2021/2166(INI) Better regulation: Joining forces to make better laws
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Procedure completed
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | JURI |
WÖLKEN Tiemo ( S&D)
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REGIMENTI Luisa ( EPP),
TOOM Yana ( Renew),
HAUTALA Heidi ( Verts/ALE),
MAUREL Emmanuel ( GUE/NGL)
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| Committee Opinion | DEVE |
SAGARTZ Christian ( EPP)
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Dominique BILDE ( ID),
Iskra MIHAYLOVA ( RE),
Michèle RIVASI ( Verts/ALE),
Beata KEMPA ( ECR)
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| Committee Opinion | ENVI |
CANFIN Pascal ( Renew)
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| Committee Opinion | ITRE |
BUŞOI Cristian-Silviu ( EPP)
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| Committee Opinion | AFET |
ARENA Maria ( S&D)
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| Committee Opinion | PETI |
BARRENA ARZA Pernando ( GUE/NGL)
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Tatjana ŽDANOKA ( Verts/ALE),
Gianna GANCIA ( ID)
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| Committee Opinion | AFCO |
SCHOLZ Helmut ( GUE/NGL)
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Angel DZHAMBAZKI ( ECR),
Domènec RUIZ DEVESA ( S&D),
Alin MITUȚA ( RE)
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Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54
Legal Basis:
RoP 54Subjects
Events
2022/10/20
EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
2022/07/07
EP - Results of vote in Parliament
Documents
2022/07/07
EP - Debate in Parliament
Documents
2022/07/07
EP - Decision by Parliament
Details
The European Parliament adopted by 453 votes to 26, with 87 abstentions, a resolution on better regulation: joining forces to make better laws.
Parliament welcomed the Commission's aim of ensuring that EU legislation delivers maximum benefits to citizens and businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and its intention to make the better regulation approach more dynamic and adaptable to future developments.
Members welcomed the Commission's intention to improve the analysis and reporting of the impacts of proposals, including on competitiveness and SMEs, territoriality, sustainability, equality, subsidiarity and proportionality, as well as the Commission's commitment to mainstream the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into all its legislative proposals, to pay greater attention to gender equality and equality for all, and to ensuring that the ‘do no significant harm’ and precautionary principles are applied across all policy areas.
Member States and the Commission are invited to recognise the need for better regulation and simplification that takes account of economic, environmental, social and gender impacts in an integrated and balanced way.
Coherence with the EU's climate neutrality objective
Members believe that the Commission should fully comply with the provisions of Article 6(4) of the European Climate Law, which provides that any draft measures and legislative proposals need to be consistent with the fulfilment of the Union’s climate neutrality objective by 2050 . To this end, the Commission must assess the consistency of all draft measures or legislative proposals, including budgetary proposals, with climate neutrality objectives and whether they ensure progress on adaptation to climate change.
The Commission should apply EU climate law compliance checks in impact assessments and evaluations in a systematic way from the outset of the preparation of new draft measures or quality reviews of existing legislation, in order to effectively inform the choices of policy makers.
Environmental impacts and sustainability
Sustainability should be at the heart of good legislation that places social, economic and environmental considerations on an equal footing.
Parliament supports the commitment to improved analysis and reporting of environmental impacts in all EU policies through mandatory assessment of the ‘do no significant harm’ principle , and the fact that this assessment is to be applied to proposals from across all policy areas, in order to avoid uneven application. It recommended that the Commission consider implementing a sustainability-first approach and adopt it in the development and assessment of all policies. In this context, it called for the systematic consideration of reports such as those of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Protection and defence of human rights and democracy
Parliament stressed the importance of taking into account the human rights implications, especially for vulnerable groups, of all the Union's external policies, including trade policy and development cooperation. The aim is to ensure that human rights are duly and systematically taken into account, so as to prevent the Union from taking any action that would prevent or hinder respect for human rights. Gender implications should be mainstreamed in all reporting. In addition, Parliament called for children's rights to be mainstreamed into EU legislation by providing for children’s rights impact assessments of the legislative proposals.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
The resolution pointed out that there are 22.6 million SMEs in the EU and that the Commission should therefore not only perform the SME test more systematically but should also provide for a mandatory SME test to be performed in all legislative proposals where this is applicable. Such a test should clearly identify how simplification could be attained in terms of costs and benefits, and, where possible, formulate additional recommendations to avoid unnecessary administrative or regulatory burdens for SMEs.
Impact assessments
Ex-ante and ex-post impact assessments, public consultations and the 'evaluate first principle' principle are essential tools for an informed, higher quality, efficient, accountable, transparent and beneficiary-oriented legislative process. These tools help to quantify impacts, including cost-benefit.
Parliament called on the Commission to carry out impact assessments on all legislative proposals, without exception . It called for impact assessments to be given sufficient resources and time to ensure their quality. However, it recalled that impact assessments help to inform policy-making but should never replace or unduly delay the legislative process.
Impact assessments should give equal attention to the evaluation of the economic, social, health and environmental consequences of the Commission’s proposals in particular, and that the impact on the fundamental rights of citizens and on equality between women and men must be assessed.
The Commission is called upon to pay greater attention to the impact of EU legislation on developing countries and to respect and promote the objectives of development cooperation in these initiatives.
Parliament also insisted, inter alia , on:
- the development of new forms of digitisation processes in the decision-making of the three institutions to enhance the quality of the EU's legislative process in the digital era;
- the need to ensure that multilingualism is respected and that all publicly accessible EU websites on funding opportunities and tenders are translated simultaneously into all official EU languages;
- the importance of giving citizens easy access to the sources of legislation;
- the improvement of transparency in the Council's decision-making process , which therefore applies to access to trilogues documents;
- the obligation to keep the European Parliament immediately and fully informed at all stages of the procedure for the conclusion of agreements between the Union and third countries or international organisations;
- the need to avoid unnecessary additional administrative burdens in the design, transposition and implementation of EU legislation, which should not, however, result in deregulation or 'no-regulation’;
- strengthening the right of legislative initiative of the European Parliament , the only democratically elected body in the Union directly representing European citizens.
Documents
2022/05/30
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Documents
2022/05/30
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Documents
2022/05/17
EP - Vote in committee
2022/04/25
EP - Specific opinion
Documents
2022/03/23
EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2022/03/18
EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2022/03/07
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2022/03/04
EP - Specific opinion
Documents
2022/03/03
EP - Specific opinion
Documents
2022/02/23
EP - ARENA Maria (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in AFET
2022/02/10
EP - SCHOLZ Helmut (GUE/NGL) appointed as rapporteur in AFCO
2022/02/07
EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2022/01/20
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2021/10/26
EP - BARRENA ARZA Pernando (GUE/NGL) appointed as rapporteur in PETI
2021/10/21
EP - WÖLKEN Tiemo (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in JURI
2021/10/07
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2021/09/27
EP - SAGARTZ Christian (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in DEVE
2021/07/14
EP - BUŞOI Cristian-Silviu (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in ITRE
2021/06/03
EP - CANFIN Pascal (Renew) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2022)484
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0301/2022
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0167/2022
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A9-0167/2022
- Specific opinion: PE729.925
- Committee opinion: PE704.678
- Committee opinion: PE704.776
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE719.944
- Specific opinion: PE699.091
- Specific opinion: PE719.643
- Committee opinion: PE700.410
- Committee draft report: PE700.700
- Committee draft report: PE700.700
- Committee opinion: PE700.410
- Specific opinion: PE719.643
- Specific opinion: PE699.091
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE719.944
- Committee opinion: PE704.776
- Committee opinion: PE704.678
- Specific opinion: PE729.925
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0167/2022
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2022)484
Activities
- Rainer WIELAND
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Martina DLABAJOVÁ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Angel DZHAMBAZKI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Heidi HAUTALA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Ryszard Antoni LEGUTKO
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Gilles LEBRETON
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Antonius MANDERS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Helmut SCHOLZ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Joachim KUHS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Ivan Vilibor SINČIĆ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Domènec RUIZ DEVESA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Luisa REGIMENTI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Dorien ROOKMAKER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Alin MITUȚA
Plenary Speeches (1)
Votes
Une meilleure réglementation: unir nos forces pour améliorer la législation - Better regulation: joining forces to make better laws - Bessere Rechtsetzung: Mit vereinten Kräften für bessere Rechtsvorschriften - A9-0167/2022 - Tiemo Wölken - § 3 #
2022/07/07 Outcome: +: 446, -: 90, 0: 32
PPE
The Left
NIA9-0167/2022 - Tiemo Wölken - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) #
2022/07/07 Outcome: +: 453, 0: 87, -: 26
| Amendments | Dossier |
| 325 |
2021/2166(INI)
2021/12/17
PETI
50 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the role of the better regulation programme is improving regulatory principles and reducing unnecessary burdens for businesses and citizens; underlines the importance of enabling citizens to
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the role of the better regulation programme is improving regulatory principles and reducing unnecessary burdens for businesses, particularly SMEs, and citizens; underlines the importance of enabling citizens to fully exercise their democratic right to participate in the EU’s decision- making process and ensuring citizens’ direct participation; underlines that it is essential for the EU to ensure increased transparency at different levels of policy- making; calls on the Commission to continuously improve public consultations in order to ensure citizens’ participation and to take into account feedback from other institutions on such activities; stresses that public consultations on better law-making in the EU should be accessible to citizens and civil society through different outreach channels, should be translated into all official and co-official languages of the Member States, and should have easy-to-access documents;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the role of the better regulation programme is improving regulatory principles and reducing unnecessary burdens for businesses and citizens; underlines the importance of enabling citizens to fully exercise their
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the role of the better regulation programme is improving regulatory principles and reducing unnecessary burdens for businesses and citizens; underlines the importance of enabling citizens to fully exercise their democratic right to participate in the EU’s decision-making process and ensuring citizens’ direct participation; underlines that it is essential for the EU to ensure increased transparency at different levels of policy-making; calls on the Commission to continuously improve public consultations in order to ensure citizens’ participation and to take into account feedback from other institutions on such activities; stresses that public consultations on better law-making in the EU should be accessible to citizens and civil society through
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises that better regulation must be an interinstitutional effort, with Parliament and the Council also sharing responsibility; highlights the fact that the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality are the guiding principles of the EU when it chooses to
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises that better regulation must be an interinstitutional effort, with Parliament and the Council also sharing responsibility; highlights the fact that the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality are the guiding principles
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises that better regulation must be an interinstitutional effort, with Parliament and the Council also sharing responsibility; highlights the fact that the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality are the guiding principles of the EU when it chooses to act; recalls, in that regard, Article 1 of the Treaty on European Union, which provides that the decisions at EU level shall be taken as openly and closely as possible to the citizens;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises that better regulation must be an interinstitutional effort, with Parliament and the Council also sharing responsibility; highlights the fact that the principles of conferral, subsidiarity and proportionality are the guiding principles of the EU when it chooses to act; recalls, in that regard, Article 1 of the Treaty on European Union, which provides that the decisions at EU level shall be taken as openly and closely as possible to the citizens;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new) (1) Stresses that COVID-19 crisis must not be used as an excuse to open up for regulatory exceptions for SMEs; highlights that a green, inclusive and fair recovery must not be built on lowering standards, as this only risks creating double-standards and a race to the bottom; stresses that business interests alone cannot be put on an equal footing with the general interest, which also includes the interests of workers, citizens, consumers and the environment;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Emphasis that the EU should respect the principles of conferral as well as subsidiarity, and must legislate only on areas clearly established by the treaties; stresses that EU must not interfere with the member states' prerogatives and respect their national sovereignty;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Considers, as the only committee
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the role of the better regulation programme is improving regulatory principles and reducing unnecessary burdens for businesses and citizens; underlines the importance of enabling citizens to fully exercise their democratic right to participate
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Considers, as the committee most directly engaged with the public, that a democratic approach and political accountability remain the strongest control mechanisms in any constitutional democracy
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Considers, as the committee most directly engaged with the public, that a democratic approach and shared political accountability remain the strongest control mechanisms in any constitutional democracy, including in the EU;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – point 1 (new) Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that continuous attentive review of citizens’ petitions
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that continuous attentive review of citizens’ petitions presents great opportunities to make better regulation more inclusive and efficient and to improve policymakers’ understanding of local and regional realities;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that continuous attentive review of citizens’ petitions presents great opportunities to make better regulation more inclusive and efficient and to improve policymakers’ understanding of local and regional realities, and of citizens’ concerns and priorities;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 – point 1 (new) (1) Supports the Commission’s objective to simplify legislation and reduce burdens; stress that care is needed to ensure that it is done in an appropriate manner so that simplification does not come at the cost of clarity for beneficiaries and public administrations and weaken the mechanisms in place to deliver results;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 – point 2 (new) (2) Notes the Commission’s will to strengthen the role of the Regular Scrutiny Board in scrutinising impact assessments and evaluations in light of the “one in, one out” approach; regrets the lack of transparency of this body while it should pave the strategic foresight and appropriate consideration of the various effects of the Covid-19 crisis;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that better regulation is an overarching principle in all Commissioners’ mission letters; calls on the Commission and Council to improve the rules and procedures of the preparatory phases of their respective legislative processes, with a particular focus on examining the short-term impact and the future effects of legislative measures;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new) (1) Highlights that the Commission persists in failing to address EU law making as a positive and necessary investment in and for society as a whole, with a long-term perspective;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the role of the better regulation programme is improving regulatory principles and reducing unnecessary burdens for businesses and citizens; underlines the importance of enabling citizens to fully exercise their democratic right to participate in the EU’s decision-making process and ensuring citizens’ direct participation; underlines that it is essential for the EU to ensure
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls for more transparency from all European institutions, in particular the Council in order to ensure better law- making and to guarantee citizens´ rights of public access to documents and access to the right information;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Considers that Parliament’s work and internal procedures can and should be further digitised in order to simplify them and make them more easily accessible to citizens;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Considers that the Commission, in its efforts to ensure that EU policies draw on a clear understanding of policy areas subject to rapid structural change such as the environment and digitalisation, should make use of the input included in the petitions of citizens and civil society organisations; considers citizens’ participation key in
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Considers that the Commission, in its efforts to ensure that EU policies draw on a clear understanding of policy areas subject to rapid structural change such as the environment and digitalisation, should make use of the input included in the petitions of citizens and civil society organisations; considers citizens’ participation key in policy areas such as fundamental rights, respect for rule of law, and discrimination
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Considers that the Commission, in its efforts to ensure that EU policies draw on a clear understanding of policy areas subject to rapid structural change such as the environment and digitalisation, should make use of the input included in the petitions of citizens and civil society organisations; considers citizens’ participation key in policy areas such as fundamental rights, respect for rule of law, and any form of discrimination
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Considers that the Commission, in its efforts to ensure that EU policies draw on a clear understanding of policy areas subject to rapid structural change such as the environment and digitalisation, should make use of the input included in the petitions of citizens and civil society organisations; considers citizens’ participation key in policy areas such as fundamental rights,
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Considers that the Commission, in its efforts to ensure that EU policies draw on a clear understanding of policy areas subject to rapid structural change such as the environment and digitalisation, should make use of the input included in the petitions of citizens and civil society organisations; considers citizens’ participation key in policy areas such as fundamental rights, respect for rule of law, and
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to seize the opportunity for a revamped and effective better regulation programme to
Amendment 38 #
7. Calls on the Commission to seize the opportunity for a revamped and effective better regulation programme to help EU governance
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to seize the opportunity for a revamped and effective better regulation programme to help EU
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the role of the better regulation programme is improving regulatory principles and reducing unnecessary burdens for businesses and citizens; underlines the importance of enabling citizens to fully exercise their democratic right to participate in the EU’s decision-making process and ensuring citizens’ direct participation; underlines that it is essential for the EU to ensure increased transparency at different levels of policy-making; calls on the Commission to continuously improve public consultations in order to ensure citizens’ participation and to take into account feedback from other institutions on such activities; stresses that public consultations on better law-making in the EU should be accessible to citizens and civil society through different outreach channels, should be translated into all official and co-official languages of the Member States, a
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to seize the opportunity for a revamped and effective better regulation programme to help EU governance
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to seize the opportunity for a revamped and effective better regulation programme to help EU governance adapt to a post- pandemic
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 – point 1 (new) (1) Criticises the need for the ‘one in, one out’ approach, since it represents a quantitative assessment of legislation as a short-term burden and a cost rather than focusing objectively on the quality of regulation and its merits, in the medium and long term; regrets that this focus on burden and cost reduction is inconsistent with the needs and realities of EU policymaking, and could jeopardise the Commission’s responsibility to deliver quality regulation, and create a counter- productive effect on any new environmental or social legislation;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Stresses the important role played by Parliament as representative of the citizens of the EU, including in its oversight of and cooperation with the Commission and other institutions on behalf of the public and in ensuring a bottom-up approach regarding the effects of legislation on citizens; Reiterates therefore, the role of Parliament in preliminary assessment of future legislation, through the existing parliamentary tools;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Stresses the important role played by Parliament as representative of the citizens of the EU, including in its oversight of and cooperation with the Commission and the other communitarian institutions on behalf of the public and in ensuring a bottom-up approach regarding the effects of legislation on citizens;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Stresses the role of specific tools, such as the European Citizens’ Initiative and the European Ombudsman, in improving Commission regulation;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Stresses the role of specific tools, such as the Own Initiative of Parliament, European Citizens’ Initiative and the European Ombudsman, in improving Commission regulation; recalls that the Conference on the Future of Europe
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Stresses the role of specific tools, such as the European Citizens’ Initiative and the European Ombudsman, in improving Commission regulation; recalls that the Conference on the Future of Europe should be
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Stresses the role of specific tools, such as the European Citizens’ Initiative and the European Ombudsman, in improving Commission regulation; recalls that the
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the role of the better regulation programme is improving regulatory principles and reducing unnecessary burdens for businesses and citizens; underlines the importance of enabling citizens to fully exercise their democratic right to participate in the EU’s decision-making process and ensuring citizens’ direct participation; underlines that it is essential for the EU to ensure increased transparency at different levels of policy-making; calls on the Commission to continuously improve public consultations in order to ensure citizens’ participation and to take into account feedback from other institutions on such activities; stresses that public consultations on better law-making in the EU should be accessible to citizens and civil society through different outreach channels, should be translated into all official
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Stresses the role of specific tools, such as the European Citizens’ Initiative and the European Ombudsman, in
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the role of the better regulation programme is improving regulatory principles and reducing unnecessary burdens for businesses and citizens; underlines the importance of enabling citizens to fully exercise their democratic right to participate in the EU’s decision-making process and ensuring citizens’ direct participation; underlines that it is essential for the EU to ensure increased transparency at different levels of policy-making and to make the EU institution's internal databases and repositories publicly accessible; calls on the Commission to continuously improve public consultations in order to ensure citizens’ participation and to take into account feedback from other institutions on such activities; stresses that public consultations on better law-making in the EU should be accessible to citizens and civil society through different outreach channels, should be translated into all official and co-official languages of the Member States, and should have easy-to- access documents;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the role of the better regulation programme is improving regulatory principles and reducing unnecessary burdens for businesses and citizens; underlines the importance of enabling citizens to fully exercise their democratic right to participate in the EU’s
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the role of the better regulation programme is improving regulatory principles and reducing unnecessary burdens for businesses and citizens; underlines the importance of enabling citizens to fully exercise their democratic right to participate in the EU’s decision-making process and ensuring citizens’ direct participation; underlines that it is essential for the EU to ensure increased transparency at different levels of policy-making; calls on the Commission to continuously improve public consultations in order to ensure citizens’ participation and to take into account feedback from other institutions and grassroot movements on such activities; stresses that public consultations on better law-making in the EU should be accessible to citizens and civil society through
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the role of the better regulation programme is improving regulatory principles and reducing unnecessary burdens for businesses and citizens; underlines the importance of enabling citizens to fully exercise their democratic right to participate in the EU’s decision-making process and ensuring citizens’ direct participation; underlines that it is essential for the EU to ensure increased transparency at different levels of policy-making, including trilogues; calls on the Commission to continuously improve public consultations in order to ensure citizens’ participation and to take into account feedback from other institutions on such activities; stresses that public consultations on better law-making in the EU should be accessible to citizens and civil society through different outreach channels, should be translated into all official and co-official languages of the Member States, and should have easy-to- access documents;
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2022/02/17
AFCO
77 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the Commission
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Re
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Reiterates that there is a need to fully engage citizens in the EU decision- making process; reiterates its call for the establishment of permanent participatory mechanisms to further facilitate and engage citizens’ participation in the EU decision- making process; calls for the launch of more public consultations addressed to particular groups like children, youth, seniors or people with disabilities; supports awareness-
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Reiterates that there is a need to fully engage citizens in the EU decision- making process in a manner which takes into account the entire policy cycle; reiterates its call for the establishment of permanent participatory mechanisms to further facilitate and engage citizens’ participation in the EU decision-
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Reiterates that there is a need to fully engage citizens in the EU decision- making process; reiterates
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3a (new) Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3a (new) 3a (new) Calls on the institutions to take all necessary measures to ensure the participation of vulnerable people such as disabled people and children in the EU decision-making process; highlights the need for a better access to information for these citizens;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3a (new) 3a (new) Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to making better use of strategic foresight since it plays a key role in helping to future-proof EU policy-making by ensuring that short- term initiatives are grounded in a longer- term perspective;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3a (new) 3a (new) Acknowledges the current trend of national parliaments asking for more political dialogue on Union policies in order to develop a greater added value for citizens, and a further involvement of the European Committee of the Regions in this regard;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3b (new) 3b (new) Highlights the need for the European Parliament to have an oral or written translation at each stage of the legislative process and in all official languages of the EU;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3b (new) 3b (new) Calls again on Member States to reduce the issues related to “gold-plating” and to avoid unnecessary administrative burdens when implementing EU law;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the Commission’s communication’s aim to make the approach to the Better law-making more dynamic and adaptive to further developments;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Highlights the acknowledged lack of impact assessments for several key legislative files
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Highlights the acknowledged lack of impact assessments for several key legislative files, which can only partly be attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic; underlines the need of extensive assessment of the impact the COVID-19 pandemic and related legislation and calls for adequate solutions and policies tackling the causes and limiting the negative impact of the pandemic;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Highlights the acknowledged lack of impact assessments for several key legislative files, which can only partly be attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic; underlines the need for evidence-based legislation, comprehensive impact assessment reports and in-depth analysis of all available data; calls on the Commission to ensure the transparency of the decision-making process;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Highlights the acknowledged lack
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Highlights and regrets the acknowledged lack of impact assessments for several key legislative files, which can only partly be attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4a (new) 4a (new) Stresses that the functioning of the European Union is founded on representative democracy;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4a (new) 4a (new) Insists that impact assessments should never replace political decisions nor delay the legislative process; considers that impact assessments must pay equal attention to the evaluation of social, health and environmental consequences in particular, and that the impact on the fundamental rights of citizens and on equality between women and men must be assessed;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Acknowledges the need for the co- legislators to conduct impact legislators to conduct impact assessments when substantially assessments when substantially amending legislative proposals, in amending legislative proposals, in line with paragraph 15 of the line with paragraph 15 of the Interinstitutional Agreement on Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making2 (IIA on BLM); Better Law-Making3 (IIA on BLM); calls for impact assessments to be published immediately upon their completion, and not only when the policy proposal is presented, thus ensuring greater transparency of how decisions at EU-level are taken, as stated by the CJEU in Case C 57/16P, ClientEarth v Commission;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Acknowledges the need for the co-
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Acknowledges the need for the co- legislators to conduct impact assessments when substantially amending legislative proposals, in line with paragraph 15 of the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making (IIA on BLM); recalls the commitment of all three institutions to systematically consider the use of review clauses in legislation to carry out ex-post evaluations;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1a (new) 1a (new) Highlights the need to provide a better assessment of the social and environmental consequences of the Commission’s proposals, as well as of their impact on the rights of citizens;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5a (new) 5a (new) Stresses that the updated toolbox on better law-making, in particular the “do not significant harm” principle, shall consider the costs that may arise from inaction, notably on the climate and environment, as well as the social dimension, and the cumulative effects arising from delay in action;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5a (new) 5a (new) Stresses furthermore that impact assessments are a tool to help reaching well-informed decisions in the legislative decision- making process and must not lead to undue delays in decision-making or hinder political decisions in a context of green and digital transition to answer global challenges; highlights that such processes should take into consideration economic, environmental, gender and social impacts in an integrated and balanced way and use both qualitative and quantitative analyses, as well as addressing the costs of non-harmonisation at EU level; recalls that making regulation which is ‘fit for the future’ should entail the adoption of a ‘think sustainability first’ approach in the Better Regulation Guidelines;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5a (new) 5a (new) Calls for the wide implementation of evaluation and impact markers of the policies implemented at European level; praises the UNICEF proposal for a children-marker evaluating the impact of policies on children and calls for the development of similar mechanisms on other policies and impact factors;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5b Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls the commitment of all three institutions to setting up a joint legislative register; insists on the need to make this joint portal fully operational and transparent as soon as possible and to include all publicly disclosed documents under Regulation (EU) 1049/2001
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls the commitment of all three institutions to setting up a joint legislative register; insists on the need to make this joint portal fully operational and transparent
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls the commitment of all three institutions to set
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls the commitment of all three institutions to setting up a joint institutions to setting up a joint legislative legislative register; insists on the register; insists on the need to make this need to make this joint portal fully joint portal fully operational and operational and transparent as soon transparent as soon as possible and to as possible and to include all publicly include all publicly disclosed documents disclosed documents under under Regulation (EU) 1049/2001[1] Regulation (EU) 1049/200111 automatically; deplores the persistent lack automatically; deplores the persistent of transparency in the Council’s decision- lack of transparency in the Council’s making process and the practice of over- decision-making process and the classifying documents and applying an practice of over-classifying excessively broad interpretation of the documents and applying an exceptions included under Regulation (EU) excessively broad interpretation of 1049/2001; calls on the three institutions the exceptions included under to ensure a forward-looking and Regulation (EU) 1049/2001; consistent application of the above mentioned Regulation allowing appropriate access to registered documents and to all types of communication, provided they concern a matter relating to the policies, activities and decisions falling within the institution's sphere of responsibility;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls the commitment of all three institutions to setting up a joint legislative
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6a (new) 6a (new) Is convinced that considering also the cost of non- legislation at European level (the so- called cost of non-Europe) is an important source of narrative and understanding when dealing with the available tools for better regulation;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the efforts to consolidate the consultation process and the commitment to report on each public consultation within eight weeks of its closure; calls for improved systematic assessments of public consultations and for the Commission to increase its outreach activities and measures to promote greater participation; calls on the Commission to better engage with its representations in the Member States, with consultative bodies on the EU level and with national authorities with the view to disseminating more information about public consultations;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6a (new) 6a (new) Insist that the effective implementation of the EU law is essential in order to enhance citizen’s trust in EU policies and institutions; recalls that under Article 197 TFEU, such implementation shall be regarded as o matter of common interest for the Member States and stresses the need for them to avoid gold-platting when transposing EU legislation;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6a (new) 6a (new) Believes that EU legislation should always be fit for purpose, proportionate and aim at keeping the burden for citizens and businesses, especially SMEs, as low as possible; reiterates the need to avoid unnecessary administrative, adjustment and compliance burdens when designing, transposing and implementing EU acts; underlines the need for the strengthening of the principle of being ‘big on big things, small on small things’;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6a (new) 6a (new) Is of the opinion that access to documents rules in Council activities should be as transparent as those of the European Parliament; stresses in this regard that the positions defended by the representatives of the Member States, already at the level of the Working Groups of the Council, should be made public in order for citizens, media and civil society to be able to know what position their government took on their behalf at the EU level and to contribute to the enhancement of scrutiny of EU decision-making by national parliaments, applying to all decisions, from legislative files to implementing and delegated acts; points out that bodies with even less levels of transparency such as the Eurogroup should as a first step be submitted to the Council’s rules of procedure, making available to the public the voting procedures, minutes, results, and explanation of votes and its deliberations;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6b (new) 6b (new) Requests urgent measures to enhance the transparency of decisions taken in infringement procedures;
Amendment 44 #
6b (new) Calls for providing for sufficient resources with the EP Services entitled to support the members capacity to improve their function of co-legislators, such as the EP Directorate for Impact Assessment and European Added Value;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6b (new) 6b (new) Stresses that ‘gold plating’ often creates additional administrative or compliance burdens, especially for SMEs; Calls on Member States to increase their efforts at a national level regarding better regulation and the avoidance of unnecessary burdens; considers that the principle of better regulation should not prevent Member States’ parliaments from maintaining or taking more ambitious measures in cases where only minimum standards are defined by Union law;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6c (new) 6c (new) Believes that the EU needs more ambitious access to documents rules, including for documents related to internal, trilogue and international negotiations; recalls that according to the European Ombudsman, restrictions on access to documents, particularly legislative documents, should be exceptional and limited to what is absolutely necessary; further recalls that transparency and publicity of an ongoing legislative procedure are inherent to the legislative process and can therefore be applied to the access of documents for trilogues as stated by the CJEU in its case-law, case T540/15, De Capitani v Parliament in particular; adds furthermore that openness and transparency confer greater legitimacy and confidence in the democratic legislative process of the European Union;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Warns against a mechanical application of the ‘one in’ / ‘one out’ principle, which results in an excessive focus on regulatory burdens, which may lead the consideration of benefits to be neglected
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Warns against a mechanical application of the ‘one in’ / ‘one out’ application of the ‘one in’ / ‘one out’ principle, which results in an principle, which may result in an excessive excessive focus on regulatory focus on regulatory burdens , which in burdens, which may lead the turn may negatively impact the consideration of benefits to be achievement of other legitimate policy neglected; goals;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Warns against a mechanical application of the ‘one in’ / ‘one out’ application of the ‘one in’ / ‘one out’ principle, which results in an principle, which results in an excessive excessive focus on regulatory focus on regulatory burdens, which may burdens, which may lead the lead the consideration of benefits to be consideration of benefits to be neglected; reiterates the need of wide-EU neglected; consultation at European, national and local level and insists on the need for extensive evaluations of policy-impact at all levels in order tackle potential specific challenges;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. W
Amendment 51 #
7a (new) Emphasises the essential role of the EU’s 24 million SMEs, which employ around 100 million people, in our economy; reiterates that special attention must be given to administrative, adjustment and compliance costs for SMEs when conducting impact assessments; regrets the unsatisfactory application of the SME test to date, and calls for a binding SME test to do justice to the importance of SMEs;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7b (new) 7b (new) Strongly believes that better regulation is necessary to enable the EU to reach the targets set out in the Green Deal; welcomes the Commission communication’s commitment to work with Member States, regions and key stakeholders to remove obstacles and red tape hindering the progress of the green transition; stresses the importance of ex- post evaluations of climate legislation to ensure that the EU is delivering on its commitments;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Recalls the importance of maintaining a close contact between the co-legislators in advance of interinstitutional negotiations, including by inviting representatives of other institutions to informal exchanges of views on a regular basis, in line with the commitment outlined in paragraph 34 of the IIA on BLM;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Recalls the importance of maintaining close contact between the co- legislators in advance of interinstitutional negotiations, including by inviting representatives of other institutions to informal exchanges of views on a regular basis, in line with the commitment outlined in paragraph 34 of the IIA on BLM; regrets that this commitment has not given rise to any new structures of cooperation neither to systematic practice for facilitate such exchange; suggests that the co-legislators agree on a code of good practice in that respect;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Council and the Commission to assess jointly with Commission to assess jointly with Parliament the extent to which the Parliament the extent to which the IIA on IIA on BLM should be revised to BLM should be revised to eliminate eliminate possible barriers to possible barriers to Parliament’s ability to Parliament’s ability to exercise its exercise its power to propose legislative power to propose legislative initiatives; reminds the Council and the initiatives; Commission of the recommendations taken by the Focus Groups of the European Parliament underlining the need to revise Rule of Procedure 132 as well as rule 166 on the access to the Chambers of the Council and the European Commission so as to allow members to assist or be questioned during Council Working Group, COREPER or Council meetings;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9a (new) 9a (new) Considers that when the Treaties are to be revised, the European Parliament as the only directly elected institution should be granted the right of legislative initiative;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9b (new) 9b (new) Calls on the Council, the Commission and the Parliament to revise the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making in order to integrate a permanent citizen’s consultation mechanism in the process leading to the establishment of the Annual Work Programme of the European Commission;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9c (new) 9c (new) Considers that in cases in which Parliament exercises the right of initiative, such as on the regulations relating to its own composition, the election of its Members and the general conditions for the exercise of its functions, and the statute of the Ombudsman as well as the constitution of temporary committees of inquiry, it is necessary to contemplate measures in a future Interinstitutional Agreement to avoid the Council's refusal to negotiate with the Parliament;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9d (new) 9d (new) Recommends that the legislative process arising from the right of legislative initiative conferred on Parliament by the Treaties must include, a request for the establishment of a legislative calendar for the initiatives concerned, similarly as with the ordinary legislative procedure; underlines, moreover, that such a special legislative procedure must respect the provisions of the IIA concerning the institutional obligation to negotiate of all three institutions;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Calls for the need to take into full consideration the Conference on the Future of Europe’s deliberations on the participation of citizens in the EU decision- making process, in particular the recommendations of the Citizens Panel No 2,
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Calls for the need take into full consideration the Conference on the Future of Europe’s deliberations on the participation of citizens in the EU decision- making process, in particular the recommendations of the Citizens Panel No 2, in particular sub stream 4.2, No 29, No 32, sub stream 2.1, No 10 and No 11
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10.
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10.
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Calls for the need take into full consideration the Conference on the Future of Europe’s deliberations on the participation of citizens in the EU decision- making process, in particular the recommendations of the Citizens Panel No 2
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10a (new) 10a (new) Calls more generally on the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament to implement the Citizens Panels’ recommendations in accordance with the principle of conferral as laid down in Article 5 TEU;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2a (new) 2a (new) Calls on the institutions to step up efforts for establishing a dedicated and user-friendly joint database on the state of play of legislative files for which work is ongoing as agreed in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Considers the development of new algorithms and new forms of forms of digitalisation processes in digitalisation processes in the the decision-making of all three decision-making of all three institutions to be an essential institutions to be an essential challenge of the digital era; believes challenge of the digital era; believes that the commitments of the three that the commitments of the three institutions on those developments institutions on those developments should be clearly identified and should be clearly identified and included in a revised IIA on BLM. included in a revised IIA on BLM.
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Considers the development of new
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Considers the development of new algorithms and new forms of digitalisation processes in the decision-making of all three institutions to be an essential challenge
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11a (new) 11a (new) Insists on the strong links between the implementation of the Next Generation EU recovery package with the objective of ensuring stronger resilience of EU societies and the need of EU institutions to reach out to the citizens of the Union in order to raise awareness about fundamental nature of these political tasks and their execution; believes that such outreach should ultimately contribute to more flexible and more far-reaching inter-institutional decision-making capable to respond in a robust and decisive manner to the experiences of the pandemic;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11b (new) 11b (new) Classifies uniform linguistic versions in the official EU languages as a crucial prerequisite for the submission of a reliable interpretation of existing regulations by courts and authorities and thus as one of the most important contributions to the unitary exertion of European Union Law; calls on the institutions to substantially meet these requirements in the course of future law-making.
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11c (new) 11c (new) Believes that EU participatory democracy requires supporting unorganised citizens and promoting their access to electoral and participatory opportunities within and outside EU channels; highlights that this bottom-up participatory agenda should be capable of complementing, not substituting, representative democracy in the EU;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11d (new) 11d (new) Reiterates that an effective enforcement of EU legislation is a key part of the “Better Law-making” agenda; points out that excessive regulatory burden for citizens and businesses can often be attributed to Member States compliance issues; calls on the Commission to enforce EU legislation in full and without undue delay and to leverage all existing tools; stresses that the Commission’s enforcement policy must be more predictable and transparent and reinforce legal certainty for all stakeholders;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Reiterates
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
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2022/02/24
DEVE
38 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Having regard to the development cooperation objectives pursuant to Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses, further, that impact analyses must also take account of the specific features of the outermost regions and overseas countries and territories;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Stresses that developing countries are an extremely heterogeneous group and that, consequently, impact analyses must focus on least-developed countries;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Strongly believes that the Union’s better regulation system is a valuable instrument in the implementation of this legal obligation, as long as the tools that the system proposes are used appropriately and to their maximum potential;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Strongly believes that the Union’s better regulation system
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Strongly believes that the Union’s better regulation system is a valuable instrument in the implementation of this legal obligation, as long as the tools that the system proposes are used appropriately and to their maximum potential; regrets that the analysis on the impact on developing countries of many internal legislative initiatives in past years has not been up at the desired level; strongly calls on the European Commission to pay more attention to the impact of European legislation, in particular domestic legislation, in developing countries and to respect and promote the objectives of development cooperation in these initiatives, particularly in areas such as migration, social policies, environment, agriculture, fisheries, health, travel, leisure and transport, information technologies and digital market security, financial services, combating transnational crime such as organised crime, drug and human trafficking and money laundering and private sector behaviour; welcomes the new versions of the better regulation guidelines and the better regulation toolbox; believes that tool number 35 in particular contains
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Strongly believes that the Union’s better regulation system is a valuable instrument in the implementation of this legal obligation, as long as the tools that the system proposes are used appropriately and to their maximum potential; welcomes the new versions of the better regulation guidelines and the better regulation toolbox; believes that tool number 35 in particular contains the necessary elements to guide the performance of impact analyses in developing countries and expects that this tool will be used extensively; notes with concern that by referring only to ‘relevant SDGs’, the integrated and holistic nature of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development risks being overlooked; underlines the need to take a holistic perspective that takes into account the impact on the SDGs as whole in this regard;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Strongly believes that the Union’s better regulation system is a valuable instrument in the implementation of this legal obligation, as long as the tools that the system proposes are used appropriately and to their maximum potential; welcomes the new versions of the better regulation guidelines and the better regulation toolbox; believes that tool number 35 in particular contains the necessary elements to guide the performance of impact analyses in developing countries and least- developed countries in particular and expects that this tool will be used extensively;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Believes that tool number 35 in particular contains the necessary elements to guide the performance of impact analyses in developing countries and expects that this tool will be used extensively; considers that the current sectors for which impact assessments should be prioritized need to mirror current and future challenges of the Union and reflect the European Parliament’s positions and should show a clear correspondence with the areas of European Union law, so as to facilitate the identification of legislation to pay attention to; recalls that to advance towards the future it is also important to constantly evaluate the effectiveness of the procedures and tools and, in this line, calls on the Commission to regularly report on the implementation of tool 35 to the European Parliament;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Suggests that the toolbox needs to be further strengthened in order to facilitate the identification and analysis of potential economic, social, human rights, gender and environmental impacts in developing countries; recommends that a new heading “impact on developing countries” is introduced in specific tools of the toolbox, in particular in tools 23, 25and 26; suggests that under that heading, a number of guiding questions is inserted in order to detect whether legislation contributes to the objectives of development policy and to the implementation of the Agenda 2030 both in EU and developing countries;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the Commission communication of 29 April 2021 entitled ‘Better regulation: Joining forces to make better laws’ (COM(2021)0219) and its commitment to ensuring that every legislative proposal contributes to the 2030 sustainable development agenda; recalls that the principles and objectives set out by the SDGs are indivisible and must not be undermined by burden and cost reduction targets;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls on the Commission to devise and promote concrete propositions for measures supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in their adaptation to the new regulatory framework, notably related to the achievement of the principles of Policy Coherence for Development, targets of Paris agreement, Sustainable Development goals and Agenda 2030;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Strongly believes that more emphasis must be put on institutional consultation, coordination and cooperation between EU institutions and within them; urges the Commission to streamline its internal procedures to systematically associate DG INTPA to all impact assessments, in particular for internal legislation with potential effects beyond the EU, and to duly take into account the inputs, suggestions and recommendations provided by this DG; calls on the Commission to reinforce the involvement and meaningful participation of DG INTPA during the inter-service consultation, in the GRI (Groupe des Relations Interinstitutionnelles) and EXCO (Group for External Coordination) and to take duly into consideration the inputs from this leading DG concerning development cooperation and developing countries;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3 c. Welcomes European Commission’s focus to improve the understanding of the needs and impacts of EU legislation outside the EU by increasing engagement with external partners; calls on the European Commission to make this engagement effective by articulating broad, inclusive and meaningful consultation processes involving affected stakeholders such as trade unions and civil society representatives in developing countries; suggests that the outcome of those consultations and the evidence gathered truly inform the legislation; highlights the role that the EU delegations can play, particularly, in developing countries, and the need to make available the instruments and resources needed for the implementation of these consultations; welcomes the initiative to make consultation process more focused, clearer and user-friendly and calls on the Commission to take into account the context and the specific needs of affected stakeholders in partner countries where the consultation is to be carried out;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3 c. Believes that the quality of legislation affecting developing countries is determined, among other parameters, by its legitimacy and effectiveness, which in turn depend on the nature of the consultation, on how responsive that legislation is to the needs of the countries concerned, and that its implementation achieves the desired results without causing harm; in this sense, welcomes the strengthening of the consultation process and the stronger role EU Delegations are called to play; calls on the Commission to make the necessary efforts to involve them and also relevant stakeholders, experts in different areas concerned;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) 3 d. Acknowledges that the effective implementation of the better regulation and, in particular, of the ex-ante impact assessments will require an appropriate level of human, financial and other resources and time; urges the Commission to allocate the appropriate means in this regard;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 e (new) 3 e. Acknowledges that better regulation is a shared objective and a responsibility of all EU Institutions; as legislator, the European Parliament will streamline its internal services to better contribute to the assessment and monitoring of the impact on developing countries of EU legislation with external dimension, including of the AMs introduced by the European Parliament during the legislative procedure and EU spending programmes; accordingly, it will reinforce the cooperation and coordination between committees, strengthen the expertise on development policies throughout all the relevant committees, and clarify the role that the Committee on Development is called to play as guarantor of the principle of policy coherence for development as stated in the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament (Annex VI), all of this with the aim of improving the quality and effectiveness of the EU legislation;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to improving the analysis and reporting of the impact of proposals,
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to improving the analysis and reporting of the impact of proposals, in particular on developing countries and with regard to achieving the SDGs; recalls that the EU must raise its visibility in developing countries, notably with the growing presence of its geopolitical competitors in African countries, through efficient communication on its cooperation and spending programmes; such as Sustainable fisheries partnership agreements (SFPAs);
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to improving the analysis and reporting of the impact of proposals, in particular on developing countries and with regard to achieving the SDGs; is concerned that the envisaged simplification of the public consultation process may jeopardise its effectiveness and should be reconsidered; underlines that consultation should be more effective and fulfil the requirements of the social partners and civil society;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to improving the analysis and reporting of the impact of proposals, in particular on developing countries, particularly least-developed countries, and with
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the Commission communication of 29 April 2021 entitled ‘Better regulation: Joining forces to make better laws’ (COM(2021)0219) and its commitment to ensuring that every legislative proposal contributes to the 2030 sustainable development agenda; stresses the importance of involving citizens, businesses and stakeholders in the decision-making process;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Stresses the importance of a holistic perspective that takes into account the impact on the SDGs as whole, where all three dimensions of sustainable development – economic, social, and environmental – are considered with the same level of detailed analysis and accuracy, taking into account both qualitative and quantitative evidence;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Believes that better regulation is a tool that has to be shared with partner countries in order to improve the quality of their legislation and its implementation; calls on the European Commission to promote partnerships in this regards;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses that the impact on outermost regions and overseas countries and territories must also be taken into account;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Calls on the role of DG INTPA to be further strengthened during the process of drafting, implementing and evaluating domestic legislation with significant impact on developing countries in the framework of policy coherence for development;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Reiterates the importance of policy coherence for development (PCD) in relation to external EU policy affecting developing countries;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Reiterates the importance of policy coherence in relation to external EU policy affecting developing countries, particularly least-developed countries, but also a number of territories in the EU with specific geographical features that must be taken into account, i.e. the outermost regions and overseas countries and territories; welcomes any initiatives that make the EU’s approach more consistent in this regard.
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Reiterates the importance of policy coherence in relation to external EU policy affecting developing countries; welcomes any initiatives that make the EU’s approach more consistent in this regard; underlines that the assessment of impacts of regulation on fundamental rights and values still needs to be strengthened.
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Reiterates the importance of
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the EU’s obligation to
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the EU’s obligation to incorporate the development cooperation objectives into any policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries, as set out in Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, it seeks to promote balanced and sustainable development while respecting the diversity of the cultures and traditions of the peoples of developing countries as well as their national identities and the organisation of their public authorities at national, regional and local levels; recalls that many Union policies with a more domestic dimension contribute to the implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), and therefore achieving coherence across all Union policies is crucial to achieving the SDGs worldwide;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the EU’s obligation to incorporate the development cooperation objectives into any policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries, as set out in Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; recalls that many Union policies with a more domestic dimension contribute to the implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), and therefore achieving coherence across all Union policies is crucial to achieving the SDGs worldwide; recalls that adaptation action should be put in place to support the resilience of both terrestrial and marine ecosystems; insists on the importance for the EU strategy in developing countries to be designed in order to anticipate the effects of climate change and biodiversity loss;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the EU’s obligation to incorporate the development cooperation objectives into any policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries, particularly least- developed countries, as set out in Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; recalls that many Union policies with a more domestic dimension contribute to the implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), and therefore achieving coherence across all Union policies is crucial to achieving the SDGs worldwide;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the EU’s obligation to incorporate the development cooperation objectives into any policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries, as set out in Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; recalls that many Union policies with a more domestic dimension contribute to the implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), and therefore achieving more foresight-based policymaking and coherence across all Union policies is crucial to achieving the SDGs worldwide;
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2022/03/09
JURI
154 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 a (new) — having regard to the Commission Communication entitled ‘Updating the 2020 New Industrial Strategy: Building a stronger Single Market for Europe’s recovery’ (COM/2021/350 final),
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Welcomes that quality control for evaluations and their supporting studies has been standardized through inter- service groups and quality checklists; observes, however, that the same quality controls are not in place regarding ex- post reviews other than evaluations; encourages the Commission to define a set of minimum quality standards for ex- post reviews other than evaluations with a view to ensuring their quality across Commission services; considers that such minimum quality standards should require ex-post reviews to include a detailed outline of the methodology used, including data collection and analysis tools, a justification of its choice, and the limitations;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Notes that currently see many legislative initiatives being prepared by the Commission imposing new burdens on entrepreneurs, propose that each new legislative initiative that burdens businesses should remove at least two other;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Stresses that ex post evaluations are also an important tool to assess the impact of legislation on citizens and businesses, whereby special attention should be given as to the impact on SMEs;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Calls on the Commission to enable the Fit for Future Platform and Member States to provide feedback on the Commission’s cost and benefits estimates after implementation;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Highlights the necessity for regulatory offsetting using fitness checks, consolidating parallel and overlapping regulations and calls on the Commission to thoroughly examine how new legislative elements overlap with existing legislation and to avoid unproportionally increasing administrative, adjustment and compliance costs for citizen and companies, especially SMEs and urges the Commission to take a closer look at legislative network effects and consolidate its legislative activates, accordingly;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Welcomes the Commission’s renewed commitment to transparency of the evaluation process and calls for the publication of multi-annual evaluation plans including underlying studies, data, sources and methods; further emphasises the need to
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Welcomes the Commission’s renewed commitment to transparency of the evaluation process and calls for the publication of multi-annual evaluation plans; further emphasises the need to increase the availability of public, complete and accessible evidence supporting impact assessments and evaluations, and welcomes, in this regard, the Commission’s intention to improve its evidence registers and the links between them as well as to make its internal databases and repositories easily publicly accessible;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Recalls that transparency and publicity of an ongoing legislative procedure are inherent to the legislative process and can therefore be applied to the access of documents for trilogues as stated by the CJEU in its case-law, case T540/15, De Capitani v Parliament in particular; adds furthermore that openness and transparency confer greater legitimacy and confidence in the democratic legislative process of the European Union; regrets the practice where “efficiency of the institution’s decision-making process” is routinely invoked to refuse the access to legislative preparatory documents, which risks that exceptions to public access to documents become the de facto rule;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Stresses that transparency from the European Institutions is key to the legislative process as citizens have a right to know how laws affecting them are made; welcomes the Council’s joining of the EU Transparency register; regrets that despite their role as co-legislators, the Council’s decision process lacks the degree of transparency of European Parliament’s; urges the Council to increase the number and type of documents they make public, in particular the positions expressed by the member states on the legislative proposals they are considering;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 a (new) Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Underlines that pilot projects and proofs of concept, where possible, can inform the drafting of legislation as well as facilitate its implementation and enforcement;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8 b. Considers that the Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to documents could be reviewed so that e.g. digitalisation and digital document management, existing case law on transparency and access to documents and general developments in the public perception of transparency would be fully taken into account; is convinced that a new legislative proposal should be preceded by a wide public consultation; emphasizes that that any revision should lead to more, not less, transparency;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Takes note of the use of instruments such as the regulatory fitness and performance programme (REFIT) and the ‘Fit for Future’ Platform to identify opportunities for simplification and reducing unnecessary costs before the Commission proposes a revision, while ensuring the highest standards of protection and enhancing compliance with EU law; recalls that the ‘Fit for Future’ platform’s role is also to assess whether specific Union legislation and its objectives remain future-proof and adapted to new challenges; recalls that making regulation which is ‘fit for the future’ above all entails ensuring its economic, social, and environmental sustainability; considers the Commission to develop and to bring into use a more integrated approach on sustainability that would better take into account the interplay of economic, social and environmental impacts of EU policies and legislation recommends that the Fit for Future Platform identify and explore legislation that runs counter the European Green Deal and wider sustainable development goal objectives, including by adopting a ‘think sustainability first’ approach in the Better Regulation Guidelines;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Takes note of the use of instruments such as the regulatory fitness and performance programme (REFIT) and the ‘Fit for Future’ Platform to identify opportunities for simplification and reducing unnecessary costs before the Commission proposes a revision, while ensuring the highest standards of protection and enhancing compliance with EU law; recalls that the ‘Fit for Future’ platform’s role is also to assess whether specific Union legislation and its objectives remain future-proof and adapted to new challenges; welcomes the Commission's decision to establish a subgroup within the 'Fit for Future' platform consisting of the European Committee of the Regions' (CoR) Network of Regional Hubs; calls upon the Commission to give a meaningful follow-up to the Platform's opinions and to reinforce the evidence- based approach of its ex post and exante evaluations with local and regional expertise;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Takes note of the use of instruments such as the regulatory fitness and performance programme (REFIT) and the ‘Fit for Future’ Platform to identify opportunities for simplification and reducing unnecessary costs before the Commission proposes a revision, while scrupulously respecting the constitutional traditions of the Member States and while ensuring the highest standards of protection and enhancing compliance with EU law; recalls that the ‘Fit for Future’ platform’s
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Takes note of the use of instruments such as the regulatory fitness and performance programme (REFIT) and the ‘Fit for Future’ Platform to identify opportunities for simplification and reducing unnecessary administrative burdens and costs and before
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Takes note of the use of instruments such as the regulatory fitness and performance programme (REFIT) and the ‘Fit for Future’ Platform to identify opportunities for simplification and reducing unnecessary costs before the Commission proposes a revision, while ensuring the highest standards of protection
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Takes note of the use of instruments such as the regulatory fitness and performance programme (REFIT) and the ‘Fit for Future’ Platform to identify opportunities for simplification and reducing unnecessary costs before the Commission proposes a revision, while ensuring the highest standards of protection and enhancing compliance with EU law; recalls that the ‘Fit for Future’ platform’s role is also to assess whether specific Union legislation and its objectives remain future-proof proportionate and adapted to new challenges;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Believes that EU institutions should draw on expertise from different policy areas in order to ensure optimal decision making and adopt highly- effective measures; calls on all three EU Institutions to improve the coordination between their internal bodies and avoid working in silos;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas better law-making, which means drawing up and laying the foundations for EU policies and laws, enabling them to achieve their goals in the most effective way, is a common goal for all EU Institutions, and should be achieved by increasing transparency, accountability and cooperation between the institutions and Member States, citizens, social partners and stakeholders, ensuring full respect of all fundamental European values, including democracy, the rule of law and human rights; whereas legislation should be fit for purpose, balanced, clear, transparent and comprehensive in order to benefit citizens and stakeholders;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Stresses the importance of promoting coherent regulatory systems through, for example, harmonization of concepts across related legislative initiatives; recalls that coherent regulatory systems improve compliance;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Underlines that ‘strategic foresight’ could play a key role in helping to future- proof EU policy-making by ensuring that assessments of new initiatives are grounded in a longer-term perspective, emphasising the added value of quality legislation as an investment in the future; welcomes the integration of ‘foresight elements’ into the Commission’s better regulation agenda in impact assessments and evaluations; considers, however, that the Commission’s methodology for quantifying costs, deciding on trade-offs and implementing strategic foresight remains unclear, and that practice will allow assessment of how these approaches have been followed in practice; encourages the Commission to look into innovative cost assessment tools; calls in this regard to also systematically take the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change established under Article 10a of Regulation (EC) No401/2009 in connection with Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations into account in the strategic foresight process;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Believes that effective regulation must strike a balance between short-term needs and long-term challenges; Underlines that ‘strategic foresight’ could play a key role in helping to future-
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Underlines that ‘strategic foresight’ could play a key role in helping to future- proof
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Underlines that ‘strategic foresight’
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Underlines that ‘strategic foresight’ could play a
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Stresses the need to explore innovative legislative approaches such as legal design; highlights that legal design is a human-centred approach that can help bridge the gap between EU citizens and EU legislation; recalls that a human- centred approach postulates that legislation ought to be primarily created with citizens’ in mind and should be easily understandable to them;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Outlines that the Commission should better align and combine its better regulation and strategic foresight activates in order to better integrate both processes;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10 b. Urges the Commission to establish a SME Envoy to minimise bureaucratic burdens across Member States, being appointed with horizontal competencies within the presidency’s Cabinet, in order to do justice to the importance of SMEs in the EU;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 c (new) 10 c. Points out that the quality of the replies to parliaments questions for oral answer, such as for example O- 000003/2020 and O-000028/2021 concerning the implementation of the better Regulation, are very poor, calls therefore for an immediate and structural significant improvement of the Commissions answer to parliamentary questions;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas better law-making is a common goal for all EU Institutions, and should be achieved by increasing transparency, accountability and cooperation between the institutions and
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Takes note of the involvement of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board in impact assessments, fitness checks, and major evaluations of current legislation; notes, however, that the transparency of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board on meetings with stakeholders, reviews, recommendations and opinions should be significantly improved; underlines that the work of the Board should not ultimately affect the Commission’s capacity to propose legislation or unduly delay the adoption of legislative proposals; considers that all the Board’s opinions should always
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Takes note of the involvement of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board in impact assessments, fitness checks, and major evaluations of current legislation; notes
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Takes note of the involvement of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board in impact assessments, fitness checks, and major evaluations of current legislation;
Amendment 133 #
11.
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Calls for the costs that may arise from policy inaction, notably on the climate and the environment, and the cumulative effects arising from delay in action to be considered in all impact assessments and evaluations, as they can have significant long-term consequences which are not immediately apparent;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11 b. Concurs that monitoring and review clauses in legislation ensure that the necessary data is collected and evaluated; invites the Commission, in cooperation with the European Parliament and the Council, in the context of the existing inter-institutional agreement, to develop an inter- institutional toolbox on review and monitoring clauses, containing, among others, a taxonomy of possible outcomes/ex-post reviews that can be requested, guidance on indicative Timing for each type of ex-post review, and guidance on drafting monitoring clauses both for EU Institutions or bodies and Member States;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Takes note of the ‘one in, one out’ approach by which the Commission aims to offset newly introduced burdens by relieving citizens and businesses of equivalent burdens at EU level in the same policy area; regrets the unilateral introduction of this approach by the Commission, without a prior impact assessment or consultation, and contrary to the position preconised by the previous Commission; underlines that the implementation of this approach should not affect political imperatives or the objectives of better regulation, and emphasises that it should not lead to mechanical or mathematical decisions to repeal legislation, lower its standard or
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Takes note of the ‘one in, one out’ approach by which the Commission aims to offset newly introduced burdens by relieving citizens and businesses of equivalent burdens at EU level in the same policy area; regrets the unilateral introduction of this approach by the Commission, without a prior impact assessment or consultation; underlines that
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Takes note of the ‘one in, one out’ approach by which the Commission aims to offset newly introduced burdens by relieving citizens and businesses of equivalent burdens at EU level in the same policy area; regrets the unilateral introduction of this approach by the Commission, without a prior impact assessment or consultation; underlines that the implementation of this approach should not affect political imperatives or the objectives of better regulation, and
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12.
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas better law-making is a common goal for all EU Institutions, and should be achieved by increasing transparency, accountability and cooperation between the institutions and Member States, citizens and stakeholders, ensuring full respect of all fundamental European values, including democracy, the rule of law and human rights;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Takes note of the ‘one in, one out’
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Underlines that Member States’ parliaments cannot and should not be prevented from maintaining or taking more ambitious measures and adopting higher standards in cases where only minimum standards are defined by Union law; in this regard, acknowledges that additional unnecessary administrative burdens should be avoided when transposing and implementing EU acts into national legislation; notes that in some cases, Member States need to add elements of national importance when implementing EU rules; supports the Commission’s request to Member States to report when they choose to add elements that do not stem from EU legislation;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Calls on the Commission to introduce a digital single reporting instrument, consolidation reporting requirements arising from the revision of the non-financial reporting directive (NFRD), the taxonomy, but also the reporting requirements from the Fit for 55 package in a single tool, which is designed with specific requirements and ready-made Key Performance Indicators (KPls) and standards, accessible in a modular and digital way for companies and other organisations
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Stresses that, in applying the ‘one in, one out’ principle, all compliance costs, both administrative and adjustment costs, should be offset, since they both concur to burden businesses in particular; stresses the need that the principle is applied by the Member States as well as by local and regional authorities during the transposition process concerned; encourages the exchange of best practices on compensatory measures, methodologies and data collected;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Stresses that trust in the enforcement of regulation plays an important role in the legitimacy of European legislation; calls on the Commission to increase their efforts in enforcing the EU laws and effectively address all breaches of EU law;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12 b. Underlines that systematic review of legislation plays an increasingly important role for achieving better regulation; stresses in this regard the importance of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission engaging in a more structured cooperation in order to assess the application and effectiveness of Union law with a view to its improvement; points out the need for the swift, timely and correct application of Union legislation by the Member States inorder to properly assess the need for further legislation;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12 b. Highlights that the Better Regulation Guidelines and Toolbox need to be improved with regards to the effects of costs added by co-legislators in the course of negotiations and Member States “gold-plating” legislation when transposing it into the national laws since "gold-plating" practices are one of the main sources of administrative burden;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 c (new) 12 c. Recalls on Member States and the Commission to acknowledge the immediate need for better regulation and simplification and to adopt a roadmap with concrete and binding targets and indicators as an important prerequisite for our economy’s ability to recover and innovate; notes that several Member States have set quantitative targets of up to 30% for the reduction of administrative burden; therefore, calls on the Commission to set ambitious and binding quantitative and qualitative targets, such as reducing administrative burdens at least by 55% to the level of regulatory burden in 2021 by 2030; underlines the need for the consistent application of the ‘think small first’ principle and the strengthening of the principle of being ‘big on big things, small on small things’ in order to ensure proper focus on SMEs in EU and national legislation and as the basis for a new interinstitutional commitment to reducing administrative burdens;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 c (new) 12 c. Reiterates the specificity of local and regional authorities and the need to tailor consultations; recommends that the Commission consult the Committee of Regions in the development of open consultations and roadmaps for proposals that significantly affect sub-national levels of government;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 d (new) 12 d. Recalls the importance of the Territorial Impact Assessment for the CoR, including rural impact assessment, urban impact assessment and cross- border impact assessment, for the achievement of the objective of evidence- based policy making;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas better law-making is a common goal for all EU Institutions, and should be achieved by increasing transparency, accountability and cooperation between the institutions and Member States, citizens and stakeholders, ensuring full respect of all fundamental European values, including democracy, the rule of law
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 e (new) 12 e. Stresses that better law-making objectives need to be regularly reviewed and evaluate dagainst the criteria of the better law-making agenda, including monitoring and reporting; underlines that the objectives need to be well balanced, proportionate and evaluated in terms of their effectiveness; recalls the importance of comparable EU-wide data for the purpose of this evaluation and calls on the Commission to examine whether the use of the better regulationtools have served to achieve objectives such as improved policy outcomes;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Invites the Conference on the Future of Europe to discuss the strengthening of the European Parliament’s and the Council's right of legislative
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Stresses that an open, efficient, transparent and independent administrative and legislative decision making processes are preconditions to high-quality policies and regulation; emphasizes that the introduction of harmonised administrative procedures would contribute positively to good governance and regulatory practices in the EU and reinforce the connection between expert decision-making and democratic legitimacy; recalls that in its resolutions of 15 January 2013, 9 June 2016 and 20 January 2021, the Parliament called for the adoption of a regulation on an open, efficient and independent EU administration under Article 298 TFEU, and notes that this request has not been followed up by a Commission proposal; calls, therefore, once again on the Commission to come forward with a legislative proposal on a European law of administrative procedure, taking into account the steps taken so far by Parliament in this field;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Stresses that the Conference on the Future of Europe is an unparalleled initiative of directly engaging with the EU citizens in order to hear about their perspective on European policy making; believes that following the conclusion of the Conference, an evaluation must be made to explore the possibility of implementing practices that can increase citizen participation in the legislative process;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Stresses the importance of easy access for citizens to the sources of law, which is currently difficult in relation to EU law, because and the need to create a single transparent website where the entire legislative process and additional documents of all EU institutions can be followed;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas better law-making is a common goal for all EU Institutions, and should be achieved by increasing transparency, accountability and cooperation between the institutions and Member States, citizens and stakeholders, ensuring full respect of all fundamental European values, including democracy, the rule of law and human rights; whereas European legislation should be fit for purpose,
Amendment 17 #
A. whereas better law-making is a common goal for all EU Institutions, and should be achieved by increasing transparency, accountability and cooperation between the institutions and Member States, citizens and stakeholders, ensuring full respect of all fundamental
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas better law-making is a common goal for all EU Institutions, and should be achieved by increasing transparency, accountability and cooperation between the institutions and Member States, citizens and stakeholders, ensuring full respect of all fundamental European values, including democracy,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas better regulation helps to ensure that EU policies and legislation are geared towards innovative solutions for the future, taking account of the faster pace of technological, societal and environmental developments;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 b (new) — having regard to the European Parliament report entitled ‘A New Industrial Strategy for Europe’ (2020/2076(INI)),
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas quality law-making cannot be reduced to quantitative targets of short-term burden and cost reduction, but should deliver for everyone as a long- term investment in the shared prosperity of our societies and our future;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas European union and national legislation should always be fit for purpose, proportionate, clear and comprehensive, in order to benefit the relevant addressees
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) A b. whereas better regulation tools should be applied in an ever-changing world, where challenges and policy priorities are constantly evolving and the achievement of European objectives and targets across sectors is increasingly urgent; whereas, therefore, it will be increasingly important toback up regulatory proposals with evidence based on the most appropriate assessments;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) B a. whereas high quality regulation serves the public interest as directly conditions the competitiveness of the European Union, territories and businesses, as well as the degree of democracy and participation of the various legal systems, including the national and regional ones; whereas better law-making primarily means guaranteeing citizens the principle of legal certainty;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) B b. whereas there is a need for regulatory review and simplification to remove obstacles to the implementation of legislation, including across borders, and to make laws more effective, transparent and comprehensive to the end user, be it citizen or business;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new) B c. whereas the better regulation principles and tools should remain policy- neutral to guarantee an objective problem definition and real alternative policy options to be considered by the European Commission, the Council and the European Parliament;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas better law-making must aim to serve the EU’s
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas better law-making must aim to serve the EU’s
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas better law-making
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas better law-making must aim to serve the
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 — having regard to the better regulation toolbox, which complements the Better regulation guidelines, both from November 2021,
Amendment 30 #
C. whereas better law-making must aim to serve the EU’s political ambitions, especially its long-term objectives
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) C a. whereas the Commission commited itself to step up the efforts to promote and improve the inclusive and systemic participation of children in decision-making process at EU level, notably through child-specific consultation for relevant future initiatives;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas, by applying the principles of better regulation, the Commission should identify the most effective solutions to maximise benefits and while simultaneously minimising associated costs;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas well carried out ex ante and ex post impact assessments and public consultations are essential tools for well- informed, better, efficient, accountable and transparent law-making; whereas such assessments should consider economic, social, and environmental aspects with the same level of detailed analysis and accuracy, taking into account both qualitative and quantitative evidence, including also the impact of policy measures on fundamental rights; whereas the European Court of Auditors published a special report in 2018 with a set of recommendations to improve the quality of ex post reviews;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas well carried out ex ante and ex post impact assessments and public
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas well carried out ex ante and ex post impact assessments
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the ‘Have Your Say’ web portal aims to boost involvement of citizens and stakeholders in EU policy- making and has proven to be a useful tool for citizens and stakeholders to participate in the preparation of EU policies; whereas the Commission launched a new version of the tool on 3 July2020 in order to further improve its consultations and communication with the public and increase transparency; whereas the European Court of Auditors published a special report in 2019
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the ‘Have Your Say’ web portal aims to boost involvement in EU policy-making; whereas the European Court of Auditors published a special report in 20192 with a set of recommendations to even improve this portal, especially t
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the Regulatory Scrutiny Board assesses the quality of impact assessments as well as of fitness checks and major evaluations to support
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) F a. whereas publicly available European Union websites for funding and tender opportunities within the framework of the EU programs are published in English Language first; whereas the translation of those websites can take several months; whereas the availability of those websites in all official languages of the EU is crucial for fair competition;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 a (new) — having regard to the Commission communication of 24 March 2021 on the EU strategy on the rights of the child (COM(2021)0142),
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) F a. whereas the Regulatory Scrutiny Board (RSB) Plays an important role in improving European legislation and it assessed that around 1/3 of impact assessments in 20211a have been negative in their first assessment; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/docume nts-register/
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the aim of the regulatory fitness and performance (REFIT) programme
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the aim of the regulatory fitness and performance (REFIT) programme is to simplify EU laws, avoid over-regulation and possible regulatory fragmentation and
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the aim of the regulatory fitness and performance (REFIT) programme
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the aim of the regulatory fitness and performance (REFIT) programme is to simplify EU laws and reduce unnecessary administrative burdens
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas in 2021 the Commission introduced the ‘one in, one out’ approach with the intention of offsetting new burdens resulting from the Commission’s legislative proposals by removing already existing burdens in the same policy area; whereas in 2017 the Commission decided against the 'one in, one out' approach and the idea of setting 'ex ante burden reduction targets' in its work on EU lawmaking owing to the risk of creating 'deregulatory pressures' and impairing 'its political responsibility to deliver what needs to be done when it needs to be done'1a;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) H a. whereas the ‘one-in, one-out’ principle strengthens the REFIT programme, by extending the programme beyond the burdens from individual pieces of existing legislation to include also burdens from new legislation as well as managing the accumulative burden in each policy area; whereas, at the same time, the ‘one in, one out’ principle needs a clarification concerning its application in practice, as this should always benefit to the interests of businesses, workers, citizens and consumers;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) H a. whereas the Commission in its 24 October 2017 Communication ‘Completing the Better Regulation Agenda: Better solutions for better results’ (COM(2017)651) clearly rejected the ‘one-in, one-out’ approach and ‘fixing ex ante burden reduction targets’ as inappropriate for the elaboration of EU law because it ‘would create deregulatory pressures and impair its political responsibility to deliver what needs to be done when it needs to be done’;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) H a. whereas according to EUR-Lex1b the Commission adopted or amended 1,977 legislative or non-legislative acts in 2021 alone, whereas in the same period only 1,008 legislative or non-legislative acts were repealed or expired; _________________ 1b https://eur- lex.europa.eu/statistics/2021/legislative- acts-statistics.html; https://eur- lex.europa.eu/statistics/legal- acts/2021/legislative-acts-statistics- repealed-and-expired-acts.html
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new) — having regard to the latest EP resolution “Regulatory Fitness, subsidiarity and proportionality- report on Better Law Making 2017, 2018 and 2019, adopted 24.6.20211a, _________________ 1a P9_TA (2021) 0316.
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H b (new) H b. whereas achieving the benefits of simplification efforts at European level also depends on the maintenance of the relevant provisions by the co-legislators and on the choices made by the Member States when transposing them into national law, and a greater effort of coordination and consultation with them and also with the local and regional authorities is therefore required;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the Treaties grant Parliament the direct right of initiative only in very limited cases; whereas Parliament has called for increasing its right of initiative in its resolution on Parliament’s right of initiative; whereas under the principle of parallelism of procedures, a right of initiative for the other co- legislator, the Council, should also be considered;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas many communications and documents are only available in English; whereas working meetings are being held with no possibility of having interpreting services; whereas respect for multilingualism is a prerequisite for the EU institutions to work properly, for all MEPs to be able to take part in legislative work and for transparency for European citizens;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) I a. Whereas the functioning of the European Union is founded on representative democracy;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to making better use of foresight, mainstreaming the Sustainable Development Goals in all its legislative proposals, in line with the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, to paying greater attention to gender equality and equality for all, and to ensuring that the ‘do no significant harm’ and precautionary principles are applied across all policy areas; calls for the Commission to clearly define the ‘do no significant harm’ principle in order to ensure its consistent application; welcomes the proposal that sustainability and digitalisation should be better taken into account in law-making; calls on the Commission to implement a ‘sustainability first’ approach; calls for this approach to be adopted for all policy development and evaluation, prioritising long-term considerations of sustainability such as achieving climate neutrality at the lastest by 2050 and living within planetary boundaries;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to making better use of strategic foresight,
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to making better use of foresight, mainstreaming the Sustainable Development Goals in all its legislative proposals, without obeying a punitive ecological logic, in line with the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, to paying greater attention to gender equality and equality for all, and to ensuring that the ‘do no significant harm’ and precautionary principles are applied across all policy areas; calls for the Commission to clearly define the ‘do no significant harm’ principle in order to ensure its consistent application; welcomes the proposal that sustainability and digitalisation should be better taken into account in law-making; calls on the Commission to implement a ‘sustainability first’ approach;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the Commission’s
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) — having regard to the special report of the European Court of Auditors entitled ‘Ex-post review of EU legislation: a well-established system, but incomplete’;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Highlights the need to develop additional tools to assess the environmental impacts of new policies, initiatives and legislation where existing tools are insufficient, in order to ensure that the far-reaching green ambitions of the von der Leyen Commission, together with its focus on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, will be more prominent in the Commission’s impact assessments and legislative proposals; in this regard, calls for the mid and long- term as well as cumulative costs of inaction on the climate and the environment is taken into account in impact assessments;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to identify the most effective solutions by applying the principles of better regulation so that, for the purposes of EU policies, benefits can be maximised and associated costs simultaneously minimised in the interests of the beneficiaries;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Highlights that there are 1.28 million1c small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the EU and therefore the Commission should not just perform the SME test more systematically, but shall foresee a mandatory SME test to be performed for all legislative proposals; _________________ 1c https://www.statista.com/statistics/878412/ number-of-smes-in-europe-by-size/
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. welcomes the Commissions intentions to improve the analysis and reporting of proposals’ impacts, for example on competitiveness and SMEs, territoriality, sustainability,equality, subsidiarity and proportionality;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to respect the Treaties and the division of competences between the EU and the Member States;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. welcomes that in line with the 2030 Digital Compass Communication, better regulation will promote the ‘digital by default’ principle in forthcoming EU legislationas an important tool to support digital transformation;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. welcomes the intention of the Commission to create an interinstitutional database – the so-called Joint Legislative Portal - whose functioning should make sure to provide themost intuitive layout and user-friendly experience possible in order to avoid information overload;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Strongly believes that all Europeans must be able to follow the EU legislative process; Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to make the ‘Have your say’ web portal more accessible to people with disabilities and to consolidate public consultations into a single ‘call for evidence’; calls for all related documents, questionnaires and contributions to be available in all EU official languages; calls for greater transparency on how replies are taken into account and, whenever appropriate, greater clarity on why replies are not taken into account; notes that the design and choice of consultation has a significant effect on the type of input received and the outcome itself; urges the Commission to ensure that all calls for evidence it launches are neutral and unbiased, including by employing questionnaires that are designed in a factual and evidence-based manner;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to make the ‘Have your say’ web portal more accessible to people with disabilities and to consolidate public consultations into a single ‘call for evidence’; calls for all related documents, questionnaires and contributions to be simultaneously available in all EU official languages; calls for greater transparency on how replies are taken into account, , including by ensuring replies are properly weighted according to their representativeness, depending on whether they represent individual or collective interests; Regrets that the Commission has not committed to improve the consultation questionnaires, which would deserve to be always formulated in a manner which is open to all proposals;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) — having regard to its resolution of 9 June 2016 for an open, efficient and independent European Union administration,
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to more actively publicising consultations in order to reach more citizens, stakeholders and local and regional authorities; calls on the Member States to contribute to this process by promoting the consultations within their territories; notes that some stakeholders with higher financial resources can have a more prominent role in contributing their input to consultations; believes that the input collected needs to reflect a balanced view of the stakeholder landscape and this requires facilitating the collection of input from stakeholders with fewer resources, such as citizens and citizens’ representatives;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to more actively publicising consultations in order to reach more citizens
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to more actively publicising consultations in order to reach more citizens, stakeholders, in particular SMEs, and local and regional authorities;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the EU institutions to respect the principles, rights and obligations enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Regulation No 1/1958, as well as in internal guidelines and decisions, such as the Code of Good Administrative Behaviour, in the field of multilingualism
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to the principle of digital by default; stresses that technologies such as AI can enhance the legislative process and improve access to information as well as make legislation more understandable to citizens and companies;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls for a stronger political dialogue between the Institutions and national parliaments, local and regional authorities, the Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Recalls that a significant part of EU legislation is implemented at sub- national levels which have valuable first- hand experience in applying EU legislation in close contact with the local economy, social partners, civil society and citizens, and can help strengthen the effectiveness and visibility of EU actions;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Calls on the EU institutions to provide the necessary human resources to ensure that multilingualism is respected,
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 c (new) 3 c. Stresses that active subsidiarity is an integral component of the Better regulation Agenda; welcomes in this regard that the Commission is making increased use in its legislative proposals of the subsidiarity assessment grid, as suggested in its communication “The principles of subsidiarity and proportionality: Strengthening their role in the EU's policymaking"
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) — having regard to its report ‘on a new strategy for European SMEs’(2020/2131(INI))
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 d (new) 3 d. Expects the Conference on the Future of Europe to also pave the way for further reforms related to the principle of subsidiarity, in particular by applying subsidiarity also in EU governance processes such as the European Semester;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 e (new) 3 e. Welcomes the agreement that was recently reached on the Transparency register with the Council; calls nevertheless for further improvement within all institutions of the transparency of discussions and decisions; regrets that not all European Union institutions and bodies, as well as Member States representations are obliged to apply the transparency register;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls for the mainstreaming of children’s rights in EU legislation through providing for child rights impact assessment of the legislative proposals; calls in this regard for the introduction of a children’s rights test in the framework of impact assessments
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls for the mainstreaming of children’s rights in EU legislation
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Calls for all European Union websites on funding and tender opportunities to be translated into all official languages of the EU immediately, as the initial exclusive availability in English language putsnon-English speaking member states at disadvantage;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls for impact assessments to be performed on all acts, without exception; regrets that this was not the case for several politically sensitive proposals in the past; recalls that on several occasions Parliament has carried out its own impact assessments in replacement of the Commission’s; nevertheless, recalls that impact assessments help to inform but do not replace political decision-making; calls for impact assessments to be published immediately upon their completion, and not only when the policy proposal is presented, thus ensuring greater transparency of how EU decisions are taken, as stated by the CJEU in Case C- 57/16P;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls for impact assessments to be performed on
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls for impact assessments to be performed on all acts, without exception; regrets that this was not the case for several politically sensitive proposals in the past;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 b (new) — having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal (2019/2956(RSP)), which welcomes the commitment by the Commission to ensure that all EU actions should help the EU achieve a sustainable future and a just transition and to update the Better regulation guidelines accordingly, requiring, inter alia, that a ‘sustainability first’ principle be integrated into the Better Regulation Agendas of the EU and its Member States,
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls for impact assessments to be performed on all acts, without exception; regrets that this was not the case for several politically sensitive proposals in the past; recalls that on several occasions Parliament has carried out its own impact assessments in replacement of the Commission’s in order to inform policy-making; nevertheless, recalls that impact assessments help to inform
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls for impact assessments to be performed on all
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to perform impact assessments
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Recalls that the application of the ‘Think Small First’ principle enshrined in the Small Business Act is an essential element for the proportionality test, prior to any legislative proposal and should aim at ensuring that SMEs’ voices are heard and that their interests are taken on board as early as possible, in order to create a favourable business environment for the development of SMEs, which are the backbone of our European economy;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Notes the Commission’s intention to publish an analytical staff working document with proposals or within three months of their adoption in those cases where an impact assessment was not prepared; stresses that while this is a welcome step towards more transparency, it should not lead to the Commission circumventing its impact assessment obligations;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Underlines that if an impact assessment has not been performed than the Commission should publish the staff working document at the same time as the legislative proposal;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to strengthen territorial impact assessments and rural proofing, in order to better take into account the needs and specificities of different EU territories, such as urban/rural areas, cross-border areas and outermost regions;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that Parliament has set up a dedicated directorate, the Directorate for Impact Assessment and European Added Value, to be able to carry out ex ante and ex post impact assessments with a view to supporting evidence-based policy-making and asks to foresee enough funding and human resources for this Directorate in order to enable it to perform high quality impact assessments;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Recalls that the assessment should take into account the effectiveness of the provisions in terms of achieving their objectives, ensuring value for money and keeping real costs proportional to benefits, their suitability and relevance to emerging needs, their added value and their internal and external coherence with other policy areas;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Encourages greater account of feedback resulting from evaluations and assessments should be taken, and highlights the positive and widely recognised role of the Regulatory Scrutiny Committee in increasing the quality of legislative proposals; therefore, calls to make better use of its expertise and experience within the Commission;
source: 719.944
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Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Strongly believes that the Union’s better regulation system
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Notes that tool 35 contains elements to guide the performance of impact analyses in developing countries and expects that this tool will be used extensively; considers that the current sectors for which impact assessments should be prioritised need to mirror current and future challenges of the Union and reflect Parliament’s positions, and should show a clear correspondence with the relevant areas of EU law, so as to facilitate the identification of legislation to which particular attention needs to be paid; suggests that the toolbox needs to be further strengthened in order to facilitate the identification and analysis of potential economic, social and environmental impacts in developing countries; suggests that a new heading, ‘Impact on developing countries’, be introduced for specific tools in the toolbox, including, but not limited to, tools 23, 25 and 26; suggests that under that heading, a number of guiding questions be inserted in order to detect whether legislation contributes to the objectives of development policy and to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in both the EU and developing countries; recalls that human rights impacts, including on children, indigenous people, LGBTIQ people and other vulnerable groups, in developing countries are of importance for European development cooperation; in this regard, calls on the Commission to introduce separate categories of impact assessments on human rights, gender and women’s rights and on the rule of law and good governance in developing countries; recalls that in order to learn from past actions and improve in the future, it is also important to constantly evaluate the effectiveness of the procedures and tools, and, in this regard, calls on the Commission to regularly report back to Parliament on the implementation of tool 35;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Strongly believes that more emphasis must be put on institutional consultation, coordination and cooperation between and within EU institutions; urges the Commission to streamline its internal procedures to systematically associate DG INTPA with all impact assessments, in particular for internal legislation with potential effects beyond the EU, and to duly take into account the inputs, suggestions and recommendations provided by this DG in the framework of policy coherence for development; calls on the Commission to reinforce the involvement and meaningful participation of DG INTPA during interservice consultations and in the GRI (Interinstitutional Relations Group) and the EXCO (Group for External Coordination), and to take duly into consideration the inputs from this leading DG concerning development cooperation and developing countries;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraphs 3 c, 3 d, 3 e (new) Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraphs 4 and 5 source: 719.937
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