Activities of Damian BOESELAGER related to 2020/2262(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law Making covering the years 2017, 2018 and 2019
Amendments (10)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomesTakes note of the conclusions of the Task Force on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and ‘Doing less more efficiently’ of Junely 2018; welcomes, in particular, the concept of ‘active subsidiarity’, aiming to promote greater ownership of EU policies; insists thatcalls on the Commission to implement these conclusions, and in particular to better involve local and regional authorities fully in its consultation processes, as well as to integrate the ‘model grid’, in order to assess the application of both principles throughout the decision-making process; notes that this will require a strong commitment, including from EU co-legislators;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Encourages the European Commission and the European Parliament to truthfully evaluate the effectiveness and efficacy of the subsidiarity procedure in order to identify its weaknesses and address them; stresses the importance of timely and adequate information provision from the EU to national and regional parliaments to ensure that consulted parliaments are proactively made aware and requested to respond, including to public consultations; suggests that the European Commission takes a more active role in following-up with and consulting national and regional parliaments; believes that a more rigorous process will lead to a strengthening of the interaction between the different levels of polity and policy- making;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the Commission’s commitment to providing, in future, for aggregated answers where at least four parliaments have issued reasoned opinions and to allowing for flexibility onextend the eight- week deadline on a case-by-case basis by which national parliaments must submit their opinions, in particular in view to better integrate the opinion of regional parliaments with legislative powers;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the Commission to assess the possibility of introducing an informal ‘green card’ procedure with the aim of assisting the national parliaments in playing a positive and proactive role in EU affairs through the introduction of an informal ‘green card’ procedure;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the involvement of regional parliaments with legislative powers, which under Article 6 of Protocol No 2 to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union can be consulted by national parliaments, and supports their systematic consultation on major initiatives, in particular, where there is a link with regional competences;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that the REFIT platform should be expanded to widen its focus from regulatory burdens to matters of subsidiarity and proportionality; warns against the rigid application by the Commission of a ‘one in, one out’ principle in the implementation of better law-making processesWarns against the rigid application by the Commission of a ‘one in, one out’ principle in the implementation of better law-making processes; highlights that such processes should take into consideration economic, environmental, gender and social impacts in an integrated and balanced way and use both qualitative and quantitative analyses, as well as addressing the costs of non- harmonisation at EU level;.
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Stresses that, while additional unnecessary administrative burdens should be avoided in designing, transposing and implementing EU acts, this should not be translated into deregulation or “no-regulation” nor prevent Member States’ parliaments 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;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Recalls that transparency and publicity of the legislative process are inherent to the legislative process and motivate the involvement of national and regional parliaments; adds furthermore that openness and transparency confer greater legitimacy and confidence in the democratic legislative process of the European Union;