3 Amendments of Eleonora EVI related to 2014/2150(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Agrees in principle with the aim of cutting red tape and removing unnecessary regulatory burdens; expresses, however, its concern about potentialcalls strongly for the REFIT programme not to be used as a pretext for applying deregulation measures, in particular in the fields of the environment, food safety and health, uander the guise of ‘cutting red tape’ measures to exclude from decision- making processes non-governmental organisations, citizens’ associations and committees representing local interests concerning the protection of the environment, public health and consumers;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that when evaluations and fitness checks of environmental, food safety and health legislation are carried out, environmental and health considerations must be given the same weight as economic considerationsshould always take precedence over economic considerations, in compliance with the precautionary principle, the preventive action principle and the ‘polluter pays’ principle;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes with astonishment the Commission’s announcement that it intends to withdraw the proposal on the revision of waste legislation and to modify the proposal on the reduction of national emissions; deplores the fact that the proposal for the two withdrawals was announced without presenting any analysis or evidence to justify it nor was there any preceding consultation with the co-legislators and stakeholders; stresses the Commission´s announced commitment, as stipulated in its Work Programme 2015, to consider the view of the European Parliament and the Council before finalising its decision on its Working Programme 2015, especially the withdrawal of legislation; therefore underlines the fact that in several votes in plenary the majority of MEPs expressed their support for maintaining the Circular Economy package unchanged on the table; emphasises in this context the need to proceed with the work on the package as scheduled in order to avoid further waste of time and resources;