Activities of Evelyn REGNER related to 2011/2275(INI)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (3)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point a (new)
Paragraph 4 – point a (new)
(a) Points out that the petition is a proper instrument to be used by citizens, civil society organisations and enterprises to report on non-compliance with EU law by Member States' authorities at different levels; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to safeguard transparency of on- going infringement procedures by way of informing the citizens in a timely and appropriate manner of the action taken on their request;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. DConsiders the choice of legal instrument to be a decisive element in good law-making, as the conditions of national systems of law can be taken into account during transposition into national law, so that European law can be incorporated more effectively into national law; draws attention to the direct applicability of provisions of directives when they are sufficiently precise and unconditional (‘direct effect’), suggests that the Commission refer to such provisions in its justification for a directive and is of the opinion that the legal profession should be made more aware of them;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to evaluate in each single case whether, in view of the enormous number of non-communication cases (470 pending in 2010), the choice of a regulation instead of a directive is more appropriate; notes that this would at the same time resolve the problem of Member States going beyo make more regular use of its powers under Article 260(3) TFEU to bring a case before the Court of Justice asking to impose on a Member State the payment of a lump sum or penalty where that Member State has failed to fulfil its obligationd the standards required by a directive, entailing a protectionist effect (‘gold-plating’)o notify measures transposing a directive adopted under a legislative procedure;