Activities of Julie GIRLING related to 2014/2150(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme (A8-0208/2015 - Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Regulatory fitness and performance programme (REFIT): state of play and outlook
Amendments (14)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’'s commitment to a simple, clear and predictable regulatory framework expressed in the REFIT programme; underlines that the work foreseen in the REFIT Communication should be part of an ongoing process, ensuring that the legislation in force at European level is fit for purpose, achieving the shared objective of the legislators and meeting the expectations of citizens, businesses and other stakeholders;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the first edition of the annual REFIT scoreboard that allows for the assessment of progress made in all policy areas and of each initiative identified by the Commission, including actions taken by the European Parliament and the Council; believes that the scoreboard should be complemented with an annual statement of net costs and benefits of European legislation adopted and repealed by the European Union, in order to provide a more complete assessment of the progress being made in addressing unnecessary red tape and a recognition by the Commission that often the cumulative cost of regulation is the problem for businesses;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Agrees in principle with the aim of cutting red tape and removing unnecessary regulatory burdens; expresses, however, its concern about potential deregulationbelieves that, in particular in the fields of the environment, food safety and health, under the guise of ‘cutting red tape’'cutting red tape' should deliver proportionate and evidence-based protections for citizens, whilst ensuring that EU businesses can grow, create jobs and boost competitiveness; notes that deregulation and better regulation are not mutually exclusive;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that simpler, smarter regulation leads to consistent transposition and more effective and uniform enforcement by Member States;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Believes, to that end, that the Commission should publish provisional impact assessments, in particular to accompany a public consultation, setting out the full range of impacts that the options proposed could have;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Reminds the Commission, further, of Parliament's requests that the independence of the Impact Assessment Board (IAB) be strengthened, and in particular that members of the IAB must not be subject to political control; considers that the IAB should be composed only of appropriately qualified people who are competent to assess the analysis presented as regards relevant economic, social and environmental impacts;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. UnderlinAcknowledges that when evaluations and fitness checks of environmental, food safety and health legislation are carried out, robust scientific evidence detailing the potential impacts on the environmental and health considerations must be given the same weight amust be considered alongside evidence on potential economic impacts, in equivalence with analysis economic considerationducted under the impact assessment procedures;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Supports the continued improvement in impact assessments, ex-ante and ex- post, fostering evidence-based policy- making;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights that risk management and science are the basis for environmental and health protection in EU legislation;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes with astonishmentconcern the Commission’s announcement that it intends to withdraw the proposal on the revision of waste legislation and to modify the proposal on the reduction of national emissions;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Expects the Commission to carry out a structured consultation, including with the European Parliament, prior to the announcement of any withdrawal of a Commission proposalRecognises that the right of initiative conferred upon the Commission extends to include a right to withdraw proposals; believes that proposals which have failed to have been agreed by co-legislators should not be simply repackaged, but should be the subject of a more thorough analysis in order to identify smarter solutions which build upon practices that have proven successful in the Member States or further afield; considers such proposals should be accompanied by supporting evidence, in line with a scientific approach towards policy- making;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Reminds the Commission of the prerogatives of the co-legislators in the legislative procedure and urges the Commission to respect the co-legislators’' right to amend Commission proposals.; also recalls the co-legislators’ responsibility to adhere to principles of better regulation, and in particular the inter-institutional agreements that exist between the institutions; further considers that a revision of the inter-institutional agreement on better law-making is overdue and welcomes initiatives by the Commission to begin negotiations to update this agreement;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes that where legislation is proposed in a complex and multi-faceted field, a second stage of consultation should be envisaged whereby a draft legislative act is published, accompanied by a provisional impact assessment, for comment by all relevant stakeholders; considers that this second stage would introduce further rigour into the Commission's analysis and strengthen the case for any proposal adopted following this process;