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Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on Regulatory fitness and performance programme (REFIT): state of play and outlook
2016/11/22
Committee: ENVI
Dossiers: 2014/2150(INI)
Documents: PDF(129 KB) DOC(189 KB)

Amendments (2)

Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Agrees in principle with the aim of cutting red tape and removing unnecessary regulatory burdens; expresses, however, its concern about potential deregulation, in particular in the fields of the environment, food safety and health, under the guise of ‘cutting red tape’supports the idea of smart regulation;
2015/02/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that the ongoing fitness check of the Birds Directive (2009/147/EC) and the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) should take socio-economic activities around Nature 2000 areas into account as economic activities are disproportionately hampered, which might prevent new innovations that could contribute towards a more sustainable co-existence of economic activities and address ecological concerns; moreover, differences in national implementation lead to detrimental economic, social and environmental outcomes and distort an European level playing field;
2015/02/05
Committee: ENVI