13 Amendments of Keith TAYLOR related to 2015/0310(COD)
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation
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The Committee on Transport and Tourism calls on the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission proposal.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) National authorities carrying out coast guard functions are responsible for a wide range of tasks, including but not limited to maritime safety, security, search and rescue, border control, fisheries control, customs control, general law enforcement and environmental protection. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency, the European Fisheries Control Agency established by Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 and the European Maritime Safety Agency established by Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council should therefore strengthen their cooperation both with each other and with the national authorities carrying out coast guard functions to increase maritime situational awareness as well as to support coherent andce, cost-efficient actioncy and full respect of human rights in their actions and activities.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27a) The European Border and Coast Guard and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency should fulfil their tasks in full compliance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue and the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea ("SOLAS"); regulation 33 of Chapter V of SOLAS provides that the master of a ship at sea which is in a position to be able to provide assistance, on receiving information from any source that persons are in distress at sea, is bound to proceed with all speed to their assistance, if possible informing them or the search and rescue service that the ship is doing so.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point q
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point q
(q) cooperate with the European Fisheries Control Agency and the European Maritime Safety Agency to support the national authorities carrying out coast guard functions by providing services, information, equipment and training, as well as by coordinating multipurpose operations. Together with the European Maritime Safety Agency, the Agency will be able to launch joint surveillance operations, by jointly operating Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (drones);
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 39 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. In the case that vessels are used that are legally under the responsibility of other Union agencies, paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 of this Article shall not apply.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 51 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Agency shall cooperate with the Commission, other Union institutions, the European External Action Service, Europol, the European Asylum Support Office, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Eurojust, the European Union Satellite Centre, the European Maritime Safety Agency and the European Fisheries Control Agency as well as other Union, agencies, bodies, offices in matters covered by this Regulation, and in particular with the objectives of ensuring the fulfilment of human rights, migration and asylum obligations and commitments, and preventing and combating irregular immigration and cross-border crime including the facilitation of irregular immigration, trafficking in human being and terrorism.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 2
Article 51 – paragraph 2
2. Such cooperation shall take place within the framework of working arrangements concluded with those bodies. Such arrangements shall have received the Commission’s prior approval. In every case the Agency shall inform the European Parliament of any such arrangements and make them public on its website.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) capacity building by elaborating guidelines, recommendations and best practices as well as by supporting the training and exchange of staff, with a view to enhancing the exchange of information and cooperation on coast guard functions;, the search and rescue operational capability and the compliance with human rights, migration and asylum obligations and commitments.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2
Article 52 – paragraph 2
2. The modalities, conditions and limits of the cooperation on coast guard functions of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency with the European Fisheries Control Agency and the European Maritime Safety Agency shall be determined in a working arrangement, in accordance with the fby the Commission and submitted to Parliament and the Council for approval. Financial rules applicable to the Agencies shall apply.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 52 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The complete compliance with human rights, migration and asylum obligations and commitments, as well as the safety and security of commercial ships, crew and passengers must be guaranteed in every activity of the agencies involved.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 52 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. To this end, the European Asylum Support Office and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights shall elaborate an action protocol, evaluate the fulfilment of EU and international law and cooperate in staff training.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 2 c (new)
Article 52 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Additionally, the guidelines issued by the International Maritime Organisation and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on the treatment of people rescued at sea shall be fully respected1a. __________________ 1aResolution MSC.167(78) of the International Maritime Organisation and ‘Rescue at Sea: A guide to principles and practice as applied to migrants and refugees’.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3
Article 52 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission may adopt, in the form of a recommendation, a practical handbook on European cooperation on coast guard functions, containing guidelines, recommendations and best practices for the exchange of information and cooperation at national, Union and international level. This practical handbook shall include a report on the work of coast guard authorities of non-EU countries, highlighting best practices in the exchange of information between agencies.