European Parliament
Luís Queiró (PPE-DE ),
in writing
(PT)
Broadly speaking, I warmly welcome the report we are discussing and voting on, and the Commission communication on which it is based.
The endeavour to analyse and review the Community’s legislative framework is a proposal that should be promoted with the aim of simplifying the regulatory environment, a vital prerequisite for greater legal certainty for both the citizens and lawyers. It also represents an opportunity to simplify the regulatory environment, a crucial factor in the development of economic activity.
There is one point in the report and the Commission communication with which I do not entirely agree. The notion, put forward in both texts, that legislation via regulation is increasingly more virtuous than via directives is not one that I accept. On the contrary, despite the difficulties involved in transposing directives, I take the view that they are a means of lawmaking that uphold an idea of Community that I hold dear. This view does not mean that I reject regulations or fail to recognise their obvious usefulness.

