6 Amendments of Charles GOERENS related to 2017/2273(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that effective implementation of EU law is essential in order to enhance citizens’ trust in EU policies; recalls that Article 197 of the TFEU states, in this respect, that ‘effective implementation of Union law by the Member States, which is essential for the proper functioning of the Union, shall be regarded as a matter of common interest’; maintains that the citizens of the Union will feel confident about Union law when it is implemented in the Member States in an effective manner;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes this first report on the monitoring of the application of EU law following the entry into force of the Better Regulation Agenda in 2015; recalls that the principles of better law-making encompass the requirement to demonstrate the need to legislate at EU level, in a way that is strictly proportionate to the aims of the legislative action, and to ensure that the legislation is correctly implemented at the right level; recalls that any expansion of EU law that is not built on such principles is detrimental to the proper application thereof; stresses, therstresses, therefore, the importance of upholding the principles of conferral, subsidiarity and proportionality pursuant to Article 5 TEU, as well as equality before, the importance of upholding the principles of subsidiarity and proportionalitylaw in view of better monitoring of the application of EU law;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the high number of negative trends revealed in the current report, notably the substantial increase in the opening of infringement cases, representing a 67.5 % increase over the past year and a five-year peak, together with a recorded increase in complaints and a decrease in rates of resolution; notes the Commission’s aim, in line with its communication entitled ‘EU law: Better results through better application’1 , to make use of the EU Pilot only where it provides effective added value in the infringement resolution process; welcomes the fact that the report acknowledges the role of Parliament in calling the Commission’s attention to shortcomings in the application of EU law in Member States by means of parliamentary questions and petitions; _________________ 1points out that closer scrutiny of national parliaments of their respective government when the latter are involved in the law-making process will foster a more effective application of EU law as foreseen in the Treaties; _________________ 1 C(2016)8600, OJ C 18, 19.1.2017, p. 10. C(2016)8600, OJ C 18, 19.1.2017, p. 10.
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the crucial importance of transparency in the drafting and application of EU law by the EU institutions, meaning that EU legislation has to be clear, understandable, consistent and precise, while also taking into consideration the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union, which insists on the need for foreseeability and predictability in EU norms2 ; reminds that national parliaments have an essential role to play in both pre-legislative scrutiny of draft EU legal acts and post-legislative scrutiny of correct implementation of the EU law by the Member States; calls on them to pursue that role proactively; _________________ 2 Judgment of the Court of Justice of 10 September 2009, Plantanol GmbH & Co. KG v Hauptzollamt Darmstadt, C-201/08, ECLI:EU:C:2009:539, paragraph 46.
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for all EU institutions engaged in the legislative process to commit to enhancing the drafting quality of legislative texts, in line with the commitment undertaken in the Better Law- Making Agenda; recalls that the 1998 Inter-institutional Agreement on common guidelines for the quality of drafting of Community legislation needs to be substantially adapted in order to deliver on that objective; reiterates the provision in the IIA on Better Law-Making that calls on Member States when transposing EU directives into national law where they choose to add elements that are in no way related to that Union legislation to make these additions identifiable either through the transposing act or through associated documents;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls the need for Parliament to also be able to monitor the Commission’s enforcement of regulations in the same way that it does with directives; reiterates its request to the Commission to ensure that the data on the implementation of regulations is clearly provided in its future annual reports on the monitoring of the application of EU law; calls on thereminds Member States of the obligation to submit national legislation transposing or implementing regulations to the Commission with a view to ensuring its formal and substantive compliancein accordance with the principle of good cooperation.