5 Amendments of Ian HUDGHTON related to 2014/2249(INI)
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission to organise better co-operation modalities with the Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in order to be able to take their opinions into account, including at the pre-legislative stage during the conduct of Territorial and Subsidiarity Impact Assessments, in order to be able to take into account their assessments and opinions at an earlier stage in the legislative procedure;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Stresses that enhanced cooperation with CoR cannot be a substitute for strategic and structured dialogue with Local and Regional Authorities themselves, in addition to their representatives, in assessing the Territorial, Subsidiarity, cost benefit and administrative capacity impact at local and regional level of draft policies and legislation, and thus significantly expanding the principles outlined in the Better Regulation package;
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Recalls that the purpose of the principle of subsidiarity is to ensure that decisions are taken as closely as possible to the citizen; Consequently believes that decision-making in line with the principle of subsidiarity would benefit from a comprehensive joint assessment by local, regional and national governments, parliaments and EU institutions as of the pre-legislative stage;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Considers that the practical possibilities for national parliaments appropriate within each Member State's constitutional framework and where appropriate regional legislative parliaments as foreseen in Protocol (No. 2), to ensure the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality should be improved, and cooperation between national parliaments strengthened, to enable them, in close cooperation among themselves, to reach the necessary quorum under article 7(3) of the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality;
Amendment 481 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41a. Suggests that the National Reform Programmes in each Member State would benefit from an enhanced and robust dialogue at national level with the competent local and regional authorities, who are responsible for implementing and delivering targets within each NRP