8 Amendments of Alex AGIUS SALIBA related to 2020/2262(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the importance, for a properly functioning and competitive internal market, of effective better law- making tools that take subsidiarity and proportionality fully into account when drawing up scientifically based and balancedbalanced, clear and comprehensible legislation, particularly for consumers and SMEs;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that a large part of the EU’s key legislative priorities for 2017-2019 were initiatives related to IMCO's remit mainly devoted to implementation of the Single Market Strategy and Digital Single Market Strategy, focusing on regulations eliminating unnecessary barriers and seizing new opportunities for the benefit of citizens and businesses; considers that initiatives aiming for a deeper and fairer internal market while maintaining a high- level of consumer protection should remain a key pillar of future annual programming;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that SMEs in particular will continue to face serious repercussions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and need more flexibility to react quickly to the ever-changing demands of our economy; reiterates that cutting red tapereducing unnecessary administrative burden, , the ‘think small first’ principle and fostering a society that values entrepreneurship while ensuring a high level of consumer protection need to be priorities within internal market legislation;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the need to promote regular dialogue and consultation with stakeholders, including businesses, which helps with the application of the SME test;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States’ authorities at national and regional level, and on stakeholders to become more closely involved at an early stage of the decision-making process, with subsidiarity and proportionality checks and administrative burden assessments of EU legislation; calls further on the Member States to ensure the swift and consistent transposition, implementation and enforcement of legislation, and to avoid ‘gold-plating’ that can undermine the smooth functioning of the internal market;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Is of the opinion that in the implementation and transposition of EU acts, a clear distinction must be made between cases of ‘gold-plating’, in which Member States introduce additional administrative requirements unrelated to EU legislation, and the setting of higher standards that go beyond EU-wide minimum standards for environmental and consumer protection, healthcare and food safety;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Welcomes the input received from national parliaments on initiatives related to “A New Deal for Consumers” and “More efficient Single Market law- making”;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Warns that legislation which increases unnecessary administrative burdens greatlycould affects SMEs and consumers by hindering competitiveness and preventing the single market from unlocking its full potential; further stresses that the reduction of administrative burdens does not necessarily mean deregulation, and in any event, it must not compromise environmental and consumer protection, healthcare and food safety; recalls that, while additional unnecessary administrative burdens should be avoided, this should not prevent the Member States from maintaining or taking more ambitious measures and adopting higher social, environmental and consumer protection standards in cases where only minimum standards are defined by Union law; calls on the Commission, with a view to providing evidence on the added value of EU action, and its costs and benefits, to strengthen the SME fitness check.