Activities of Bendt BENDTSEN related to 2010/2016(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION Guaranteeing independent impact assessments
Amendments (5)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The IAB should check all Commission IAs and issue opinions on them; if the Commission, following a critical opinion from the IAB, decides not to make any changes to its proposal, a statement from the Commission explaining this decision should be published with the proposal as should the IAB's opinion;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that the impact on EU economic partnerships as well as the implications of choosing a specific European standard instead of an international standard should be taken into consideration in IAs;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that IAs should be carried out systematically for any legislative proposal and; calls for the Commission to consult stakeholders on analysis drafts before the proposal and the IA are finalised, believes furthermore that executive summaries of IAs should be provided; calls on the Commission, for the exceptional cases in which no IA can be carried out, to always provide a reasoned justification why an IA is not performed;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that IAs should be updated during the policy-making cycle, in particular to take account of substantive changes to the initial legislative proposal put forward by the Commission, and that the update be available prior to the final vote in Parliament; believes that there should be developed mechanisms allowing for a targeted use of IAs in Parliament in cases where proposals undergo substantive changes in committee;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the administrative burden of new legislation to be imposed on business and public administration should be a key element assessed by IAs, and administrative and compliance costs should if possible be quantified; urges that the effects of new regulation on industry be thoroughly assessed and that the SME test be consistently applied and published to evaluate the impact of new regulation on SMEs in particular;