3 Amendments of Alfred SANT related to 2018/0254(COD)
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In the European Defence Action Plan, adopted on 30 November 2016, the Commission committed to complement, leverage and consolidate collaborative efforts by Member States in developing defence technological and industrial capabilities to respond to security challenges, as well as to foster a competitive, innovative and efficient European defence industry. It proposed in particular to launch a European Defence Fund (the 'Fund') to support investments in joint research and the joint development of defence products and technologies, thus fostering synergies and cost-effectiveness, and to promote the Member States’ joint purchase and maintenance of defence equipment. This Fund would complement national funding already used for this purpose and should act as an incentive for Member States to cooperate and invest more in defence. The Fund would support cooperation during the whole cycle of defence products and technologies. Security challenges shall especially take into account the fact that Member States do not uniformly benefit from a well- developed defence industry. To ensure that all Member States are benefitting from the programme on an equal footing, it is necessary to fully include those which are less advanced and which are found at the external borders of the EU.
Amendment 36 #
(26a) As secure seas and oceans are crucial to European prosperity, maritime and coastal security represents too a further crucial challenge. Synergies between this Fund and the actions identified under the coordinated civil military maritime security research agenda and with maritime transport shall be fortified. Maritime security shall notably include the protection of critical maritime infrastructure such as ports and ships.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) activities aiming to create, underpin and improve new knowledge and defence technology which can achieve significant effects in the area of defence, maritime and coastal security, as well as cybersecurity;