Activities of Monica FRASSONI related to 2008/2046(INI)
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Amendments (8)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the principle of equality before the law requires that European citizens should enjoy equality in respect not only of European Union legislation but also of the national legislation transposing it. It would therefore be highly expedient if, on expiry of the deadlines for transposing the European law, the Member States not only included an explicit reference in the transposition provisions, but also indicated in their Official Journals which national provisions are intended to apply the law in question and which national authorities are responsible for their implementation,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1a (new)
Paragraph 1a (new)
1a. Points out that the Commission has not yet responded to or acted upon Parliament's resolution of 21 February 2008 on monitoring the application of Community law - 23rd Annual Report - in which Parliament calls on the Commission to provide specific information on various aspects of the implementation of Community law, with particular reference to the development of the new working method initiated in the 2007 Communication;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2a (new)
Paragraph 2a (new)
2a. Is deeply concerned that under the new working method, which provides for complaints received by the Commission to be referred back to the Member State concerned (which is the party responsible for the incorrect application of Community law in the first place), the Commission may be failing to meet its institutional responsibility for ensuring the application of Community law as 'guardian of the treaties', in accordance with Article 211 of the EC Treaty; notes that the Commission is frequently the only remaining body to which citizens can turn to complain about the failure to apply Community law; urges the Commission to submit to Parliament as soon as possible a specific report on the procedures followed and results obtained in recent months under the new working method;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2b (new)
Paragraph 2b (new)
2b. Urges the Commission to apply across the board the principle whereby any correspondence which may contain a complaint about a genuine breach of Community law must be registered as a complaint unless it is covered by the exceptional circumstances referred to in point 3 of the annex to the communication on 'relations with the complainant in respect of infringements of Community law'; calls on the Commission to provide Parliament with details of how this principle is observed, including in cases where the new method is applied; urges the Commission to inform and consult Parliament on any changes to the exceptional criteria for failure to register complaints;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to apply Article 228 of the Treaty establishing the European Community with greater firmness and transparency in order to ensure due compliance with judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Communities; notes that in 2006 there were two cases in which penalty payments were imposed on Member States;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4a (new)
Paragraph 4a (new)
4a. Commends the efforts made by some Commission Directorates General, particularly DG Environment, to improve the conformity checks on the relevant directives, but is not satisfied with the Commission's reply regarding the confidentiality of the conformity studies; calls once more on the Commission to publish on its website the studies requested by the various Directorates- General on the evaluation of the conformity of national implementation measures with Community legislation;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Points out that, under the protocol on the role of the national parliaments in the European Union annexed to the Treaty of Amsterdam, policies concerning the area of freedom, security and justice should entail special involvement by the national parliaments and COSAC. This involvement should take place during both the decision-making phase and the implementation of European legislation to enable European and national legislators to adopt amendments and revisions which become necessary in sectors which are and will remain subject to shared competence; therefore invites the competent parliamentary committees at national and European level to establish permanent contacts on individual pieces of legislation, pooling all useful information in the interests of a more transparent and efficient legislative process at European and national level; welcomes the holding of special meetings between European legislators, such as the one recently held with national parliaments to review the framework decision on combating terrorism (6 April 2008), during which it was possible to assess not only the problems of implementing European legislation in force but also the relevance of proposed amendments under consideration by the Council;