Activities of Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG related to 2009/2142(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Better lawmaking
Better lawmaking
Reports (1)
REPORT Report on better lawmaking - 15th annual report from the Commission pursuant to Article 9 of the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality PDF (189 KB) DOC (135 KB)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. to this end, invites the Commission to provide systematically a two to four page summary of its impact assessment to Parliament and the Council together with the full impact assessment when submitting the legislative proposal;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. encourages all Parliament committees to precede any discussion of a Commission legislative proposal with an exchange of views with the Commission on the impact assessment;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Emphasises that the Standard Cost Model for the measurement of administrative burdens has not been independently evaluated;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Notes the positive contribution made by the High Level Group of Independent Stakeholders on Administrative Burdens to the programme to reduce those burdens that is being carried out by the Commission; calls for an extension ofemphasises however that the Ggroup's mandate to 2013, to enable it to carry out an assessment of the programme to reduce administrative burdens at EU and Member State level; believes that the group should be should have a more balanced composition by including more experts representing civil society and experts from other Member States; calls for prolongation of the mandate of such an expatended to include experts from other Member Statesgroup to 2013;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on Member States to work consistently to meet the national targets for reducing administrative burdens that they set; encourages the High Level Group of Independent Stakeholders on Administrative Burdens to monitor the achievement of national targets by Member States and hopes for fruitful cooperation with national parliaments in this matter;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Points, furthermore, to a series of other institutional changes introduced by the Lisbon Treaty that will affect lawmaking in the European Union; emphasises in particular the importance of the European citizens’ initiative and welcomes the Commission’s Green Paper on this matter, which has the potential to become an essential element of European public debate; welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a regulation on this initiative;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39. Supports the Commission’s proposal to examine the admissibility of a proposed ex-ante citizens’ initiative already when it has obtained one-third of the required declarations of support, which will make it possible to avoid disappointing citizens in the event of initiatives being declared inadmissible;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 b (new)
Paragraph 39 b (new)
39b. Calls on the Commission to define not only its time limit for examining an officially submitted initiative, but also the time limit for it to bring forward a legislative proposal in the event of the initiative being admissible;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Points out that the issue of better lawmaking is directly linked to the issue of monitoring the implementation of European Union law;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 b (new)
Paragraph 40 b (new)
40b. Is closely following the implementation of the pilot project for such monitoring; is concerned that the proposed method for examining complaints could lead to the Commission being overly dependent on the Member States;