5 Amendments of Jo LEINEN related to 2016/2005(ACI)
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the importance of the provisions of the new IIA on better law- making tools (impact assessments, public and stakeholder consultations, evaluations, etc.) for a well-informed, inclusive and transparent decision-making process and for the correct application of legislation, whilst safeguarding the prerogatives of the legislators; welcomes the aim of improving the implementation and application of Union legislation, inter alia through better identification of national measures that beare not relation toquired by the Union legislation that is to be transposed ("gold-plating"), bearing in mind that Member States are free to apply higher standards if only minimum standards are defined by Union law;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note of the letter of 15 December 2015 from the First Vice President of the Commission on the functioning of the new Regulatory Scrutiny Board, which is to oversee the quality of the Commission's impact assessments; points out that the legislators may also carry out their own impact assessments where they consider this necessary; underlines that, furthermore, the new IIA provides for exchanges of information between the institutions on best practice and methodologies relating to impact assessments, thus providing an opportunity to review the functioning of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board in due time; stresses that impact assessments must not in any way impair the sovereign decision-making powers of the arms of the legislative authority, but should rather support them with independent analyses based on the highest scientific standards for use in decision-making;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the commitment made that impact assessments should also address the "cost of non-Europe" (i.e. the cost to producers, consumers, workers, administrators and the environment of not adopting necessary legislation);
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the importance ofNotes the agreedment on "Annual Burden Surveys" as a tool to help avoid overregulation and reduce administrative burdens; points out that the feasibility and desirability of establishing objectives for the reduction of burdens in specific sectors must be evaluatedstresses that, without exception, quantitative targets for burden reduction in individual sectors may be set only if they have been evaluated by the EU Institutions on a case-by-case basis and in close cooperation between the institutionsas feasible and worthwhile and if the possibility of any weakening of environmental, consumer protection and social standards can be excluded; welcomes in this respect the fact that the three institutions have agreed that impact assessments should also address the impact of proposals on administrative burdens, particularly as regards small and medium-sized enterprisesecological, social and economic aspects on an equal footing;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Also believes that more concrete arrangements are needed in order to enhance thebetter use should be made of the arrangements for political dialogue with national parliaments;