4 Amendments of Frédérique RIES related to 2018/2114(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
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1. Believes that representatives appointed by Parliament have an important role to play in Management Board meetings as they reinforce Parliament’s scrutiny rollegitimate role of democratic scrutiny on behalf of the Union’s citizens, as well as making for more transparent governance; is of the opinion that the Joint Statement should not indicate how many members Parliament should be able to appoint;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
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2. Regrets that the Parliament, as the Union’s only directly elected institution representative of its citizens, and thus as the lead guarantor of respect for the principle of democracy in the EU, was not fully involved in the procedure to select the new seat of EMA, and that the procedure matter ultimately settled, despite the importance of the decision, by drawing lots; notes that decisions in relation to the location of the decentralised Agencies need to be taken, and legally must be taken, subject to full observance of the European Parliament’s prerogatives, under the ordinary legislative procedure, whereby Parliament and the Council are equal co-legislators; insists that, in line with the Council’s commitment in this regard1a, the procedure that was followed for the selection of the new location for EMA ismust not be used anymore in this form in the future;gain in this way in the future; __________________ 1a Council Declaration annexed to the legislative resolution accompanying the adoption of Regulation EU 2018/... of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 as regards the location of the seat of the European Medicines Agency.
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
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3. Expects the prerogatives of Parliament as co-legislator to be fully respected in future decisions on the location or relocation of agencies; considers that Parliament should be systematically involved, and on equal terms with the Council and the Commission; points out that Parliament, the Council and the Commission had made a commitment, in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making, of 13 April 20161a, to sincere and transparent cooperation, and that the agreement highlighted the principle of equality between the two co- legislators, as enshrined in the Treaties; __________________ 1a OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
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4. Calls on the Commission to provide, by April 2019, an in-depth analysis of the implementation of the Joint Statement and Common Approach – particularly as regards the location of the decentralised Agencies in order to launch a revisionand increased transparency in their governance – in order to initiate the revision of these texts once the Members of the next Parliament have taken their seats;