7 Amendments of Bas EICKHOUT related to 2015/2283(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Member States are major stakeholders of any EU decision via the Council and Standing Committees;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas transparency at all levels of the decision making process is key for building public trust in democracy;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that, essentially, the reason fewer reasoned opinions have been issued is that the Commission has not brought forward many legislative proposals, butfailed to deliver all the necessary legislative proposals addressing both current and emerging risks; among the five proposals that gave rise to the largest number of reasoned opinions in 2014, two fell within the ENVI Committee’'s areas of responsibility1 ; ; __________________ 1 COM(2014)0397 and COM(2013)0894.
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that the Subsidiarity Control Mechanism, including the yellow procedure, has been put in place to ensure that decisions are taken at the most relevant possible governmental level and should not be misused by national parliaments to avoid the creation of legislation because of disagreement with the content;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to take into account to a greater extentnote of the efforts the Member States have already madeare making as regards environmental policies, and to ensure it proposes suitable tools and proportionate objectivesmeasures and tools that take into account and address the diversity of local situations; also urges the Commission to be more proactive on infringement procedures where breach of EU law puts the health or the environment at risk;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes with concern that, while the European Parliament, the Council and the national and local parliaments are key players of designing and/or implementing EU law, the Commission is increasingly violating the subsidiarity principle by unilaterally pushing for equivalences of sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures with third countries in the framework of free-trade agreements;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises that EU environmental policy sets minimal standards, Member States can always go further in their national policies in order to green their economies, protect the ecosystems, health and quality of life .