7 Amendments of Martin SCHIRDEWAN related to 2020/2262(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the importance, for a properly functioning and, competitive, sustainable and fair internal market, of effective better law- making tools that take subsidiarity, transparency and proportionality fully into account when drawing up scientifically based and balanced, sustainable and inclusive legislation, particularly for consumers and SMEs;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates that internal market objectives such as improving competitiveness, digitalisation, sustainability and consumer protection should be underpinned by the enhanced use of scrutiny instruments suchwhile ast the regulatory fitness and performance programme (REFIT) and the Regulatory Scrutiny Boardsame time guaranteeing that the ‘Community method’ is uphold and that the European Parliament is duly involved in the scrutiny processes;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that SMEs in particular will continue to face serious repercussions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and need more flexibility to react quickly to the ever-changing demands of our economy; reiterates that next to cutting red tape, the ‘think small first’ principle and fostering a society that values entrepreneurshiptogether with sustainable and inclusive objectives need to be priorities within internal market legislation;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States’ authorities at national and regional level, and on stakeholders to become more closely involved at an early stage of the decision-making process, with subsidiarity and proportionality checks and administrative burden assessments of EU legislation; calls further on the Member States to ensure the swift and consistent transposition, implementation and enforcement of legislation, and to avoid ‘gold-plating’ that can undermine the smooth functioning of the internal market;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Warns that legislation which increases administrative burdens in an unjustified and disproportional way greatly affects SMEs and consumers by hindering competitiveness and preventing the single market from unlocking its full potential; calls on the Commission, with a view to providing evidence on the added value of EU action and the better-law making agenda, and its costs and benefits, to strengthen the SME fitness check.
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Regrets that with the better-law making agenda criteria for evaluating, monitoring, tracking and reporting has disproportionately increased , as has the number of support structures and consultation processes; raises concerns in this regard that according to the European Commission itself, between 150 and 280 full-time equivalent staff are deployed on better regulation-related activities and are supported by external contractors providing services amounting to between EUR 10 to 37 million annually;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Regrets that with the better-law making agenda some decision-making processes have become less transparent and are controlled by fewer individuals;