20 Amendments of Kostas CHRYSOGONOS related to 2015/2041(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that reinforcing the legitimacy, accountability and effectiveness of the EU institutions, together with the level of trust among EU citizens, is of the utmost importance, and believes that rules of good administration of the EU are key to achieving this objective through the provision of swift, clear and visible answers in response to citizens’ concerns;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
(1) Points out that it is the duty of the institutions to carry out regularly an open and transparent dialogue with civil society so as to enable citizens to become more informed and actively involved in the EU democratic process and exercise public scrutiny. Recalls that transparency is the key factor to restore the lack of citizens' trust in the EU and to increase the legitimacy of the EU institutions. Calls in this context on the Commission to revise the legislating regarding the ECI and is of the opinion that the Commission should not have the veto right, because of the potential conflict of interest, but its legal assessment should be advisory in nature. The revision of the ECI should also remove Art. 4(2)(b), which restrictively limits the admissibility of ECIs;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 2 (new)
(2) Deplores that little progress has been made to implement Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 as regards the obligation for the institutions to keep complete registers of documents, is convinced that Members of the European Parliament should have access to all the Commission's documents, points out in this relation the lack of transparency while negotiating the TTIP;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that although the right to good administration is established in Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the lack of a coherent and comprehensive set of codified rules of administrative law makes it difficult for citizens to know and understand their administrative rights under EU law;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that although the right to good administration is established in Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,granting to every person the right to have his or her affairs handled impartially, fairly and within a reasonable time by the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union is established in Article 41 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and that this article also includes the right of every person to be heard before any individual measure which also includes the right of access to files while respecting the legitimate interests of confidentiality and of professional and business secrecy, and the duty of the administration to give reasons for its decisions, stresses that the lack of a coherent and comprehensive set of codified rules of administrative law makes it difficult for citizens to understand their administrative rights under EU law;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Union ‘shall, in accordance with the principle of transparency, under Recital 13 to the Treaty on European Union, the second paragraph of Article 1, Article 9 and Article 10(3) TEU, the Union is to take decisions as closely as possible to the citizen and must observe the principle of the equality of its citizens, who shallare to receive equal attention from its institutions’ (Article 9 of the Treaty on European Union), and whereas ‘every citizen shall have the right to participate in the democratic life of the Union’ and ‘decisions shall be taken as openly and as closely as possible to the citizen’ (Article 10(3));
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, in accordance with the requirement of transparency laid down in Article 15(3) TFEU in conjunction with the Article 42 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the settled case- law of the Court of Justice of the EU, all citizens of the Union have the right of access to documents of the Union's institutions, bodies and other agencies1a; __________________ 1aCf. COJEU, Joined Cases C-514/07 P, C-528/07 P and C-532/07 P
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses further that despite the fact that the right of access to documents is established in Article 42 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and further specified in Regulation 1049/2001, the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the European Union (the "EU institutions") have failed to fully implement it, resulting in arbitrary denials of access to documents thus increasing the inscrutability of the relevant institutions; calls for immediate and full compliance of the EU institutions with the aforementioned provisions;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that a European Law of Administrative Procedure applicable to EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies in their relations with the public would contribute to a high level of transparency and accountability and, increase citizens’ confidence in an open, efficient and independent EU administration with respect towards their rights and enhance their procedural rights vis-à-vis the EU institutions;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that a European Law of Administrative Procedure applicable to EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies in their relations with the public would contribute to a high level of transparency and accountability and increase citizens’ confidence in an open, efficient and independent EUto convincing citizens that the Union institutions work on their behalf and are accountable to them administration;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls, in this connection, that in its resolution of 15 January 2013, adopted by an overwhelming majority, Parliament called for the adoption of an EU regulation on a European Law of Administrative Procedure; regrets that no steps have been taken by the Commission in this regard; calls again on the Commission to submit a proposal for a clear and binding set of rules for EU administration on the basis of Article 298 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), which calls for openness, efficiency and independence, as well as on the basis of the general principles of EU law, as specified in the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice (CJEU);
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls, in this connection, that in its resolution of 15 January 2013, adopted by an overwhelming majority, Parliament called for the adoption of an EU regulation on a European Law of Administrative Procedure; calls again on the Commission to submit a proposal for a clear and binding set of rules for EU administration on the basis of Article 298 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU); as well as an ambitious plan of action regarding transparency and public access to documents in the shortest delay, for transparency is the cornerstone of better regulation, calls the EU institutions to ensure that their internal administrative procedures achieve the aim;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls the EU Agencies to adopt Guidelines for a coherent policy on the prevention and management of conflicts of interest for members of the Management Board and Directors, experts in scientific committees, and members of Boards of Appeal and to adopt and implement a clear policy on conflicts of interest, in accordance with the Roadmap on the follow-up to the Common Approach on EU decentralised agencies;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the Commission, Parliament and the Council should record and disclose all input received from lobbyists/interest representatives on draft policies, laws and amendments as a ‘legislative footprint’; suggests that, in the context of the work of the institutions and other agencies of the EU, this legislative footprint should consist of a form annexed to reporlegislative documents, detailing all the lobbyists with whom those in charge of a particular file have met in the process of drawing up each report and a second document listing all written input received during a legislative procedure;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to expand and improve its existing initiative as laid out in its decision of 25 November 2014 on the publication of information on meetings held between Members of the Commission and organisations or self-employed individuals; considers that the recording of meeting datatakes the view that persons at the EU institutions and other agencies who are involved in legislative procedures should as a general rule only meet lobbyists and representatives of interest groups who are recorded in the transparency register; considers at the same time that the requirement which already exists in the Commission by decision of 25 November 2014 to record information about such meetings should be expanded to include everyone involved in the EU’s policy-making process; at the EU's institutions and other agencies;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Suggests that the Code of Conduct should be amended so as to make it mandatory for rapporteurs responsible for legislative reports and committee chairs to adopt the same practice of exclusively meeting registered lobbyists and publish information on such meetings online and for rapporteurs toresponsible for legislative reports to compile and publish a legislative footprint;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Asks the Bureau without delay to commission a technical and organisational solution which will make it possible to restrict access to Parliament’s premises for non-registered organisations orand individuals by making all visitors to its premises sign a declaration that they are not lobbyistwho perform tasks falling within the scope of the register or otherwise declare their registration;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Believes it to be necessary, as a matter of urgency, to introduce a proper monitoring system, with adequate staffing and technical resources, for submitted information in order to ensure that the information that registrantered organisations and individuals provide is meaningful, accurate, up-to-date and comprehensive;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Deems it exemplary that Parliament lists all available documents as part of an online register and calls on the Commission and the Council to follow this example with respect to all their documents and to open negotiations on the introduction of a joint online register;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Believes that Parliament’s right of access to the documents of other EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies should never be regarded as weaker than that of individual citizens, under Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001;