Activities of Seán KELLY related to 2023/2079(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law Making covering 2020, 2021 and 2022
Amendments (7)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls the ‘Juncker’ Commission’s guideline: ‘big on big things and small on small things’; cConsiders that, while the COVID-19 crisis presented unprecedented challenges that resulted in the Commission interpreting EU competences in an extensive manner, the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality (Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union) should remain guiding principles in focusing EU efforts on significant issues with EU added value that require collective action, and that other matters should be left to the national and regional levels; Reiterates the need to avoid unneccesary administrative burdens when designing, transposing and implimenting EU acts in order to keep the burden for citizens and businesses, especially SMEs, as low as possible.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for the "one in one out" approach to be applied as it plays an important role in supporting efforts to simplify EU law and reduce red tape in order to support the recovery and resilience of EU; Calls on the Commission to consider best practices at national level, including a reduction of the regulatory burden affecting SMEs by at least 30% in order to decrease cost pressures and promote competitiveness;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls for improved comprehensive impact assessments with a special focus on SMEs, including a binding SME test within the impact assessment phase to fully assess the economic impact, including compliance costs of legislative proposals on SMEs; calls for the test to be updated throughout the whole legislative process; recommends a comprehensive review of the SME test including the use of appropriate tools to facilitate SME's input, the regular revision of impact assessments and differentiation between different SME size categories; draws attention to the importance of solid impact assessments taking the competitiveness of European businesses into account;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Encourages the Commission and the Member states to streamline procedures and implement the "once only" and "digital by default" principles, thereby facilitating administrative processes for citizens and businesses alike;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the adoption, in November 2021, of new better regulation guidelines and a toolbox, which also includes the production of subsidiarity assessment grids; regrets the fact that these grids are currently limited only to proposals for politically sensitive and important legislative proposals accompanied by an impact assessment; Highlights that the toolbox does not provide a clear definition of the European Green Deal's "do no harm" principle, leaving it to the Commission services to determine if a policy option would do harm; Regrets that there is a risk that the rule could be inconsistently implemented without a clear definition;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the Commission's integration of strategic foresight and the mainstreaming of Sustainable development goals that reflect the need to anticipate future challenges in the policy making process, and ensure that all legislative proposals contribute to the 2030 sustainable agenda;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that, in 2020 and 2021, no Commission proposals reached the threshold of four countries to trigger an aggregate response from the Commission to the reasoned opinions from national parliaments; Invites and encourages national parliaments to prioritise resources for subsidiarity and proportionality checks in order to strengthen their scrutiny of EU decision-making processes;