Activities of Josep-Maria TERRICABRAS related to 2017/2011(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on monitoring the application of EU law 2015
Amendments (8)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points to the need to reout that that proper application of EU law is essential for building trust in the EU’'s institutions and those of the Member States, trust being the basis for good cooperation and effective application of EU lawand calls on the Member States to increase their efforts to make the transposition and implementation of EU law effective and timely;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the unchecked expansion of the EU’s acquis is detrimental to its proper application; stresses therefore the importance of upholdingStresses the importance of upholding the principles of conferral, legal certainty, and equality before the law as well as the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality; welcomes the practice by the Commission of taking due account of the principles of better law-making when selecting priorities for monitoring the application of EU law in the Member States;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that the inclusion of national parliaments in the law-making process willhas the potential to foster effective application of EU law; highlighsupports, for that reason, the necessity to ensure genuine application of the yellow-card procedure as specified in Protocol (No 2) on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality; idea of introducing a ‘green card’ mechanism, which would allow a qualified number of national parliaments to invite the Commission, within the framework of its powers, to submit appropriate proposals on matters where they consider that a legal act of the Union is required for the purpose of implementing the Treaties;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Insists that national parliaments have an essentialimportant role to play in both prepost- legislative scrutiny of draft legal acts and post-legislative scrutiny of their correctthe proper implementation of legal acts by the Member States; highlights its continued determination to support them in such efforts;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. BPoints out that EU Pilot is a working tool that has no legal status and bestows discretionary power on the Commission that does not comply with the proper standards of transparency and accountability; believes that the Commission’'s efforts should go beyond simple guidelines with no binding legal force; insists on the need for both efficiency and legal certainty in the pre- infringement phase; calls therefore on the Commission to propose a regulation governing the rules of the pre- infringement and infringement procedures under Article 298(2) TFEU, with clear deadlines for different steps of the procedure and clear roles for all parties, including the Commission and the Member State’'s authorities and complainants;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Regrets the fact that it does not yet receive transparent and timely information on the implementation of EU laws; recalls that, in the revised Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission, the Commission undertakes to 'make available to Parliament summary information concerning all infringement procedures from the letter of formal notice, included, if so requested, [...] on the issues to which the infringement procedure relates', and expects this clause to be applied in good faith in practice;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. InsistNotes that the effectiveness of European integration is also conditional on the extent to which the EU’s policies are incorporated into legislation and applied by the Member States; recalls in that respect Article 197 TFEU which states ‘effective implementation of Union law by the Member States, which is essential for the proper functioning of the Union, shall be regarded as a matter of common interest’. implementation of EU law by Member States and regions is essential in order to make European integration effective;