7 Amendments of Maria da Assunção ESTEVES related to 2007/2205(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. delete paragraph 2;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. amend paragraph 5 to read as follows: “5. Considers that court procedures which allow the European Parliament to take part in legal proceedings concerning Parliament’s own prerogatives before national judges should be developed;”
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
“A. whereas the European Parliament has no legal personality; whereas it is, as such,is often impeded in protecting its prerogatives before national courts from problems that are peculiar to its special nature;”
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. amend recital B to read as follows: “B. whereas the European Parliament in this regard has a range of remedies available to it under the Treaty which ensure that the aforementioned prerogatives are protected vis-à-vis the other Community institutions, such as proceedings for failure to act (Article 232 of the EC Treaty) and proceedings for the annulment of Community acts (Article 230 of the EC Treaty),”
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. amend recital D to read as follows: “D. whereas the European Parliament has no power either to directly initiate infringement proceedings (Article 226 of the EC Treaty) against a Member State, since it can do so only through the Commission (deletion),”
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. amend recital E to read as follows: “E. whereas the lack of appropriate instruments with which to defend its own decisions can hamper the effectiveness of the European Parliament as a political and legislative body,”
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. amend recital J to read as follows: “J. whereas the European Parliament must be granted means of protecting its prerogatives vis-à-vis the judicial power, be that power represented by the Court of Justice or by the national courts, by analogy with the safeguards provided for by the national legal orders to the benefit of their national parliaments,”