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Activities of Karl-Heinz FLORENZ related to 2015/0269(COD)

Plenary speeches (1)

Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (debate) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0269(COD)

Amendments (13)

Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) The armed defence forces of a Member State as defined under national law may, in addition to the military, include units such as a home guard as well as persons obliged to take part in armed defence activities and reservists.
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) To ensure that firearms are duly traceable throughout the Union, common conversion standards should be established to guarantee that any conversion of a firearm that changes its category is irreversible.
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) Some semi-automatic firearms can be easily converted to automatic firearms, thus posing a threat to security. Even in the absence of conversion to category "A", certain semi-automatic firearms may be very dangerous when their capacity regarding the number of rounds is high. Such semi-automatic weapons should therefore be banned for civilian use. deleted Or. en (linked to amendment on Annex I part II category A point 6)
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
(12) Selling arrangements of firearms and, their essential components and ammunition by means of distance communication may pose a serious threat to security as they are more difficult to control thshould be subject to the control of the Member States and their conventional selling methods, especially as regards the on line verification of the legality of authorisations. It is therefore appropriate to limit the selling of arms and components by means of distance communication, notably internet, to dealers and brokersmpetent authorities should verify the identity of the persons engaged in such transfer and of their entitlement to do so.
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 319 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1b
1b. For the purposes of this Directive, "essential component" shall mean the barrel, frame, receiver, slide or cylinder, bolt or breaech block and any device designed or adapted to diminish the sound caused by firing a firearm which, being separate objects, are included in the category of the firearms on which they are or are intended to be mounted.
2016/04/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 443 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
For the purposes of identifying and tracing each assembled firearm, Member States shall, at the time of manufacture of each firearm or at the time of import to the Union, require a unique marking including the name of the manufacturer, the country or place of manufacture, the serial number and the year of manufacture, if not already part of the serial number. This shall be without prejudice to the affixing of the manufacturer's trademark. Essential components must be marked with a serial number. This requirement shall not apply to firearms and essential components that were placed on the market before the entry into force of this Amending Directive.
2016/04/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 550 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall provide for standard medical tests for issuing or renewing authorisations as referred to in paragraph 1monitor firearms authorisations and shall withdraw authorisations if any of the conditions on the basis of which it wasthey were granted isare no longer met.
2016/04/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 617 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Member States may authorise bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons and recognised as such by the Member State in whose territory they are established to keep in their possession firearms classified in category A acquired befoIn special cases, including for national defence, education, cultural, research and historical purposes, the competent authorities of the Member States may grant authorisations for such firearms and ammunition where [the date of entry into force of this Directive] provided they have been deactivated in accordance with the provisions that implement Article 10(b)is is not contrary to public security or public order.
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 638 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 3
TMember States shall ensure that the acquisition of firearms and their parts and ammunition concerning categories A, B and C by means of distance communication, as defined in Article 2 of Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(*), shall be authorised only with respect to dealers and brokers and shall be subject to the strict control of the Member Statesis, where permitted, strictly controlled, and shall verify the identity of the persons involved in the transaction and their right to engage in such a transaction. (*) Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 658 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 7
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 7 - paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 (new)
(7) In Article 7, the following subparagraph is added to paragraph 4: "The maximum limits shall not exceed five years. The authorisation may be renewed if the conditions on the basis of which it was granted are still fulfilled."deleted
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 700 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8 a (new)
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 10b a (new)
(8a) The following Article is inserted: "Article 10ba By 31 December 2016, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 13a on common conversion standards ensuring that any conversion of a firearm that changes its category is done in a manner which renders such conversion permanently irreversible."
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 764 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 7
7. Semi-automatic firearms for civilian use which resemble weapons with automatic mechanisms;deleted
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 790 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point ii
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category B – point 7
(ii) in category B, point 7 is deleted.
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO