7 Amendments of Eleonora EVI related to 2017/0035(COD)
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) TIt has become evident that there are marked limitations to the system established by Regulation (ECU) No 182/2011 has, overall, proven to work well in practice and struck an appropriate institutional balance as regards the roles of the Commission and the other actors involved. That system should therefore continue to function unchanged except for certaiin those cases in which Member States fail to reach the majorities required in the committees set up by the basic acts and deliver a "no opinion" instead of taking a position. In such cases, the Commission is called upon to adopt decisions that are often extremely problematic, for politically sensitive matters which lie outside the Commission's remit but fall within the political preserve of the European tPargeted amendments concerning specific aspeliament and the Council, especially where this concerns decisions that have a direct impacts of procedure atn citizens and enterprises, as for example in the levfield of the appeal committee. These amendments are intendedalth and safety of humans, animals or plants. That system should therefore be changed radically to ensure wider political accountability and ownership of politically sensitive implementing acts without, however, modifying the legal and institutional responsibilities for implementing acts as organised by Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In a number of specific cases, Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 provides for referral to the appeal committee. In practice, the appeal committee has been seized in cases where no qualified majority, either in favour or against, was attained within the committee in the context of the examination procedure and thus no opinion was delivered. In the majority of cases this happened in relation to authorisations for plant protection products and other active substances, genetically modified organisms and genetically modified food and feed and plant protection products.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 provides that the Commission may in such cases adopt the draft implementing act, thus giving the Commission discretionary power that is normally the preserve of the European Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The Commission should have the possibility, in specific cases, to ask the European Parliament and the Council to indicate itstheir views and orientation on the wider implications of the absence of an opinion, including the institutional, legal, political and international implications. The Commission should take account of any position expressed by the European Parliament and the Council within 3 months after the referral. In duly justified cases, the Commission may indicate a shorter deadline in the referral.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) No 182/2011
Article 3 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 6
Article 3 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 6
Where no opinion is delivered in the appeal committee pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 6(3), the chair may decide that the appeal committee shall hold a further meeting, at ministerial level. Upon a reasoned request from the European Parliament, one Member of the European Parliament per political group shall be admitted to this meeting as observers. In such cases the appeal committee shall deliver its opinion within 3 months of the initial date of referral.”;
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
3a. Where no opinion is delivered in the appeal committee, the Commission mayshall refer the matter to the European Parliament and the Council for an opinion indicating its views and orientation on the wider implications of the absence of opinion, including the institutional, legal, political and international implications. The Commission shall take account of any position expressed by the European Parliament and the Council within 3 months after the referral. In duly justified cases, the Commission may indicate a shorter deadline in the referral.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EU) 182/2011
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(ba) The following paragraph is inserted: "4a. By way of derogation from paragraph 3, where the basic act concerns the protection of the health or safety of humans, animals or plants and the draft implementing act for which the basic act provides involves a proposal to grant authorisation for a product or substance, in the absence of a positive opinion voted by the majority provided for in Article 5(1), the Commission shall not adopt that draft implementing act and the authorisation shall be deemed to have been refused."