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9 Amendments of Markus PIEPER related to 2014/2150(INI)

Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 27 November 2014 on the revision of the Commission's impact assessment guidelines and the role of the SME test2 a, __________________ 2a Adopted text, P8-TA(2014)0069
2015/05/27
Committee: JURI
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for businesses and stakeholders to be more closely involved with checks on subsidiarity checks,and proportionality and with administrative burden assessment, the costs generated by compliance with the laws, the choice of legal basis and the monitoring of the implementation of EU legislation at national level; welcomes the Commission’s intention to establish a new High Level Group on better regulation consisting of stakeholders and national experts under the responsibility of the responsible Vice-President; proposes that this group should be given a strong mandate, so that it can be an effective and independent advisory body;
2014/12/11
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Refers to the European Parliament resolution of 27 November 2014 on the revision of the Commission’s impact assessment guidelines and the role of the SME test in which it calls on the Commission to establish the High Level Group of stakeholders and national experts as an independent better regulation advisory body;
2014/12/11
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to ensure that consultations with stakeholders are transparent and timely and their output is analysed both quantitatively and qualitatively to ensure that minority views are also duly taken into account; considers that feedback could already be given on draft impact assessments to the Impact Assessment Board, at the stage preceding the final legislative proposal and assessment, for instance by involving the High-Level Group of experts on better regulation;
2014/12/11
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Expresses its concerns about the Commission’s draft revised impact assessment guidelines which were published for consultation purposes; calls on the Commission to maintain the SME test as a dedicated part of impact assessment; underlines that the Impact Assessment Board should be strengthened so that it plays an even greater role in ensuring the independence and quality of Commission impact assessments;
2014/12/11
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Points out that the Commission's proposals should not be adopted by the College of Commissioners before the Impact Assessment Board has found that the corresponding impact assessment has been carried out in a satisfactory manner within the Commission;
2014/12/11
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Proposes that the Commission establishes as soon as possible a high- level Better Regulation Advisory Body involving both stakeholder expertise and national experts; proposes a strong and independent advisory mandate for this body, which should complement the Commission's work on impact assessments; believes that such a body's expertise, including as regards subsidiarity and proportionality, could provide added value for the impact assessment procedure and for other initiatives relating to better regulation; asks that Parliament and the Council be involved in the expert nomination procedure; suggests that the best practices and experience of existing better regulation bodies (such as those in Sweden, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Germany) be taken into account;
2015/05/27
Committee: JURI
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the Commission's clear commitment to further improving the SME test and calls on the Commission to monitor effectively whether Member States apply the SME-test consistently during the legislative process, particularly in view of the extremely large number of 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 market or hamper access to it;
2015/05/27
Committee: JURI
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Remains strongly opposed, with reference to the decisions of the Parliament of 15 January 2015, to the intention of the Commission to withdraw a number of legislative proposals, in particular the directive on maternity leave, the legislative proposals on air quality and waste policy, the directive on transparency in pricing and reimbursement of medicines, and the proposal to revise the directive on national emission ceilings under the legislative follow-up to the climate and energy package; calls on the Commission to take due account of the position of Parliament;deleted
2015/05/27
Committee: JURI