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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Member States ~~and the European External Action Service (EEAS)~~ to significantly improve the consistency of the implementation of the Common Position in order to enhance the security of civilians who are suffering because of conflict and human rights abuses in third countries, as well as the security of the ~~Union and its~~ir citizens;

2017/06/12
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Notes that according to the Annual Reports, criterion 2 was invoked 72 times for denials in 2014 and 89 times in 2015; deplores the fact that the data reveal the lack of a common approach to the situation in Syria, Iraq and Yemen in particular; encourages the Member States ~~and the EEAS~~ to embark on a discussion on the extension of criterion 2 to include democratic governance indicators, as such assessment criteria could help establish further safeguards against the unintended negative consequences of exports; believes, furthermore, that a more principled approach to risk assessment would focus on overall respect of international humanitarian and human rights law by the recipient;

2017/06/12
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Notes that according to the Annual Reports, criterion 7 was invoked 117 times for denials in 2014 and 149 times in 2015; expresses its concern, inter alia, over the alleged diversions of exports of SALW from European countries to Syria, Iraq, Yemen and elsewhere; points to the urgent need to base assessments of the risk of diversion on more than just an acceptance of commitments made by a recipient state in an end-user certificate; highlights the need for effective mechanisms of post- shipment controls to ensure that arms are not being re-exported to unauthorised end users; ~~highlights the potential role that the EEAS could play in supporting Member States’ efforts in this area;~~

2017/06/12
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Member States and the EEAS to improve consistency in the implementation of the Common Position by making available qualitatively and quantitatively better information for export licensing risk assessments based on a secured and extensive digitalisation of the current system, as follows: a) providing more information on export licences and actual exports shared systematically and in a timely manner, including on end users of concern, cases of diversion, end-user certificates that are forged or otherwise of concern, and suspect brokers or transport companies; b) maintaining a list of entities and individuals convicted of violating arms export-related legislation, of cases of identified diversion, and of persons who are known or suspected to be involved in illegal arms trading or in activities that pose a threat to international security; c) sharing the best practices adopted for implementing the eight criteria; d) developing a secure IT system for sharing information on export license denials in real time; e) turning the User’s Guide into an online resource, including by adding links to publicly available information; f) turning the EU Annual Report into a searchable online database by the end of 2018, with the new format to be applied to the 2016 data;deleted

2017/06/12
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

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

James CARVER

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;

2017/06/12
Committee: AFET

James CARVER

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

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