4 Amendments of Piernicola PEDICINI related to 2014/2253(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s efforts to solve implementation problems informally; urges the Commission to adopt an approach based on maximum transparency in providing interested members of the public with all the information available, including that concerning pre-infringement procedures; urges the Commission to proceed with formal infringement procedures where informal agreements are not properly implemented by Member States;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that, as regards cases of bad application of EU law, the Commission mainly relies on complaints; deplores the fact that individual complaints are often treated with considerable delays; encourages the Commission to address all cases of strategic importanceand to inform members of the public in an appropriate, transparent and timely manner of the action taken on cases involving the violation of or non- compliance with EU law to which they have drawn attention;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to review the effectiveness of the penalties imposed on Member States which have been shown to have breached EU law, given that the fines are ultimately paid by European taxpayers, and not by those responsible for the breaches themselves, in particular in cases involving the violation of environmental law; calls, therefore, for more detailed consideration to be given to ways of applying the ‘polluter-pays’ principle effectively;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Points out that the four sectors in which the largest number of new infringement procedures for late transposition were initiated in 2013 were: the environment (168 procedures), health and consumer protection (58), the internal market and services (47) and transport (36); points out, further, that petitions have been instrumental in enabling the European Parliament to draw the Commission’s attention to shortcomings in the application of EU environmental law by Member States;