Translation of "Avis motivé rendu en chambre du conseil " (French → English) :

– having regard to the reasoned opinions submitted, within the framework of Protocol No 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, by the Czech Chamber of Deputies, the Czech Senate, the Netherlands Senate, the Netherlands House of Representatives, the Austrian National Council and the Austrian Federal Council, asserting that the draft legislative act does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity,

– having regard to the reasoned opinions submitted, within the framework of Protocol No 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, by the Czech Chamber of Deputies, the Netherlands Senate, the Netherlands House of Representatives, the Polish Sejm, the Polish Senate, the Swedish Parliament, the United Kingdom House of Commons and the United Kingdom House of Lords, asserting that the draft legislative act does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity,

1. Emphasises that the Lisbon Treaty gives national parliaments a substantially stronger role in vetting compliance with the principle of subsidiarity, by introducing two specific mechanisms; in each case, national parliaments will have a period of eight weeks (which the Commission is obliged to grant them) in which to react to legislative proposals; first, if one-third of the chambers of the parliaments in the EU give a reasoned opinion that a given legislative proposal does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity, the Commission will be obliged to reconsider it; second, if a majority of the chambers of the parliaments of the U ...[+++]nion give a reasoned opinion opposing a draft legislative act on the ground that it fails to comply with the principle of subsidiarity, both the European Parliament and the Council will have to vote on that question before Parliament makes any pronouncement in first reading on the substance;

1. The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, and, where appropriate, the group of Member States, the Court of Justice, the European Central Bank or the European Investment Bank, if the draft legislative act originates from them, shall take account of the reasoned opinions issued by national Parliaments or by a chamber of a national Parliament.

Any national Parliament or any chamber of a national Parliament may, within eight weeks from the date of transmission of a draft legislative act, in the official languages of the Union, send to the Presidents of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission a reasoned opinion stating why it considers that the draft in question does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity.

It reminds us that such a decision would be directly contrary to the scientific advice given to the parties by IUCN, who are the official advisers to the CITES conference on species listing proposals.