5 Amendments of Elisa FERREIRA related to 2008/2045(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Promotes principles-based legislation and the focus on quality instead of quantity; sees the "better regulation" debate as an occasion to reflect on legislation as a process designed to achieve clearly defined policy goals by improving European legislation in favour of growth and jobs as well as by committing and involving all stakeholders in all phases of the process from preparation to enforcement;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that consultations and impact assessments are essential to drafting better EU legislation and that they shall not merely add to bureaucracy nor present bureaucratic stumbling blocks preventing the Commission from acting but that they, rather, should help establishing a sound legal framework within the EU that is conducive to growth; however, warns that they cannot replace political debate about the pros and cons of laws and they cannot be reduced solely to a cost-benefit analysis;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is of the opinion that while proposing their amendments both Parliament and the Council should take into account both the Commission's impact assessment and their own in order to improve the drafting of legislation;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Deplores Member States' practice of 'Is of the opinion that transposition should be seriously and proactively monitored to avoid diverging interpretations and gold plating' and urge; wants the Commission to prevent that practice effectivelylay an active role in transposition, together with supervisors and expert groups, both at EU and national level, since early analysis may prevent delays and unnecessary burdens on companies; suggests once more that Parliament sets up a proper transposition- monitoring procedure in close cooperation with its national partners;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Encourages the Commission to investigate alternatives to legislation that could improve the functioning of the internal market and ensure regulatory and supervisory convergence, the implementation of best practices and exchanges of information between Member States;