# Better legislation, subsidiarity and proportionality and smart regulation

European Parliament procedure 2011/2029(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 7th term, committee AFCO / IMCO / JURI). Stage: Procedure completed. 88 committee amendments tabled by 19 Members between 2011-04-20 and 2011-06-01.

## What the amendments focus on

An own-initiative report on better legislation, subsidiarity and proportionality and smart regulation. The amendments invoke TFEU Article 153(2) on avoiding burdensome laws, call for dialogue with civil society through public consultations, an SME test on legislative reports, a one-in, one-out rule, correlation tables, and improved transposition, application and enforcement of EU legislation by the Commission and Member States.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paulo RANGEL | Portugal | PPE | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96903.md |
| Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG | Poland | S&D | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28377.md |
| Sajjad KARIM | United Kingdom | ECR | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28481.md |
| Barbara WEILER | Germany | S&D | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1907.md |
| Regina BASTOS | Portugal | PPE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/5956.md |
| Olga SEHNALOVÁ | Czechia | S&D | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96718.md |
| Evelyn REGNER | Austria | S&D | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96998.md |
| Vital MOREIRA | Portugal | S&D | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96930.md |
| Louis GRECH | Malta | S&D | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28123.md |
| Tiziano MOTTI | Italy | PPE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96760.md |
| Helmut SCHOLZ | Germany | GUE/NGL | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96646.md |
| Andrew DUFF | United Kingdom | ALDE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4514.md |
| Andreas MÖLZER | Austria | NI | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28255.md |
| Dimitar STOYANOV | Bulgaria | NI | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/34254.md |
| Slavi BINEV | Bulgaria | EFD | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/38610.md |

## Official source documents

- PE464.679: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-464.679+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE465.034: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-465.034+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE465.059: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-465.059+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE466.983: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-466.983+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2011-2029-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2011-2029-INI.json

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