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Activities of Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER related to 2017/2029(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Arms export: implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP (debate) FR
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2029(INI)

Amendments (11)

Amendment 52 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses, however, that military technology is being exported to non- eligible destina that some Member States have strategic capacities in the field of arms productions and end users; is alarmed at arms races and at the fact that military approaches to solve political conflict and turmoil are increasingly prioritised over diplomatic and other non- violent approaches, such as conflict preventionxports that are a matter of sovereignty; emphasises that by extenuating these arms exports, the EU would be undermining the security and defence capabilities of Europe as a whole;
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 66 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that the export licensing risk assessment methodology should incorporate a precautionary principle and that Member States which focus on whether specific military technology might be used for internal repression irresponsible diplomacy pursued by certain Western States and the EU (support for Islamists in Syria, Libya and Turkey, etc.) works in favour of diversions of arms shipments; calls therefore for other undesire direct and einds (functional approach) should also consider assessing risks based on the overall situirect costs of that diplomacy to be assessed, as these are doubtless greater than the lack of harmonisation sin the country of destination (principled approach)ce, in line with the principle of subsidiarity, arms exporting companies are solely the concern of their states;
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 94 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – introductory part
13. Calls on the Member States and the EEAS to improve consistency in the implementEU to recognise that the field of arms exports should be viewed as a sovereign matter for states and one which raises issues of state security; notes that this highly sensitive information of, the Common Position by making available quadisclosure of which constitutes high treason, can serve as a means of destabilitsatively and quantitatively better information for export licensing risk assessments based on a secured and exton - especially when in the hands of EU representatives who do not share the same strategic interests and answer to external powers; recognises that the Member States have the right and obligation to keep that sensitive digitalisationata to themselves, in the interests of the securrent system, as follows: ity of their citizens and enterprises;
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 120 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that according to Article 8(2) of the Common Position, all Member States are obliged to report on their arms exports, and calls on all Member States to comply with their obligations; regrets that the number of Member States making full submissions to the EU Annual Report via disaggregated data on licences and actual exports was 21 for the 17th Annual Report and only 20 for the 18th; regrets the fact that the three main arms- exporting Member States, France, Germany and the UK, have not made full submissions;deleted
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 126 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the need to guarantee a more standardised and timely reporting and submission procedure, for example by setting a deadline for submitting data of no later than January following the year in which the exports took place, and by setting a fixed publication date of no later than February following the year of exports;deleted
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 133 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Urges all the Member States to improve the quality of arms exports reporting; stresses that high-quality data on actual deliveries is essential for understanding how the eight criteria are applied; calls on the Member States and the EEAS to explore how to use data generated by customs authorities, including by creating specific customs codes for military goods;deleted
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 139 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Urges revision of the Common Military List and the lists annexed to the Dual-Use Regulation so as to ensure full coverage of all relevant unmanned systems; recalls the European Parliament resolution of 27 February 2014 on armed drones, which called in its paragraph 2(c) for armed drones to be included in relevant arms control regimes;deleted
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 142 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Supports a more detailed examination of licensed production by third countries and stronger safeguards on the possible undesired uses of weapons produced in such circumstances; encourages the Member States to consider the third country’s attitude and status with regard to the ATT when deciding on transfers that would enhance the manufacturing and/or export capacity of that country as regards military equipment;deleted
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 145 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. States that Directive 2009/43/EC on the transfers of defence-related products within the EU should not be used in such a way as to circumvent the Common Position, in particular where spare parts and components are involved;deleted
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 151 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that not all EU national parliaments scrutinise governmental licensing decisions by, inter alia, producing annual arms exports reports, and that in general there is a lack of parliamentary and public oversight; points to the European Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, which encourage regular responses to the EU Annual Arms Exports Reports;deleted
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 154 #
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes regular consultations with civil society as central to meaningful transparency; calls on COARM, all the Member States and the EEAS to enhance dialogue with civil society; encourages civil society and academia to exercise independent scrutiny of the arms trade, and calls on the Member States and the EEAS to support such activities, including by financial means;deleted
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
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