6 Amendments of Sylvie GOULARD related to 2014/2252(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes, however, that a majority of opinions by national parliaments are submitted by only a few national chambers, encourages the other chambers to become more involved in the European debate;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that the eight-week period given to national parliaments to issue a reasoned opinion under Article 6 of the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality should be extended significantlyis sufficient to allow national parliaments to participate to a greater extent; encourages national parliaments to become more involved in the European debate, without delaying the adoption of relevant legislation;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that 2012 saw the first use of the so-called yellow card by national parliaments regarding the principle of subsidiarity in response to the Commission's proposal for a regulation on the exercise of the right to take collective action within the context of freedom of establishment and the freedom to provide services (Monti II); notes that although the Commission concluded that the principle of subsidiarity had not been breached it did withdraw the proposal due to lack of political support; remarks that a second so-called yellow card was triggered in 2013 on the Commission's proposal for a Council Regulation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO); notes that Commission concluded that the proposal complied with the principle of subsidiarity and decided to maintain it;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that an equivalent so-called yellow and red card system should be created for the European Parliament to allow it to react when Member States legislate in domains which are within the competencies of the Single Market, or alternatively if Member States do not correctly implement European directives, which fragments the Single Market and results in a lack of level playing field;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets the deficit in material criteria for establishing the existence of a violation of the subsidiarity and proportionality principles; finds that this has led to a diversity of criteria applied by national parliaments in their evaluation of proposals, and calls for the adoption of guidelines to define the principles and methods for the examination of subsidiarity and proportionality issues in a better way; by drawing from the Commission's Impact Assessment Guidelines (SEC(2009)92), particularly points 5.2 and 7.2 respectively;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5