Activities of Heidi HAUTALA related to 2023/2079(INI)
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Amendments (12)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 9 June 2016 for an open, efficient and independent European Union administration;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)
Citation 6 b (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal, which welcomes the commitment by the Commission to ensure that all EU actions should help the EU achieve a sustainable future and a just transition and to update the better regulation guidelines accordingly, requiring, inter alia, that a ‘sustainability first’ principle be integrated into the Better Regulation Agendas of the EU and its Member States,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 7 July 2022 on Better regulation: Joining forces to make better laws (2021/2166(INI)),
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the European Parliament resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal welcomes the commitment by the Commission to ensure that all EU actions should help the EU achieve a sustainable future and a just transition and to update the better regulation guidelines accordingly, requiring, inter alia, that a ‘sustainability first’ principle be integrated into the Better Regulation Agendas of the EU and its Member States;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas there is still the need to alleviate unnecessary regulatory burdens to make sure that EU laws deliver their intended benefits while reducing unnecessary costs, particularly for citizens and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); whereas, however, ‘Better Regulation’ should deliver for all and serve the interest of European society; whereas business interests alone cannot be put on an equal footing with the general interest, which also includes the interests of workers, citizens, consumers and the environment;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Highlights the need to develop additional tools to assess the environmental impacts of new policies, initiatives and legislation where existing tools are insufficient, in order to ensure that the far-reaching green ambitions of the von der Leyen Commission, together with its focus on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, will be more prominent in the Commission’s impact assessments;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Recalls the commitment to improved analysis and reporting of environmental impacts in all EU policies through mandatory assessment of the ‘do no significant harm’ principle, and the fact that this assessment is to be applied to proposals from across all policy areas, in order to avoid uneven application1a; _________________ 1a Commission communication of 29 April 2021 entitled ‘Better regulation: Joining forces to make better laws’ (COM(2021)0219)
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Stresses furthermore that impact assessments are a tool to help reaching well-informed decisions in the legislative decision-making process and must not lead to undue delays in decision-making or hinder political decisions in a context of green and digital transition to answer global challenges; 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 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes with concern that, in 2022, 58 % of the impact assessments provided insufficient quantification of costs relevant to the ‘one in, one out’ approach10 ; calls, therefore, on the Commission to improveclarify the implementation of the ‘one in, one out’ approach in law-making, to better indicate what costs and benefits were considered and to provide clear information on the reduction of existing regulatory burdens; _________________ underlines that in its communication of 24 October 2017 entitled ‘Completing the Better Regulation Agenda: Better solutions for better results’ (COM(2017)0651) the Commission expressed reservations about the ‘one in, one out’ approach and ‘fixing ex ante burden reduction targets’, considering that it ‘would create deregulatory pressures and impair its political responsibility to deliver what needs to be done when it needs to be done’1b; _________________ 1b European Parliament resolution of 7 July 2022 on Better regulation: Joining forces to make better laws (2021/2166(INI)), paragraph S 10 Regulatory Scrutiny Board, ‘Annual Report 2022’, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 16 May 2023, p. 25.
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses to that regard 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 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 law1c; _________________ 1c European Parliament resolution of 24 June 2021 on European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law Making covering the years 2017, 2018 and 2019, paragraph 34
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Stresses that the lack of a coherent and comprehensive set of codified rules on good administration applicable across the Union makes it difficult for citizens and businesses to easily and fully understand their rights under Union law; emphasises, therefore, that codifying rules on good administration as a regulation setting out the various aspects of administrative procedures – including notifications, binding time limits, the right to be heard and the right for every person to have access to their file – would be tantamount to reinforcing citizens’ rights and transparency; believes that this regulation would increase the effectiveness, efficiency and capacity of public administrations and services, and in this regard respond to the need for investment and reform in the European Union;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Reiterates its call for the adoption of a regulation on an open, efficient and independent EU administration under Article 298 TFEU, and notes that there Commission has not come forward with a proposal following up on this request; calls on the Commission once again, therefore, to come forward with a legislative proposal on a European law of administrative procedure, taking into account the steps taken so far by Parliament in this field;