7 Amendments of Gunnar HÖKMARK related to 2008/2045(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Supports the Commission's aim to improve the quality of legislation and to reduce the legislative burden, including abolishing unnecessary EU legislation that hampers growth and inhibits innovation, stresses that even greater efforts are required in a number of areas to ensure that the maximum economic benefit is derived from internal market legislation;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need for cost-benefit analyses that reflect the regulatory cost structures when directives are implemented by way of national legislation and change the regulatory framework within which companies and individuals operate;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Deplores Member States' practice of 'gold plating' and urgescalls upon the Commission to prevent that practice effectivelyinvestigate what further measures might be taken to prevent it, including the introduction of a right of direct action for citizens; calls for 'follow- up impact assessments' analysing how decisions are in fact implemented in Member States and at local level; supports the increasingly appropriate use of regulations;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Commission to investigate alternatives to legislation that could improve the functioning of the internal market and ensure regulatory and supervisory convergence, including self regulation and the mutual recognition of national rules, the implementation of best practices and exchanges of information between Member States.
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls upon the Commission to present its achievements annually as regards reducing the administrative burden by 25% by 2012, as well as further efforts to achieve this agreed goal;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recalls the importance of the judicious use of 'sunset clauses' in ensuring that legislation remains pertinent;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Underlines that further efforts on simplification are also required in the Commission's interaction with citizens e.g. in the areas of procurement, financial services, research programmes, State aid rules and grant applications.