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Peter KOUROUMBASHEV, Adam GIEREK, Zigmantas BALČYTIS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) In order to increase the added value of the appeal committee its role should therefore be strengthened by providing for the possibility of holding a further meeting of the appeal committee whenever no opinion is delivered. The appropriate level of representation at the further meeting of the appeal committee should be ministerial level, to ensure a political discussion. To allow the organisation of such a further meeting the timeframe for the appeal committee to deliver an opinion should be extended.deleted

2018/02/14
Committee: ITRE

Peter KOUROUMBASHEV, Adam GIEREK, Zigmantas BALČYTIS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)

(8a) In order to establish a right to opt out of the implementing act, where Member states have a serious concern and where the Appeal Committee does not deliver an opinion due to the Member States failing to reach the required majority, the Commission should be free to adopt the implementing act. However, that implementing act should not have a binding effect on the Member States that voted against it, and in cases in which it concerns the protection of the health or safety of humans, animals or plants.

2018/02/14
Committee: ITRE

Peter KOUROUMBASHEV, Adam GIEREK, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) The voting rules for the appeal committee should be changed in order to reduce the risk of no opinion being delivered and to provide an incentive for Member State representatives to take a clear position. To this end only Member States which are present or represented, and which do not abstain, should be considered as participating Member States for the calculation of the qualified majority. In order to ensure that the voting outcome is representative a vote should only be considered valid if a simple majority of the Member States are participating members of the appeal committee. If the quorum is not reached before expiry of the time-limit for the committee to take a decision, it will be considered that the committee delivered no opinion, as is the case today.deleted

2018/02/14
Committee: ITRE

Peter KOUROUMBASHEV, Adam GIEREK, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10) The Commission should have the possibility, in specific cases, to ask the Council to indicate its views and orientation on the wider implications of the absence of an opinion, including the institutional, legal, political and international implications. The Commission should take account of any position expressed by the Council within 3 months after the referral. In duly justified cases, the Commission may indicate a shorter deadline in the referral.deleted

2018/02/14
Committee: ITRE

Peter KOUROUMBASHEV, Adam GIEREK, Zigmantas BALČYTIS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) Transparency on the votes of Member State representatives ~~at the appeal committee level should be increased and the individual Member State representatives' votes should be made public~~should be increased throughout the entire advisory, examination and appeal committee procedure. The discussions throughout all the committee procedures should be web streamed live.

2018/02/14
Committee: ITRE

Peter KOUROUMBASHEV, Adam GIEREK, Zigmantas BALČYTIS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1

Regulation (EU) No 182/2011
Article 3 – paragraph 7

(1) in Article 3(7), the following sixth subparagraph is added: ‘Where no opinion is delivered in the appeal committee pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 6(3), the chair may decide that the appeal committee shall hold a further meeting, at ministerial level. In such cases the appeal committee shall deliver its opinion within 3 months of the initial date of referral. ;’deleted

2018/02/14
Committee: ITRE

Peter KOUROUMBASHEV, Adam GIEREK, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a

(a) in paragraph 1, the following second subparagraph is added: ‘However, only members of the appeal committee who are present or represented at the time of the vote, and do not abstain from voting, shall be considered as participating members of the appeal committee. The majority referred to in Article 5(1) shall be the qualified majority referred to in Article 238(3) (a) TFEU. A vote shall only be considered to be valid if a simple majority of the Member States are participating members.;’deleted

2018/02/14
Committee: ITRE

Peter KOUROUMBASHEV, Adam GIEREK, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b

Regulation (EU) No 182/2011
Article 6 – paragraph 3a

(b) the following paragraph 3a is inserted: ‘3a. Where no opinion is delivered in the appeal committee, the Commission may refer the matter to the Council for an opinion indicating its views and orientation on the wider implications of the absence of opinion, including the institutional, legal, political and international implications. The Commission shall take account of any position expressed by the Council within 3 months after the referral. In duly justified cases, the Commission may indicate a shorter deadline in the referral.;’deleted

2018/02/14
Committee: ITRE

Peter KOUROUMBASHEV, Adam GIEREK, Zigmantas BALČYTIS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)

Regulation (EU) No 182/2011
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)

(ba) 4a. By way of derogation from paragraph 3, when the Appeal Committee does not deliver an opinion voted by the majority provided for in Article 5(1), the Commission shall adopt that draft implementing act. This act has no binding effect on a Member State that has voted against the draft implementing act, which concerns the protection of the health or safety of humans, animals or plants.

2018/02/14
Committee: ITRE

Peter KOUROUMBASHEV, Adam GIEREK, Zigmantas BALČYTIS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3

Regulation (EU) No 182/2011
Article 10

(3) Article 10 is amended as follows: (a) replaced by the following: ‘(e) case of the appeal committee, the votes expressed by the representative of each Member State; ;’ ‘5. referred to in points (a) to (d), (f) and (g) of paragraph 1 as well as the information referred to in points (e) and (h) of that paragraph shall be made public in the register.’deleted in paragraph 1, point (e) is the voting results including, in the The references of all documents

2018/02/14
Committee: ITRE

Peter KOUROUMBASHEV, Adam GIEREK, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point -a (new)

Regulation (EU) No 182/2011
Article 10 – paragraph 1

-a Article 1 - paragraph 1 - point 2 - point a a (new) "Article 10 Information on committee proceedings 1. The Commission shall keep a public register of committee proceedings which shall contain: (a) a list of committees; (b) the agendas of committee meetings; (c) the summary records, together with the lists of the authorities and organisations to which the persons designated by the Member States to represent them belong; (d) the draft implementing acts on which the committees are asked to deliver an opinion; (e) the voting results; (f) the final draft implementing acts following delivery of the opinion of the committees; (g) information concerning the adoption of the final draft implementing acts by the Commission; and (h) statistical data on the work of the committees. " Or. en (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=celex%3A32011R0182)

2018/02/14
Committee: ITRE

Peter KOUROUMBASHEV, Adam GIEREK, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b

Regulation (EU) No 182/2011
Article 10 – paragraph 5

(b) paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: ‘5. referred to in points (a) to (d), (f) and (g) of paragraph 1 as well as the information referred to in points (e) and (h) of that paragraph shall be made public in the register.’deleted The references of all documents

2018/02/14
Committee: ITRE

Peter KOUROUMBASHEV, Adam GIEREK, Zigmantas BALČYTIS, Carlos ZORRINHO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b a (new)

Regulation (EU) No 182/2011
Article 10 – paragraph 3 and 4

(ba) In Article 10, paragraphs 3 and 4 are deleted.

2018/02/14
Committee: ITRE

13 Amendments of Zigmantas BALČYTIS related to 2017/0035(COD)

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