4 Amendments of Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR related to 2020/2071(INI)
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States to enhance their cooperation in order to improve the distribution chain through better visibility and efficient monitoring, particularly on cross-border routes, and to establish corridors where medical supplies have priority of delivery; calls on the Commission to maintain the green lanes to address future unexpected events;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of catering to specific transport needs at local and regional levels, particularly in rural, mountain and insular areas and outermost regions that are more difficult to access and involve higher delivery costs; believes that the strategic plans to upgrade Member States infrastructure should deliver concrete actions for these areas and regions; notes that there are new automated delivery tools, such as via drones, available on the market that could help operators to access these areas;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the COVID-19 outbreak has laid bare the weaknesses of the European production system, highlighting the importance of delivering medicines swiftly in urgent and exceptional circumstances that could arise in the future.; calls on the Commission to establish plans and protocols with a multi- dimensional approach to respond to the causes of shortage of medicines but also to prepare the Union to address future exceptional periods;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 7 – point 1 (new)
(1) Calls on the Commission to extend the competences of the ECDC in the area of public health; notes that in the future ECDC should be the centre of coordination and evaluation of the Union in situations of health crises, which can lead to medicines shortages, such as the one we have experienced;