6 Amendments of Mario BORGHEZIO related to 2014/2150(INI)
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that a European standard generally replaces 28 national standards and, twhereby underpinning the single market and cutting down on bureaucracy effective, can have an impact on the single market and on the reduction of red tape, without prejudice to the division of competences between the Member States and the EU, as set out in the Treaty of Lisbon;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that there should be stronger involvement on the part of regional and local authorities in EU policy making, in particular by involving Member State expertise and experience at regional and local levels at an early stage in the preparation of legislation; notes that the Committee of the Regions is an important mouthpiece for these levels of representation;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the Commission’s clear commitment to further improving the SME test, particularly in view of the extremely large number offact that small and medium-sized enterprises, which are the cornerstone of economic activity and employment; supports consideration of adapted agreements and more flexible SME impact assessment rules, provided that it can be shown that they do not undermine the effectiveness of legal provisions and that exemptions or more flexible provisions do not encourage fragmentation of the internal markeare meant for specific production sectors and not for hamper access to itindividual businesses in particular;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Acknowledges that, in most cases, it is the prerogative of the Member States to decide whether to adopt higher social and environmental standards at national level than those agreed upon at EU level, and welcomes any decision to do so; calls, however, on the competent national authorities to be aware of the possible consequence of the so-called practice of ‘gold plating’, by which unnecessary bureaucratic burdens are added to EU legislation, since this may lead to a misconception of the legislative activity of the EU, which in turn might foster EU scepticism; recommends, for the sake of transparency and user-friendliness, that any additional innovations introduced at national level be clearly identified as such;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30