4 Amendments of Siôn SIMON related to 2017/2273(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. DRegrets that timely and correct application of EU legislation in the Member States remains a matter of serious concern as shown by the large number of infringement procedures; deplores the high number of negative trends revealed in the current report, notably the substantial increase in the opening of infringement cases, representing a 67.5 % increase over the past year and a five-year peak, together with a recorded increase in complaints and a decrease in rates of resolution; notes that according to the breakdown of the infringement cases open at the end of 2016, the four policy areas in which the greatest number of transposition infringement proceedings were opened against Member States were the internal market, environment, financial stability, financial services and capital markets union, and mobility and transport; welcomes the decrease in the total number of new EU Pilot files, reaching its lowest level since 2011; notes the Commission’s aim, in line with its communication entitled ‘EU law: Better results through better application’1 , [1],to make use of the EU Pilot only where it provides effective added value in the infringement resolution process; welcomes the fact that the report acknowledges the role of Parliament in calling the Commission’s attention to shortcomings in the application of EU law in Member States by means of parliamentary questions and petitions; _________________ 1 C(2016)8600, OJ C 18, 19.1.2017, p. 10.
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the crucial importance of transparency and accountability in the drafting and application of EU law by the EU institutions, meaning that EU legislation has to be clear, understandable, consistent and precise, while also taking into consideration the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union, which ins; recognistes on the need for foreseeability and predictability in EU norms2 ; _________________ 2Judgment of the Court of Justice of 10 September 2009, Plantanol GmbH & Co. KG v Hauptzollamt Darmstadt, C-201/08, ECLI:EU:C:2009:539, paragraph 46.essential role that social partners and civil society organisations play in monitoring and enhancing effective redress of EU law;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the principle of transparency as enshrined in the EU Treaties, as well as the right of EU citizens to justice and good administration, as stipulated in Articles 41 and 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; points out that those rights and principles require citizens to be given adequate access to drafts of the legal acts that concern them; insistreminds that those rights and principles should also be of paramount importance to the Member States when proposing draft acts aiming at implementing EU law;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for all EU institutions engaged in the legislative process to commit to enhancing the drafting quality of legislative texts, in line with the commitment undertaken in the Better Law- Making Agenda; recalls that the 1998 Inter-institutional Agreement on common guidelines for the quality of drafting of Community legislation needs to be substantially adapted in order to deliver on that objective;