14 Amendments of Nicola DANTI related to 2018/0254(COD)
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Following an integrated approach and in order to contribute to the enhancement of the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the Union's defence industry, a European Defence Fund should be established. The Fund should aim at enhancing the competitiveness, innovation, efficiency and, environmental performance and technological and industrial autonomy of the Union's defence industry thereby contributing to the Union's strategic autonomy by supporting the cross border cooperation between Member States and between enterprises, research centres, national administrations, international organisations and universities, in the research phase and in the development phase of defence products and technologies. To achieve more innovative solutions and an open internal market, the Fund should support the cross-border participation of defence small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and middle capitalisation companies (mid-caps).
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The difficulty to agree on consolidated defence capability requirements and common technical specifications or standards hampers cross- border collaboration between Member States and between legal entities based in different Member States. The absence of such requirements, specifications and standards has led to increased fragmentation of the defence sector, technical complexity, delays and inflated costs as well as decreased interoperability. The agreement on common technical specifications should be a prerequisite for actions involving a higher level of technological readiness. Activities of Member States leading to common defence capability requirements and supporting studies as well as actions aiming at supporting the creation of a common definition of technical specifications or standards should also be eligible for support by the Fund, in order to reinforce a more integrated internal market and efficiency in the defence industry.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13 a) The Fund should support industry best practice in corporate governance and procurement practices. This should include the possibility for confidential whistleblowing in accordance with European standards and with procedures in place to prevent retaliation. The award procedure should reflect these corporate governance standards with the goal of raising corporate accountability standards in the European defence sector.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) In order to support an open internal market, participation of cross-border SMEs and mid-caps, either as members of consortia or as subcontractors, should be encouraged. is of crucial importance
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) As the Fund supports only the research and development phases of defence products and technologies, in principle the Union should not have ownership or intellectual property rights (IPRs) over the products or technologies resulting from the funded actions unless the Union assistance is provided through procurement. However, for research actions, interested Member States and associated countries should have the possibility to use the results of funded actions and participate in follow-up cooperative development and therefore derogations to that principle should be allowed. Technological products developed or manufactured with the help of this European fund may not be the subject of a transfer of technology or any intellectual property right for the benefit of a third State outside the European Union that is not an associated country, or for the benefit of any economic actor that is not controlled by a Member State.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 may be used for technical and administrative assistance for the implementation of the Fund, such as preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities including corporate information technology systems. This amount shall not exceed 5% of the value of the financial envelope referred in paragraph 1.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. If appropriate, eEthics checks shall be carried out by the Commission during the implementation of the action. For serious or complex ethics issues, th, at the Commission's discretion or upon request of the European Parliament. Those checks shall be carried out by the Commission with the support of experts on defence ethics.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. Actions which are not ethically acceptable mayshall not be eligible. In case of an ethical incompatibility is detected, the action shall be rejected or terminated at any time.
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. By derogation from the paragraph 3 and where appropriate beneficiaries and subcontractors involved in the action may use their assets, infrastructure, facilities and resources located or held on the territory of a non- associated third country if this is strictly necessary for achieving the objectives of an action and provided that this will not put at riskcontravene the security and defence interests of the Union and its Member States as established in the framework of Common Foreign and Security Policy in accordance with Title V of the TEU. Under the same conditions, when performing an eligible action, beneficiaries and their subcontractors may cooperate with an entity established in a non- associated third country. The costs related to the use of such infrastructure, facilities, assets or resources and to such cooperation shall not be eligible under the Fund. Technological products developed or manufactured with the help of this European fund may not be the subject of a transfer of technology or any intellectual property right for the benefit of a third State outside the European Union, or for the benefit of any economic actor that is not controlled by a Member State.
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. Unless otherwise provided for in the work programme referred to in Article 27, tThe action shall be undertaken in a cooperation of at least three legal entities which are established in at least three different Member States and/or associated countries. At least three of these eligible entities established in at least two Member States and/or associated countries shall not, during the whole implementation of the action, be effectively controlled, directly or indirectly, by the same entity, and shall not control each other.
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. Unless otherwise provided for in the work programme referred to in Article 27, tThe action shall be undertaken in a cooperation of at least three legal entities which are established in at least three different Member States and/or associated countries. At least three of these eligible entities established in at least two Member States and/or associated countries shall not, during the whole implementation of the action, be effectively controlled, directly or indirectly, by the same entity, and shall not control each other.
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5
Article 11 – paragraph 5
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) contribution to the competitiveness of the European defence industry as well as contribution to the reinforcing of the single market for defence, in particular by creating new market opportunities and accelerating the growth of companies throughout the Union;