Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on improving securities settlement in the European Union and on central securities depositories and amending Directives 98/26/EC and 2014/65/EU and Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, pp. 1-72)

F. whereas in the past years the better regulation agenda has nevertheless contributed to improving legislative practices; whereas the large number of different names and programmes introduced by the Commission in the area, such as ‘better regulation’, ‘better lawmaking’, ‘smart regulation’, ‘regulatory fitness’, ‘Think Small First’, ‘fitness checks’ and ‘ABR+’, do not provide sufficient clarity and transparency as regards the aims of the measures, particularly for citizens, and should therefore be better combined ;

11. Stresses the need for a bottom-up approach to better regulation; recalls Parliament’s request to establish a new group on better regulation composed of stakeholders and national experts; welcomes the Commission’s proposals to establish a European Stakeholder Platform on better regulation; emphasise that the platform should consist of relevant stakeholders, including official representatives from the civil society, the social partners, consumer organisations and the business community, especially SMEs, which account for 80 % of European job-creation; stresses that the European Stakeholder Platform must be visible and independent, ...[+++]and must be able to address the administrative burdens caused by legislative proposals and the cost of compliance, and must respect of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality; stresses that proposals from this platform should be actively considered by the Commission; underlines that the platform should also propose initiatives to improve regulation and help Member States implement EU legislation at national level;

on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving securities settlement in the European Union and on central securities depositories (CSDs) and amending Directive 98/26/EC

on improving securities settlement in the European Union and on central securities depositories (CSDs) and amending Directive 98/26/EC

Structural reforms are therefore necessary and, from that point of view, as the honourable Members know, in its Communication of 2 February the Commission proposed certain guidelines for moving towards a review and improvement of the application of the Lisbon strategy, establishing a series of priorities based around three key elements: firstly, making Europe a more attractive place for investment and work, extending and developing the internal market, improving regulations, guaranteeing open and competitive markets, extending and improving European infrastructure networks; secondly, improving knowledge and innovation as fundamental fac ...[+++]tors for growth, increasing and improving research and development, promoting innovation and the adoption of information technologies, and contributing to the creation of a solid European industrial base; thirdly, pursuing the objective of creating more and better jobs, establishing policies capable of attracting more people to the labour market, modernising social protection systems, increasing the adaptability of workers and companies and investing more in human capital.