Activities of Anna HEDH related to 2015/2287(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Public access to documents for the years 2014-2015 (debate) SV
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on public access to documents (Rule 116(7)) for the years 2014-2015 PDF (402 KB) DOC (132 KB)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
– having regard to the European Commission´s Green Paper on Public Access to Documents held by institutions of the European Community of 2007,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)
Citation 9 b (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1367/ 2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies,
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recommends the creation of a single set of principles governing for access to documents which would allow for more clarity for citizens; including though Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 and the Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001.
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that transparent law-making is of the utmost importance to citizens; calls on the institutions actively to circulate public documents forming part of, or related to, legislative procedures and to improve communication with persons who might wish to obtain them; considers in particular that the EU institutions should, by default, make as many documents as possible accessible to the public via a single publicly accessible common portal making for ease of consultation;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. WelcomAcknowledges the Ombudsman’s inquiry into ‘trilogues’, the established practice by which most EU legislation is adopted; urges the Ombudsman, within her remit under the Treaties and under the Ombudsman's Statute to make full use of her powers of investigation under the Treaties;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Deplores the fact that citizens have no power to supervise trilogue negotiations; expresses concern at the abuses to which this legislative practice might lead, in particularExpresses concern at the influence exercised as regards the role ofor lobbies and possible disparities in the treatment of persondifferent groups seeking to keep abreast withof developments in European Union legislation;.
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the institutions involved to ensure in future that negotiations will be transparent and, to that end, to allow meetings to be held in public and webstreamed and to arrange for agendas, minutes, and the main issues discussed to be published;to continue to enhance the transparency of trilogues in so far as possible, while ensuring adequate space to think for the co- legislators so that they can negotiate on the basis of their respective mandates.
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the Commission’s intention of proposing an interinstitutional agreement establishing a mandatory interinstitutional register of interest group representatives operating, and also the local authorities and regional organizations within the institutions and calls for that matter to be given the highest priority;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Also calls on Parliament and the Council to followWelcomes the Commission practice, as established by the decision of 25 November 2014, byof publishing information about contacts betweenwith lobbyists and, Members of Parliament, their office staff, and their advisers, and between lobbyists and Member State representatives working at the Council; Recognises that Members of Parliament who act as rapporteurs in legislative files may wish to consider a similar practice
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Invites the Commission to harmonise the criteria regarding the publication of the beneficiaries of the EU Structural Funds.