3 Amendments of Christel SCHALDEMOSE related to 2010/2051(INI)
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses, however, that these principles are not in themselves sufficient to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises and societal stakeholders – in particular those representing health and safety, consumer and environmental interests – are adequately represented in the standardisation process; considers, therefore, that a vital element is the addition of the principle of ‘balanced representation’, given that it is of the utmost importance, whenever the public interest is concerned, to incorporate all stakeholder positions in a balanced manner, especially in the development of standards intended to support EU legislation and policies; the principle of ‘balanced representation’ should be underpinned by the establishment of some form of contribution towards participation in standardisation work by societal stakeholders that ought to be involved but have no commercial interest in the work, e.g. consumer organisations;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages European and national standardisation bodies, therefore, to promote and facilitate effective participation in the standardisation process by all interested parties, in particular representatives of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), consumers (including people with disabilities and vulnerable consumers), environmentalists, workers and bodies representing other societal interests; this facilitation may, inter alia, involve better possibilities for providing assistance especially to parties that have no commercial interest in the standardisation process, e.g. consumer representatives;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the need, which has been recognised since the 1990s, to ensure direct participation by societal stakeholders at European level in order to reflect their views more effectively, given that their representation on national technical committees remains weak; affirms that, as very limited progress has been made to increase societal stakeholder participation at national level, financial and political support for the European organisations established to represent such stakeholders needs to be maintainreviewed and perhaps increased at least in the period to 2020;