8 Amendments of Jiří MAŠTÁLKA related to 2015/2283(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions "Better regulation for better results - An EU agenda COM(2015) 215, 19.5.2015,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas subsidiarity and proportionality are key considerations in the context of retrospective evaluations, which assess whether EU actions are actually delivering the expected results in terms of efficiency, effectiveness, coherence, relevance and EU added value;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas assessments of subsidiarity and proportionality are integral and permanent parts of the EU policy-making;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the significant decrease of 76% in the number of reasoned opinions received from national parliaments in 2014 compared to the number of reasoned opinions received in the previous year (88 in 2013); points out, however, that such a decrease might be as a result of the declining number of legislative proposals by the Commission and not of a loss of interest on the part of national parliaments; draws attention to the fact that in 2014 no Commission proposal received a sufficient number of reasoned opinions to trigger the ‘yellow’ or ‘orange card procedures’ under Protocol No 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the reports made by a number of national parliaments, especially the Danish Folketing, the Dutch Tweede Kamer and the UK House of Lords, as a valuable contribution to the debate on the role of national parliaments in the EU decision-making process and takes note of the proposals included therein; notes, in this connection, that these reports suggest that reasoned opinions should not only concern compliance with the principle of subsidiarity, but also compliance with the principle of proportionality and the legal basis for the proposal; believes that the practicability of these proposals depends on a revision or amendment of the Treaties and the Protocols thereto; encourages other national parliaments to share their views on the role that national parliaments should play in the EU decision-making process;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the reports made by a number of national parliaments as a valuable contribution to the debate on the role of national parliaments in the EU decision-making process and takes note of the proposals included therein; notes, in this connection, that these reports suggest that reasoned opinions should not only concern compliance with the principle of subsidiarity, but also compliance with the principle of proportionality and the legal basis for the proposal; believes that the practicability of these proposals depends on a revision or an amendment of the Treaties and the Protocols thereto; encourages other national parliaments to share their views on the role that national parliaments should play in the EU decision-making process;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to systematically carry out enhanced proportionality assessments with detailed evaluations of the different legislative options at its disposal, explaining sufficient why each legislative initiative is needed, why it is the best tool for the EU to use, what stakeholders think and what the likely environmental, social and economic impacts are, particularly those on public interests, competitiveness and small and medium-sized enterprises, including a more thorough explanation of how the initiative meets the twin tests of subsidiarity (why the goal cannot be achieved by the Member States alone) and proportionality (why the measure proposed does not go further than what is needed to meet its goal), so as to discard alternatives with a disproportionate impact or which are unnecessarily burdensome on the individuals and undertakings concerned, in particular SMEs, and to provide a sufficiently detailed description of all the different alternatives that had been considered so as to allow better scrutiny of its proposals on proportionality grounds; considers that the enlargement of the scope of reasoned opinions so as to include respect of the principle of proportionality would be desirable;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Highlights that legislation should be comprehensible and clear, allow parties to easily understand their rights and obligations, include appropriate reporting, monitoring and evaluation requirements, avoid disproportionate costs, and be practical to implement;