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Activities of Eva LICHTENBERGER related to 2013/2077(INI)

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Amendments (10)

Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the smart regulation agenda constitutes an attempt to consolidate efforts in terms of better lawmaking, simplification of EU law and the reduction of administrative and regulatory burdens, and to embark on a path towards good governance grounded in evidence-based policymaking, in which impact assessments and ex post controls play an essential role;
2013/12/02
Committee: JURI
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that the pressure on time and resources faced by national parliaments when responding to draft legislation contributes to the perceived ‘democratic deficit’ within the EU;deleted
2013/12/02
Committee: JURI
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that moves to strengthen this mechanism would be welcome, for example by introducing a stronger ‘red card’ procedure; suggests that consideration should be given to what the appropriate number of national parliament responses should be in order to trigger such a procedure, whether it should be limited to subsidiarity or proportionality grounds alone, and what its effect should be; views such a discussion as a useful stage in the evolution of the power given to national parliaments, aligning incentives to exercise scrutiny with effects at European level;deleted
2013/12/02
Committee: JURI
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that an effective approach towards the challenges of better lawmaking, in terms of both existing laws and prospective legislation, will help the European institutions respond to the crisis; considers that the reform of European legislation and legislative practices is an essential tool in delivering growth and competitiveness in Europeaim of the better regulation exercise should be to ensure that the public interest objectives of EU legislation are fully achieved;
2013/12/02
Committee: JURI
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that an effective approach towards the challenges of better lawmaking, in terms of both existing laws and prospective legislation, will help the European institutions respond to the crisis; considers that the reform of European legislation and legislative practices is an essential tool in delivering growth and competitiveness in Europeaim of the better regulation exercise should be to ensure that the public interest objectives of EU legislation are fully achieved;
2013/12/02
Committee: JURI
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls the position of Parliament on other proposals to minimise regulatory burdens, including consideration of options other than regulation, such as voluntary measures; considers that the Commission should further explore the option of introducing a ‘white paper’ stage in the legislative process; believes that affording stakeholders the ability to comment on draft proposals and accompanying provisional impact assessments would improve the quality of the draft legislation presented by the Commission, without unduly adding time to the gestation period of prospective laws;deleted
2013/12/02
Committee: JURI
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that the current disclaimer that the Commission's impact assessment ‘only commits the Commission's services involved in its preparation and does not prejudge the final form of any decision to be taken by the Commission’ highlights an important weakness in the existing system;deleted
2013/12/02
Committee: JURI
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the positive development of the Directorate for Impact Assessment and European Added Value within Parliament; bBelieves that a systematic approach to the consideration of impact assessments should be adopted throughout Parliament; welcomes the preparation by the Impact Assessment Directorate of short summaries of the impact assessments accompanying Commission proposals, and considers that these should form a essentialone of the elements of committees' consideration of legislative proposals being debated; requests the Conference of Committee Chairs to consider how best to implement this recommendation;
2013/12/02
Committee: JURI
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls the commitment made by Parliament and the Council in the 2005 Interinstitutional Common Approach to Impact Assessment to carry out impact assessments prior to the adoption of substantive amendments, and calls on the committees to make use of the Impact Assessment Unit in implementing this commitment;deleted
2013/12/02
Committee: JURI
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Insists that the Commission give serious consideration to the European added value assessments accompanying legislative own-initiative reports, setting out in detail the reasons why it does not accept or consider relevant any of the arguments put forward by Parliament;deleted
2013/12/02
Committee: JURI