4 Amendments of Sabine VERHEYEN related to 2010/2053(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the Internal Market Information System and the points of single contact, by demanding a great effort of administrative cooperation between all the authorities involved, may pave the way for further interoperability and networking at national, regional and local level across the EU; takes the view that, in addition, the points of single contact should be called on to adhere to the principle of multilingualism so that administrative procedures are more closely geared to needs; takes the view that it would be useful in this connection for the points of single contact to use, in addition to their respective official language, English and, if possible, a language of the country that is their closest partner in terms of economic or – if this is impossible to ascertain – territorial cooperation; takes the view, however that it needs to be ensured that this does not impose additional burdens on the parties concerned, especially local and regional government;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. ECalls on the Commission and Member States to reduce the bureaucratic administrative burdens for local and regional authorities relating to the existing requirement to notify changes to the articles of association; expects that the directive may in fact bring about a reduction in administrative burdens, especially those affecting SMEs, which predominate in the field of services;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for greater account to be taken of the basic principle of local self- government when implementing the Services Directive, and for bureaucratic administrative burdens and restrictions on decision-making powers at local level with regard to services of general economic interest to be avoided as far as possible;