12 Amendments of Bendt BENDTSEN related to 2010/2051(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission's intention to review the European Standardisation System with a view to preserving its many successful elements, improving its deficiencies and striking the right balance between the European and , national and international dimensions; stresses that the proposed review should build on the strengths of the existing system, which constitute a solid basis for improvement, refraining from any radical changes that would undermine the core values of the system;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes efforts by the European Standards Organisations (ESOs) to include all stakeholders and ensure balanced representation; considers that thought should be given to setting an upper limit for participation by particular types of stakeholders on technical committees and working parties, so that SMEs, for example, are given fair representation;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the national and European standards bodies (NSBs) to provide SMEs with bundles of standards for reduced fees and to provide online abstracts of standards free of charge;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the NSBnational and European standards bodies to simplify standards by reducing the number of references to other standards, making the texts describing these standards less technical, improving and simplifying electronic search functions and providing user-friendly guidelines;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to develop technology-watch activities so as to identify future R&D output that could benefit from standardisation; calls on the Commission, in this connection, to promote easily accessible and user- friendly evaluation mechanisms via the internet;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the need, which has been recognised since the 1990s, to ensurstimulate direct participation by societal stakeholders at European level in order to reflect their views more effectively, given that their representation on national technical committees remains weak; affirms that, as very limited progress hasshould been made to increase societal stakeholder participation at national level,; considers that financial and political support for the Europeannational organisations established to represent such stakeholders needs to be maintained at least in the period to 2020;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to simplify procedures where possible, and specifically to take the ‘think small first’ principle into account in future changes;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that similar procedures, establishing a predetermined number of seats for the various stakeholder organisations, would constitute a significant improvement compared with the traditional process of standards development in support of EU policies and legislation; maintains that, despite the curwhere there is a clear societal interenst difficulties in generalising the use of such a multi-stakeholder model, this approach should be explored by the ESOs without delay as an alternative for the drafting of standards in areas of public interest, in order to ensure a balanced decision-making process; proposes that the 98/34 Committee (or its successor) should decide, when considering a mandate, whether to use this alternative model if the standard in question makes it vital to secure broader stakeholder participation; stresses that such a model would not affect the national delegation principle, as the draft standard would continue to be examined by national mirror committees and adopted on a weighted vote by the national standards bodies (NSBs)Member States should contribute with financial support in order to ensure that all stakeholders, including SMEs, can be represented;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 22
22. Regrets that public authorities in most Member States show limited interest in participating in the standards-development process, notwithstanding the importance of standardisation as a tool to support legislation and public policies; urges Member States, - as the representatives of the interests of the citizens - and in particular market surveillance authorities, to send representatives to take part in all national technical committees mirroring the development of standards in support of EU policies and legislation; stresses that the presence of national authorities in the debate on standards development is crucial for the proper functioning of legislation in the areas covered by the "New Approach", and for the avoidance of ex-post formal objections to harmonised standards;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Emphasises that standards should be comprehensible and easy to use so that they can be implemented better by users; considers it essential to reduce, where appropriate, the excessive number of cross- references between standards, and to address current difficulties in identifying the group of standards relevant to a given product or process; calls on the national and European standards bodies and trade associations to provide user-friendly guidelines for the use of standards, free online abstracts and better online access to consultation drafts;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Stresses the need to promote the inclusion of standardisation in education programmes and academic curricula in order to familiarise students with the strategic benefits of standardisation; encourages the development of studies and surveys to assess, quantify and communicate the economic and social benefits of standards;