7 Amendments of Jens ROHDE related to 2016/2018(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas, in order to further reinforce the transparency of the legislative process, Parliament revised its Rules of Procedure so as to adapt its rules on interinstitutional negotiations during the ordinary legislative procedure, building on the provisions introduced in 2012; whereas, while all of Parliament’s negotiating mandates are public, the same does not hold true of the Council’s mandates; whereas the Parliament find this situation highly unsatisfactory;
Amendment 83 #
27. Welcomes the commitments made by the Commission as regards the scope of the explanatory memorandum accompanying each of its proposals; expresses particular satisfaction at the fact that the Commission will also explain how the measures proposed are justifiabled in the light of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality; underlines in this regard the importance of a strengthened and comprehensive assessment and justification regarding compliance with the principle of subsidiarity and the European added value of the measure proposed;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Welcomes the three Institutions’ commitment to exchanging views on modifications of the legal basis, as referred to in paragraph 25 of the new IIA; stresses the role and the expertise of its Committee on Legal Affairs in verifying legal bases31 ; recalls Parliament’s position that it will resist any attempt to undermine the legislative powers of Parliament by means of unwarranted modifications of the legal basis; invites the Council to pursue the dialogue with Parliament in case of disagreement over the proposed legal basis; _________________ 31 See Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament, Annex V, point XVI.1.
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Deplores the fact that the examination procedure has frequently been used to take political, rather than technical decisions; recalls that the decision of Parliament – as co-author of a legislative act – to accept an implementing act and thus to vest the examination committee with certain powers, pursues the sole aim of alleviating the legislator from overly technical decisions which should be assessed and taken by experts with profound scientific knowledge; points out, at the same time, that Parliament does not wish to give away any political power when agreeing on an implementing act; stresses in this context that the Parliament's prerogatives must not be undermined during the examination procedure, which takes place in the presence of the Commission and representatives of the Member States, but not the Parliament as co-author of the basic act; believes that the current implementation procedure needs thorough revision in order to preserve Parliament’s prerogatives and to remain a useful procedure for technical issues to be harmonised at EU level;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Notes with appreciation the fact that the Commission in paragraph 28 of the new IIA agreed to ensure that Parliament and the Council have equal access to all information on delegated and implementing acts, so that they will receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts; welcomes the fact that experts from Parliament and the Council will systematically have access to the meetings of Commission expert groups to which Member States’ experts are invited and which concern the preparation of delegated acts; calls on the Commission to abide by this commitment genuinely and consistently; notes that such access has already improved significantlbut is still not satisfactory;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Deplores the fact that paragraphs 33 and 34 of the new IIA have not yet led to an improvement in the information flow from the Council, notably since there seems to be a general lack of information on the issues raised by the Member States within the Council and no systematic approach to facilitate the mutual exchange of views and information; notes with concern that the information flow usually varies greatly from Presidency to Presidency and varies between services of the Council’s General Secretariat; considers, therefore, that a coherently transparent approach is desired; suggests that the Council should as a rule conduct all its meetings in public as Parliament does;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Stresses the need for Parliament to preserve its integrity during the legislative process; in order to safeguard its integrity, warns against any attempt by other Institutions to interfere with Parliament’s decision-making procedure;