4 Amendments of Paulo RANGEL related to 2014/2252(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the principle of subsidiarity, as laid down in the Treaties, allows the Union, in areas which do not fall within its exclusive competence, to act only ‘if and in so far as the objectives of the proposed action cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, either at central level or at regional and local level’, but can rather, ‘by reason of the scale or effects of the proposed action’, be ‘better achieved at Union level’; points out that subsidiarity, a neutral legal principle related to the concept of optimum level of action, can serve either, when the circumstances so require, to extend Union activities, albeit without exceeding its powers, or, conversely, to restrict or halt Union action when it is no longer justified;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the noteworthy growth in information exchanged by national parliaments through the IPEX system, and welcomnotes the increase in the number of reasoned opinions issued by national parliaments (+ 9% in 2012, + 25% in 2013), insisting that the influence of; welcomes the closer involvement of the national parliaments onin the European law should grow, especially as many national chambers express negative opinions on particular actsegislative process, particularly as regards scrutinising legislative proposals in the light of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Maintains that the European institutions have to enable the national parliaments to scrutinise legislative proposals and that the Commission should accordingly provide detailed and comprehensive statements of reasons for its decisions concerning subsidiarity and proportionality;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that the eight-week period given to national parliaments to issue a reasoned opinion under Article 6 of the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality should be extended significantly to allow national parliaments to participate to a greater extent; encourages national parliaments to become more involved in the European debate;