# Guaranteeing independent impact assessments

European Parliament procedure 2010/2016(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 7th term, committee ECON / ENVI / IMCO / ITRE / JURI). Stage: Procedure completed. 147 committee amendments tabled by 25 Members between 2010-07-01 and 2011-03-03.

## What the amendments focus on

This own-initiative report concerns guaranteeing independent impact assessments. The amendments call for external, independent quality control of impact assessments, debate reforming the Commission's Impact Assessment Board (its independence, membership and accountability to Parliament), require analysis of economic, social, environmental and health impacts and stakeholder consultation, and ex-ante and ex-post evaluation, while warning that impact assessments must not replace political decisions, delay legislation or impair the legislator's freedom to amend.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arlene McCARTHY | United Kingdom | S&D | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/2173.md |
| Cristina GUTIÉRREZ-CORTINES | Spain | PPE | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4326.md |
| Jan Philipp ALBRECHT | Germany | Verts/ALE | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96736.md |
| Cecilia WIKSTRÖM | Sweden | ALDE | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96677.md |
| Satu HASSI | Finland | Verts/ALE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28321.md |
| Sajjad KARIM | United Kingdom | ECR | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28481.md |
| Nessa CHILDERS | Ireland | S&D | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96603.md |
| Jürgen CREUTZMANN | Germany | ALDE | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96873.md |
| Pervenche BERÈS | France | S&D | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1985.md |
| Claude TURMES | Luxembourg | Verts/ALE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4432.md |
| Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG | Poland | S&D | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28377.md |
| Teresa RIERA MADURELL | Spain | S&D | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28349.md |
| Bendt BENDTSEN | Denmark | PPE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96705.md |
| Pilar DEL CASTILLO VERA | Spain | PPE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28390.md |
| Malcolm HARBOUR | United Kingdom | ECR | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4538.md |

## Official source documents

- PE445.668: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-445.668+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE448.834: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-448.834+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE450.606: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-450.606+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE452.625: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-452.625+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE460.656: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-460.656+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2010-2016-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2010-2016-INI.json

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