Activities of György SCHÖPFLIN related to 2016/2005(ACI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Interinstitutional agreement on Better law-making (debate)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the importance of the provisions of the new IIA on better law- making tools (impact assessments, public and stakeholder consultations, evaluations, etc.) for a well-informed, inclusive and transparent decision-making process and for the correct application of legislation, whilst safeguarding the prerogatives of the legislators; stresses the importance of taking into account, and paying attention to, the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) at all stages of the legislative cycle; underlines that, in accordance with the Commission guidelines of 19 May 20151a, the assessment of the impact on SMEs shall be included in impact assessment reports and calls on the Commission to provide supplementary information on this practice; welcomes the aim of improving the implementation and application of Union legislation, inter alia through better identification of national measures that beare not relation toquired by the Union legislation that is to be transposed ("gold-plating");, and expects Member States to clearly indicate and document such measures; _________________ 1a SWD(2015)111.
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note of the letter of 15 December 2015 from the First Vice -President of the Commission on the functioning of the new Regulatory Scrutiny Board, which is to oversee the quality of the Commission's impact assessments; recalls that, in its resolution of 27 November 2014 on the revision of the Commission’s impact assessment guidelines and the role of the SME test1a, it requested that the independence of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board (formerly 'Impact Assessment Board') be strengthened including, in particular, that members of the Board should not be subject to political control; points out that the legislators may also carry out their own impact assessments where they consider this necessary; underlines that, furthermore, the new IIA provides for exchanges of information between the institutions on best practice and methodologies relating to impact assessments, thus providing an opportunity to review the functioning of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board in due time; with a view to achieving a common methodology; __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2014)0069.
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. UnderlinesWelcomes the agreement between the three institutions to cooperate in order to update and simplify legislation and to exchange views thereon prior to the finalisation of the Commission Work Programme; underlines in this context the importance of the agreed "Annual Burden Survey" as a tool to help avoid overregulation and reduce administrative burdens, which should include a list relating specifically to SMEs; points out that the feasibility and desirability of establishing objectives for the reduction of burdens in specific sectors must be evaluated on a case-by-case basis in close cooperation between the institutions; expects the Commission to propose, on a regular basis, the repeal of legal acts where such repeal is deemed to be necessary; welcomes in this respect the fact that the three institutions have agreed that impact assessments should also address the impact of proposals on administrative burdens, particularly as regards small and medium-sized enterprises; recognises that appropriate Union legislation can cut administrative burdens for SMEs by replacing 28 divergent sets of rules with a single set of rules for the single market;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that the TFEU establishes an ordinary legislative procedure with three readings; points out that, where Parliament and the Council fully exercise their prerogatives in the legislative procedure, second-reading agreements should be the standard procedure, whereas first-reading agreements should be the exception;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 12 – indent 2 a (new)
- evaluation of the application by the Commission of its Better Regulation Guidelines2a and of the effective functioning of the newly created Regulatory Scrutiny Board, in particular in order to verify, in accordance with paragraph [4], that it operates in an independent manner and that its members are not subject to any political control; __________________ 2a SWD(2015)111, 19 May 2015.
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 3
Paragraph 12 – indent 3
- the transparency and coordination of the legislative process (including the appropriate use of first and second- reading procedures, practical arrangements for exchanges of views, information- sharing and comparison of time-tables, transparency in the context of trilateral negotiations, development of platforms and tools for the establishment of a joint database on the state of play of legislative files, the provision of information to national parliaments and practical arrangements for cooperation and information-sharing regarding negotiations on, and the conclusion of, international agreements);
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 4
Paragraph 12 – indent 4
- delegated and implementing acts, on the basis of Parliament's resolution of 25 February 2014 on follow-up on the delegation of legislative powers and control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers3a (negotiations on delineation criteria for delegated and implementing acts, the setting-up of a register of delegated acts and full alignment of pre- Lisbon acts); __________________ 3a Texts adopted, P7_TA(2014)0127.
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 12 – indent 4 a (new)
- implementation and application of Union legislation (scrutiny of the communication, by Member States, of the transposition of directives, as well as of each national measure that goes beyond the provisions of Union legislation ("gold- plating"));