29 Amendments of Andreas SCHWAB related to 2011/2155(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission Staff Working Document of 24 February 2012 "Making the Single Market Deliver", Annual Governance check-up 2011, published by the European Commission,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission's Staff Working Paper of 24 February 2012 "Reinforcing effective problem-solving in the Single Market - unlocking SOLVIT's potential at the occasion of its 10th anniversary",
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)
Citation 2 b (new)
– having regard to the statement of the Members of the European Council of the 30th January 2012 entitled "Towards growth-friendly consolidation and job- friendly growth" regarding the governance of the Single Market and the commitment to "swiftly and fully implement at the national level" what Member States have already agreed, to deliver the full potential of the Single Market,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the publication of the Internal Market Scoreboard has consistently helped to reduce the transposition deficit, butenhance transposition of Single Market rules by providing objective and substantive data on transposition and implementation of these rules by the Member States, and whereas objective data should remain at the core of the Internal Market Scoreboard exercise; whereas a more qualitative approach needs to be takenadopted which looks beyond the figures and identifies the reasons for this deficit;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas although the Internal Market Scoreboard and the Consumer Market Scoreboard are used in different contexts and have different methodologies with different scopes and different sets of indicators, they share the overall aim of improving the functioning of the internal market;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Malta has the best record on timely transposition of EU Directives, and the Czech RepublicBelgium is at the bottom of the league, albeit registering steady progresshaving increased its already high transposition backlog;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas Member States with small administrations have limited resources to handle the transposition of complex legislative dossiers but whereas small Member States such as Malta have nonetheless succeeded in meeting the transposition deadlines;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the current average deficit of 1.2 % is in accordance withonce more above the 1% target agreed by the Heads of State and Government in 2007, but the latest trend shows that more Member States (16) are fmany Member States have reduced the number of directives remailning to comply with this targetbe transposed;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas 9085 directives remain untransposed in at least one Member State (the fragmentation factor is 6 %) and thus cannot produce their full effect in the single market;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas threewo directives are more than two years behind their transposition deadline, in direct violation of the ‘zero tolerance’ target set by the Heads of State and Government in 2007;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas more accurate information is needed on the quality of transposition, and whereas the Commission's Pilot Project can be used in tandem with the Internal Market Scoreboard to detect transposition failures and act rapidly to solve them;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the Lisbon Treaty introduced for the first time the possibility of immediate fines imposed by the European Court of Justice in the event of non- communication of transposition measures;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas, although SOLVIT's capacity has recently been improved thanks to better staffing, it is nevertheless important to consolidate itit is important to consolidate and further develop SOLVIT's presence and capacities in all layers of the national administrations in order to guarantee its maximum efficiency and best results;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas SOLVIT should not be a substitute forcomplement to the European Commission's legal work on infringement proceedings by alerting the European Commission on specific issues with the transposition and implementation of EU law in the Member States;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
U. whereas the Commission is preparing a new strategy to reinforce SOLVIT, and the possibility of giving it a specific legal basis is being considered;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Internal Market Scoreboard and SOLVIT as important tools with which to achieve better functioning of the, albeit of a different nature, to monitor and identify problems in the transposition and implementation of EU law, but also to identify gaps and bottlenecks in the Single Market, with a view to encouraging action for a better functioning internal market;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the fact that the Commission willhas merged the Internal Market Scoreboard, Your Europe and SOLVIT reports into a single report, which will allow a, Your Europe Advice, SOLVIT, IMI and single points of contact reports into a single comprehensive report, the Annual Governance Checkup, which allows for a reader-friendly, holistic assessment of the functioning of the single market;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that constant and frequent monitoring of the progress made by Member States is one of the key factors in encouraging them to step up their efforts; Welcomes in this regard the Commission's announcement that a distinct Internal Market Scoreboard will continue to be published each year in or around the summer; notes with concern however that separate reports for each of the different elements of the Annual Governance Check- up could divert the focus away from a holistic approach, and deviate the efforts of the Commission's services towards reporting rather than solving problems highlighted in the Annual Governance Checkup;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the fact that considerable progress has been registered in reducing the number of long overdue directives and calls on Member States to continue their good efforts in this respect;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to carry out a qualitative assessment of the type oflassify outstanding infringements in the Internal Market Scoreboard that distinguishes between infringementsaccording to those which may be easily resolved and those which result in outright disagreement between the Commission and the Member States;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to ensure that infringements of EU law are met with timelpursued swiftly by infringement proceedings;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to make more use of SOLVIT as a first port of call for complaints concerning a misapplication of EU law in a cross- border context; calls also on the Commission to ensure that cases which could not be resolved by SOLVIT are appropriately followed up;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to complement the Internal Market Scoreboard by providinge evaluations of findings further to petitions submitted to the European Parliament on single market problems and to incorporate this in the Annual Governance Check-up; stresses that the petitions process should be better utilised to improve the EU's legislative process;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to find ways to increase coordination between tools such as SOLVIT, Your Europe Advice, the Enterprise Europe Network, European Consumer Centres and, the European Employment Service, andIMI and the points of single contact to avoid duplication of efforts and resources;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to propose ways of better integrating tools such as SOLVIT with the Petitions process of the European Parliament;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Member States to ensure that SOLVIT centres are appropriately staffed and that there is the necessary degree of coordination and communication with all instances of the national administrations to ensure that decisions are implemented, as well as with the different services of the European Commission, to ensure that decisions are implemented; calls on the Commission to modernise the 2001 Commission Recommendation on principles for using "SOLVIT" - the Internal Market Problem Solving Network, in line with what is proposed in the Commission Staff Working Document "Reinforcing effective problem-solving in the Single Market";
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to focus on deliveringcontinue its efforts to offer citizens and businesses an integrated virtual package of information and help services, particularly by further developing the Your Europe portal as the single online gateway to all information and help; Notes however the importance of direct human contact and in this regard suggests complementing these efforts with a single live point of contact for citizens and consumers via the Commission's representative offices in each Member State; takes the view that bringing liaison officers from SOLVIT, Your Europe Advice, the Enterprise Europe Network, European Consumer Centres and the European Employment Service together within the representative offices would meet this aim, as well as resulting in better coordination and cohesion; calls on the Commission to consider the feasibility of giving SOLVIT a specific legal basis;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission to consider including findings of Eurobarometer surveys in the Annual Governance Checkup as part of its evaluation to better inform decision-making;