source in its assessments for the purposes of the regulation.
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Recalls that the Commission should continue to make use of all instruments of the Rule of Law toolbox, including infringement procedures according to Article 258 TFEU and procedures according to Article 7 TEU.
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Highlights that the assessment of individual or systemic breaches with regard to the rule of law requires an impartial, fair and objective treatment of Member States; the guidelines thus establish to this end procedures for conducting non-partisan and evidence- based investigations.