Activities of Damian BOESELAGER related to 2023/2079(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law Making covering 2020, 2021 and 2022
Amendments (9)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the number of reasoned opinions received from national parliaments in 2020 amounted to 131 out of 134 submissions formally received by Parliament under Protocol No 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality2 ; notes the increase in the submission of reasoned opinions in 2021 to 24 out of 227 submissions; observes that the total number of opinions received also rose from 255 in 2020 to 360 in 2021, reflecting the increased number of proposals presented by the Commission; _________________ 1 See for methodological differences in counting footnote 50 on page 9 of the Commission Annual report for 2020 (COM(2021)0417). The Commission counts 9 reasoned opinions for statistical purposes. 2 OJ C 115, 9.5.2008, p. 206.
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls the ‘Juncker’ Commission’s guideline: ‘big on big things and small on small things’; considers that, while the COVID-19 crisis presented unprecedented challenges that resulted in the Commission interpreting EU competences in an extensive manner, the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality (Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union) should remain guiding principles in focusing EU efforts on significant issues with EU added value that require collective action, and that other matters should be left to the national and regional level the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality (Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union) should remain guiding principles;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the adoption, in November 2021, of new better regulation guidelines and a toolbox, which also includes the production of subsidiarity assessment grids; regrets the fact that these grids are currently limited only to proposals for politically sensitive and important legislative proposals accompanied by an impact assessment on proposals for politically sensitive and important initiatives accompanied by an impact assessment; believes that in light of the successful conclusion of the EU Year of Youth, tool #31 ‘Education and training, culture and youth’ of the Commission better regulation toolbox should be amended to more prominently evaluate the impact of the Commission’s proposal on future generations;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. ReiteraNotes that the interinstitutional agreement on better law-making3 stipulates that the Commission should outline in its explanatory memoranda how its proposed measures are justified in the light of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality; points out that this requires that, as a general rule, every Commission proposal should be duly accompanied by an impact assessment; _________________ 3 Interinstitutional agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making, OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that, in 2020 and 2021, no Commission proposals reached the threshold of four countries to trigger an aggregate response from the Commission to the reasoned opinions from national parliaments; encourages national and regional parliaments to prioritise resources for subsidiarity and proportionality checks in order to strengthen their scrutiny ofproactively contribute to the EU decision- making process and to a greater ownership of EU policies;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Encourages national parliaments to systematically include the reasoned opinions of regional parliaments with legislative powers into their reasoned final opinions that are sent to the Presidents of the Parliament, the Council and the Commission, especially when regional exclusive competences may be affected;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Encourages the Commission to have a more active engagement with national and regional parliaments in the consultation at the different stages of policy preparation; furthermore encourages the Commission to take a more active role in its direct interaction with regional parliaments;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Recommends to better take into account the role played by the Committee of the Regions (CoR) and European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in the legislative framework as representatives of local and regional authorities and organised civil society; reaffirms the need to reform the CoR in order to maximize its impact in the law- making process;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that, in 2020, members of the Commission had 101 visits to national parliaments or meetings with national parliament delegations and that in 2021, this number rose to 130; believesuggests that the Commission should consistently participates in debates on EU proposals in national parliaments.