Activities of Marco AFFRONTE related to 2014/2150(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Regulatory fitness and performance programme (REFIT): state of play and outlook
Amendments (2)
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;