10 Amendments of Sajjad KARIM related to 2010/2016(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the Smart Regulation Communication, and emphasises that impact assessments should play a key role throughout the whole policy cycle, from design to implementation, enforcement, evaluation and to the revision of legislation; stresses the importance of well-considered and fully informed decision-making at the design stage of legislative proposals, because this can lead to both improved quality of outcomes and a shorter legislative process;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers it advisable and necessary to involve external experts from all policy areas affected in the impact assessment process in order to guarantee independence and objectivity; notes in this connection the fundamental distinction between public consultation and independent impact assessment;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that impact assessments must highlightfully consider the alternatives available to the legislator, which should always include a serious examination of the option of taking no action;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Notes the criticism by the European Court of Auditors to the effect that the Commission sometimes undertakes legislative initiatives even though the impact assessment process has not been completed; further notes the criticism that not all policy options may receive the same level of attention; stresses that all policy options must be fully considered in the impact assessment process;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on its committees to make more consistent use of the parliamentary impact assessment, an instrument which is already available; recalls that there is a specific budget line to cover the carrying out of impact assessments; considers recourse to a parliamentary impact assessment particularly necessary when substantive changes to the initial proposal have been introduced;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Notes that Parliament and its committees already possess the machinery with which to scrutinise the Commission's impact assessments; stresses that this mayconsiders that a presentation of the impact assessment by the Commission to the relevant committees would be a valuable addition to the scrutiny undertaken in the Parliament; notes that such scrutiny may also take a number of other forms, including complementary impact assessments, more detailed analyses, the review of Commission impact assessments by external experts and the holding of special meetings with independent experts; stresses that the work of its policy departments in this area should develop in a consistent manner;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Notes that the Council has hitherto made very little use of impact assessment as an instrument; calls therefore on the Council too to make more intensive use of impact assessments in order to improve the quality of its contribution to European legislation; emphasises that smart regulation based on complete and objective impact assessment remains the shared responsibility of the European institutions and of the Member States;