Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2007-09-03-Speech-1-115"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-09-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Better Regulation - Better law-making 2005:, subsidiarity and proportionality - Simplification of the regulatory environment - Use of 'soft law' (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20070903.17.1-115"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-09-03-Speech-1-1162
lpv:speaker	lp:Georgios Papastamkos2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2007-05-23--2008-02-17)3 substitute; AFCO (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; INTA (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2007-01-18--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Nea Dimokratia (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I should like to focus on the amendments that I have submitted to the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and that have been incorporated into the text of the Committee’s opinion on the use of ‘soft law’. ‘Soft’ or ‘permissive’ law is a widely accepted dialogue-based form of European common regulatory policy involving coordination, cooperation, negotiation and hierarchy. My main observation is that soft-law instruments, which do not take on a legally binding nature but nevertheless produce certain indirect legal results, have proven adequate for the effective regulation of certain areas of Community activity – within the framework of the Community treaties, of course, and subject to the requirements laid down in those treaties. I am also of the opinion that soft-law instruments should be used as preparatory instruments for binding legislative acts. They are superseded when formal legislative acts come into force, and they contribute to the interpretation and enforcement of Community legislation. However, I should like to emphasise that excessive recourse to soft-law instruments would signal a change of the single European Community model into a traditional international organisation. Soft law should not be a substitute where it is essential to adopt binding Community legislation – subject, of course, to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality. As I have stressed in one of my adopted amendments, the Commission should make a special effort to guarantee transparency, visibility and public accountability in the procedure for approving non-binding Community acts, and guarantee increased use of impact assessment in the decision-making process."@en1

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