11 Amendments of Bernd LANGE related to 2011/0150(COD)
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Each European and national standardisation body shall promptly replyreply within one month to, and take due account of, any comments received from any other European and national standardisation body and the Commission with respect to any such draft.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the prompt publication of draft standards in such a way that parties established in other Member States have the opportunity to submit comments;
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. European standardisation bodies shall ensurcourage an appropriate representation of small and medium-sized enterprises (hereinafter 'SME'), consumer organisations, workers and environmental and social stakeholders, in particular through the organisations referred to in Annex III, at the policy development level and at least at the following stages of the development of European standards or European standardisation deliverables:
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. European standardisation bodies shall ensurcourage an appropriate representation, at technical level, of undertakings, research centres and universities and other legal entities, in standardisation activities concerning an emerging area with significant policy or technical innovation implications, if the legal entities concerned participated in a project that is related to that area and that is funded by the Union under a multiannual framework programme for activities in the area of research and technological development.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5a Best-practice models European standardisation bodies shall support, foster and disseminate best- practice models for the involvement of stakeholders in national standardisation bodies.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The work programme for the development of European standards referred to in paragraph 1 shall outline how the standardisation work is to be incorporated into the joint EU 2020 strategy and how coherence between the two will be maintained.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. The work programme for the development of European standards referred to in paragraph 1 shall outline who is to make what efforts to develop international cooperation and thus internationalise European standardisation work.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 c (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. The work programme for the development of European standards referred to in paragraph 1 shall be forwarded to the European Parliament and the Council for their opinions.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission may request one or several European standardisation bodies to draft a European standard or European standardisation, deliverable within a set deadline, which is ambitious and to which are annexed clear lists of requirements, interim objectives and details of public funding. They shall be market-driven, take into account the public interest and based on consensus.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall inform the relevant European standardisation body, within threone months following the receipt of the acceptance referred to in paragraph 2, about the award of a grant for drafting a European standard or European standardisation deliverable.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall decide on the financing arrangements referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, on the amounts of the grants and, where necessary, on the maximum percentage of financing by type of activity. The Commission shall ensure that the EU funding is only supplementary in nature and is made contingent on compliance with specific requirements, so that funding for European standardisation continues to be provided mainly by the private sector.