Activities of Silvia-Adriana ȚICĂU related to 2011/0150(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
European standardisation (debate)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Standards are important tools for undertakings and especially small and medium-sized enterprises (hereinafter 'SME') which, however, are not adequately involved in the standardisation system so that the risk exists that standards do not take into account the needs and concerns of SME. Consequently, it is essential to improve their representation and participation in the standardisation process, particularly in the technical committees. Standardisation rules should encourage SMEs to contribute actively, with innovative technological solutions, to the standardisation process.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The viability of the cooperation between the Commission and the European standardisation system depends on careful planning of future requests for the development of standards. This planning could be improved, in particular through the input of interested parties, by introducing mechanisms for collecting opinions and facilitating the exchange of information among all interested parties. Since Directive 98/34/EC already provides for the possibility to request the European standardisation bodies to elaborate European standards, it is appropriate to put in place a better and more transparent planning in an annual work programme which should contain an overview of all requests for standards which the Commission intends to submit to European standardisation bodies.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) In view of the very broad field of involvement of European standardisation in support of Union policies and legislation and the different types of standardisation activity, it is necessary to provide for different financing arrangements. This mainly concerns grants without calls for proposals to the European and national standardisation bodies in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 110(1) of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities and Article 168(1)(d) of Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 of 23 December 2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities. Furthermore, the same provisions should apply to those bodies which, whilst not recognised as European standardisation bodies in this Regulation, have been mandated in a basic act and have been entrusted with carrying out preliminary work in support of European standardisation in cooperation with the European standardisation bodies. . In the ITC field, the activities entrusted to such bodies could include, similarly, development of the standards required for implementing EU policies.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – title
Article 5 – title
Stakeholder Pparticipation in European standardisation and facilitation of access to standards
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Standards should be conceived and adapted so as to take account of SMEs’ characteristics and the SME environment, especially in the case of small craft businesses and microbusinesses, thus enabling them to have improved and less expensive access to standards
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. In order to ensure user access to the European standards established in support of EU legislation and policies, it is necessary to envisage differential systems for establishing prices and the introduction of special fees and discounted standards packages, especially for SMEs, microbusinesses and craft businesses.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission may request one or several European standardisation bodies to draft a European standard or European standardisation deliverable within a set deadline. They shall be market-driven, take into account the public interest and based on consensus. Requests for drafting standards shall be based on consultations with all the main interested parties.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall inform the relevant European standardisation body, within threone months following the receipt of the acceptance referred to in paragraph 2, about the award of a grant for drafting a European standard or European standardisation deliverable.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. When evaluating conformity of technical specifications with the requirements laid down in Annex II, the Commission shall take due account of a wide range of opinions, including those of the national and European standardisation bodies.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the translation, where required, of European standards or European standardisation deliverables used in support of Union policies and legislation into the official Union languages other than the working languages of the European standardisation bodies or, in duly justified cases into languages other than the official Union languages,
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. The delegation of power referred to in Article 16 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from 1 January 2013five years from 1 January 2013. The Commission shall submit a report on the powers delegated no later than six months before the closure of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be renewed automatically for identical periods unless it is revoked by the European Parliament or the Council.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of powers referred to in Article 16 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. The institution which initiated the internal decision-making procedure with regard to revoking the delegation of powers shall make every effort to inform the Commission, within a reasonable time-frame prior to adoption of a final decision, indicating the delegated powers liable to be revoked and the potential grounds for revocation. A decision of revocation shall put an end to the delegation of the powers specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the Decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of the delegated acts already in force.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 3
3. By 31 December 2015 and every fivthree years thereafter, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of this Regulation. This report shall contain an evaluation of the relevance of the standardisation activities receiving Union financing in the light of the requirements of policies and legislation of the Union.