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Amendments (23)

Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Citation 3
– having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,deleted
2018/03/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Citation 5
– having regard to its relevant resolutions in the areas of the rule of law and justice,deleted
2018/03/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas justice must be adapnational judicial systems can cooperated to meetrespond to the new challenges faced by the EUStates, in particular in the fight against terrorism;
2018/03/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the 2017 EU Justice Scoreboard with great interest and calls on the Commission to further promote this exercise in accordance with the Treaties and in consultation with the Member States;
2018/03/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Supports the aim of this exchange and stresses that an effective and independent national justice system could give businesses incentives to develop and invest at national and cross-border level, while at the same time protecting consumers and workers, thus boosting their economic contribution;
2018/03/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the importance of judicial benchmarking for cross-border mutual trust, and for effective cooperation between national justice institutions and for the creation of a common judicial area and a European judicial culture; encourages the Commission, therefore, to continue developing concrete indicators tso assess, in practice, the upholding of EU values such as the rule of law or respect for fundamental rights to improve benchmarking;
2018/03/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomesTakes note of the efforts of the Commission to provide measurable data and draw concrete conclusions on how Member States have improved or may yet improve the quality and efficiency of their justice systems; regrets that there are still instances where, though applicable or available, no data have been provided by some Member States for certain categories; calls on Member States, therefore, to fully collaborate with the Commissioneach other by sharing relevant, up-to- date data;
2018/03/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to gather precise information on the way violations of the rule of law, including corruption and threats to the fundamental rights, are being dealt with;deleted
2018/03/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to draw up new criteria for better assessing the conformity of judicial systems with the rule of law, drawing in particular on the Commission of Venice’s Rule of Law Checklist;deleted
2018/03/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the importance of efficient and timely proceedings in strengthening consumer protection and safeguarding intellectual property and data privacy rights; notes with concern that such proceedings are still too lengthy in some Member States;
2018/03/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages Member States to invest in the continued development and use of ICT tools in their judicial systems, in an effort to make them more accessible and comprehensible to all EU Member State citizens, including those with any form of disability; emphasises the benefit of ICT systems in reducing costs for all stakeholders involved and in improving the overall efficiency and quality of justice systems, and regrets that their full potential has not yet been reached in all Member States;
2018/03/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to include, in the part of the Scoreboard that deals with the independence of the judiciary, a section devoted to the status of public prosecutors and their autonomy;deleted
2018/03/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the need to intensify and diversify the scope of training offered to judges, namely in the fields of gender structuresequality, judicial ethics, IT skills, court management and communication with parties and the press; underlines furthermore the importance of adequate training in EU law and different EU cooperation structures, such as Eurojust;
2018/03/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Reminds the Commission that a European surveillance mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights needs to be developed, as Parliament suggested in its own- initiative report of October 2016.deleted
2018/03/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Asks the Commission to consider collective redress procedures in next year’s comparative exercise on accessibility factors of justice systems, as it is increasingly significant for facilitating access to justice and efficient dispute resolution;deleted
2018/03/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights the fact that legal aid for consumersthose below the poverty threshold remainis an essential balancing factor; underlines the role of legal aid in guaranteeing that weaker parties may also have access to justice, a fundamental right under EU lawfactor for justice;
2018/03/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to introduce, during next year’s exercise, a new indicator on access to justice for the LGBTI community, for example concerning access to legal aid, the length of proceedings in LGBTI discrimination cases or, where applicable, the impact of measures such as the reversed burden of proof;deleted
2018/03/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need to address the still existing gender balance disparities and considerable ratio gaps among judges, namely in higher instance courts/supreme courts, at both national and European level; takes note with regret of the recent negative development in the proportion of female professional judges in some Member States;
2018/03/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights that there is still much to do in terms of gender equality in the judicial professions across Europe, for example in terms of gender stereotypes, transparency in appointments, reconciliation between work and non- work responsibilities or the existence of mentoring practices; emphasises the clear discrepancy between the proportion of female professionals at lower levels of the judiciary (including non-judge staff) and that at the higher court and prosecution levels;deleted
2018/03/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls the 2015 Joint Statement by the European Parliament and the Council stating that Member States should, to the greatest possible extent and in view of the objective of achieving equality between men and women laid down in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union, ensure an equal presence of women and men when appointing candidates as judges at the General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union;deleted
2018/03/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. UnderlinNotes that, while over half of the Member States increased expenditure on the judicial system per inhabitant in 2015, the determination of financial resources is still mostly based too often on historical or actual costs instead of actual workload or number of court requests;
2018/03/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the increased use of alternative dispute resolution systems in most Member States, in particular that of the European online dispute resolution (ODR) platform for consumers and traders;deleted
2018/03/08
Committee: JURI
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Points out the importance of impartial, i.e. free from arbitrary executive discretion, and comprehensive mechanisms for the appointment, evaluation, transfer or dismissal of judges;deleted
2018/03/08
Committee: JURI