Activities of Tadeusz ZWIEFKA related to 2009/2142(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Better lawmaking
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Report on better lawmaking - 15th annual report from the Commission pursuant to Article 9 of the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality PDF (189 KB) DOC (135 KB)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission proposal for a regulation on the citizens' initiative (COM(2010)0119),
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the improvement of interinstitutional cooperation in this vast area requires a revision of the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Lawmaking of 2003; draws attention, in this regard, to the relevant paragraphs of its resolution of 9 February 2010 on the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission, especially to the joint commitment of the two institutions to agree on key changes in preparation for future negotiations with the Council of Ministers on an adaptation of the Agreement on Better Law-Making to the new provisions of the Lisbon Treaty;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the closer involvement of national parliaments in the European legislative process, in particular in the process of verifying the compliance of legislative proposals with the principle of subsidiarity; underlines the need for national parliaments to observe the eight- week period in which to make their opinions known; highlights the relatively low number of opinions received from national parliaments, only seven of which adopted a position more than 10 times a year in 2007 and 2008;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises the importance of reducing the costs for businesses operating costs in the European Union in order to enable them to function effectively in difficult economic conditions, notes, at the same time, that the reduction of administrative burdens for companies must not lead to a lowering of work safety standard and to streamline public administrative procedures; stresses that administrative burden reduction must focus on unnecessary information requirements and, as such, fully supports the "only once" principle set out in the Small Business Act; emphasize that reducing administrative burdens for businesses should not have any negative social and environmental consequences;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. encourages the Commission to extend the Action Programme for Reducing Administrative Burdens in the EU to new priority areas and other legislative acts, on the basis of the consultation of affected stakeholders and the ex-post assessment of existing legislation; calls on the Commission to continue this Action Programme beyond 2012;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Warns against abandoning necessary legislation onin favour of self-regulation or co- regulation or any other non-legislative measure; believes that the consequences of such choices should be subject to careful examination in each case, in accordance with Treaty law and the roles of the individual institutions;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Stresses at the same time that soft law should be applied with the greatest of care and on a duly justified basis, without undermining legal certainty and the clarity of existing legislation, and after consultation of Parliament as underlined in its resolution on a revised Framework Agreement;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Points, furthermore, to a range of other institutional changes introduced by the Lisbon Treaty that will affect lawmaking in the European Union; emphasises in particular the importance of the European citizens" initiative and welcomes the Commission's Green Paper on this matterproposal for a regulation on this matter; stresses the need of close cooperation between Parliament and the Commission to create an effective and understandable instrument, with clear criteria of admissibility, that will be in accordance with the good practice of the EU lawmaking process;