7 Amendments of Sylvie GOULARD related to 2017/2011(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points to the need to rebuildmutual trust ibetween the EU’s institutions and those of the Member States, trust being thewhich serves as a basis for good cooperation and effective application of EU law; maintains that the citizens of the Union feel confident about Union law when it is implemented in the Member States in an effective manner;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the unchecked expansion of the EU’s acquis is detrimental to its proper application; stresses therefore the importance of upholding the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality; wWelcomes the practice by the Commission of taking due account of the principles of better law-making when selecting priorities for monitoring the application of EU law in the Member States;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls, in this respect, for the commitment of all EU institutions engaged in the legislative process to enhance the drafting quality of legislative texts, in line with the commitment undertaken in the Better Law-Making Agenda; considers that the 1998 Inter-institutional Agreement on common guidelines for the quality of drafting of Community legislation should be substantially adapted in order to deliver on that objective; reiterates the provision in the Inter-institutional Agreement on Better Law-Making that calls on Member States when transposing EU directives into national law, in cases where they choose to add elements that are in no way related to Union legislation to make these additions identifiable either through the transposing act or through explanatory documents;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that the inclusion ofcloser scrutiny by national parliaments inof the law-making process will foster effective application of EU law; highlights, for that reason, the necessity to ensure genuine application of the yellow-card procedure as specified in Protocol (No 2) on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionalityir respective governments when the latter are involved in the law-making process will foster a more effective application of EU law as provided for in the Treaties;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Insists that national parliaments also have an essential role to play in both pre- legislative scrutiny of draft legal acts and post-legislative scrutiny of their correct implementation bythe scrutiny of the implementation process of EU law in the Member States; highlights itcalls continued determination to support them in such efforts them accordingly to pursue that role proactively;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the system of exchange of information and cooperation between committees of national parliaments working with the EU (in the framework of COSAC) can help in achieving more effective legislation and should also be used to support bettera more effective application of EU law by the Member States;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the need for Parliament to also monitor the Commission’s enforcement of regulations in the same way it does with directives; requests the Commission to ensure that the data on the implementation of regulations is provided in its future annual reports on the monitoring of the application of EU law; calls on the Member States to submit national legislation transposing or implementing regulations to the Commission with a view to ensuring its correct compliance and to specify which parts stem from EU legislation and which parts are national additions;