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REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning the Proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, with the support of the Commission, to the Council for a Council Decision establishing a European Peace Facility PDF (196 KB) DOC (69 KB)
Amendments (23)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment, and Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items (Recast),
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas internal and external security are increasingly intertwined; whereas the EU has always prided itself on its soft powercivilian means and will keep doing so; whereas an evolving reality, however, requires the EU not to remain an exclusively ‘civilian power’, but to extend its hard power, since soft and hard power go hand in handalso use military means, whose use should be consistent and coherent with all other EU external action; whereas development in third countries is not possible without security and peace; whereas the military plays a key role in this, especially in countries where civilian authorities are unable to fulfil their tasks in the light of the security situation; whereas the European Peace Facility (EPF or the Facility) willhas the clear potential to lead to a stronger engagement of the EU towards partner countries and will increase the effectiveness of EU external action;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas it is of great importance to modify the title of the EPF as the use of the word ‘peace’ gives the impression that this facility is exclusively about the scope of the African Peace Facility, in particular support to peacekeeping operations; whereas it would be appropriate to name the facility ‘European Military Cooperation Facility”;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas all military tasks under the Facility, such as joint disarmament operations, humanitarian and rescue tasks, military advice and assistance tasks, conflict prevention and peacekeeping tasks, tasks of combat forces in crisis management, including peacemaking and post-conflict stabilisation, the fight against terrorism, including by supporting third countries in combating terrorism in their territories as listed in Article 43(1) TEU, fall within the remit of the CSDP; whereas the exception of Article 41(2) TEU applies to the operating expenditure arising from those military missions only; whereas all other operating expenditure arising from the CSDP, including expenditure arising from any other action referred to in Article 42 TEU, should be charged to the Union budget; whereas the administrative expenditure of the EPF should be charged to the Union budget;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas according to the Treaty no Union military operations are possible outside of the CSDP framework;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Recital M b (new)
Mb. whereas Article 2 (d) of the proposal for a European Peace Facility describes Union operational military or defence actions outside CSDP which are not foreseen by the Treaty and should be abandoned;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Qa. whereas the Commission’s Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI) has the duty to manage EU budget funds of civilian foreign policy instruments and missions; whereas this Facility is a purely military mechanism which should be managed by the dedicated military structures of the European External Action Service (EEAS);
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) to modify the title of the facility and to name it ‘European Military Cooperation Facility’ or ‘European Facility for Military Cooperation’ in order to better reflect its broad scope, in particular former Athena mechanism functions, other than Article 43(1) peacekeeping tasks, but also the scope of CBSD;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) to ensure that operations, action programmes, ad hoc assistance measures and other operational actions funded by the Facility will not in any way violate or be used to violate the fundamental principles laid down in Article 21 TEU or be used to violate international law, in particular international humanitarian and human rights law, and as regards the transfer of military equipment, technology and services, the criteria of Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment, and Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items (Recast);
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 2
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 2
- to add a new recital (10a) as follows: ‘(10a) Military advice and assistance tasks referred to in Article 43(1) TEU may take the form of strengthening the military and defence capacities of third states, regional and international organisations to preserve peace, to prevent, manage and resolve conflicts and to address threats to international security. while strictly complying international humanitarian law and international human rights law and the criteria of Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment, and Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items (Recast)’;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 4 a (new)
- to delete point d) of Article 2;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 4 b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 4 b (new)
- to add new point after point c) of Article 2 as follows: ‘contributing to the financing of, and strengthening cooperation between Member States on: common military research and development, joint acquisition and procurement of military capabilities, technology and services, joint maintenance of capabilities and technology, joint training and measures in the field of security of supply.’
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 7
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 7
- to amend point c) of Article 5 as follows: ‘c) ‘operation’ means a military missoperation established under the Common Security and Defence Policy in accordance with Article 42 TEU to fulfil the tasks referred to in Article 43(1) TEU having military or defence implications, including a task entrusted to a group of Member States in accordance with Article 44 TEU;’;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 7 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 7 a (new)
- to amend point h) of Article 5 as follows: ‘h) ‘other operational action’ means any other Union operational action under the Common Security and Defence Policy having military or defence implications which the Council may decide to finance under the Facility on a proposal from the High Representative’;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 8 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 8 a (new)
- to amend paragraph 2 of Article 9 as follows: ‘2. For the purposes of the financial implementation of this Decision, the High Representative shall be assisted by the administrative structure referred to in Chapter 2. He/she shall exercise this responsibility with the support of the competent military structures referred to in Article 4 (3) (a) of Council Decision 2010/427/EU.’;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 10 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 10 a (new)
- to amend paragraph 8 of Article 13 as follows: ‘8. The administrator shall ensure continuity of his/her functions through the administrative structure of the competent military EEAS structures referred to in article 9.’;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 12 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 12 a (new)
- to amend paragraph 4 of Article 47 as follows: ‘4.The final destination of equipment and infrastructure financed in common shall be approved by the Committee, taking into account operational needs, human rights, security and diversion risk assessment as regards certified end-use and end-users, and financial criteria. The final destination may be as follows: a) in the case of infrastructure, be sold or transferred through the Facility to the host country, a Member State or a third party; b) in the case of equipment, be sold through the Facility to a Member State, the host country or a third party, or be stored and maintained by the Facility, a Member State or such a third party, for use in a subsequent operation.’;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 12 b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 12 b (new)
- to amend paragraph 6 of Article 47 as follows: ‘6. Sale or transfer to the host country or a third party shall be in accordance with the relevant security rules in force and strictly comply with the criteria of Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment, and Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items (Recast).’;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 13 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 13 a (new)
- to amend point b) of Article 53, paragraph 1, as follows: ‘b) delivered effectively to the armed forces of the third state concerned provided that compliance with the criteria of Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment, and Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items (Recast) has been assessed;’
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 13 b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 13 b (new)
- to amend point d) of Article 53, paragraph 1, as follows: ‘d) used in accordance with Union policies, with due regard for international law, notably concerning human rights, and end-user certificates, in particular clauses on retransfers;’
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 13 c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 13 c (new)
- to amend point e) of Article 53, paragraph 1 as follows: ‘e) managed in compliance with any restriction or limitation on their use, sale or transfer decided by the Council or by the Committee, and according to relevant end-user certificates, the criteria of Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment, and Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items (Recast);’
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(a a) to ensure that the competent military structures of the European External Action Service and not Commission services are in charge of implementing this military facility, act as administrator and exercise all financial management responsibilities;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point e
Paragraph 2 – point e
(e) to ensure, in line with Article 18 TEU, the consistency of the EPF with all other aspects of the EU’s external action, notably as regards the Capacity Building for Security and Development initiative (CBSD), which should in all cases be implemented in the framework of the wider security sector reform programme, which shall have strong components on good governance, provisions against gender based violence, and in particular of civilian oversight over the security system and democratic control of armed forces;