Activities of Heidi HAUTALA related to 2021/2166(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Better regulation: joining forces to make better laws (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on Better regulation: Joining forces to make better laws
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 9 June 2016 for an open, efficient and independent European Union administration,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)
Citation 11 b (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal (2019/2956(RSP)), which welcomes the commitment by the Commission to ensure that all EU actions should help the EU achieve a sustainable future and a just transition and to update the Better regulation guidelines accordingly, requiring, inter alia, that a ‘sustainability first’ principle be integrated into the Better Regulation Agendas of the EU and its Member States,
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the Commission in its 24 October 2017 Communication ‘Completing the Better Regulation Agenda: Better solutions for better results’ (COM(2017)651) clearly rejected the ‘one-in, one-out’ approach and ‘fixing ex ante burden reduction targets’ as inappropriate for the elaboration of EU law because it ‘would create deregulatory pressures and impair its political responsibility to deliver what needs to be done when it needs to be done’;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights the need to develop additional tools to assess the environmental impacts of new policies, initiatives and legislation where existing tools are insufficient, in order to ensure that the far-reaching green ambitions of the von der Leyen Commission, together with its focus on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, will be more prominent in the Commission’s impact assessments and legislative proposals; in this regard, calls for the mid and long- term as well as cumulative costs of inaction on the climate and the environment is taken into account in impact assessments;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for impact assessments to be performed on all acts, without exception; regrets that this was not the case for several politically sensitive proposals in the past; recalls that on several occasions Parliament has carried out its own impact assessments in replacement of the Commission’s; nevertheless, recalls that impact assessments help to inform but do not replace political decision-making; calls for impact assessments to be published immediately upon their completion, and not only when the policy proposal is presented, thus ensuring greater transparency of how EU decisions are taken, as stated by the CJEU in Case C- 57/16P;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Recalls that transparency and publicity of an ongoing legislative procedure are inherent to the legislative process and can therefore be applied to the access of documents for trilogues as stated by the CJEU in its case-law, case T540/15, De Capitani v Parliament in particular; adds furthermore that openness and transparency confer greater legitimacy and confidence in the democratic legislative process of the European Union; regrets the practice where “efficiency of the institution’s decision-making process” is routinely invoked to refuse the access to legislative preparatory documents, which risks that exceptions to public access to documents become the de facto rule;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Considers that the Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to documents could be reviewed so that e.g. digitalisation and digital document management, existing case law on transparency and access to documents and general developments in the public perception of transparency would be fully taken into account; is convinced that a new legislative proposal should be preceded by a wide public consultation; emphasizes that that any revision should lead to more, not less, transparency;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Takes note of the use of instruments such as the regulatory fitness and performance programme (REFIT) and the ‘Fit for Future’ Platform to identify opportunities for simplification and reducing unnecessary costs before the Commission proposes a revision, while ensuring the highest standards of protection and enhancing compliance with EU law; recalls that the ‘Fit for Future’ platform’s role is also to assess whether specific Union legislation and its objectives remain future-proof and adapted to new challenges; recalls that making regulation which is ‘fit for the future’ above all entails ensuring its economic, social, and environmental sustainability; considers the Commission to develop and to bring into use a more integrated approach on sustainability that would better take into account the interplay of economic, social and environmental impacts of EU policies and legislation recommends that the Fit for Future Platform identify and explore legislation that runs counter the European Green Deal and wider sustainable development goal objectives, including by adopting a ‘think sustainability first’ approach in the Better Regulation Guidelines;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Takes note of the ‘one in, one out’ approach by which the Commission aims to offset newly introduced burdens by relieving citizens and businesses of equivalent burdens at EU level in the same policy area; regrets the unilateral introduction of this approach by the Commission, without a prior impact assessment or consultation, and contrary to the position preconised by the previous Commission; underlines that the implementation of this approach should not affect political imperatives or the objectives of better regulation, and emphasises that it should not lead to mechanical or mathematical decisions to repeal legislation, lower its standard or result in a chilling effect on legislation; recalls that the need for new legislation should not automatically imply that current legislation is no longer neededstresses that this approach should not be translated into deregulation or “no- regulation” nor prevent Member States from maintaining or taking more ambitious measures and adopting higher social, environmental and consumer protection standards in cases where only minimum standards are defined by Union law; recalls that the need for new legislation should not automatically imply that current legislation is no longer needed; in this regard, is of the opinion that a thorough impact assessment must equally be conducted for any potential repeal, to avoid unexpected consequences and undesirable effects; calls for this approach to be based on a transparent and evidence- based methodology giving balanced consideration to all sustainability aspects, both in terms of benefits and costs, including the costs of non-compliance and inaction; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to make its ‘one in, one out’ calculator public before applying this approach;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Stresses that an open, efficient, transparent and independent administrative and legislative decision making processes are preconditions to high-quality policies and regulation; emphasizes that the introduction of harmonised administrative procedures would contribute positively to good governance and regulatory practices in the EU and reinforce the connection between expert decision-making and democratic legitimacy; recalls that in its resolutions of 15 January 2013, 9 June 2016 and 20 January 2021, the Parliament called for the adoption of a regulation on an open, efficient and independent EU administration under Article 298 TFEU, and notes that this request has not been followed up by a Commission proposal; calls, therefore, once again on the Commission to come forward with a legislative proposal on a European law of administrative procedure, taking into account the steps taken so far by Parliament in this field;