3 Amendments of Timothy KIRKHOPE related to 2012/2323(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Considers it democratically inappropriate and contrary to the principle of the rule of lawto be concerning that, three years after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, procedures for the implementation of former third pillar acts which often exclude Parliament or provide only for consultation, irrespective of the nature of the decisions to be taken, continue to be used; calls on the Commission to include in its work programme for 2014, at the latest, proposals to amend all legal acts of the former third pillar to align them with the new hierarchy of norms under the Lisbon Treaty; stresses that this will require an individual assessment of each legal act in order to identify decisions which – as essential elements – need to be taken by the legislator, including where they touch upon the fundamental rights of the persons concerned, and those that can be considered to be non-essential (see ruling of the Court of Justice in the case C- 355/01); proposes the setting-up of an interinstitutional working party to this end;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Insists on an independent and legal review of the correct use of delegated acts in the new financial programmes; believes that decisions such as the setting of priorities and the allocation of financial resources among those priorities clearly supplement the basic act and therefore, require delegated acts;is concerned about the excessive delay of discussions concerning justice and home affairs programmes with a financial element which may result in the cancellation of some vital programmes.