14 Amendments of Mireille D'ORNANO related to 2016/2018(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
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1. Regrets the fact that it is not usually possible to access certain Council documents relating to international agreements, particularly negotiating mandates; regards this state of affairs as a lack of transparency and an obstacle to democracy;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
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2. Calls for a more harmonised and structured approach, with guaranteed access for Parliament, to all negotiating texts and related documents, even those of a confidential or classified nature, including negotiating mandates, and to other relevant documents used during the preparatory stages and actual negotiations, so that minimum transparency and democracy requirements can be met; considers, moreover, that the Commission and the Council should provide the Parliament with regularly updated lists of the documents at their disposal relating to the negotiations;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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3. WelcomNotes the written briefings provided by the Commission ahead of international conferences and the daily oral briefings provided by the Council Presidency and the Commission during those conferences;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
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4. Regrets the fact that Parliament is not allowed to attend, as an observer, EU coordination meetings during international conferences, even though, as the EU institution representing the peoples of Europe, it should have the right to do so;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
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5. Notes that the delegation of power to the Commission is not merely a technical issue but can also involve questions of political sensitivity which are of considerable importance to EU citizens, consumers and businesses; emphasises the need, therefore, for strict compliance with the requirement not to modify key elements of the legislative act and the requirement to define the objectives, substance, scope and duration of the delegation of powers, and the possibility for the delegation of power to be revoked or objections to be raised to the delegated acts that have been adopted;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
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6. Recalls that politically significant elements, such as Union lists or registers of products or substances, shouldmust remain an integral part of a basic act – where appropriate in the form of annexes – and should therefore only be amended by means of delegated acts; stresses that the creation of self-standing lists should be avoided in the interests of legal certainty;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
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7. Looks forward to making use of a well-structured and user-friendly functional register of delegated acts, translated into all 24 official languages of the EU, which was published on 12 December 2017 and had been requested by Parliament;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
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8. Reiterates its call for the compulsory inclusion in all impact assessments of a balanced analysis of the medium- to long-term economic, social, environmental and health impacts, as is standard practice in the legislative process of most Member States;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
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9. Stresses that impact assessments, in spite of their importance and the need to make them more forward-looking, should only serve as a guide for better law- making, and as an aid for making political decisions, and should in no event replace political decisions within the democratic decision-making process, nor should they hinder the role of politically accountable decision-makers;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
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10. Considers that impact assessments, in spite of their importance and the need to make them more forward-looking, should not cause undue delays to legislative procedures, nor should they be utilised as procedural obstacles in an attempt to delay unwanted legislation;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
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11. Believes that certain administrative burdenrules are necessary for ensuring proper compliance with legislative objectives and the required level of protection, in particular with regard to the environment and the protection of public health – sectors in which information requirements must be maintained;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
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12. Believes that, as quality is of the utmost importance, the work of regulatory simplification should not serve as a pretext for showing less ambition on issues of vital importance to Member State citizens, such as the protection of the environment, public health or food safety;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
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13. Opposes the setting of a net target for reducing regulatory costs, as it unnecessarily reduces the range of instruments available for addressing new or unresolved issues, and ignores the corresponding benefits of regulation; stresses, at the same time, the need for the cost of regulation to be kept under control;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
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14. WelcomNotes the Commission’s announcement that, in reviewing existing and planned legislation, it will take account of the particular interests of micro- enterprises and SMEs and apply lighter regimes to such companies in the form of exemptions and simplifications; considers, however, that proposals which permit the option of lighter regimes and exemptions for SMEs should be assessed on a case-by- case basis.;