Activities of Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN related to 2016/2005(ACI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Interinstitutional agreement on Better law-making (debate) DE
Amendments (7)
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the importance of the provisions of the new IIA on better law- making tools (impact assessments, public and stakeholder consultations, evaluations, etc.) for a well-informed, inclusive and transparent decision-making process and for the correct application of legislation, whilst safeguarding the prerogatives of the legislators; welcomes the aim of improving the implementation and application of Union legislation, inter alia through better identification of national measures that beare not relation toquired by the Union legislation that is to be transposed ("gold-plating");
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the importance of the provisions of the new IIA on better law- making tools (impact assessments, public and stakeholder consultations, evaluations, etc.) for a well-informed, inclusive and transparent decision-making process and for the correct application of legislation, whilst safeguarding the prerogatives of the legislators; welcomes the aim of improving the implementation and application of Union legislation, inter alia through better identification of national measures that bear no relation to the Union legislation that is to be transposed ("gold-plating"), bearing in mind that Member States remain free to apply higher standards in cases where Union law provides only for minimum harmonisation;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note of the letter of 15 December 2015 from the First Vice -President of the Commission on the functioning of the new Regulatory Scrutiny Board, which is to oversee the quality of the Commission's impact assessments (but without giving it a power of veto over legislative proposals, which is a matter for the elected authorities); points out that the legislators may also carry out their own impact assessments where they consider this necessary; underlines that, furthermore, the new IIA provides for exchanges of information between the institutions on best practice and methodologies relating to impact assessments, thus providing an opportunity to review the functioning of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board in due time;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the commitment made that impact assessments should also address the "cost of non-Europe" (i.e. the cost to producers, consumers, workers, administrators and the environment of not adopting necessary legislation);
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the importance of the agreed "Annual Burden Survey" as a tool to help avoid overregulation and reduce administrative burdens; points out that the feasibility and desirability of establishing objectives for the reduction of burdens in specific sectors must be evaluated on a case-by-case basis in close cooperation between the institutions; welcomes in this respect the fact that the three institutions have agreed that impact assessments should also address the impact of proposals on administrative burdens, particularly as regards small and medium-sized enterprises; recognises that appropriate Union legislation can cut administrative burdens for SMEs by replacing 28 divergent sets of rules with a single set of rules for the single market;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Also believes that more concrete arrangements are needed in order to enhance thebetter use should be made of the arrangements for political dialogue with national parliaments;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Asks its competent committee to examine the extent to which amendments or interpretation of the Rules of Procedure or changes to Parliament's practices, administration and channels of contact with other institutions are necessary for the implementation of the new IIA;