56 Amendments of Bruno GOLLNISCH
Amendment 21 #
2015/2113(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that 70 % of Europeans live in cities and calls for targeted measures from the Member States towards safe, smooth, cost- effective and energy-efficient urban transport;
Amendment 97 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) As a response to recent terrorist acts which demonstratedConsidering some gaps in the implementation of Directive 91/477/EEC especially with regard to deactivation of weapons, convertibility and marking rules, the "European Agenda on Security" adopted in April 2015 and the Declaration of the Home Affairs Ministers Council of 29 August 2015 called forconsiders the revision of that Directive and for a common approach on the deactivation of firearms able to prevent reactivation and use by criminals and terrorists.
Amendment 159 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) BCollectors and bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons and recognised as such by the Member State in whose territory they are established and holding in their possession firearms classified in category A acquired before the date of entry into force of this Directive should be able to keep those firearms in their possession subject to authorisation by the Member State concerned and provided that those firearms have been deactivated.
Amendment 171 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 182 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
Amendment 219 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 281 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Furthermore, the risk of alarm weapons and other types of blank firing weapons being converted to real firearms is high, and in some of the terrorist acts converted arms were used. It is therefore essential to address the problem of converted firearms being used in criminal offences, notably by including them in the scope of the Directive. Technical specifications for alarm and signal weapons as well as for salute and acoustic weapons should be adopted by Member States in order to ensure that they cannot be converted into firearms.
Amendment 302 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Since the objectives of this Directive cannot be suefficiently achieved by the Member StatesEuropean Commission, but can rather, by reason of the scale and effects of the actionnegative consequences of wide opened borders, be better achieved at Unational levels, the Unionmeasures may be adopt measures,ed in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 310 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1b
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. Such separate objects, ar must be included in the same category ofas the firearms on which they are or are intended to be mountat from which the weapons are classified.
Amendment 352 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1g
Article 1 – paragraph 1g
Amendment 359 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1 h
Article 1 – paragraph 1 h
Amendment 383 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point d
Article 1 – point 1 – point d
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – Paragraph 2 – point i
Article 1 – Paragraph 2 – point i
(i) the manufacture, trade, exchange, hiring out, and repair or conversion of firearms;
Amendment 393 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point d
Article 1 – point 1 – point d
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point ii
(ii) the manufacture, trade, exchange, hiring out, and repair or conversion of parts of firearms;
Amendment 398 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point d
Article 1 – point 1 – point d
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point iii
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point iii
(iii) the manufacture, trade, and exchange or conversion of ammunition.
Amendment 407 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall not apply to the acquisition or possession of weapons and ammunition, in accordance with national law, by the armed forcesnational defence forces, including the army, the police, the or public authorities or by collectors and bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons. Nor shall it apply to commercial transfers of weapons and ammunition of warproducts of the defence industry.
Amendment 458 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 518 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Without prejudice to Article 3, Member States shall authorise the acquisition and possession of firearms tonly by persons who have good cause and who:
Amendment 551 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall provide for standard medical tests for issuing or renewing authorisations as referred to in paragraph 1 and shall withdraw authorisationsthem if any of the conditions on the basis of which it wasthey were granted is no longer met.
Amendment 597 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take all appropriate steps to prohibit the acquisition and the possession of the firearms and ammunition classified in category A and to destroy those firearms and ammunition held in violation of this provison and seized, except in some cases permitted by Member States' authorities.
Amendment 616 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Member States may authorise collectors as well as 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 before [the date of entry into force of this Directive] provided they have been deactivated in accordance with the provisions that implement Article 10(b).
Amendment 626 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Amendment 655 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 7
Article 1 – point 7
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 (new)
Amendment 683 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 10 a
Article 10 a
Amendment 685 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 10 a – paragraph 1
Article 10 a – paragraph 1
Member States shall take measures to ensure that alarm and signal weapons as well as salute and acoustic weapons cannot be converted into firearms.
Amendment 689 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 10 b
Article 10 b
Amendment 722 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 13 a – paragraph 2
Article 13 a – paragraph 2
Amendment 728 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall submit every five years submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Directive, accompanied, if appropriate, by proposals in particular as regards the categories of firearms of Annex I and the issues related to new technologies such as 3D printing. The first report shall be submitted by ... [two years after the date of entry into force of this Directive].
Amendment 735 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
The Commission shall, by [date], assess the necessary elements of a system for the exchange of information contained in the computerised data-filing systems referred to in Article 4(4) between the Member States. The Commission's assessment shall be accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal taking into account existing instruments regarding exchange of information.
Amendment 742 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – points 6 – 8
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – points 6 – 8
Amendment 789 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point ii
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point ii
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category B – point 7
Annex I – part II – point A – category B – point 7
Amendment 810 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point iii
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point iii
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category C – point 5
Annex I – part II – point A – category C – point 5
Amendment 840 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 14 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – point 14 – point c a (new)
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – Part III – paragraph 3
Annex I – Part III – paragraph 3
(ca) the third paragraph is replaced by the following: "The Member States must apply their national laws to the firearms listed in this Part."
Amendment 841 #
2015/0269(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 14 a (new)
Article 1 – point 14 a (new)
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I a (new)
Annex I a (new)
(14a) The following Annex is inserted: "Annex Ia Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2403 is repealed."
Amendment 28 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas about 50% of journeys in urban areas are shorter than 5 km and could therefore be made on foot or by bicycle or public/collective transport, assuming that the local geography and weather conditions were suitable;
Amendment 63 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, with due regard for subsidiarity, many aspects of urban mobility policy require coordinperation and frameworks at EU levelmong EU Member States, in particular with regard to safety, health and climate change;
Amendment 76 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 85 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is convinced that the provision of information to, and the participation of, EU citizens are crucial for transparent planning, development and decision- making in respect of urban mobility projects;
Amendment 97 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Invites cities to define transport mode hierarchies based on the needs of pedestrians first and foremost, followed by cyclists, public transport, business and logistics, and private-car usersall residents and of business first and foremost, taking into account local conditions;
Amendment 124 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Invites the Member States to take preventive measures, in accordance with the precautionary principle, to improve air quality in cities and to guarantee pollutant concentrations below the levels set in the World Health Organisation guidelines, in particular by improviding freesafety in public transport or by alternatingimproving the free flow of road traffic;
Amendment 140 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 174 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the EU and national and local authorities to draw up electric mobility plans which give priority to trams, urban trains, sky ropes, electric bicycles and shared/pooled e-cars;
Amendment 192 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to set ambitious targets for reducing the use of transport-related energy in cities, thereby reducing emissions, and to set a target of doubling cycling rates by 2025;
Amendment 205 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 214 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to defend ambitious measures at the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 21), in particular with a view to reducing transport-related emissions, including in cities;
Amendment 264 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Emphasises that safe and affordable public transport is an essential element for inclusive public services and for securing access to jobs;
Amendment 282 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 296 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 314 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Believes that innovative green urban logistics is of the utmost importance for solving congestion and environmental problems in cities, and that logistics should be based on sustainable modes of transport such as cargo bikes, electric vans, inland vessels, trams and buses;
Amendment 331 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Points out that shopping centres are focal points for increased road traffic and congestion problems, and believes that they should be linked up to efficient public transport and home delivery servicwhich is why it would be better to focus on small shops in town centres;
Amendment 353 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that thorough speed management leads to a drastic reduction in road fatalities and serious injuries in cities, especially for vulnerable road usersinsecurity is the main reason for people not using public transport;
Amendment 366 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 399 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 445 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Encourages the Commission to set aside at least 20 % of EU transport funds for sustainable urban mobility projects when reviewing regional, cohesion and European Fund for Strategic Investments budgets;
Amendment 459 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 474 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 493 #
2014/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Strongly supports research and innovation on behavioural changes in the area of vehicle ownership which result in a move towards sharing models;and encourages the Commission to intensify its efforts to develop and support transport systems involving collective and public forms of mobility;