BETA

Activities of Bodil VALERO

Plenary speeches (145)

European Border and Coast Guard (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/0330A(COD)
Visa Code (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/0061(COD)
Situation in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe after cyclone Idai (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (Kosovo) (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/0139(COD)
Interoperability between EU information systems in the field of police and judicial cooperation, asylum and migration - Interoperability between EU information systems in the field of borders and visa (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/0351(COD)
Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA III) (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/0247(COD)
Iran, notably the case of human rights defenders SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2611(RSP)
2018 Report on Turkey (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2150(INI)
The future of the INF Treaty and the impact on the EU (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2574(RSP)
Sudan SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2512(RSP)
Establishing the Rights and Values programme (A8-0468/2018 - Bodil Valero) (vote)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/0207(COD)
Establishing the Rights and Values programme (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/0207(COD)
Establishing the Rights and Values programme (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/0207(COD)
Situation of migrants at the EU border in Bosnia and Herzegovina (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Annual report on the implementation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy - Annual report on the implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2099(INI)
Establishing the European Defence Fund (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/0254(COD)
European security and the future of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Arms export: implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2157(INI)
Humanitarian visas (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2270(INL)
The killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Humanitarian emergency in the Mediterranean: supporting local and regional authorities (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Situation in Yemen (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Somalia (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2784(RSP)
Burundi (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2785(RSP)
The recent declaration of Italy's Interior Minister on Sinti and Roma and minority rights in the EU (topical debate) SV
2016/11/22
Implementation of and follow-up to the EU framework for National Roma integration strategies (debate) SV
2016/11/22
EU-NATO relations (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2276(INI)
Situation of imprisoned EU-Iranian dual nationals in Iran SV
2016/11/22
The use of IPA funds in Turkey (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Annual Report on the functioning of the Schengen area (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2256(INI)
The violation of human rights and the rule of law in the case of two Greek soldiers arrested and detained in Turkey (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Implementation of the EU external financing instruments: mid-term review 2017 and the future post-2020 architecture (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Situation in Syria (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in 2016 (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2125(INI)
Current human rights situation in Turkey - Situation in Afrin, Syria (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Situation in Kenya (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Control of exports, transfer, brokering, technical assistance and transit of dual-use items (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/0295(COD)
Enlargement and strengthening of the Schengen area: Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia (topical debate) SV
2016/11/22
Situation in Afghanistan (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Annual report on the implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy - Annual report on the implementation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy - Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) – opening a new chapter in European Security and Defence Policy (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2121(INI)
Instrument contributing to stability and peace (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/0207(COD)
The EU-Africa Strategy: a boost for development (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2083(INI)
The persecution of Christians in the world (debate) SV
2016/11/22
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance SV
2016/11/22
Fundamental rights aspects in Roma integration in the EU: fighting anti-Gypsyism (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2011(INI)
Fundamental rights aspects in Roma integration in the EU: fighting anti-Gypsyism (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2011(INI)
Criminal acts and penalties in the field of illicit drug trafficking - Information exchange on, and an early warning system and risk assessment procedure for, new psychoactive substances I (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/0261(COD)
Situation of people with albinism in Malawi and other African countries SV
2016/11/22
Interpol arrest warrants (Red Notices) (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Arms export: implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2029(INI)
Arms export: implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2029(INI)
Arms export: implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2029(INI)
Turkey-EU relationship (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Eritrea, notably the cases of Abune Antonios and Dawit Isaak SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2755(RSP)
2016 Report on Turkey (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2308(INI)
EU defence plan and the future of Europe (topical debate) SV
2016/11/22
Uniform format for visas (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0134(COD)
Combating anti-semitism (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2692(RSP)
Ethiopia, notably the case of Dr Merera Gudina SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2682(RSP)
Making relocation happen (debate) SV
2016/11/22
EU Strategy on Syria (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Situation of Christians in the Middle East (debate) SV
2016/11/22
State of play in Turkey, in particular with regard to the constitutional referendum (debate) SV
2016/11/22
International Roma Day (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2614(RSP)
An integrated EU policy for the Arctic (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2228(INI)
Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0269(COD)
Third countries whose nationals are subject to or exempt from a visa requirement: Georgia (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/0075(COD)
Central African Republic SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2507(RSP)
Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 15 December 2016 SV
2016/11/22
Preparation of the European Council meeting of 15 December 2016 (debate) SV
2016/11/22
EU-Colombia and Peru Trade Agreement (accession of Ecuador) (A8-0362/2016 - Helmut Scholz) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/0092(NLE)
Implementation of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (Article 36 TEU) (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2036(INI)
Implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy (A8-0317/2016 - Ioan Mircea Paşcu) (vote)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2067(INI)
EU-Turkey relations (debate) SV
2016/11/22
EU-Turkey relations (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2067(INI)
Situation in Northern Iraq/Mosul (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2954(RSP)
Situation in Northern Iraq/Mosul (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2954(RSP)
Situation of journalists in Turkey (debate) SV
2016/11/22
The future of ACP-EU relations beyond 2020 (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Access to education for Syrian children in Lebanon (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Situation in Turkey (debate) SV
2016/11/22
UN High-level Summit on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants (debate) SV
2016/11/22
European Border and Coast Guard (A8-0200/2016 - Artis Pabriks) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0310(COD)
European Border and Coast Guard (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0310(COD)
Situation in Venezuela (RC-B8-0700/2016, B8-0700/2016, B8-0723/2016, B8-0724/2016, B8-0725/2016, B8-0726/2016, B8-0728/2016, B8-0729/2016) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2699(RSP)
Decision of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey to lift the parliamentary immunity of 138 members (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Peace Support Operations - EU engagement with the UN and the African Union (A8-0158/2016 - Geoffrey Van Orden)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2275(INI)
Legal migration package - Action plan on integration of third country nationals (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Sweden (A8-0170/2016 - Ska Keller) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0314(NLE)
Decision adopted on the Common European Asylum System reform (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Turkey's progress in fulfilling the requirements of the Visa liberalisation roadmap (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Legal aspects, democratic control and implementation of the EU-Turkey agreement (debate) SV
2016/11/22
2015 Report on Turkey (B8-0442/2016) (vote) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2898(RSP)
2015 Report on Turkey (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2898(RSP)
The situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2095(INI)
The EU role in the framework of international financial, monetary and regulatory institutions and bodies (A8-0027/2016 - Sylvie Goulard) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2060(INI)
Main aspects and basic choices of the common foreign and security policy and the common security and defence policy (Article 36 TEU) (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Preparation of the European Council meeting of 17 and 18 March 2016 and outcome of the EU-Turkey summit (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Communication on implementing the European agenda on migration (debate) SV
2016/11/22
European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2016 (A8-0031/2016 - Sofia Ribeiro) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2330(INI)
Refugee emergency, external borders control and future of Schengen - Respect for the international principle of non-refoulement - Financing refugee facility for Turkey - Increased racist hatred and violence against refugees and migrants across Europe (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Objection to delegated act on a scheme of generalised tariff preferences (B8-0044/2016) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2995(DEA)
Situation in the South East of Turkey (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Systematic mass murder of religious minorities by ISIS (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Mutual defence clause (Article 42(7) TEU) (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Arms export: implementation of the Common Position 2008/944/CFSP (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2114(INI)
Arms export: implementation of the Common Position 2008/944/CFSP (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2114(INI)
Special report of the European Ombudsman in own-initiative inquiry concerning Frontex (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2215(INI)
Afghanistan, in particular the killings in the province of Zabul SV
2016/11/22
Afghanistan, in particular the killings in the province of Zabul SV
2016/11/22
Prevention of radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations (A8-0316/2015 - Rachida Dati) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2063(INI)
Outcome of the Valletta summit of 11 and 12 November 2015 and of the G20 summit of 15 and 16 November 2015 (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Reducing inequalities with a special focus on child poverty (A8-0310/2015 - Inês Cristina Zuber) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2237(INI)
Prevention of radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2063(INI)
Financing of two new EU trust funds for Syria and Africa and Member States' contributions to these funds (debate) SV
2016/11/22
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance SV
2016/11/22
General budget of the European Union for 2016 - all sections (A8-0298/2015 - José Manuel Fernandes, Gérard Deprez) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2132(BUD)
Situation in Turkey (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Situation in Turkey (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Common provisions on European Structural and Investment Funds: specific measures for Greece (A8-0260/2015 - Iskra Mihaylova) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0160(COD)
Situation in Libya (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Export controls in respect of dual-use items after the Hacking Team revelations (debate) SV
2016/11/22
The EU's role in the Middle East peace process (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Security challenges in the Middle East and North Africa and prospects for political stability (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2229(INI)
Syria: situation in Palmyra and the case of Mazen Darwish SV
2016/11/22
EU development aid to Eritrea in the light of documented human rights abuses (debate) SV
2016/11/22
European Agenda on Migration (debate) SV
2016/11/22
2014 Progress Report on Turkey (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy - Financing the Common Security and Defence Policy - Security and defence capabilities in Europe (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2220(INI)
International Roma Day – anti-Gypsyism in Europe and EU recognition of the memorial day of the Roma genocide during WW II (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Recent attacks and abductions by Daesh in the Middle East, notably of Assyrians SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2599(RSP)
Anti-terrorism measures (B8-0100/2015, RC-B8-0122/2015, B8-0122/2015, B8-0124/2015, B8-0125/2015, B8-0126/2015, B8-0127/2015, B8-0132/2015) SV
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2530(RSP)
Humanitarian crisis in Iraq and Syria, in particular in the IS context (debate) SV
2016/11/22
2015 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Recent human smuggling incidents in the Mediterranean (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Recognition of Palestine statehood (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Export controls of dual-use items (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Situation in Kobane and the threat of IS (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Joint police operation "Mos Maiorum" (continuation of debate) SV
2016/11/22
GSP+ (Generalised Scheme of Preferences) and compliance with the Minimum Age Convention: case of Bolivia (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine (debate) SV
2016/11/22
Destruction of Syria's chemical weapons in the Mediterranean sea between Greece and Italy (debate) SV
2016/11/22

Reports (5)

REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Rights and Values programme PDF (1 MB) DOC (329 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2018/0207(COD)
Documents: PDF(1 MB) DOC(329 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Status Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Albania on actions carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Albania PDF (447 KB) DOC (56 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2018/0241(NLE)
Documents: PDF(447 KB) DOC(56 KB)
REPORT on arms export: implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP PDF (309 KB) DOC (68 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2017/2029(INI)
Documents: PDF(309 KB) DOC(68 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the People's Republic of China on the short-stay visa waiver for holders of diplomatic passports PDF (457 KB) DOC (62 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2015/0293(NLE)
Documents: PDF(457 KB) DOC(62 KB)
REPORT on arms export: implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP PDF (186 KB) DOC (123 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2015/2114(INI)
Documents: PDF(186 KB) DOC(123 KB)

Shadow reports (57)

REPORT on the 2018 Commission Report on Turkey PDF (170 KB) DOC (65 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2018/2150(INI)
Documents: PDF(170 KB) DOC(65 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing, as part of the Integrated Border Management Fund, the instrument for financial support for border management and visa PDF (444 KB) DOC (203 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2018/0249(COD)
Documents: PDF(444 KB) DOC(203 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, Regulation (EC) No 810/2009, Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, Regulation (EU) 2016/399, Regulation XX/2018 [Interoperability Regulation], and Decision 2004/512/EC and repealing Council Decision 2008/633/JHA PDF (501 KB) DOC (245 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2018/0152(COD)
Documents: PDF(501 KB) DOC(245 KB)
REPORT on building EU capacity on conflict prevention and mediation PDF (175 KB) DOC (58 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2018/2159(INI)
Documents: PDF(175 KB) DOC(58 KB)
REPORT containing a motion for a non-legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Cooperation Agreement on Partnership and Development between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, of the other part PDF (245 KB) DOC (90 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2015/0302M(NLE)
Documents: PDF(245 KB) DOC(90 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Cooperation Agreement on Partnership and Development between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, of the other part PDF (167 KB) DOC (56 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2015/0302(NLE)
Documents: PDF(167 KB) DOC(56 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the marketing and use of explosives precursors, amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 98/2013 on the marketing and use of explosives precursors PDF (634 KB) DOC (97 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2018/0103(COD)
Documents: PDF(634 KB) DOC(97 KB)
PDF (1003 KB) DOC (159 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2018/0061(COD)
Documents: PDF(1003 KB) DOC(159 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a Council directive establishing an EU Emergency Travel Document and repealing Decision 96/409/CFSP PDF (542 KB) DOC (77 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2018/0186(CNS)
Documents: PDF(542 KB) DOC(77 KB)
REPORT with recommendations to the Commission on Humanitarian Visas PDF (414 KB) DOC (72 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2018/2271(INL)
Documents: PDF(414 KB) DOC(72 KB)
REPORT on the Annual report on the implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy PDF (495 KB) DOC (71 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2018/2099(INI)
Documents: PDF(495 KB) DOC(71 KB)
REPORT on the full application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in Bulgaria and Romania: abolition of checks at internal land, sea and air borders PDF (386 KB) DOC (59 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2018/2092(INI)
Documents: PDF(386 KB) DOC(59 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 as regards the rules applicable to the temporary reintroduction of border control at internal borders PDF (680 KB) DOC (110 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2017/0245(COD)
Documents: PDF(680 KB) DOC(110 KB)
REPORT on minimum standards for minorities in the EU PDF (448 KB) DOC (77 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2018/2036(INI)
Documents: PDF(448 KB) DOC(77 KB)
REPORT on the amended proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing a framework for interoperability between EU information systems (borders and visa) and amending Council Decision 2004/512/EC, Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, Council Decision 2008/633/JHA, Regulation (EU) 2016/399, Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, Regulation (EU) 2018/XX [the ETIAS Regulation], Regulation (EU) 2018/XX [the Regulation on SIS in the field of border checks] and Regulation (EU) 2018/XX [the eu-LISA Regulation] PDF (1 MB) DOC (227 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2017/0351(COD)
Documents: PDF(1 MB) DOC(227 KB)
REPORT on arms exports: implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP PDF (385 KB) DOC (71 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2018/2157(INI)
Documents: PDF(385 KB) DOC(71 KB)
REPORT with recommendations to the Commission on Humanitarian Visas PDF (464 KB) DOC (81 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2017/2270(INL)
Documents: PDF(464 KB) DOC(81 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis on the short-stay visa waiver PDF (444 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2017/0176(NLE)
Documents: PDF(444 KB) DOC(54 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and Antigua and Barbuda amending the Agreement between the European Community and Antigua and Barbuda on the short-stay visa waiver PDF (442 KB) DOC (55 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2017/0171(NLE)
Documents: PDF(442 KB) DOC(55 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas on the short-stay visa waiver PDF (443 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2017/0169(NLE)
Documents: PDF(443 KB) DOC(54 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Mauritius amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Mauritius on the short-stay visa waiver PDF (442 KB) DOC (55 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2017/0167(NLE)
Documents: PDF(442 KB) DOC(55 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Seychelles amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Seychelles on the short-stay visa waiver PDF (442 KB) DOC (57 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2017/0168(NLE)
Documents: PDF(442 KB) DOC(57 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and Barbados amending the Agreement between the European Community and Barbados on the short-stay visa waiver PDF (443 KB) DOC (57 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2017/0179(NLE)
Documents: PDF(443 KB) DOC(57 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion on behalf of the European Union of the Agreement between the European Union and Iceland on supplementary rules in relation to the instrument for financial support for external borders and visa, as part of the Internal Security Fund, for the period 2014 to 2020 PDF (444 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2017/0088(NLE)
Documents: PDF(444 KB) DOC(54 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on supplementary rules in relation to the instrument for financial support for external borders and visa, as part of the Internal Security Fund, for the period 2014 to 2020 PDF (438 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2018/0032(NLE)
Documents: PDF(438 KB) DOC(53 KB)
REPORT on the draft Council decision on the putting into effect of the remaining provisions of the Schengen acquis relating to the Schengen Information System in the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania PDF (448 KB) DOC (56 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2018/0802(CNS)
Documents: PDF(448 KB) DOC(56 KB)
REPORT on the annual report on the functioning of the Schengen area PDF (317 KB) DOC (68 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2017/2256(INI)
Documents: PDF(317 KB) DOC(68 KB)
REPORT on fundamental rights aspects in Roma integration in the EU: fighting anti-Gypsyism PDF (617 KB) DOC (98 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2017/2038(INI)
Documents: PDF(617 KB) DOC(98 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 230/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 establishing an instrument contributing to stability and peace PDF (920 KB) DOC (101 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2016/0207(COD)
Documents: PDF(920 KB) DOC(101 KB)
REPORT on the 2016 Commission Report on Turkey PDF (313 KB) DOC (69 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2016/2308(INI)
Documents: PDF(313 KB) DOC(69 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC)1030/2002 laying down a uniform format for residence permits for third-country nationals PDF (447 KB) DOC (55 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2016/0198(COD)
Documents: PDF(447 KB) DOC(55 KB)
REPORT on an integrated European Union policy for the Arctic PDF (536 KB) DOC (89 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: AFETENVI
Dossiers: 2016/2228(INI)
Documents: PDF(536 KB) DOC(89 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Federated States of Micronesia on the short-stay visa waiver PDF (452 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2016/0098(NLE)
Documents: PDF(452 KB) DOC(53 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and Solomon Islands on the short-stay visa waiver PDF (452 KB) DOC (56 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2016/0096(NLE)
Documents: PDF(452 KB) DOC(56 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of the Marshall Islands on the short-stay visa waiver PDF (454 KB) DOC (58 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2016/0103(NLE)
Documents: PDF(454 KB) DOC(58 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and Tuvalu on the short-stay visa waiver PDF (449 KB) DOC (49 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2016/0100(NLE)
Documents: PDF(449 KB) DOC(49 KB)
REPORT on the implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy (based on the Annual Report from the Council to the European Parliament on the Common Foreign and Security Policy) PDF (335 KB) DOC (66 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2016/2067(INI)
Documents: PDF(335 KB) DOC(66 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (Georgia) PDF (472 KB) DOC (60 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2016/0075(COD)
Documents: PDF(472 KB) DOC(60 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (revision of the suspension mechanism) PDF (588 KB) DOC (331 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2016/0142(COD)
Documents: PDF(588 KB) DOC(331 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Peru on the short-stay visa waiver PDF (368 KB) DOC (92 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2015/0199(NLE)
Documents: PDF(368 KB) DOC(92 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Tonga on the short-stay visa waiver PDF (368 KB) DOC (90 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2015/0196(NLE)
Documents: PDF(368 KB) DOC(90 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Colombia on the short-stay visa waiver PDF (377 KB) DOC (97 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2015/0201(NLE)
Documents: PDF(377 KB) DOC(97 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Palau on the short-stay visa waiver PDF (366 KB) DOC (89 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2015/0193(NLE)
Documents: PDF(366 KB) DOC(89 KB)
REPORT on the draft Council decision on subjecting the new psychoactive substance 1-phenyl-2-(1-pyrrolidin-1-yl) pentan-1-one (α-pyrrolidinovalerophenone, α-PVP) to control measures PDF (443 KB) DOC (92 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2015/0309(CNS)
Documents: PDF(443 KB) DOC(92 KB)
REPORT on Peace Support Operations – EU engagement with the UN and the African Union PDF (405 KB) DOC (128 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2015/2275(INI)
Documents: PDF(405 KB) DOC(128 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1683/1995 of 29 May 1995 laying down a uniform format for visas PDF (460 KB) DOC (102 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2015/0134(COD)
Documents: PDF(460 KB) DOC(102 KB)
REPORT on the Special Report of the European Ombudsman in own-initiative inquiry OI/5/2012/BEH-MHZ concerning Frontex PDF (183 KB) DOC (131 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBEPETI
Dossiers: 2014/2215(INI)
Documents: PDF(183 KB) DOC(131 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Vanuatu on the short-stay visa waiver PDF (167 KB) DOC (91 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2015/0052(NLE)
Documents: PDF(167 KB) DOC(91 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and Grenada on the short-stay visa waiver PDF (166 KB) DOC (90 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2015/0057(NLE)
Documents: PDF(166 KB) DOC(90 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on the short-stay visa waiver PDF (167 KB) DOC (93 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2015/0061(NLE)
Documents: PDF(167 KB) DOC(93 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the United Arab Emirates on the short-stay visa waiver PDF (167 KB) DOC (90 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2015/0062(NLE)
Documents: PDF(167 KB) DOC(90 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on the short-stay visa waiver PDF (167 KB) DOC (91 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2015/0054(NLE)
Documents: PDF(167 KB) DOC(91 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Commonwealth of Dominica on the short-stay visa waiver PDF (166 KB) DOC (90 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2015/0050(NLE)
Documents: PDF(166 KB) DOC(90 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and Saint Lucia on the short-stay visa waiver PDF (167 KB) DOC (92 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2015/0060(NLE)
Documents: PDF(167 KB) DOC(92 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Independent State of Samoa on the short-stay visa waiver PDF (167 KB) DOC (93 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2015/0056(NLE)
Documents: PDF(167 KB) DOC(93 KB)
REPORT on the draft Council Implementing Decision fixing the date of effect of Decision 2008/633/JHA concerning access for consultation of the Visa Information System (VIS) by designated authorities of Member States and by Europol for the purposes of the prevention, detection and investigation of terrorist offences and of other serious criminal offences PDF (160 KB) DOC (88 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2015/0807(CNS)
Documents: PDF(160 KB) DOC(88 KB)
REPORT on the implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy (based on the Annual Report from the Council to the European Parliament on the Common Foreign and Security Policy) PDF (190 KB) DOC (123 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2014/2220(INI)
Documents: PDF(190 KB) DOC(123 KB)

Opinions (3)

OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA III)
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Documents: PDF(256 KB) DOC(170 KB)
OPINION on the fight against trafficking in human beings in the EU’s external relations
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Documents: PDF(145 KB) DOC(212 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 91/477/EC on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Documents: PDF(242 KB) DOC(860 KB)

Shadow opinions (16)

OPINION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the amendment of Protocols 1 and 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2018/0256(NLE)
Documents: PDF(127 KB) DOC(51 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the amendment of Protocols 1 and 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2018/0256M(NLE)
Documents: PDF(149 KB) DOC(66 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Defence Fund
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Documents: DOC(176 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Defence Industrial Development Programme aiming at supporting the competitiveness and innovative capacity of the EU defence industry
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2017/0125(COD)
Documents: PDF(695 KB) DOC(155 KB)
OPINION on the next MFF: preparing the Parliament’s position on the MFF post-2020
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2017/2052(INI)
Documents: PDF(189 KB) DOC(68 KB)
OPINION on the EU-Africa Strategy: a boost for development
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2017/2083(INI)
Documents: PDF(193 KB) DOC(70 KB)
POSITION IN THE FORM OF AMENDMENTS on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 98/41/EC on the registration of persons sailing on board passenger ships operating to or from ports of the Member States of the Community and amending Directive 2010/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on reporting formalities for ships arriving in and/or departing from ports of the Member States
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2016/0171(COD)
Documents: PDF(445 KB) DOC(107 KB)
OPINION on the future of ACP-EU relations beyond 2020
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2016/2053(INI)
Documents: PDF(128 KB) DOC(71 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Border and Coast Guard and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004, Regulation (EC) No 863/2007 and Council Decision 2005/267/EC
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2015/0310(COD)
Documents: PDF(248 KB) DOC(643 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation No 562/2006 (EC) as regards the reinforcement of checks against relevant databases at external borders
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2015/0307(COD)
Documents: PDF(355 KB) DOC(719 KB)
OPINION on the implementation of Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims from a gender perspective
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2015/2118(INI)
Documents: PDF(147 KB) DOC(212 KB)
OPINION on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2015/2095(INI)
Documents: PDF(131 KB) DOC(195 KB)
OPINION on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration
2016/11/22
Committee: PETI
Dossiers: 2015/2095(INI)
Documents: PDF(129 KB) DOC(193 KB)
OPINION on the prevention of radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2015/2063(INI)
Documents: PDF(127 KB) DOC(195 KB)
OPINION on safe use of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS), commonly known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), in the field of civil aviation
2016/11/22
Committee: LIBE
Dossiers: 2014/2243(INI)
Documents: PDF(122 KB) DOC(179 KB)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the use of Passenger Name Record data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime
2016/11/22
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2011/0023(COD)
Documents: PDF(248 KB) DOC(920 KB)

Institutional motions (272)

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cameroon PDF (153 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2691(RSP)
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Brunei PDF (152 KB) DOC (50 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2692(RSP)
Documents: PDF(152 KB) DOC(50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on China, notably the situation of religious and ethnic minorities PDF (161 KB) DOC (56 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2690(RSP)
Documents: PDF(161 KB) DOC(56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cameroon PDF (151 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2691(RSP)
Documents: PDF(151 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Brunei PDF (146 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2692(RSP)
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Iran, notably the case of human rights defenders PDF (150 KB) DOC (58 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2611(RSP)
Documents: PDF(150 KB) DOC(58 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on a European human rights violations sanctions regime PDF (153 KB) DOC (55 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2580(RSP)
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(55 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Iran, notably the case of human rights defenders PDF (135 KB) DOC (51 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2611(RSP)
Documents: PDF(135 KB) DOC(51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Guatemala PDF (155 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2618(RSP)
Documents: PDF(155 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on a European human rights violations sanctions regime PDF (141 KB) DOC (49 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2580(RSP)
Documents: PDF(141 KB) DOC(49 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Nicaragua PDF (137 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2615(RSP)
Documents: PDF(137 KB) DOC(53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the future of the INF Treaty and the impact on the European Union PDF (153 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2574(RSP)
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on women’s rights defenders in Saudi Arabia PDF (160 KB) DOC (63 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2564(RSP)
Documents: PDF(160 KB) DOC(63 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Zimbabwe PDF (159 KB) DOC (55 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2563(RSP)
Documents: PDF(159 KB) DOC(55 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the future of the INF Treaty and the impact on the EU PDF (143 KB) DOC (48 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2574(RSP)
Documents: PDF(143 KB) DOC(48 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation on women's rights defenders in Saudi Arabia PDF (160 KB) DOC (56 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2564(RSP)
Documents: PDF(160 KB) DOC(56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco, the Implementation Protocol thereto and an exchange of letters accompanying the said Agreement PDF (153 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2565(RSP)
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the need for a strengthened post-2020 Strategic EU Framework for National Roma Inclusion Strategies and stepping up the fight against anti-Gypsyism PDF (152 KB) DOC (51 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2509(RSP)
Documents: PDF(152 KB) DOC(51 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Sudan PDF (153 KB) DOC (60 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2512(RSP)
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(60 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Sudan PDF (147 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2512(RSP)
Documents: PDF(147 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the amendment of Protocols 1 and 4 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part PDF (151 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2019/2508(RSP)
Documents: PDF(151 KB) DOC(53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Egypt, notably the situation of human rights defenders PDF (303 KB) DOC (58 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2968(RSP)
Documents: PDF(303 KB) DOC(58 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Iran, notably the case of Nasrin Sotoudeh PDF (282 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2967(RSP)
Documents: PDF(282 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Tanzania PDF (376 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2969(RSP)
Documents: PDF(376 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Egypt, notably the situation of human rights defenders PDF (202 KB) DOC (55 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2968(RSP)
Documents: PDF(202 KB) DOC(55 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Iran, notably the case of Nasrin Sotoudeh PDF (176 KB) DOC (51 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2967(RSP)
Documents: PDF(176 KB) DOC(51 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Vietnam, notably the situation of political prisoners PDF (286 KB) DOC (59 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2925(RSP)
Documents: PDF(286 KB) DOC(59 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Bangladesh PDF (177 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2927(RSP)
Documents: PDF(177 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Vietnam, notably the situation of political prisoners PDF (256 KB) DOC (51 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2925(RSP)
Documents: PDF(256 KB) DOC(51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the rule of law in Romania PDF (281 KB) DOC (61 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2844(RSP)
Documents: PDF(281 KB) DOC(61 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul PDF (288 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2885(RSP)
Documents: PDF(288 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Venezuela PDF (166 KB) DOC (47 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2891(RSP)
Documents: PDF(166 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul PDF (180 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2885(RSP)
Documents: PDF(180 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on animal welfare, antimicrobial use and the environmental impact of industrial broiler farming PDF (289 KB) DOC (56 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2858(RSP)
Documents: PDF(289 KB) DOC(56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the rise in neo-fascist violence in Europe PDF (300 KB) DOC (57 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2869(RSP)
Documents: PDF(300 KB) DOC(57 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on mass arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and Kazakhs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region PDF (151 KB) DOC (57 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2863(RSP)
Documents: PDF(151 KB) DOC(57 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the UAE, notably the situation of human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor PDF (147 KB) DOC (57 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2862(RSP)
Documents: PDF(147 KB) DOC(57 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deterioration of media freedom in Belarus, notably the case of Charter 97 PDF (155 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2861(RSP)
Documents: PDF(155 KB) DOC(53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Yemen PDF (158 KB) DOC (59 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2853(RSP)
Documents: PDF(158 KB) DOC(59 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Mass arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and Kazakhs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region PDF (351 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2863(RSP)
Documents: PDF(351 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on United Arab Emirates, notably the situation of human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor PDF (361 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2862(RSP)
Documents: PDF(361 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Yemen PDF (267 KB) DOC (50 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2853(RSP)
Documents: PDF(267 KB) DOC(50 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Uganda, arrest of parliamentarians from the opposition PDF (148 KB) DOC (56 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2840(RSP)
Documents: PDF(148 KB) DOC(56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the threat of demolition of Khan al-Ahmar and other Bedouin villages PDF (263 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2849(RSP)
Documents: PDF(263 KB) DOC(53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on autonomous weapon systems PDF (274 KB) DOC (50 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2752(RSP)
Documents: PDF(274 KB) DOC(50 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Myanmar, notably the case of journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo PDF (179 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2841(RSP)
Documents: PDF(179 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia, notably the case of Kem Sokha PDF (179 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2842(RSP)
Documents: PDF(179 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Uganda, arrest of parliamentarians from the opposition PDF (184 KB) DOC (50 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2840(RSP)
Documents: PDF(184 KB) DOC(50 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Burundi PDF (162 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2785(RSP)
Documents: PDF(162 KB) DOC(53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Somalia PDF (161 KB) DOC (64 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2784(RSP)
Documents: PDF(161 KB) DOC(64 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Burundi PDF (197 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2785(RSP)
Documents: PDF(197 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Somalia PDF (271 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2784(RSP)
Documents: PDF(271 KB) DOC(52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of Rohingya refugees, in particular the plight of children PDF (291 KB) DOC (59 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2756(RSP)
Documents: PDF(291 KB) DOC(59 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Bahrain, notably the case of Nabeel Rajab PDF (292 KB) DOC (59 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2755(RSP)
Documents: PDF(292 KB) DOC(59 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the Rohingya refugees, in particular the plight of children PDF (274 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2756(RSP)
Documents: PDF(274 KB) DOC(54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Bahrain, notably the case of Nabeel Rajab PDF (382 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2755(RSP)
Documents: PDF(382 KB) DOC(53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Sudan, notably the situation of Noura Hussein Hammad PDF (156 KB) DOC (58 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2713(RSP)
Documents: PDF(156 KB) DOC(58 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of imprisoned EU-Iranian dual nationals in Iran PDF (159 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2717(RSP)
Documents: PDF(159 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Sudan, notably the situation of Noura Hussein Hammad PDF (344 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2713(RSP)
Documents: PDF(344 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation on women's rights defenders in Saudi Arabia PDF (371 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2712(RSP)
Documents: PDF(371 KB) DOC(54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of imprisoned EU-Iranian dual nationals in Iran PDF (265 KB) DOC (51 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2717(RSP)
Documents: PDF(265 KB) DOC(51 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Nicaragua PDF (248 KB) DOC (46 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2711(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in the Gaza strip PDF (350 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2663(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Philippines PDF (260 KB) DOC (51 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2662(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the violation of human rights and the rule of law in the case of two Greek soldiers arrested and detained in Turkey PDF (261 KB) DOC (51 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2670(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the arrest of human rights defenders in Sudan, notably the case of Sakharov Prize Laureate Salih Mahmoud Osman PDF (165 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2631(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the arrest of human rights defenders in Sudan, notably the case of Sakharov Prize laureate Salih Mahmoud Osman PDF (353 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2631(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Syria PDF (278 KB) DOC (59 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2626(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the current human rights situation in Turkey PDF (289 KB) DOC (51 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2527(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Executions in Egypt PDF (279 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2561(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on child slavery in Haiti PDF (254 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2562(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of UNRWA PDF (267 KB) DOC (55 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2553(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the recent human rights situation in Turkey PDF (343 KB) DOC (57 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2527(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Venezuela PDF (250 KB) DOC (51 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2559(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Democratic Republic of the Congo PDF (161 KB) DOC (58 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2515(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Nigeria PDF (285 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2513(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Democratic Republic of the Congo PDF (276 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2515(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Nigeria PDF (297 KB) DOC (56 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2513(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on El Salvador: the cases of women prosecuted for miscarriage PDF (374 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/3003(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia: notably the dissolution of CNRP Party PDF (283 KB) DOC (56 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/3002(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on freedom of expression in Vietnam, notably the case of Nguyen Van Hoa PDF (280 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/3001(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Afghanistan PDF (401 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2932(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of the Rohingya people PDF (292 KB) DOC (60 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2973(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of women prosecuted for miscarriage in El Salvador PDF (376 KB) DOC (55 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/3003(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia: the banning of the opposition PDF (263 KB) DOC (51 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/3002(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Freedom of expression in Vietnam, notably the case of Nguyen Van Hoa PDF (278 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/3001(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Afghanistan PDF (181 KB) DOC (57 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2932(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Yemen PDF (294 KB) DOC (58 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2849(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Yemen PDF (267 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2849(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Madagascar PDF (353 KB) DOC (55 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2963(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Sudan, notably the case of Mohamed Zine El Abidine PDF (347 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2961(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on combating sexual harassment and abuse in the EU PDF (309 KB) DOC (61 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2897(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in the Maldives PDF (287 KB) DOC (56 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2870(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of Crimean Tatar leaders Akhtem Chiygoz, Ilmi Umerov and the journalist Mykola Semena PDF (284 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2869(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of persons with albinism in Africa, notably in Malawi PDF (287 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2868(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in the Maldives PDF (286 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2870(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of Crimean Tatar leaders Akhtem Chiygoz and Ilmi Umerov and journalist Mykola Semena PDF (268 KB) DOC (51 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2869(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Myanmar, in particular the situation of Rohingyas PDF (153 KB) DOC (55 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2838(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Laos, notably the cases of Somphone Phimmasone, Lod Thammavong and Soukane Chaithad PDF (148 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2831(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Gabon: repression of the opposition PDF (162 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2830(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia, notably the case of Kem Sokha PDF (151 KB) DOC (57 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2829(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Myanmar, in particular the situation of Rohingyas PDF (371 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2838(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Gabon: repression of the opposition PDF (269 KB) DOC (51 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2830(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Laos: notably the cases of Somphone Phimmasone, Lod Thammavong and Soukane Chaithad PDF (386 KB) DOC (50 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2831(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia: notably the case of Mr Kem Sokha PDF (290 KB) DOC (50 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2829(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Burundi PDF (156 KB) DOC (55 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2756(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Eritrea, notably the cases of Abune Antonios and Dawit Isaak PDF (169 KB) DOC (63 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2755(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Burundi PDF (278 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2756(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Eritrea, notably the cases of Abune Antonios and Dawit Isaak PDF (298 KB) DOC (59 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2755(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Indonesia PDF (157 KB) DOC (51 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2724(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Pakistan, notably the situation of human rights defenders and the death penalty PDF (278 KB) DOC (50 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2723(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Mukhtarli PDF (151 KB) DOC (55 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2722(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Human Rights in Indonesia PDF (273 KB) DOC (51 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2724(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Pakistan, notably the situation of human rights defenders and the death penalty PDF (363 KB) DOC (51 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2723(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian situation in Yemen PDF (179 KB) DOC (55 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2727(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on combating anti-Semitism PDF (170 KB) DOC (49 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2692(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Ethiopia, notably the case of Dr Merera Gudina PDF (163 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2682(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Zambia, particularly the case of Hakainde Hichilema PDF (153 KB) DOC (55 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2681(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on South Sudan PDF (164 KB) DOC (56 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2683(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Dadaab refugee camp PDF (159 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2687(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Ethiopia, notably the case of Dr. Merera Gudina PDF (278 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2682(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Zambia, particularly the case of Hakainde Hichilema PDF (346 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2681(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on South Sudan PDF (203 KB) DOC (51 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2683(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the EU strategy on Syria PDF (177 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2654(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on making relocation happen PDF (275 KB) DOC (55 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2685(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Belarus PDF (272 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2647(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Philippines – the case of Senator Leila M. De Lima PDF (156 KB) DOC (48 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2597(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Zimbabwe, the case of Pastor Evan Mawarire and other cases of restriction of freedom of expression PDF (150 KB) DOC (48 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2608(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Philippines, the case of senator Leila M. De Lima PDF (277 KB) DOC (51 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2597(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Guatemala, notably the situation of human rights defenders PDF (165 KB) DOC (57 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2565(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on executions in Kuwait and Bahrain PDF (155 KB) DOC (79 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2564(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of human rights and democracy in Nicaragua, the case of Francesca Ramirez PDF (259 KB) DOC (48 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2563(RSP)
Documents: PDF(259 KB) DOC(48 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Guatemala, notably the situation of human rights defenders PDF (356 KB) DOC (51 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2565(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on executions in Kuwait and Bahrain PDF (341 KB) DOC (50 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2564(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the rule of law crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Gabon PDF (266 KB) DOC (49 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2510(RSP)
Documents: PDF(266 KB) DOC(49 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Burundi PDF (152 KB) DOC (56 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2508(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Indonesia, notably the case of Hosea Yeimo and Ismael Alua PDF (148 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2506(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Burundi PDF (442 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2508(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Central African Republic PDF (288 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2507(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Indonesia, notably the cases of Hosea Yeimo, Ismael Alua and the Governor of Jakarta PDF (274 KB) DOC (50 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2506(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of the Larung Gar Tibetan Buddhist Academy and Ilham Tohti PDF (284 KB) DOC (55 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/3026(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of Rohingya Minority in Myanmar PDF (275 KB) DOC (51 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/3027(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the mass graves in Iraq PDF (353 KB) DOC (50 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/3028(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on EU-Turkey relations PDF (275 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2993(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Gui Minhai, jailed publisher in China PDF (157 KB) DOC (57 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2990(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on EU-Turkey relations PDF (253 KB) DOC (61 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2993(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Gui Minhai, jailed publisher in China PDF (267 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2990(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Syria PDF (261 KB) DOC (72 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2933(RSP)
Documents: PDF(261 KB) DOC(72 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed agreement between Canada and the European Union on a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) PDF (256 KB) DOC (63 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2981(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of journalists in Turkey PDF (152 KB) DOC (81 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2935(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of journalists in Turkey PDF (173 KB) DOC (68 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2935(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of Mosul / Northern Iraq PDF (183 KB) DOC (79 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2956(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on nuclear security and non-proliferation PDF (192 KB) DOC (78 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2936(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Thailand, notably the situation of Andy Hall PDF (153 KB) DOC (80 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2912(RSP)
Documents: PDF(153 KB) DOC(80 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Sudan PDF (167 KB) DOC (89 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2911(RSP)
Documents: PDF(167 KB) DOC(89 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Rwanda, the case of Victoire Ingabire PDF (291 KB) DOC (83 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2910(RSP)
Documents: PDF(291 KB) DOC(83 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Thailand, notably the case of Andy Hall PDF (435 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2912(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Rwanda, notably the case of Victoire Ingabire PDF (176 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2910(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Sudan PDF (353 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2911(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Zimbabwe PDF (289 KB) DOC (80 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2882(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Philippines PDF (289 KB) DOC (84 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2880(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Somalia PDF (295 KB) DOC (91 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2881(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Zimbabwe PDF (388 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2882(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Philippines PDF (272 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2880(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Somalia PDF (361 KB) DOC (53 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2881(RSP)
Documents: PDF(361 KB) DOC(53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Myanmar, in particular the situation of the Rohingya PDF (164 KB) DOC (86 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2809(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Bahrain PDF (157 KB) DOC (83 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2808(RSP)
Documents: PDF(157 KB) DOC(83 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of people with albinism in Africa, notably in Malawi PDF (162 KB) DOC (86 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2807(RSP)
Documents: PDF(162 KB) DOC(86 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Myanmar and notably the situation of Rohingyas PDF (301 KB) DOC (79 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2809(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Bahrain PDF (408 KB) DOC (73 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2808(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of albinos in Africa, notably in Malawi PDF (259 KB) DOC (68 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2807(RSP)
Documents: PDF(259 KB) DOC(68 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Tajikistan: situation of prisoners of conscience PDF (164 KB) DOC (86 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2754(RSP)
Documents: PDF(164 KB) DOC(86 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Vietnam PDF (167 KB) DOC (91 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2755(RSP)
Documents: PDF(167 KB) DOC(91 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia PDF (161 KB) DOC (87 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2753(RSP)
Documents: PDF(161 KB) DOC(87 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Djibouti PDF (176 KB) DOC (93 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2694(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on The Gambia PDF (163 KB) DOC (88 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2693(RSP)
Documents: PDF(163 KB) DOC(88 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Djibouti PDF (352 KB) DOC (74 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2694(RSP)
Documents: PDF(352 KB) DOC(74 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Human rights situation in Crimea, in particular of the Crimean Tatars PDF (266 KB) DOC (71 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2692(RSP)
Documents: PDF(266 KB) DOC(71 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Nigeria PDF (167 KB) DOC (91 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2649(RSP)
Documents: PDF(167 KB) DOC(91 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Honduras: situation of human rights defenders PDF (162 KB) DOC (85 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2648(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Nigeria PDF (291 KB) DOC (79 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2649(RSP)
Documents: PDF(291 KB) DOC(79 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Honduras and the situation of human rights defenders PDF (326 KB) DOC (86 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2648(RSP)
Documents: PDF(326 KB) DOC(86 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Democratic Republic of the Congo PDF (164 KB) DOC (88 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2609(RSP)
Documents: PDF(164 KB) DOC(88 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Eritrea PDF (163 KB) DOC (91 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2568(RSP)
Documents: PDF(163 KB) DOC(91 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Democratic Republic of Congo PDF (277 KB) DOC (79 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2609(RSP)
Documents: PDF(277 KB) DOC(79 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Bahrain: the case of Mohammed Ramadan PDF (149 KB) DOC (82 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2557(RSP)
Documents: PDF(149 KB) DOC(82 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Crimea, in particular of the Crimean Tatars PDF (155 KB) DOC (80 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2556(RSP)
Documents: PDF(155 KB) DOC(80 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian situation in Yemen PDF (159 KB) DOC (84 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2515(RSP)
Documents: PDF(159 KB) DOC(84 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the systematic mass murder of religious minorities by the so-called ‘ISIS/Daesh’ PDF (168 KB) DOC (94 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2529(RSP)
Documents: PDF(168 KB) DOC(94 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of the missing book publishers in Hong Kong PDF (268 KB) DOC (74 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2558(RSP)
Documents: PDF(268 KB) DOC(74 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Bahrain: the case of Mohammed Ramadan PDF (258 KB) DOC (66 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2557(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Human rights situation in Crimea, in particular of the Crimean Tatars PDF (339 KB) DOC (70 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2556(RSP)
Documents: PDF(339 KB) DOC(70 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Libya PDF (271 KB) DOC (75 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2537(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Yemen PDF (270 KB) DOC (75 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2515(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the systematic mass murder of religious minorities by ISIS PDF (269 KB) DOC (71 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2529(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on North Korea PDF (159 KB) DOC (83 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2521(RSP)
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JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Ethiopia PDF (166 KB) DOC (91 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2520(RSP)
Documents: PDF(166 KB) DOC(91 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION in support of the peace process in Colombia PDF (277 KB) DOC (78 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/3033(RSP)
Documents: PDF(277 KB) DOC(78 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in North Korea PDF (281 KB) DOC (81 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2521(RSP)
Documents: PDF(281 KB) DOC(81 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Ethiopia PDF (265 KB) DOC (72 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2520(RSP)
Documents: PDF(265 KB) DOC(72 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation of EU citizens under detention in India, notably Italian, Estonian and UK citizens PDF (364 KB) DOC (67 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2016/2522(RSP)
Documents: PDF(364 KB) DOC(67 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the peace process in Colombia PDF (362 KB) DOC (75 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/3033(RSP)
Documents: PDF(362 KB) DOC(75 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the implementation of Article 42(7) of the Treaty on European Union PDF (265 KB) DOC (63 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/3034(RSP)
Documents: PDF(265 KB) DOC(63 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Malaysia PDF (157 KB) DOC (79 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/3018(RSP)
Documents: PDF(157 KB) DOC(79 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in the Maldives PDF (285 KB) DOC (84 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/3017(RSP)
Documents: PDF(285 KB) DOC(84 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Ibrahim Halawa, potentially facing the death penalty PDF (287 KB) DOC (83 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/3016(RSP)
Documents: PDF(287 KB) DOC(83 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Malaysia PDF (268 KB) DOC (70 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/3018(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in the Maldives PDF (195 KB) DOC (76 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/3017(RSP)
Documents: PDF(195 KB) DOC(76 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Ibrahim Halawa facing potentially the death penalty PDF (284 KB) DOC (81 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/3016(RSP)
Documents: PDF(284 KB) DOC(81 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the 20th anniversary of the Dayton Peace Agreement PDF (267 KB) DOC (68 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2979(RSP)
Documents: PDF(267 KB) DOC(68 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Burundi PDF (181 KB) DOC (70 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2973(RSP)
Documents: PDF(181 KB) DOC(70 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the political situation in Cambodia PDF (281 KB) DOC (78 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2969(RSP)
Documents: PDF(281 KB) DOC(78 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Afghanistan, in particular the killings in the province of Zabul PDF (286 KB) DOC (79 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2968(RSP)
Documents: PDF(286 KB) DOC(79 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on freedom of expression in Bangladesh PDF (292 KB) DOC (85 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2970(RSP)
Documents: PDF(292 KB) DOC(85 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia PDF (141 KB) DOC (67 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2969(RSP)
Documents: PDF(141 KB) DOC(67 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Afghanistan, in particular the killings in the province of Zabul PDF (142 KB) DOC (72 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2968(RSP)
Documents: PDF(142 KB) DOC(72 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the freedom of expression in Bangladesh PDF (147 KB) DOC (85 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2970(RSP)
Documents: PDF(147 KB) DOC(85 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the mass displacement of children in Nigeria as a result of Boko Haram attacks PDF (158 KB) DOC (85 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2876(RSP)
Documents: PDF(158 KB) DOC(85 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Central African Republic PDF (170 KB) DOC (97 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2874(RSP)
Documents: PDF(170 KB) DOC(97 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the death penalty PDF (155 KB) DOC (81 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2879(RSP)
Documents: PDF(155 KB) DOC(81 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the displacement of children in Northern Nigeria as a result of Boko Haram attacks PDF (153 KB) DOC (80 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2876(RSP)
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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Central African Republic PDF (155 KB) DOC (82 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2874(RSP)
Documents: PDF(155 KB) DOC(82 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the death penalty PDF (264 KB) DOC (71 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2879(RSP)
Documents: PDF(264 KB) DOC(71 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Angola PDF (154 KB) DOC (84 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2839(RSP)
Documents: PDF(154 KB) DOC(84 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Angola PDF (146 KB) DOC (76 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2839(RSP)
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(76 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the EU’s role in the Middle East peace process PDF (283 KB) DOC (86 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2685(RSP)
Documents: PDF(283 KB) DOC(86 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Yemen PDF (155 KB) DOC (83 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2760(RSP)
Documents: PDF(155 KB) DOC(83 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Burundi PDF (162 KB) DOC (86 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2723(RSP)
Documents: PDF(162 KB) DOC(86 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Situation of two Christian pastors in Sudan PDF (134 KB) DOC (67 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2766(RSP)
Documents: PDF(134 KB) DOC(67 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Bahrain, in particular the case of Nabeel Rajab PDF (138 KB) DOC (71 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2758(RSP)
Documents: PDF(138 KB) DOC(71 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, notably the cases of Yves Makwambala and Fred Bauma PDF (149 KB) DOC (70 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2757(RSP)
Documents: PDF(149 KB) DOC(70 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia's draft laws on NGOs and trade unions PDF (136 KB) DOC (68 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2756(RSP)
Documents: PDF(136 KB) DOC(68 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Yemen PDF (268 KB) DOC (72 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2760(RSP)
Documents: PDF(268 KB) DOC(72 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Syria: situation in Palmyra and the case of Mazen Darwish PDF (191 KB) DOC (87 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2732(RSP)
Documents: PDF(191 KB) DOC(87 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Syria, in particular in Palmyra and the case of Mazen Darwish PDF (146 KB) DOC (75 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2732(RSP)
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(75 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Hungary PDF (259 KB) DOC (71 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2700(RSP)
Documents: PDF(259 KB) DOC(71 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Swaziland, the case of human rights activists Thulani Maseko and Bheki Makhubu PDF (145 KB) DOC (72 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2712(RSP)
Documents: PDF(145 KB) DOC(72 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Zimbabwe, the case of human rights defender Itai Dzamara PDF (140 KB) DOC (68 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2710(RSP)
Documents: PDF(140 KB) DOC(68 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Swaziland, notably the cases of Thulani Maseko and Bheki Makhubu PDF (148 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2712(RSP)
Documents: PDF(148 KB) DOC(54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the plight of Rohingya refugees, including mass graves in Thailand PDF (139 KB) DOC (61 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2711(RSP)
Documents: PDF(139 KB) DOC(61 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Zimbabwe, notably the case of Itai Dzamara PDF (142 KB) DOC (56 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2710(RSP)
Documents: PDF(142 KB) DOC(56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the report of the extraordinary European Council (23 April 2015) - Latest tragedies in the Mediterranean and EU migration and asylum policies PDF (244 KB) DOC (70 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2660(RSP)
Documents: PDF(244 KB) DOC(70 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the centenary of the Armenian Genocide PDF (127 KB) DOC (57 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2590(RSP)
Documents: PDF(127 KB) DOC(57 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the commemoration of the centenary of the Armenian Genocide PDF (224 KB) DOC (54 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2590(RSP)
Documents: PDF(224 KB) DOC(54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the occasion of International Roma Day – anti-Gypsyism in Europe and EU recognition of the memorial day of the Roma genocide during World War II PDF (245 KB) DOC (65 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2615(RSP)
Documents: PDF(245 KB) DOC(65 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Tanzania, notably the issue of land grabbing PDF (145 KB) DOC (71 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2604(RSP)
Documents: PDF(145 KB) DOC(71 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on South Sudan, including recent child abductions PDF (151 KB) DOC (76 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2603(RSP)
Documents: PDF(151 KB) DOC(76 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on recent attacks and abductions by Da’esh in the Middle East, notably of Assyrians PDF (150 KB) DOC (75 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2599(RSP)
Documents: PDF(150 KB) DOC(75 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Tanzania, notably the issue of land grabbing PDF (140 KB) DOC (64 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2604(RSP)
Documents: PDF(140 KB) DOC(64 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on south-Sudan, including recent child abductions PDF (137 KB) DOC (69 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2603(RSP)
Documents: PDF(137 KB) DOC(69 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the recent attacks and abductions by Daesh in the Middle East, notably of Assyrians PDF (135 KB) DOC (61 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2599(RSP)
Documents: PDF(135 KB) DOC(61 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Burundi, notably the case of Bob Rugurika PDF (144 KB) DOC (57 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2561(RSP)
Documents: PDF(144 KB) DOC(57 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Saudi Arabia, the case of Mr Raif Badawi PDF (145 KB) DOC (67 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2550(RSP)
Documents: PDF(145 KB) DOC(67 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Russia, in particular the case of Alexei Navalny PDF (142 KB) DOC (72 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2503(RSP)
Documents: PDF(142 KB) DOC(72 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on freedom of expression in Turkey: Recent arrests of journalists, media executives and systematic pressure against media PDF (131 KB) DOC (62 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/3011(RSP)
Documents: PDF(131 KB) DOC(62 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Pakistan, in particular the situation following the Peshawar school attack PDF (135 KB) DOC (62 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2514(RSP)
Documents: PDF(135 KB) DOC(62 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Russia, in particular the case of Alexey Navalny PDF (130 KB) DOC (56 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/2503(RSP)
Documents: PDF(130 KB) DOC(56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on freedom of expression in Turkey: recent arrests of journalists and media executives, and systematic pressure against the media PDF (228 KB) DOC (57 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/3011(RSP)
Documents: PDF(228 KB) DOC(57 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Egypt PDF (253 KB) DOC (77 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/3017(RSP)
Documents: PDF(253 KB) DOC(77 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Libya PDF (239 KB) DOC (73 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/3018(RSP)
Documents: PDF(239 KB) DOC(73 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on recognition of Palestinian statehood PDF (131 KB) DOC (63 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2964(RSP)
Documents: PDF(131 KB) DOC(63 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Iraq: kidnapping and mistreatment of women PDF (125 KB) DOC (55 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2971(RSP)
Documents: PDF(125 KB) DOC(55 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the 25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child PDF (159 KB) DOC (91 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2919(RSP)
Documents: PDF(159 KB) DOC(91 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the humanitarian situation in South Sudan PDF (128 KB) DOC (67 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2922(RSP)
Documents: PDF(128 KB) DOC(67 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the disappearance of 43 teaching students in Mexico PDF (140 KB) DOC (62 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2905(RSP)
Documents: PDF(140 KB) DOC(62 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the abduction of 43 students in Guerrero/Mexico PDF (154 KB) DOC (61 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2905(RSP)
Documents: PDF(154 KB) DOC(61 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Israel-Palestine after the Gaza war and the role of the EU PDF (135 KB) DOC (68 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2845(RSP)
Documents: PDF(135 KB) DOC(68 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Libya PDF (126 KB) DOC (63 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2844(RSP)
Documents: PDF(126 KB) DOC(63 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Iraq and Syria and the ISIS offensive PDF (133 KB) DOC (69 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2843(RSP)
Documents: PDF(133 KB) DOC(69 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Burundi, notably the case of Pierre Claver Mbonimpa PDF (117 KB) DOC (52 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2833(RSP)
Documents: PDF(117 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine PDF (131 KB) DOC (66 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2723(RSP)
Documents: PDF(131 KB) DOC(66 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Iraq PDF (127 KB) DOC (64 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2716(RSP)
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Oral questions (19)

Need for a comprehensive Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights mechanism PDF (105 KB) DOC (20 KB)
2016/11/22
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Need for a comprehensive Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights mechanism PDF (105 KB) DOC (20 KB)
2016/11/22
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IPA funding for Turkey for migration management PDF (104 KB) DOC (17 KB)
2016/11/22
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Interpol arrest warrants (Red Notices) and Turkey PDF (104 KB) DOC (19 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(104 KB) DOC(19 KB)
Interpol arrest warrants (Red Notices) and Turkey PDF (104 KB) DOC (18 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(104 KB) DOC(18 KB)
Shrinking space for civil society PDF (191 KB) DOC (19 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(191 KB) DOC(19 KB)
Shrinking space for civil society PDF (190 KB) DOC (19 KB)
2016/11/22
Documents: PDF(190 KB) DOC(19 KB)
Trafficking in Human Beings PDF (98 KB) DOC (18 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2642(RSP)
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International Roma Day PDF (194 KB) DOC (19 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2614(RSP)
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International Roma Day PDF (195 KB) DOC (19 KB)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2614(RSP)
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Minor interpellation - VP/HR - Israeli settlement policy PDF (191 KB) DOC (17 KB)
2016/11/22
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45th anniversary of International Roma Day PDF (105 KB) DOC (25 KB)
2016/11/22
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45th anniversary of International Roma Day PDF (104 KB) DOC (25 KB)
2016/11/22
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Safety of unaccompanied minors PDF (92 KB) DOC (25 KB)
2016/11/22
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Safety of unaccompanied minors PDF (92 KB) DOC (25 KB)
2016/11/22
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Impunity of Francoist crimes in the Spanish state PDF (196 KB) DOC (27 KB)
2016/11/22
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Outsourcing of asylum processing and search and rescue operations to third countries PDF DOC
2016/11/22
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Monitoring the rule of law and founding values of the EU in the Member States PDF DOC
2016/11/22
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Monitoring the rule of law and founding values of the EU in the Member States PDF DOC
2016/11/22
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Written explanations (10)

Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on Terrorism (A8-0374/2018 - Monika Hohlmeier, Helga Stevens) SV

Miljöpartiet de gröna ser behovet av en gemensam och effektiv strategi mot terrorism och radikalisering och välkomnar således Europaparlamentets arbete på området. Men vi menar att de rekommendationer som anges i rapporten bör vara nyanserade, rättssäkra och ta grund i skyddet av demokrati och medborgarnas grundläggande rättigheter. Betänkandet drar problematiska paralleller och slutsatser mellan migration och terrorism och diskriminerar därmed en stor grupp människor. Betänkandet innehåller även långtgående förslag om utvidgning av datainsamling och övervakning som inskränker medborgares integritet och rätt till privatliv. Även om betänkandet innehåller en del positiva rekommendationer till medlemsländerna om förebyggande arbete, som t.ex. striktare regler vad gäller tillgång till vapen och stärkta kontroller av penningtvätt, anser vi att betänkandet sammantaget har fel fokus när det gäller arbetet med att förebygga och motverka radikalisering som leder till våldsam extremism. Därför valde vi att rösta ner betänkandet i slutomröstningen.
2016/11/22
Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank: clearing and payment systems (A8-0219/2018 - Gabriel Mato, Danuta Maria Hübner) SV

. – Förslaget innebär att Europeiska Centralbanken (ECB) får tillsynsbefogenheter över centrala motparter. Miljöpartiets ledamöter är tveksamma till att ge utökade befogenheter över clearingsystem för finansiella instrument till ECB, och därför röstade vi mot förslaget som helhet. Däremot stödde vi ändringsförslag 12 och 13 eftersom dessa skulle ha begränsat det mandat ECB får för tillsyn och infört tydligare bestämmelser för när ECB får agera gentemot centrala motparter, och skulle därmed – om de antagits – ha förbättrat förslaget.
2016/11/22
Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative on Libya (A8-0159/2018 - Pier Antonio Panzeri) SV

. – Även om betänkandet innehåller värdefulla rekommendationer för att hjälpa Libyen i stabiliseringsprocessen kunde vi inte stödja det i vår slutgiltiga omröstning med tanke på migrationsfrågans centrala roll i relationen mellan EU och Libyen. Betänkandet innehåller dåliga skrivningar kring migration och ger stöd för det kritiserade samarbetet med den libyska kustbevakningen som har varit involverad i många brott mot mänskliga rättigheter. Vi ställer oss kritiska till EU:s politik i denna del, som inte överensstämmer med internationella människorättsstandarder, och leder till att migranter och flyktingar med våld tvingas återvända till samma förfärliga flyktingläger i Libyen som UNHCR och andra människorättsorganisationer försöker stänga ner. Vi vill att EU granskar sitt samarbete med Libyen när det gäller migration, prioriterar evakuering av flyktinglägren och skapar fler lagliga vägar för migranter och flyktingar till EU för att motverka människosmuggling.
2016/11/22
Presidential elections in Venezuela (B8-0225/2018) SV

Vi valde att rösta emot resolutionen av rent formella skäl, eftersom förfarandet är i strid med parlamentets egna regelverk, bland annat artikel 156 som säger att ”förutom i de brådskande fall som avses i artiklarna 135 och 154, får en debatt eller omröstning om en text endast genomföras om texten gjorts tillgänglig för ledamöterna minst 24 timmar tidigare”. Detta riskerar att bli ett prejudikat för liknande överträdelser i framtiden. Att det ska hållas val i Venezuela har varit känt länge, varför detta inte kan ses som ett brådskande ärende.
2016/11/22
Gender equality in the media sector in the EU (A8-0031/2018 - Michaela Šojdrová) SV

Detta initiativbetänkande är ett bra betänkande om den viktiga frågan om att förbättra jämställdheten i mediesektorn. Det finns allvarliga problem med jämställdheten inom mediesektorn och betänkandet innehåller flera goda förslag på åtgärder för att förbättra detta. Det finns dock enskilda formuleringar i texten som är problematiska ur ett yttrandefrihetsperspektiv, men det här är inte är ett lagstiftande betänkande. Sammantaget är helheten tydligt övervägande positiv och vi röstade för.
2016/11/22
Draft recommendation following the inquiry on money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion (B8-0660/2017) SV

Vi har röstat för betänkandet då det innehåller ett femtiotal bra och viktiga förslag för att bekämpa skatteflykt. Vi är dock emot den icke-bindande uppmaningen i §210 att ändra regelverket så att skattefrågor i allmänhet ska kunna beslutas med kvalificerad majoritet istället för enhällighet. Det röstade vi emot, men förlorade. Det är dock inte tillräckligt skäl att avvisa betänkandet som helhet.Om frågan om att ta bort vetorätten för alla skattefrågor tas upp i rådet utgår vi från att minst ett land kommer att stoppa förslaget genom att använda sitt veto.Vi är emot att ge EU beskattningsrätt, men vill gärna att EU använder de verktyg som redan finns i fördraget för att med kvalificerad majoritet genomföra åtgärder mot skatteflykt.Detta betänkande är ett viktigt steg för att se till att komma till rätta med den skatteflykt som varje år kostar EU-länderna enorma summor som skulle göra mycket bättre nytta i välfärden och som investeringar.
2016/11/22
State of play of negotiations with the United Kingdom (B8-0538/2017, B8-0539/2017) SV

Vi röstade för resolutionen då den i stora drag är en bra kompromiss, men vill framhålla vikten av att parlamentet inte fastställer sin position i så skarpa ordalag att det blir svårt för förhandlarna att nå en uppgörelse.
2016/11/22
Inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry into the 2030 climate and energy framework (A8-0262/2017 - Norbert Lins) SV

Förslaget innebär att en referensnivå för skogsbruk sätts med data för perioden 2000–2012 istället för 1990–2009 som kommissionen vill ha. Det är en period som ligger mer i närtid och därmed är bättre jämförbar med dagens skogsbruk och kolsänkor. Det är också en period för vilken det finns mer tillförlitlig och jämförbar data för EU som helhet. Ändringen innebär också att alla delar och olika metoder inom skogsbruksförvaltning givet basperioden ingår för att bestämma referensnivåer inom skogsbruket och inte enbart skoglig intensitet (tillväxt) som kommissionen föreslagit.
2016/11/22
Combating terrorism (A8-0228/2016 - Monika Hohlmeier) SV

Miljöpartiet de gröna ser behovet av effektiv lagstiftning och operativa åtgärder mot terrorism. Det är också viktigt att lagstiftningen, som är tänkt att skydda demokratin och medborgarnas demokratiska rättigheter är så precist utformad att det inte lämnar utrymme för tolkningar som kan användas för att inskränka desamma. I nuläget lämnar förslaget för stort utrymme för sådana tolkningar, vilket innebär stora risker för rättssäkerheten.I direktivet kriminaliseras exempelvis ”hyllande av terrorism” och ”självstudier” av terrorism. Syftet är att motverka uppvigling och självradikalisering på nätet, men med otydliga definitioner av vad som kan klassificeras som ”hyllande” eller ”självstudier” blir det möjligt att tillämpa gentemot betydligt fler grupper än de som direktivet avser att ringa in. Därför valde vi att avstå i slutomröstningen.
2016/11/22
A European Pillar of Social Rights (A8-0391/2016 - Maria João Rodrigues) SV

Vi välkomnar att kommissionen och parlamentet har tagit initiativ till en europeisk pelare för sociala rättigheter. Det är positivt att sociala frågor och sysselsättningsfrågor ges större roll inom EU och ett bättre samarbete kring dessa frågor är nödvändigt.Men utifrån principen om subsidiaritet och fördragens fördelning av befogenheter mellan EU och medlemsstaterna bör dessa frågor beslutas på nationell nivå. Vi vill värna den svenska arbetsmarknadsmodellen för lönesättning och den nationella beslutanderätten över sociala frågor och arbetsmarknadsfrågor, och därför har vi valt att avstå i slutomröstningen.
2016/11/22

Written questions (108)

EU support to Sahrawi refugees PDF (45 KB) DOC (18 KB)
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Products from Western Sahara imported by EU countries PDF (46 KB) DOC (20 KB)
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Scandal involving espionage and sabotage operations against political opponents in Spain PDF (46 KB) DOC (19 KB)
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Force-feeding in foie gras production PDF (100 KB) DOC (19 KB)
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Criminalisation of humanitarian assistance PDF (103 KB) DOC (16 KB)
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Council decision on launching a 'common defence' policy PDF (100 KB) DOC (18 KB)
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The EU's migration policies in Niger: shopping lists and adverse effects PDF (105 KB) DOC (20 KB)
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Missing Basque citizen found dead in Sweden: transfer of remains PDF (6 KB) DOC (18 KB)
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Missing Basque citizen found dead in Sweden: Identification of remains and dealings with the family PDF (6 KB) DOC (18 KB)
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Missing Basque citizen found dead in Sweden: identification, cause of death and dealings with the family PDF (105 KB) DOC (18 KB)
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VP/HR - War crimes committed by Malian G5 Sahel Joint Force on 19 May 2018 in Boulikessi PDF (104 KB) DOC (17 KB)
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Roma registers in Italy PDF (6 KB) DOC (18 KB)
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VP/HR - Follow-up on the Council's conclusions on Myanmar of 26 February 2018 and its decision 2018/655 PDF (199 KB) DOC (19 KB)
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VP/HR - Syrian security official in Italy despite EU sanctions PDF (196 KB) DOC (17 KB)
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Detention of unaccompanied children in police station cells in Greece PDF (200 KB) DOC (19 KB)
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Freedom of expression under threat in Spain PDF (198 KB) DOC (21 KB)
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Breach of transparency requirements: Advisory Group for the Preparatory Action on Defence Research (E03523) PDF (103 KB) DOC (18 KB)
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EU-Morocco Aviation Agreement and Western Sahara PDF (5 KB) DOC (17 KB)
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Western Sahara and EU air cargo PDF (98 KB) DOC (17 KB)
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Legal basis for exports from Western Sahara to the EU PDF (99 KB) DOC (18 KB)
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DG MARE evaluation of the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement PDF (105 KB) DOC (20 KB)
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Western Sahara and the safety of EU airlines and passengers PDF (5 KB) DOC (18 KB)
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EU-authorised establishments based in Western Sahara PDF (101 KB) DOC (20 KB)
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Moroccan authorised importers based in Western Sahara PDF (105 KB) DOC (18 KB)
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The Commission's compliance with procedures relating to authorised establishments in Western Sahara PDF (101 KB) DOC (20 KB)
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DG SANCO visit to Western Sahara in December 2017 PDF (98 KB) DOC (19 KB)
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VP/HR - Activities of the EU Delegation to Morocco in occupied Western Sahara PDF (103 KB) DOC (16 KB)
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Misuse of the European Arrest Warrant by Spain PDF (194 KB) DOC (20 KB)
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VP/HR - Italian arms exports to Saudi Arabia PDF (98 KB) DOC (18 KB)
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Pilot Project on 'defence research' and arrangements in relation to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) PDF (101 KB) DOC (18 KB)
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EU-Mercosur: State-owned companies PDF (5 KB) DOC (18 KB)
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VP/HR - The EU's position on lethal autonomous weapon systems PDF (106 KB) DOC (18 KB)
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Begging laws in Denmark PDF (96 KB) DOC (18 KB)
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Bulgaria's EU Presidency PDF (196 KB) DOC (19 KB)
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Status of implementation of the EU Joint Way Forward on migration between Afghanistan and the EU: returns to Afghanistan PDF (6 KB) DOC (18 KB)
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Violence employed by the Spanish police in Catalonia PDF (99 KB) DOC (20 KB)
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Seizure of websites related to the Catalan referendum of 2017 PDF (101 KB) DOC (18 KB)
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Spain: threat to arrest 712 democratically elected Catalan mayors PDF (197 KB) DOC (19 KB)
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VP/HR - support for the G5 Sahel Joint Force PDF (5 KB) DOC (16 KB)
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State of the rule of law in Spain: state prosecutor files a complaint against Catalan Minister Borràs for the purchase of ballot boxes PDF (197 KB) DOC (19 KB)
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VP/HR - Commission plans to cooperate with Libya on migration issues PDF (193 KB) DOC (18 KB)
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Constitutional reform package and referendum in Turkey PDF (103 KB) DOC (16 KB)
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VP/HR - European companies investing in Western Sahara PDF (103 KB) DOC (17 KB)
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Military presence of Morocco in Western Sahara PDF (102 KB) DOC (20 KB)
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International status of Western Sahara under international and EU law PDF (102 KB) DOC (16 KB)
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Legality of EU fishing in Western Sahara under the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement PDF (8 KB) DOC (20 KB)
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Increased EU fishing in Western Sahara under the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement PDF (104 KB) DOC (19 KB)
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EU funding to Moroccan projects in Western Sahara under the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement PDF (7 KB) DOC (20 KB)
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EU fishing in Western Sahara waters under the EU-Morocco Fishing Agreement PDF (106 KB) DOC (20 KB)
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EU health and food safety inspections in Western Sahara PDF (104 KB) DOC (20 KB)
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Western Sahara and the decision of the European Court of Justice on EU-Morocco relations PDF (104 KB) DOC (16 KB)
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Western Sahara and EU-Morocco negotiations on a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) PDF (6 KB) DOC (17 KB)
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Initiatives aimed at increasing access to healthcare services for Roma in the European Union PDF (105 KB) DOC (16 KB)
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Slovenian law on the reintroduction of border controls PDF (102 KB) DOC (16 KB)
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Spanish Minister of Home Affairs involved in a conspiracy scandal PDF (102 KB) DOC (19 KB)
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Services and products provided by the EU SATCEN to civilian CSDP missions PDF (100 KB) DOC (16 KB)
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Group of Personalities, Commission register and defence research PDF (103 KB) DOC (16 KB)
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Role of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the forced return of ten Syrian asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey on 20 October 2016 PDF (104 KB) DOC (16 KB)
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VP/HR - Detention of a Swedish citizen in Ethiopia PDF (102 KB) DOC (15 KB)
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Access to asylum and legal representation in connection with inadmissibility recommendations issued by the European Asylum Support Office PDF (190 KB) DOC (16 KB)
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Turkey's lifting of MP's immunity from prosecution PDF (100 KB) DOC (15 KB)
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Compatibility of Polish anti-terrorism law with EU law and human rights standards PDF (195 KB) DOC (16 KB)
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Respect of fundamental rights and the principle of mutual sincere cooperation in agreements relating to asylum and migration policies PDF (193 KB) DOC (16 KB)
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VP/HR - EU maps representing the territories of Western Sahara and Morocco PDF (192 KB) DOC (19 KB)
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VP/HR - Status of Morocco in Western Sahara under international humanitarian law PDF (192 KB) DOC (18 KB)
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VP/HR - Implementation of General Court decision on Western Sahara and trade in goods originating from occupied Western Sahara PDF (95 KB) DOC (17 KB)
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Implementation of General Court decision on Western Sahara PDF (193 KB) DOC (18 KB)
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Coordination between the Council, the Commission and the Kingdom of Morocco in relation to the appeal against the General Court judgment delivered on 10 December 2015 in Case T-512/12 Polisario Front v Council PDF (194 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Risk of legal proceedings against the European Union following the Judgment of the General Court of 10 December 2015 - Front Polisario v Council PDF (192 KB) DOC (25 KB)
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Compliance of EU-Turkey deal with the non-refoulement principle PDF (193 KB) DOC (26 KB)
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Filtering refugees at the border on the basis of nationality PDF (104 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Filtering refugees at the border on the basis of nationality PDF (104 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Criminalising civil society's humanitarian assistance to refugees PDF (100 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Criminalising civil society's humanitarian assistance to refugees PDF (101 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Detention of a Swedish citizen in Peru PDF (102 KB) DOC (23 KB)
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Commission proposal amending the EU firearms directive PDF (102 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Returning migrants/refugees to war-torn countries PDF (102 KB) DOC (26 KB)
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Chemical warfare agents (CWA) in the Baltic Sea PDF (100 KB) DOC (28 KB)
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Situation in Poland - next steps PDF (194 KB) DOC (26 KB)
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VP/HR - EU-Saudi Arabia relationship PDF (197 KB) DOC (28 KB)
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EU-Turkey: Draft Action Plan on support of refugees and migration PDF (104 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Actions against procrastinating Member States PDF (5 KB) DOC (25 KB)
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Turkey's coal-led policy PDF (104 KB) DOC (25 KB)
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VP/HR - European Parliament resolution on armed drones PDF (101 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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VP/HR - EU policy on the death penalty after targeted killings by UK drones PDF (104 KB) DOC (25 KB)
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Reintroduction of border checks by Schengen states PDF (102 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Action against Member States violating the universal rights of asylum seekers PDF (98 KB) DOC (26 KB)
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Emerging systematic threat to the rule of law in Spain PDF (7 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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EU reaction to anti-Roma protests in Bulgaria PDF (104 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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VP/HR - Israeli Knesset bill restricting the independence of civil society PDF (104 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Free movement and Roma PDF (6 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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VP/HR - Planned and ongoing arms transfers by Member States to Egypt after July 2013 and compliance with the eight criteria of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP and paragraph 8 of Foreign Affairs Council decision of 21 August 2013 PDF (103 KB) DOC (25 KB)
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VP/HR - Persistent use of enforced disappearance in Colombia PDF (102 KB) DOC (25 KB)
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Humanitarian aid shortage in the Tindouf Camps PDF (194 KB) DOC (25 KB)
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Disappearance of unaccompanied minors PDF (96 KB) DOC (25 KB)
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Information systems and protection of unaccompanied minors PDF (195 KB) DOC (26 KB)
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VP/HR - League of Arab States Liaison Office in Malta PDF (104 KB) DOC (25 KB)
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VP/HR - Prosecution of war crimes in Syria PDF (99 KB) DOC (26 KB)
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Implementation of the Council framework decision (2008/913/JHA) on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law PDF (99 KB) DOC (26 KB)
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Implementation of the Council framework decision (2008/913/JHA) on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law PDF (195 KB) DOC (26 KB)
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Tunisia-EU counter-terrorism cooperation and human rights PDF (101 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Coca-Cola Iberian Partners' redundancy plan PDF (195 KB) DOC (26 KB)
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Impact of Tarakhel v Switzerland on the implementation and possible revision of the Dublin III Regulation PDF (104 KB) DOC (25 KB)
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Law on Public Safety PDF (104 KB) DOC (25 KB)
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VP/HR - Possible merger of European External Action Service (EEAS) civilian and military crisis management and crisis prevention structures PDF (102 KB) DOC (25 KB)
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VP/HR - Self-determination and statehood in Western Sahara PDF (196 KB) DOC (26 KB)
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Blood feuds in Albania PDF (103 KB) DOC (26 KB)
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Return of third-country nationals to Iraq PDF (99 KB) DOC (24 KB)
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Amendments (1663)

Amendment 3 #

2018/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 c (new)
- having regard to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , in particular SDGs 1, 16 and 17 (including its target 17.9),
2019/01/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 4 #

2018/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the Inter- institutional Declaration, annexed to Regulation (EU) 2017/2306, concerning sources of funding of assistance measures under Article 3a of Regulation (EU)2017/23064a, _________________ 4a OJ L 335, 15.12.2017, p. 6.
2019/01/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 38 #

2018/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the proposed Facility will replace the Athena mechanism and the APF; whereas it will complementinclude the Capacity Building forin support of Development and Security andfor Development (CBDSD) initiative byand financinge the costs of EU defence activities such as AU peace- keeping missions, common costs of own military CSDP operations, and military capacity building of partners, which are excluded from the EU budget in accordance with Article 41(2) TEU;
2019/01/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 40 #

2018/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas in comparison to the EDF-funded APF, the EPF would have a broader scope of application, extending beyond Africa and the African Union, while it is likely, though, that African developing countries would remain significant beneficiaries, if not the main beneficiaries, of the EPF;
2019/01/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 41 #

2018/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas despite its title of ‘Peace’ Facility, the proposed Facility contains no provision really geared towards promoting peace and human security;
2019/01/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 49 #

2018/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas under Article 21(2) (d) TEU, the Union shall define and pursue common policies and actions and shall work for high degree of cooperation in all fields of international relations, in order to foster the sustainable economic, social and environmental development of developing countries, with the primary aim of eradicating poverty;
2019/01/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 51 #

2018/2237(INI)

Mb. whereas according to Article 208(1), paragraph 2 TFEU: ‘ Union development cooperation policy shall have as its primary objective the reduction and, in the long term, the eradication of poverty; whereas the Union should take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries’; whereas the second sentence forms a Treaty provision, and thus, for the EU, a constitutional duty referred to as the ‘Policy Coherence for Development’ (PCD);
2019/01/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 64 #

2018/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital R a (new)
Ra. whereas the VP/HR should regularly consult Parliament on all main aspects and basic choices of the CFSP and CSDP and their subsequent evolution; whereas Parliament should be consulted and informed in a timely manner to allow it to present its views and ask questions, including on Policy Coherence for Development (PCD), to the VP/HR and the Council before decisions are made or decisive action is taken; whereas the VP/HR should consider Parliament’s views, including on PCD, and incorporate them into his or her proposals, should reconsider decisions or parts of decisions that Parliament opposes, or withdraw such proposals, notwithstanding the possibility of a Member State advancing the initiative in such a case, and should propose Council decisions relating to the CSDP where invited by Parliament to do so;
2019/01/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 68 #

2018/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to include in the decision reference to Parliament’s role as discharge authority, as is currently the case with the European Development Fund (EDF) and therefore for the APF, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the financial regulations applicable to the EDF, with a view to preserving the consistency of the EU’s external action in line with Article 18 (TEU)TEU and Article 21(2)(d)TEU, read in combination with Article 208 TFEU;
2019/01/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 95 #

2018/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 8 a (new)
- to amend point 1 of Article 10 as follows: ‘as well as with Article 208(1) paragraph 2 TFEU’;
2019/01/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 114 #

2018/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 12 e (new)
- to amend paragraph 6 of Article 47 as follows: ‘Sale or transfer to the host country or a third party should be in accordance with international law, including the relevant human rights provisions and the ‘do no harm’ principles’;
2019/01/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 123 #

2018/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f – indent 14 a (new)
- to amend point 1 of Article 54 as follows: ‘Any implementing actor entrusted with the implementation of expenditure financed through the Facility shall respect the principles of sound financial management and transparency and shall have due regard for EU fundamental values and international law, notably concerning human rights and the ‘do no harm’ principles. Any such implementing actor shall be submitted to a prior risk assessment to gauge the possible human rights and governance risks.’;
2019/01/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 134 #

2018/2237(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) to ensure, in line with Article 18 TEU, the consistency of the EPF with all other aspects of the EU’s external action, including the development and humanitarian policies, and with a view to developing the third developing countries concerned and to reducing and eradicating their poverty;
2019/01/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 5 #

2018/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to the Union Programme for the Prevention of Violent Conflicts,
2019/01/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 28 #

2018/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas according to paragraph 2(c) of Article 21 TEU the Union shall define and pursue common policies and actions in order to preserve peace and prevent conflicts;
2019/01/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 50 #

2018/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the EU Global Strategy, and political statements and institutional developments are welcomre signs of the rhetorical commitment of the VP/HR to prioritising civilian conflict prevention and mediation;
2019/01/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 51 #

2018/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas contrary to such announcements by VP/HR and EEAS, the importance and visibility of regulatory, financial and organisational structures and funds focussing on mediation and civilian conflict prevention have been reduced and relevant organisational structures have been dissolved in the recent past and the disappearance of the dedicated regulatory and budgetary framework has been proposed in the context of the next MFF;
2019/01/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 53 #

2018/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas during 2007-2013 and during 2014-2020 the Instrument for Stability (IfS) and the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP) have been the Union’s focal point and main financing instrument for mediation and civilian conflict prevention;
2019/01/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 54 #

2018/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas within the context of the next MFF, the Commission has proposed to abolish the Union’s only external financial instrument for mediation and civilian conflict prevention;
2019/01/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 55 #

2018/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G d (new)
Gd. whereas compared to the current MFF, where parts of the IcSP budget of around EUR 2.3 Billion are used to finance mediation and civilian conflict prevention, the recent NDICI proposal only foresees earmarked financial resources for such policies of around EUR 1 Billion, which represents a sharp decrease;
2019/01/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 56 #

2018/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G e (new)
Ge. whereas due to growing instability, armed conflict and political crisis in the Union’s neighbourhood, EU budget funds available for civilian conflict prevention and mediation should at least be doubled for the next multiannual financial perspective;
2019/01/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 57 #

2018/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the current external financing instruments IcSP provides a significant contribution in support of civilian conflict prevention, mediation and peacebuilding;
2019/01/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 77 #

2018/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas gender equality, civilian conflict prevention, and peacebuilding remain drastically under-funded at EU level with a consistent disparity between policy commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment, assistance to mediators and peacebuilders- and workers, and the EU financial allocations required to achieve them;
2019/01/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 83 #

2018/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the European Union’s prioritisation ofStrongly believes that the European Union’s should urgently prioritise civilian conflict prevention and mediation; underlines that such an approach is delivering a high degree of EU added value in political, social, economic and human security terms;
2019/01/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 92 #

2018/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the setting up of a comprehensive architecture to support the EU’s priorities in the field of civilian conflict prevention and mediation, the doubling of dedicated funds and an increase in staff in charge of its implementation;
2019/01/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 94 #

2018/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that it is of crucial importance to dedicate significant resources to reconciliation efforts, which are key for solving severe inter-sectorial and community tensions in the Union’s Southern and Eastern neighbourhood;
2019/01/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 100 #

2018/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the integrated approach to external conflicts and crises; calls for further institutionalisits strict and fast implementation ofat this approache operational level;
2019/01/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 109 #

2018/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the establishment, under the authority of the VP/HR, of an EU high- level advisory board on mediation with the aim of setting up a gender-and conflict sensitive pool of senior political mediators to make available political and technical expertise at short notice; believes that also a pool of experts is needed covering reconciliation and transitional justice;
2019/01/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 113 #

2018/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Deplores the dissolution of the EEAS Directorate K for “Security policy and conflict prevention” and its unit (K.2) for “Conflict prevention, peace building and mediation instruments” which served as a focal point and a hub for civilian conflict prevention and mediation actions and was home to the “Mediation Support Team”; also deplores that the capacity lost its early warning component; stresses that the dissolution of this directorate and its merger with the current CSDPCR.PRISM unit has weakened the Union’s policy on the matter;
2019/01/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 115 #

2018/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the appointment of an EU Special Envoy for peacecivilian conflict prevention and mediation to chair the EU high-level advisory board, in order to promote coherence and coordination across the institutions, including in their engagement with civil society, to improve the exchange of information and lead to increased and earlier action;
2019/01/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 118 #

2018/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Welcomes the establishment of the European Institute of Peace (EIP) as a permanent operational hub for existing European governmental and non- governmental mediation and dialogue expertise; calls on those Member States which do not yet support the EIP to change their position and become members of the board of governors;
2019/01/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 120 #

2018/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. WelcomesCalls for the establishment of a dedicated EEAS directorate for conflict prevention and mediation and the development of tools such as the Early Warning System and horizon scanning; calls for investments to further develop such tools;
2019/01/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 128 #

2018/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for further capacity development on gender analysis, conflict- sensitivity, early warning, reconciliation and conflict prevention for in-house staff and senior mediators, mediators, other experts as well as for third parties;
2019/01/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 179 #

2018/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Urges the EEAS and the Commission to continue funding the Peacebuilding Partnership, which provides support for long-term measures aimed at building and strengthening the pre- and post-crisis capacity of the EU and its partners, under the next MFF and increase and earmark available funding and numbers of staff in charge of its implementation;
2019/01/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 184 #

2018/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Takes the view that growing challenges demand higherat least a doubling of earmarked appropriations for conflict prevention and the provision of dedicated staff capacity, in particular in the context of the next MFF and the NDICI; recalls that the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda includes gender budgeting and adequate earmarked funding;
2019/01/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 186 #

2018/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses the need for sufficient and earmarked financial resources to be made available for the EU’s conflict prevention and mediation actions under the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) (2021-2027) and calls for at least doubling of such funds compared to the current level of spending; believes that there is a need to guarantee a high level of funding in relevant MFF legislation via earmarking and ring-fencing;
2019/01/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 188 #

2018/2159(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Invites the VP/HR to provide Parliament with an update on the EEAS administrative budget line dedicated to mediation support and the future priorities in this field;
2019/01/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 3 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution on the humanitarian situation in Yemen of 25 February 2016, 15 June 2017, and 30 November 2017,
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 4 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 b (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 27 February 2014 on the use of armed drones,
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 5 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 c (new)
– having regard to Human Rights Council Report of 17 August 2018 on the situation of human rights in Yemen, including violations and abuses since September 2014 (A/HRC/39/43),
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 12 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the latest figures14 allegedly show that arms exports from the EU-28 amounted to over 27 % of the global total in 2013-2017, which would makes them, collectively, the second largest arms supplier in the world after the US (34 %) and followed by Russia (22 %); whereas 2015 and 2016 appear to have been the years in which by far the historically highest numbers offigures for arms exports licences by value have been granted since the beginning of EU data collection, with a total value of EUR 195.95 billion in 2015 and, according to the most recent report by the Working Party on Conventional Arms Exports (COARM), EUR 191.45 billion in 201615 ; whereas unfortunately the 2015 and 2016 figures are misleading and inaccurate as the volume of licences is in parts more an expression of intent as regards France than a precise figure on real exports to be expected to materialise in the near future; _________________ 14 Trends in international arms transfers, 2017 (SIPRI Fact Sheet, March 2018). 15 http://enaat.org/eu-export- browser/licence.de.html
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 15 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the COARM annual reports are so far the only instrument whose purpose is to cover the implementation of the Common Position, whereas these reports have, in particular prior to the reporting period 2015 and 2016, helped to make Member States’ arms exports more transparent and whereas the volume of guidelines and clarifications in the User’s Guide has grown considerably; whereas, because of the Common Position, the volume of information on the issuing of arms export licences has increased for a certain period of time, but has decreased since 2015, due to French changes of the method to define and count the value of export licences, which undermined the utility of the presented data;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 16 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas both the global and regional security environment has dramatically changed, especially with regard to the Union’s southern and eastern neighbourhood, and this highlights the urgent need to improve methodologies with regard to producing information for export licensing risk assessments and to make them more secure;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 19 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas there is no standardised verification and reporting system providing information as to whether, and to what extent, individual Member States’ exports violate the eight criteria; whereas there is no possibility of havingcurrently no mechanism for standardised, independent verification and reporting of compliance with the eight criteria verified independentlyof the Common Position;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 23 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas the nineteenth annual report reveals that 40.5 % of the licences for arms exports were granted to countries in the MENA region for a value of EUR 77.5 billion, with Saudi-Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) accounting for the bulk of these exports, worth EUR 57.9 billion; whereas the quota of denied licences for the three countries was 2.2 % even though, according to the Bonn International Centre for Conversion (BICC) the supply of military technology to one or more of those countries is a violation of, at least,raises critical concerns under specific criteria 1-616 of the Common Position (Egypt and Saudi- Arabia criteria 1-6 and UAE criteria 1 and 6), which highlights the need for better scrutiny and transparency; _________________ 16 http://ruestungsexport.info/map/
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 24 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas, in some cases, the arms exported to certain countries, for example to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and members of the Saudi-led coalition, have been used in conflicts such as in Yemen; whereas such exports clearly violate the Common Position;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 25 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas the EU-funded report “Weapons of the Islamic State” (December 2017) by Conflict Armament Research found that a high number of weapons and ammunitions were repeatedly exported by Bulgaria and Romania to both the US and Saudi- Arabia and retransferred, in some cases, in direct breach of specific no-re-export undertakings, to non-state groups in Syria and Iraq; whereas the report stated that these unauthorised retransfers are “a significant source of IS weapons and ammunition”; whereas these repeated and systematic retransfers contravened clauses in end-user certificates; whereas EU Member States are obliged, under criterion seven of the legally- binding EU Common Position 2008/944/CFSP on arms exports, to factor these breaches of commitment into future export licensing decisions;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 26 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Ic. whereas the European Parliament resolution of 25 February 2016 on the humanitarian situation in Yemen called on the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) to launch an initiative to impose an EU arms embargo on Saudi Arabia;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 27 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I d (new)
Id. whereas arms licensed for transfer by EU Member States and subsequently used in the current Yemen conflict have had a catastrophic impact on sustainable development in Yemen;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 39 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the urgent need to enhance the role of EU Delegations in assisting Member States and the EEAS with their export licensing risk assessments and the implementation of end-user controls, post-shipment controls and on-site inspections;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 45 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with concern that the eight criteria are applied and interpreted with varying degrees of rigour in the Member States; calls, therefore, for a standard, uniformly strict interpretation and full implementation of the Common Position with all its obligations;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 47 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that the export licensing risk assessment methodology should incorporate a precautionary principle and that Member States, in addition to assessing whether specific military technology might be used for internal repression or other undesired ends, should also assess risks based on the overall situation in the country of destination such as state of its democracy, rule-of-law and socio-economic development;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 48 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. In line with its recommendations of 13 September 2017, calls on the Member States and the EEAS to use the current review process to strengthen mechanisms for exchange of information by making available qualitatively and quantitatively better information for export licensing risk assessments, 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, in accordance with domestic laws; (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 and national security; (c) sharing the best practices adopted for implementing the eight criteria; (d) turning the current User’s Guide into an interactive online resource; (e) turning the EU Annual Report into an open and public online database by the end of 2019, with the new format to be applied to the 2017 data; (f) promoting clear, well-established cooperation procedures between law enforcement agencies and border authorities, based on the exchange of information, in order to strengthen cooperation on security and eradicate illegal arms trading, which poses a risk to the security of the EU and its citizens;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 49 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls on the Member States and the EEAS to increase the number of personnel working on export-related issues both at national and EU level; encourages the use of EU funds for capacity-building among licensing and enforcement officials in Member States;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 54 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Criticises the violations of the eight criteria by Member States and the fact that military technology does sometimes reach destinations and end users that do not Repeats its call for an independent assessmeent the criteria laid down in the Common Position; considers that uniform and consistent application of the eight criteria should be promotedof Member State’s compliance with the eight criteria of the Common Position; regrets the lack of provisions on sanctions to be imposed on Member States that fail to comply with the eight criteria when granting licences and advises the Member States to make provision for arrangements to conduct independent checks;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 59 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that exports to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other members of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, are non-compliant with at least criterion 2 because of the countries' involvement in grave breaches of humanitarian law as established by competent UN authorities; re-iterates its call from 13 September 2017 on the urgent need to impose an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia and calls on HR/VP and the Council to extend such an embargo also to all other members of the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 61 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes that some Member States have stopped providing arms to Saudi Arabia and other members of the Saudi- led coalition in Yemen because of their actions while others have continued supplying military technology; congratulates those Members States such as Spain, Germany and the Netherlands, which changed their practise as regards the Yemen conflict; deeply regrets, however, the fact that other Member States seem to not take into account the behaviour of the country of destination and the end-use of exported arms and ammunitions; underlines that this disparity of practice is at risk undermining the entire European arms control regime;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 65 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Is alarmed by the fact that 97.2 % of licence requests for exports to Egypt and Saudi Arabia were granted even though exports into both countries violate at least criteria 1 to 67 of the Common Position, and bearing in mind that failure to meet criteria 1 to 4 must lead to a denial of the licence; regrets that almost all licence applications (95 %) for exports to Saudi Arabia have been granted as regards category ML919 (i.e. vessels of war) exports[1]), which are used to enforce the naval blockade on Yemen, and categories ML10 (aircraft) and ML4 (bombs etc.), which have been fundamental to the air campaign, contributing to the deterioration of the humanitarian situation, the sustainable development of the whole country and to the ongoing suffering of the population of Yemen; _________________ 19 Vessels of war (surface or underwater), special naval equipment, accessories, components and other surface vessels http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52016 XG0406(01)&from=EN
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 67 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Is shocked by the amount of EU- made weapons and ammunitions found in the hands of Da’esh in Syria and Iraq; notes the failure of Bulgaria and Romania to effectively apply the Common Position 2008/944/CFSP on arms exports, in relation to retransfers that contravene end-user certificates; calls on all Member States to refuse similar transfers in the future, notably to the US and Saudi Arabia, and calls on the EEAS and the Member States, in particular Bulgaria and Romania, to explain, in the context of COARM but also in public in the Parliament’s Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE), what steps have been taken on this matter; calls on the EEAS to address the many cases revealed by the recent Conflict Armament Research report and to explore more effective methods for diversion risk assessment in COARM and relevant fora, including making it, in the context of the review process, an obligation for Member States to deny an export licence if there is a clear risk that the military technology or equipment to be exported might be diverted; decides to launch an investigation into this matter;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 73 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned that the proliferationsupply of weapon systems in wartime and in situations of significant political tension may disproportionately affect civilians; is alarmed at the global arms race and at military approaches to solving political conflict and turmoil; underlines that conflicts should be solved by diplomatic means as a priority;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 74 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recognises that better implementation of criterion 8 would constitute a decisive contribution to the EU’s Policy Coherence on Development objectives and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular SDG 16.4; calls on Member States and the EEAS to use the ongoing review process of the Common Position in this respect; recommends to update the User’s Guide in this respect and to focus not only on the developmental impact of the purchase of arms on the recipient country, but also on the potential development harm done by the use of arms, including in countries other than the recipient;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 82 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines that with regard to results generated by recipients of the future European Defence Fund, the Commission shall be notified of any grant of a licence to third countries and shall guarantee that such licences do not contravene the defence and security interests of the Union and its Member States, the objectives of this Regulation, the eight criteria of the Common Position 2008/944/CFSP and the criteria of the Dual-Use Regulation; calls for coordination between the Commission and COARM on the matter;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 84 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Praises its position adopted on 28 January 2018 on the regulation establishing the European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) with regards to Article 6, paragraph 4 b, which prohibits actions in relation to small arms and light weapons, when they are developed mainly for export purposes; calls for an identical approach in the context of the upcoming regulation establishing the European Defence Fund (EDF);
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 85 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Supports that in the context of Brexit, it would be important for the United Kingdom to commit to remain bound by the Common Position and to apply its operative provisions as other European third countries do;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 89 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the ambition to increase the competitiveness of the European defence sector must not undermine the application of the Common Position’s eight criteria as they take precedence over any economic social, commercial, social or industrial interests of Member States;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 96 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates the detrimental effect that the uncontrolled export of cyber- surveillance technologies by EU companies can have on the security of the EU’s digital infrastructure and on human rights; stresses, in this connection, the importance of a rapid, effective and comprehensive update of the EU’s Dual- Use Regulation, recalls Parliament’s position regarding the Commission’s proposal as endorsed by an overwhelming majority in January 2018, and calls on the Council to rapidly establish an ambitious position with a view to enabling the co- legislators to reach an agreement before the end of this legislative term; calls on the Member States, with regard to export controls and application of the eight criteria, to pay greater attention to goods which may be used for both civilian and military purposes, such as surveillance technology and, similarly, to spare parts and products that may be used in cyber warfare or to perpetrate non-lethal human rights abuseviolations;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 98 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Encourages the Member States to undertake a more detailed examination of licensed production by third countries and to ensure stronger safeguards against undesired uses; demands the strict application of the Common Position with regard to licensed production in third countries; calls for limiting licensed production arrangements to countries that are parties or signatories to the ATT, and to oblige these third countries to only export equipment produced under licence with the explicit authority of the original exporting Member State;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 102 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Asks the Member States and the EEAS to develop a dedicated strategy to provide formal protection for whistle- blowers reporting practices by organisations and companies in the weapons industry that breach the criteria and principles set out in the Common Position;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 105 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls on the Member States and the EEAS to add a new criterion to the Common Position in order to ensure that, when granting authorisations, due account is taken of the risk of corruption concerning the relevant exports;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 115 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Criticises the fact that a number of Member States did not make full submissions to the nineteenth annual report on the basis of detailed, country-specific data; notes that Cyprus submitted a ‘nil’ report; criticises the fact that Greece did not submit a report at all, Italy and France only reported total data on the value of actual exports and Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Malta and the United Kingdom did not report values of actual exports; criticises the fact that France, over the past years, appears to have adopted a diverging method to define and count the value of export licences, and as a consequence, has unrealistically inflated the total value of EU arms export licences and seriously undermined the comparative value of the data, both temporally and across jurisdictions; is concerned that, as a result, important information is missing from the COARM annual report, which is therefore not up to date or able to present a complete picture of Member States’ export activities; considers that a standardised verification and reporting system should be established to provide more detailed and exhaustive information; reiterates its request that all Member States, especially the main arms- exporting ones which have not made full submissions, provide a full set of data regarding their past exports with a view to the next annual report;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 118 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that according to the nineteenth annual report, the criteria invoked for denials differed in their application, with criterion 1 being invoked 82 times, criterion 2 119 times, criterion 3 103 times, criterion 4 85 times, criterion 5 8 times, criterion 6 12 times, criterion 7 139 times, and criterion 8 once; notes with concern that the number of denied licences fell in total and also in relative terms (only 0.76% of licence applications were denied in 2016 compared to almost 1% in 2015); notes with disappointment the continued failure of the report to include figures on the outcome of consultations regarding denial notifications and calls on the Member States to include this data in future annual reports;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 123 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that not all EU national parliaments scrutinise governmental licensing decisions by, inter alia, producing annual arms export reports; calls, therefore, for a general increase in parliamentary and public oversight; points to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, which provide for the possibility of regular responses to the EU Annual Reports on Arms Exports and calls in this respect for an improvement of the current situation and to guarantee that the European Parliament responds to the annual COARM report with its own annual report which should be out of quota;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 132 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Underscores the important role of civil society, national parliaments and the European Parliament in both implemensupporting and enforccouraging the Common Position’s agreed standards at national and EU level and in establishing a transparent, accountable control system; calls, therefore, for a transparent and robust control mechanism which bolsters the role of parliaments and of civil society; encourages national parliaments, 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;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 143 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Takes the view that the EU should meet its increased responsibility for peace and security in Europe and in the world by means of further arms limitationimproved export control mechanisms and disarmament initiatives and that, as a responsible global player, it should lead the way, i.e. that it should play an active role in the areas of non- proliferation of arms, global disarmament and arms transfer controls;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 148 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Recognises that all the Member States are signatorState Parties to the ATT; calls for universalisation of the ATT and for more focus to be placed onincreased efforts to be made with those countries that are not signatoryet State Parties; also commends the outreach efforts regarding the ATT and supports its effective implementation;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 150 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Is of the opinion that an effective international arms control agreement should cover all transfers including also state-to-state transfers, state- to-private-end- user transfers and leases, as well as loans, gifts, aid or any other form of transfer;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 153 #

2018/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Underlines the need to ban the development, production and use of lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) and their export to third countries;
2018/09/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 27 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16
— having regard to the Commission recommendation of 21 December 2016 for a Council decision authorising the opening of negotiations with Turkey on an agreement on the extension of the scope of the bilateral preferential trade relationship and on the modernisation of the Customs Union, and to the decision of the Council of June 2018 of not undertaking further work towards the modernisation of the EU-Turkey Customs Union,
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 30 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
- having regard to the Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the impact of the state of emergency on human rights in Turkey, including an update on the South-East, of March 2018,
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 33 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the decision of 19 July 2018 to lift the state of emergency, which was introduced after the 2016 coup attempt and extended 7 times; notesstresses however that the prolonged state of emergency has led to an eros serious deterioration of the rule of law and deteriorof human rights in Turkey which may have long-lasting implications of human rights inn the institutional and socio-economic fabric of Turkey; regrets that the adoption of new legislative proposals preserves many of the abusive powers granted to the President and the executive under the state of emergency including the possibility for local governors to impose curfews and to restrict access to parts of the territory they govern, and thereby dampens any positive effect of its termination;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 43 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. RecallsIs deeply concerned that over 150 000 people were taken into custody in the post-coup crackdown and 78 000 have been arrested on terrorism charges, while more than 50 000 people remain in jail in most of the cases without any convincing proof for the charges or links to violence and often solely based on "evidence" allegedly linking them to the Gülen movement; expresses concern at the excessively lengthy pre-trial detention and judicial proceedings, the fact that in several cases no indictment has been issued yet, and the harshness of detention conditions; is particularly concerned at the fact that such arrests seem to also target legitimate voices of dissent, human rights defenders or members of the opposition; is very worried at the allegations of ill-treatment and torture of those in prison, as reported by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and several human rights organisations;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 52 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that since the introduction of the state of emergency more than 152 000 civil servants - including teachers, doctors, (peace) academics, lawyers, judges and prosecutors - have been dismissed on the basis of alleged coup links; notes that 125 000 people applied to the Inquiry Commission on the State of Emergency Measures (CoSEM), which is tasked with reviewing and deciding within two years on complaints against measures taken under the state of emergency and related decrees, and 89 000 of them are still awaiting a decision; is concerned about the narrow scope of the mandate of the Inquiry Commission, its lack of independence, and the fact that examinations are made on the sole basis of documents in the case-file, without participation of the person concerned; notstresses that the dismissals have had an extremely harsh impact on the individuals concerned and on their families, including financially, and come with a lasting social and professional stigma; calls on the Turkish government to ensure that all individuals have the right to have their cases reviewed by an independent court in accordance with international standards that can award compensation for the material and moral damage caused by their arbitrary dismissal;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 57 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Notes that more than 300.000 passports have been confiscated since the start of the State of Emergency in 2016; notes that no progress has been made after the presidential statement that promised the enabling of the passports of the relatives of detainees;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 62 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Condemns the increased executive control over and political interference with the work of judges and prosecutorsand the extreme political pressure on the work of judges and prosecutors; stresses that the legislative proposals adopted after the lifting of the state of emergency further hinder judicial independence; stresses that a serious reform of the legislative and judicial branches of power is needed for Turkey to comply with its obligations under international human rights law; is awaiting, in this regard, the Reform Action Group’s action plan on judicial reforms;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 66 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Expresses serious concern about the disproportionate and arbitrary measures curtailing freedom of expression, media freedom and access to information; stresses that Turkey is the world´s biggest jailer of journalists, with more than 300 arrested since the coup attempt; condemns the closure of more than 160 media outlets and the large number of arrests of journalists in the aftermath of the coup attempt; urges Turkey to guarantee media freedom as a matter of priority and to immediately release and acquit all unlawfully detained journalists; regrets the fact that more than 100 000 websites were blocked in Turkey during the last year, including a high number of pro-Kurdish websites and satellite TV channels;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 81 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. ExpressesIs extremely concern aed about the shrinking space for civil society and the promotion of fundamental rights and freedoms; notecondemns that a large number of activists, including human rights defenders, were arrested and demonstrations were recurrently banned during the state of emergency; calls on Turkey to protect the fundamental rights of minorities, such as LGBTI people;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 93 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on all EU Member States not to follow through on extradition requests by the Turkish government concerning individuals with alleged “terror links”, including former Sakharov prize finalist Can Dündar; stresses that those individuals would not have their right to a fair trial in Turkey guaranteed; calls on all EU Member States to grant humanitarian visa to citizens that are persecuted so that they can travel to the EU in a safe way in order to find protection;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 101 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on Turkish authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all detained human rights defenders and to drop all charges against them; stresses that Turkish authorities must enable them to carry out their work free of threat and impediment in all circumstances;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 123 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Is deepseriously concerned atby the situation in Turkey’s South-East and the serious allegations of hnumerous cases of excessive use of force; killings; enforced disappearances; torture; destruction of housing and cultural heritage; incitement to hatred; prevention of access to emergency medical care, food, water and livelihoods; violence against women; and severe curtailment of the right to freedom of opinion and expression as well as political participation in the South East, as documented by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human rRights abuses, especially since the collapse of the Kurdish settlement process in 2015; reiterates its firm condemnation of the return to violence by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has been on the EU list of terrorist organisations since 2002praises the work of human rights defenders such as Nurcan Baysal whose activity has allowed the documentation of human rights violations in the region; regrets the long-lasting consequences that the civil war in the South East of Turkey has had on the population; expresses its deep disappointment and reiterates its firm condemnation of the return to violence in the South-East by the different parties; stresses the urgency of resuming a credible political process involving all concerned parties and democratic forces leading to a peaceful settlement of the Kurdish issue; calls on Turkey to promptly investigate serious allegations of human rights abuses and killings, to bring perpetrators to justice and to allow international observers to carry out an independent verification;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 131 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Is particularly concerned by the destruction of historical heritage sites in the South-East, including of Diyarbakir´s ancient Sur which was included in UNESCO´s World Heritage List, by the Turkish government, threatening the preservation of Kurdish identity and culture; condemns that the implementation of reconstruction programmes has been done without the participation of the concerned population;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 138 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with concern that during the state of emergency a very large number of mayors and co-mayors in the South-East were dismissed or arrested and that the Government appointed trustees to replace them; stresses that as a result, a third of Turkey’s population was not represented by the people they had elected at the 2016 local elections; takes the view that the municipal elections in March 2019 must provide an important opportunity to fully reinstate the principle of direct democratic mandate;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 150 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Condemns the continued arrest of Selahattin Demirtas, opposition leader and presidential candidate; pledges to continue to follow his case very closely and calls for his immediate and unconditional release; expects the European Court of Human Rights to deliver without delay its final judgement in the cwelcomes the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights on the case of Selahattin Demirtas, which calls on the Turkish authorities to immediately release him; stresses that the European Court of Human Rights further ruled that Demirtaş’s detention, especially during two crucial electoral campaigns, namely the referendum and the presidential election, had pursued the predominant ulterior purpose of stifling pluralism and limiting freedom of political debate, which is at the very core of the concept of a democratic society; condemns the intention of Turkish authorities to contravene the ruling of the ECHR; expects the EU and its Member States to follow his case very closely and calls for his immediate and unconditional release;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 157 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Condemns the judicial harassment and unlawful passport confiscation of Eylem Tuncaelli and Naci Sönmez, co- chairs of the Turkish Green party, who have been charged in connection to their signature of a press statement criticising Turkey´s military action in Syria; urges the Turkish authorities to drop all charges against them and to allow them to freely exercise their political activity;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 177 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. CTaking all of the above into account, calls on the Commission and the Member States, taking all of the above into account and in accordance with the Negotiating Framework, to formally suspend the accession negotiations with Turkeyo keep accession talks frozen until credible reforms with an aim to align Turkey's legal and institutional system with the EU Acquis are implemented, especially with regards to the protection and promotion of the principles of democracy, human rights and rule of law; remains, however, committed to democratic dialogue with Turkey; asks the Commission to use, during the formal suspension of negotiations, all funds available under IPA II and the future IPA III to support, through a dedicated envelope directly managed by the EU, Turkey’s civil society, and to increase opportunities for people-to-people contacts, academic dialogue, access for Turkish students to European universities and media platforms for journalists;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 209 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. BelievNotes that a door should be left openthe Commission proposal for the modernisation and upgrading of the 1995 Customs Union between the EU and Turkey, to includes relevant areas such as agriculture, services and public procurement, which currently are not covered; recalls that two thirds of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Turkey comes from EU Member States and that Turkey is an important growth market for the EU; believes that the upgrade would provide a valuable opportunity for democratic conditionality, positive leverage and the possibility of a roadmap whercalls on the Commission not to start preparatory works for the upgradinge of the Customs Union would go hand in hand with concrete commitments by Turkeyuntil the Turkish government indicates its readiness for serious reforms in the fields onf democratic reformscy, human rights and rule of law; believes further that the upgrading of the Customs Union wouldincentive of an upgrade provides an important valuable opportunity for policy dialogue on climate change as well as on labour rights in Turkey; calls on the Commission to start preparatory work for the upgrading of the Customs Union as soon as the Turkish Government indicates its readiness for serious reformsex ante democratic conditionality; calls on the Commission to include a binding and enforceable non-execution clause on human rights and fundamental freedoms in any future upgraded Customs Union between Turkey and the EU;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 215 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls on the Turkish Government to halt its plans for the construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant; points out that the envisaged site is located in a region prone to severe earthquakes, hence posing a major threat not only to Turkey, but also to the Mediterranean region; requests, accordingly, that the Turkish Government join the Espoo Convention, which commits its parties to notifying and consulting each other on major projects under consideration that are likely to have a significant adverse environmental impact across boundaries; asks, to this end, the Turkish Government to involve, or at least consult, the governments of its neighbouring countries in relation to any further developments in the Akkuyu venture;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 225 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that trade union freedom and social dialogue are vital to the development of a pluralistic society; regretcondemns the legislative shortcomings on labour and trade union rights and stresses that the right to organise, the right to collective bargaining and the right to strike are fundamental rights of workers; is seriously concerned about the working conditions for workers during the construction of the new Istanbul airport, given that reportedly 38 workers have died in work-related accidents since the start of construction in May 2015 and 31 people, including a union leader, are currently held in prison for protesting against poor working conditions; calls on the Turkish authorities to consult closely with the relevant trade unions on the issue of necessary safeguards for workers on-site, to carry out a thorough investigation into the deaths and injuries, and to allow trade unions full access to the workers;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 240 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. NContinues its support to the visa liberalisation process once the set conditions have been met; notes that visa liberalisation is of great importance for Turkish citizens, particularly for students, academics, business representatives and people with family ties in EU Member States; encourages the Turkish Government to fully comply with the 72 criteria identified in the visa liberalisation roadmap; stresses that the revision of Turkey’s anti-terrorism legislation is a key condition for ensuring fundamental rights and freedoms, and that visa liberalisation will be possible once all the criteria have been met;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 253 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Recalls the important role played by Turkey in responding to the migration crisis resulting from the war in Syria; takes the view that Turkey’s population has shown great hospitality by offering shelter to more than 3 million Syrian refugees; calls on the EU and its Member States to keep their promise regarding a large-scale resettlement, and to ensure adequate financial resources for the long-term support of Syrian refugees in Turkey; is concerned by reports that the border with Syria has been effectively closed to new asylum seekers, that several provinces suspended registration of newcomers, as well as by reports of abuses, excessive use of force, expulsions, returns and deportations of Syrian nationals, in contradiction of the non-refoulement principle, and calls on the European Commission to seek information and publicly report about abuses reportedly committed;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 293 #

2018/2150(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the efforts by the UN to resume negotiations on the reunification of Cyprus; supports a fair, comprehensive and viable settlement in line with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions and the EU acquis; reiterates its call on Turkey to commit and contribute to a comprehensive settlement, to begin withdrawing its troops from Cyprus, to transfer the sealed-off area of Famagusta to the UN, and to refrain from actions altering the demographic balance on the island; praises the important work of the Committee on Missing Persons which deals with both Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot missing persons; recognises the right of the Republic of Cyprus to enter into bilateral agreements concerning its exclusive economic zone; urges Turkeyboth parties to engage in the peaceful settlement of disputes, and to refrain from any threat or action which might have negative effects on good neighbourly relations; stresses the need for the implementation of the EU acquis in the northern part of the island; acknowledges in this regard the importance of the uninterrupted continuation of the work of the bi- communal ad-hoc committee on EU preparation; encourages both the European Parliament and the Commission to intensify their efforts to engage with Turkish Cypriots in preparation to fully integrate into the EU;
2018/12/17
Committee: AFET
Amendment 159 #

2018/2148(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Deplores that the country still suffers due to the existence of landmines which cover around 2,2% of its total area and directly affect the safety of more than 540 000 inhabitants; welcomes the EU's continued support to mine action and applauds the Demining Battalion of the Armed Forces in BiH for its excellent work; notes with concern the lack of sufficient quantities of state-of-the-art demining technology which might lead to a drop, from currently 3 km2, to less than 1 km2 of cleared territory per year as of 2020; urges therefore the Member States to well equip the Demining Battalion with the necessary means and items (up to 79 mine detectors, 34 off-road transport and 27 medical vehicles, 1 demining machine, personal protective equipment personnel insurance, medical equipment, tools, and marking material);
2018/10/18
Committee: AFET
Amendment 11 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the rules-based world order is being increasingly challenged both at the political-military level and, more recently, at the commercial-economic one; notes that these systemic challenges are being accompanied by the continuous deterioration of the international environment confronted with interstate conflicts, the effects of climate change, natural disasters, terrorism, state failure and hybrid attacks on the foundational pillars of our societies;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 17 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that these challenges are too vast to be successfully met by any single country; emphasises that it is vital for the EU to respond to these challenges, consistently, effectively and with one voice; notes that the CSDP is a useful tool for addressing many of these challenges; stresses that the Union's first answer to current challenges should be preventive, civilian and diplomatic and only as last resort use the military component of CSDP;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 39 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises, however, that to this date cooperation is still in a developing stage and much more needs to be done to ensure that the EU and Member States reap the rewards of deep, sustained, long-term cooperation on defencecivilian and military CSDP;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 48 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the importance of the transatlantic bond for the security and defence of the WesterEuropean democracies; expresses, however, concern about the current state of this relationship and calls on all responsible political and societal forces to further strengthen rather than to undermine this crucial relationship; stresses the need to avoid spill overs from recent difficulties in the trade relationship to the transatlantic security bond;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 55 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that appropriate investment in security and defence is a matter of urgency for the Member States and the EU and that defence cooperationcooperation on defence between Member States should become the norm, as outlined in the EU Global Strategy (EUGS); welcomes the progress achieved so far in thenotes implementation of some of the security and defence provisions of the EU Global Strategy; believes that these first achievements may open the perspective for important structural changes in the future;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 60 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Believes that the Union's preferred policy response to emerging risks, conflicts and threats should remain civilian; reminds that economic sanctions, if well-designed, targeted, and implemented in a uniform manner, are a powerful tool of coercive diplomacy, in particular as regards the trade in fossil fuels from states with aggressive foreign policies;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 63 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. WelcomNotes the creation of a dedicated title for defence in the Commission’s MFF proposal, and in particular the establishment of a budget line from which the European Defence Fund and Military Mobility projects will be funded; is of the opinion that these decisions will, most probably, call for a centralized management on defence at Commission level; underlines that funding from that budget line should be exclusively spent for defence purposes without politicization as security is indivisible and should be coherent with the capability and infrastructure needs of Member States and in line with the EU’s aspirations for strategic autonomy;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 74 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Notes the increasing prominence of military mobility on the European defence agenda; underlines that military mobility is a central strategic tool in the current threat environment, vital for both the CSDP and Member States other multilateral obligations, including NATO; welcomes therefore its inclusion not only in the proposal for the new Connecting Europe Facility but also its in PESCO and its prominent role in EU-NATO cooperation; emphasises that these different projects need to be properly coordinated to ensure that they yield the desired results; welcomes the Commission proposal to allocate 6.5 billion Euro to military mobility projects through the Connecting Europe Facility in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (2021-2027)territorial defence policy and in particular NATO;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 81 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Recalls that, besides air and sea lift, legally and politically, military mobility on European territory is a national and a NATO task of national and collective territorial defence; underlines that as long as the European Council, in compliance with Article 42 (2) TEU, acting unanimously, did not decide to establish a common defence, there is no political and legal basis for the use of Union budget funded programmes, such as the Connecting Europe Facility, large parts of the European Defence Fund; reminds that Article 42 (2) TEU requires that after such a European Council decision, Member States need to ratify that decision in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements; underlines that neither such a European Council decision nor ratification in Member States have taken place yet;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 90 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls, therefore, for the conceptualization and adoption of a EU Security and Defence White Book that will guarantee that current and future capability building processes will be solely based on EU´s strategic security interests in accordance with military and industrial necessitiesecurity and defence tasks of Articles 42 (1) and 43 (1) of the Treaty of Lisbon;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 92 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Also welcomes the proposal by the HR/VP, with the support of the Commission, for a European Peace Facility, which will finance the parcosts of the costs of EU defence activities such as African Union peacekeeping missions, common costs of own military CSDP operations, and military capacity building of partners, that are excluded from budgetary funding by article 41(2) TEU; notes in particular the ambitious inclusion, and expansion, of the Athena mechanism for the financing of CSDP missions, which has been a long- standing demand of the Parliament; proposes to change the facility’s title as it might mislead the wider public and to call this new fund European Facility for Military Cooperation; encourages to further enlarge its scope and to also include in-depth cooperation on research, development, procurement, supply, and maintenance of military technology needed to fulfill Article 42(1) and 43(1) military tasks;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 100 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Capabilities for the Union’s security and defencecivilian and military CSDP
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 108 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Reaffirms the importance of developing the necessary civilian and military capabilities to deal with the comprehensive security challenges in and around Europe outlined by the EU Global Strategy; recalls that European Union´s Global Strategy encourages both, the realization of deep defence cooperation and the strengthening of civilian capacities for CSDP;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 119 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that EU Member States jointly must cover the full-spectrum of land, air, space, maritime and cyber capabilities, including strategic enablers, to defend themselves and contribute to EU´s Common Security and Defence Policy;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 130 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that the capabilities for the Union`s security and defencemilitary CSDP could be improved by making better use of the existing frameworks of defence and military cooperation such as the European multinational high readiness corps HQs and the EU battlegroups; believes that this will contribute to the continuous transformation of national armed forces, towards the goal of being more interoperable, more sustainable, more flexible and more deployable; invites the Council to investigate, for example, the feasibility of potentially setting-up a permanent Spearhead Europe Forcecapacities, which could be drawing on the European multinational high readiness corps HQ in Strasbourg, Szczecin and Münster; considers that the EU battle groups should be transformed into permanent multinational units carrying out peacekeeping and other tasks of Article 43(1) TEU and grow into full- scale brigades and should be assigned to the corps HQ on a permanent basis;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 139 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. WelcomNotes the establishment of the European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP), aiming at supporting the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the EU defence industry with EUR 500 million until 2020;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 140 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Believes that EDIDP will help to foster the competitiveness, efficiency and innovation capacity of the EU's defence industry by eligible actions involving inter alia designing, prototyping, testing, qualification and certification of defence products as well as the development of technologies within a consortium including SMEs and middle capitalisation companies (mid-caps), research centres and universities, and collaboration between Member States, which contributes to the EU´s strategic autonomy;deleted
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 153 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. WelcomNotes the proposal for a regulation establishing a European Defence Fund and the substantial funding proposed by the European Commission for the next Multiannual Financial Framework; notes that the outcomes of the EDIDP discussions were taken duly into consideration and expresses hope that the proposal can be agreed as soon as possibleEP’s position on non-eligibility of inhumane weapons such as lethal autonomous weapons systems, and on the need for delegated acts for the EDF's seven years’ work programme will be sustained;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 162 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses that EU´s strategic security and defence objectivesobjectives of Articles 21 TEU and relevant tasks of Articles 42(1) and 43(1) TEU can only be achieved through the closest coordination of the needs and long-term capability building requirements of both the armed forces and defence industries of the Member States; notes that both the Capability Development Plan (CDP) and the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) can make important contributions to the achievement of this goal;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 165 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises again that the EDA should be the implementing agency for Union actions under the European Capabilities and Armaments policy, where foreseen by the Lisbon Treaty; stresses that the administrative and operational expenditure of the EDA should be funded from the Union budget; welcomes the minor adjustments of EDA's budget that have taken place but emphasises that EDA's increased responsibilities in the context of, among other things, PESCO and CARD require adequate fundingBelieves that the Commission should regulate the defence sectors, offering its services and long experience with significantly increasing efficiency and transparency of industrial processes and cooperation projects;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 172 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Deeply deplores the significant decrease of funds available for civilian conflict prevention and peacebuilding of around two thirds for the 2021-2027 MFF compared to the current financial perspective; urges the Council and the Commission to review this position and to triple investments in civilian conflict prevention for the upcoming MFF;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 176 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20 b. Calls for an initiative to significantly strengthen civilian CSDP, be it via a Civilian CSDP Compact or other means; reminds that according to the treaty, civilian CSDP has the task to manage crisis, stabilise institutions in fragile post-conflict countries, and not to manage migration;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 179 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. WelcomNotes the implementation of an inclusive Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) as an important step towards a closer, but voluntary, cooperation in security and defence among the Member States; acknowledges the character of PESCO as a legally binding long-term project, including a set of highly ambitious commitments as well as an array of cooperative projects; stresses the need for full alignment between PESCO activities and other CSDP activities, in particular with the objectives of Article 42(1) TEU and the military tasks of Article 43(1) TEU;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 191 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the Council decision on establishing governance rules for PESCO projects, clarifying many of the lingering open questions about the details of PESCO implementation; notes, however, that some questions about the financial aspects of the Council Decision still remain open, in particular as regards the correct implementation of Article 41(2) TEU and the possible additional financial needs of the EEAS and EDA to fulfil their functions as PESCO secretariat;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 203 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Is deeply concerned about UN/MINUSMA investigated and reported cases of dozens of very serious human rights abuses committed by Malian security forces which might amount to war crimes under humanitarian law; urges the HR/VP to make sure that the EU’s partners strictly comply with international humanitarian and human rights law, and legally binding EU regulations and that those cases are brought to justice without delay; calls on the EEAS to report to Parliament about these cases as a matter of urgency;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 210 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the establishment and full operational capability of the Military Planning and Conduct Capacity (MPCC) for non-executive EU missions and operations and the removal of obstacles to the deployment of EU Battlegroups(training missions) and underlines the need to soon give MPCC the mandate to plan and conduct all military CSDP operations in the future; calls for enhanced cooperation and coordination between the MPCC and the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capacity (CPCC) as part of an integrated, comprehensive approach to crises and conflicts, but insists on the principles that civilian and military chains of command need to remain separate;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 233 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. WelcomNotes the new EU-NATO declaration adopted at the NATO Summit in Brussels on 12 July 2018; while recognising the tangible results in the implementation of the 74 common actions, believes that further efforts are needed with regard to the practical implementation of the many commitments already made; notes in particular the involvement of the European Defence Agency (EDA) in the implementation of 30 actions;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 234 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Stresses that efforts on military mobilityair and sea lift should contribute to the effective implementation of CSDP missions and operations and to the Alliance’s defence posture and therefore encourages both organisations to continue working together on military mobility in the closest possible manner; calls on the Commission to underpin these efforts with the necessary investments and, where appropriate, legislation;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 260 #

2018/2099(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
37. Notes, while welcoming the overall progress made in CSDP since the presentation of the Global Strategy, that the parliamentary structures at EU level which have been established at a time when the EU’s level of ambition and level of activity regarding security and defence matters was rather limited, are no longer adequate to provide the necessary parliamentary oversight of a rapidly evolving policy area, in particular in the field of military capacity building of third countries; therefore, reiterates its previous call to upgraprovide the Subcommittee of Security and Defence to a full-fledged committee and to provide iParliament with the competences necessary in order to contribute to a comprehensive parliamentary oversight of CSDP; the upgrade from subcommittee to committee should be the consequence of replacing the ad-hoc management of defence and security at Commission level with a more specialized model taking into account the increasing complexity of the effort to be managed;
2018/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 1 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
– having regard to Articles 2 and 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), and Article 19 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), which gives the Union a political mandate to take appropriate action to combat discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation,
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 8 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
– having regard to the European Convention on Human Rights and its Protocols, especially Protocol No. 12 on non-discrimination,
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 18 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 11 October 2017 on the fundamental rights aspects in Roma integration in the EU: fighting anti-Gypsyism,1a _________________ 1a Texts adopted, P8 TA(2017)0413
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 31 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14
– having regard to the decision and case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), in particular case T- 646/13, and case law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR),
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 33 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
– having regard to the reports and surveys published and carried out by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), such as the report entitled ‘Respect for and protection of persons belonging to minorities 2008-2010’, as well as other relevant reports by national, European and international organisations and NGOs on the matter,
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 49 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas Article 2 of the TEU states that the Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the primacy of law and human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities – values which are shared by all the Member States and which must be upheld and actively promoted by the EU and each Member State individually in all their policies, both internally and externally in a consistent way; whereas Article 17 of the TEU states that the Commission must ensure the application of the Treaties;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 54 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU has laid down the principle of non-discrimination; whereas the values of the European Union are common to the Member States; whereas special attention should be paid to the protection of fundamental rights of the most vulnerable groups;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 59 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas, at present, the Union has tools of only limited efficacy to respond to systematic and institutional manifestations of discrimination, racism and xenophobia against minorities; whereas there are discrepancies among Member States in terms of recognition of minorities and respect for their rights; whereas, in spite of numerous calls on the Commission, only limited steps have been taken to ensure effective protection of minorities;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 62 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas recent developments have shown that instruments and processes to ensure the full and correct application of the principles and values of the Treaties – of which the respect for rights of persons belonging to minorities is a constituent part – need to be revised and integrated, and that an effective mechanism to close remaining gaps, and to ensure that Treaty principles and values are upheld throughout the Union, should be developed; whereas this mechanism should be evidence-based, objective, non- discriminatory, respecting the principles of subsidiarity, necessity and proportionality, applying to both Member States and institutions of the Union, and based on a graduated approach, including both a preventative and corrective arm; whereas the Parliament has given its support for the establishment of a EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights, which could be central to the coordinated European approach to governance which is currently lacking;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 86 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Condemns any discrimination based on any grounds such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation; notes that the proposed 2008 Equal Treatment Directive is still pending approval by the Council; reiterates its call on the Council to adopt the proposal as soon as possible;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 88 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Recalls that while protection of minorities is a part of the Copenhagen criteria, both for the candidate countries and for the Member States, there is no guarantee that candidate states stick to the commitments undertaken under the Copenhagen criteria once they became Member States; notes that compliance with the Copenhagen criteria by states before and after their accession to the EU must be subject to constant monitoring and to a constant dialogue within and between Parliament, the Commission and the Council;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 89 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Condemns the instances of discrimination, segregation, hate speech, hate crime and social exclusion experienced by Roma people; reiterates its position expressed in its resolution of 11 October 2017 on the fundamental rights aspects in Roma integration in the EU: fighting anti-Gypsyism; condemns the continuous discrimination against Roma people in access to housing, healthcare, education and the labour market; recalls that all European citizens should receive equal assistance and protection regardless of their ethnic or cultural origin;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 92 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1c. Insists on the importance of pursuing equality policies that enable all national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities to enjoy their fundamental rights uncontested; considers that the rights concerned are those which any person may exercise either individually or in community with others;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 93 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 d (new)
-1d. Reaffirms that indigenous people, in the exercise of theirs rights, should be free from discrimination of any kind and have the right to the dignity and diversity of their culture, traditions, histories and aspiration which shall be appropriately reflected in education and public information; the Member States shall take effective measures, in consultation and cooperation with the indigenous peoples concerned, to combat prejudice and eliminate discrimination and to promote tolerance, understanding and good relations among indigenous peoples and all other segments of society; encourages those Member States that have not yet done so to ratify the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention (ILO) No. 169 and implement it in good faith;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 94 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 e (new)
-1e. Calls on Member States to ensure minority groups’ right to freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development, as well as to participate freely and effectively in cultural, social and economic life and in public affairs, in particular those affecting them;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 95 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 f (new)
-1f. Recalls that there is no standard for minority rights in Union policy nor a common understanding of who can be considered a member of a minority; notes that there is no definition of minorities in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, nor in the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM); underlines the need to protect all national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, regardless of the definition, and any definition should be applied in a flexible manner, as de facto inclusion of beneficiaries under the protection of minority rights often forms part of an evolutionary process that eventually may lead to formal recognition;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 97 #

2018/2036(INI)

1. Recalls that while protection of minorities is a part of the Copenhagen criteria, both for the candidate countries and for the Member States, there is no guarantee that candidate states stick to the commitments undertaken under the Copenhagen criteria once they became Member States; recalls that there is no standard for minority rights in Union policy nor a common understanding of who can be considered a member of a minority; notes that there is no definition of minorities in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, nor in the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM);Should there be a need to define a ‘national minority’, recommends that, with respect to the principles of subsidiarity, proportionality and non-discrimination, such a definition should be primarily based on the definition, laid down in Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 1201(1993) for an additional protocol on the rights of minorities to the European Convention on Human Rights, of a ‘national minority’such as a group of persons in a state who
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 116 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – indent 3
– display distinctive ethnic, cultural, historical, religious or linguistic characteristics,
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 128 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that, in accordance with Article 17(1) of the TEU, the Commission, as guardian of the Treaties, has the legitimacy and authority to ensure that all the Member States are upholding the rule of law and other values referred to in Article 2 of the TEU; considers, therefore, that the measures taken by the Commission to carry out the task and to ensure that the conditions which existed before a Member State’s accession are still being fulfilled do not violate the sovereignty of the Member States;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 142 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States, while safeguarding the national citizenship, and calls on and the Commission, while promoting the European identity and common values, to safeguard the right of national minorities to preserve, protect and develop their own identity, and to take the necessary steps to ensure the effective participation of national minorities in social, economic and cultural life and in public affairs;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 150 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to ratify, and the European Union to accede to, the FCNM and the Language Charter and to respect the principles laid down in these documents; calls on the Member States and the Commission to refrain from acts that go against the principles laid down in these documents; notes thatcalls on the Member States and the EU institutions shallto refrain from adopting laws and administrative measures that weaken or derogate the rights of persons belonging to minorities;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 151 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Declares its support for the “Minority Safepack” European Citizens Initiative and invites the Commission to submit relevant legislative proposals in line with this initiative;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 156 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that common and minimum standards to protect the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities should be developed, taking account of best practices already used within the Member States, such as in Italy (Alto Adige/South Tyro)l, in Germany (Schleswig-Holstein) or in Finland, following the procedural principles of good neighbourliness, friendly relations and co- operation between the Member States as well as the co-operation with neighbouring non-EU countries, and on the basis of the implementation of international standards and norms; recalls the implementation of the commitments adopted and principles developed in the framework of the OSCE, particularly in its thematic recommendations and guidelines; recalls that the Commission has already taken these standards into account in the context of the Copenhagen criteria during the accession negotiations with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Cyprus, Malta, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia and the current candidate countries;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 157 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recognises the important role of civil society and non-governmental organisations as “watchdogs” of state compliance with minority protection standards while combating discrimination and promoting minority rights; calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure sufficient funding and support for these stakeholders;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 163 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that persons belonging to minorities are in a special category with regard to the right to remedies and have specific needs that must be met if they are to achieve full and effective equality, including appropriate remedies, and that their rights should be respected and promoted, including the right to freely express, preserve and develop their cultural or linguistic identity, free from any attempt at assimilation against their will;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 167 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to promote friendly and stable relationships between each other,; especially inncourages Member States to have an open and supportive dialogue with neighbouring countries with border regions where moreseveral languages are spoken and different cultures may be presentnd cultures are present, especially in order to support the cultural ties between the groups divided by the state borders;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 169 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Is concerned about the alarming increase of hate crime and hate speech motivated by racism, xenophobia or religious intolerance against national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities in Europe; calls on the EU and Member States to strengthen the fight against hate crime and discriminatory attitudes and behaviour; calls on the Commission and the FRA to continue their work on hate crime and hate speech monitoring in the Member States aimed against minorities, and to report regularly on the cases and tendencies;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 185 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that national minorities are groups of persons belonging to minorities who have been living on the same territory andwho sharinge a common identity, in some instances as a result and an awareness of bforder changes, in others as a result of living a long time in an area, whereby they have managed to preserve their identityming a demos regardless of state borders; calls on the Member States and the Commission to protect the cultural, political and linguistic identity of national minorities, and to create conditions for the promotion of that identity; points to the important role that regional and local authorities in the EU can play in protecting national minorities, and considers that administrative reorganisation and territorial districting must not have negative consequences for them;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 200 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that maintaining the cultural heritage of the EU is a common interest of the Member States; calls on the EU institutions and its Member States to support, enhance and promote the cultural rights of national minorities;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 204 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to recognise the contribution of national minorities to the cultural heritage of the Union, to reinforce dialogue with the representatives of nationaland persons belonging to minorities and to identify and implement coordinated policies and actions for the sustainable management of preserving and developing their culture;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 209 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to involve and support national minorities and their representativespersons belonging to them in fostering knowledge and skills that are necessary in order to safeguard, sustainably manage and develop cultural heritage and that should be handed down to future generations; calls on the Member States and the Commission to establish and maintain concrete cultural funds for the representatives of regional andpersons belonging to minority righties, both at horizontal and vertical levels;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 252 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that education is a key element of socialisation and development, and that the continuity of mother tongue education is vital to preserving their cultural and linguistic identity; notes that, when it comes to minority language education, there is no one single best- practice model that is suitable for all national minorities;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 279 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Member States to apply positive measures in order to ensure proper representation of minorities in education, as well as in public administration, executive agencies at national, regional and municipal levels; calls on the Commission to collect and report statistical information in this regard, if available;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 300 #

2018/2036(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to recognise that every person belonging to a national minority has the right to use his or her surname (patronym) and first names in the minority language and the right to official recognition of them, including in the context of the freedom of movement in the EU;
2018/06/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph –1 (new)
-1. Recalls that Western Sahara remains on the list of non-self-governing territories for the purposes of Article 73 of the Charter of the United Nations and that any engagement with this territory must conform with this particular status under international law;
2018/10/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 2 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph –1 a (new)
-1 a. Recalls that the EU and its Member States do not recognise Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara; notes that the Court of Justice of the European Union has affirmed the separate and distinct status of the territory of Western Sahara in relation to any State, including the Kingdom of Morocco;
2018/10/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 8 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recalls that according to the Court of Justice of the European Union in its 10 December 2015 ruling on Western Sahara, the Commission stated during the legal proceedings in front of the Court that "it does not challenge the "capacity as representative of the Sahrawi people enjoyed by the Front Polisario which was recognised by the UN General Assembly";
2018/10/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 20 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that it is important for this agreement to give guarantees regarding respect for international law, including human rights, in the territories concerned and for the Saharawi people;
2018/10/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 29 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. NotesInsists on the importance that this agreement does not imply any recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara and that the EU’s position remains that of supporting UN efforts to secure a fair, and lasting and mutually acceptable settlement of the Western Sahara conflict, on the basis of the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people and in accordance with the relevant UN resolutions; reiterates, therefore, its full support to the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Mr Horst Köhler, in helping the parties to achieve this settlement;
2018/10/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 34 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Notes that the Commission Staff Working Document that accompanies the proposed agreement, states that it "uses the term "Western Sahara" to refer to the part of the territory administered de facto by Morocco"; notes that the Joint Declaration states that "products originating in Western Sahara subject to controls by customs authorities of the Kingdom of Morocco" shall benefit from the trade preferences under this agreement; notes therefore that the products originating in the part of the territory of Western Sahara that is outside the control of Morocco, will not benefit from such trade preferences;
2018/10/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 41 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Considers that the partial territorial coverage of the agreement raises questions in relation to the obligations of the EU and its Member States to respect the principle of territorial integrity, which is an integral part of the right to self-determination; in relation to the border treaties between Morocco and Western Sahara; and towards the obligation to respect the"separate and distinct" nature of Western Sahara in relation to Morocco, affirmed by the European Court of Justice, which would require the preservation of the integrity of Western Sahara;
2018/10/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 43 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Expects the Commission to clarify the territorial scope of the proposed agreement and to ensure that economic operators in and products from the part of Western Sahara outside Moroccan control are not discriminated as a result of this agreement;
2018/10/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 44 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. Expresses concern that the agreement, by restricting its territorial application to the part under the control of Morocco, may reinforce the current social, economic and military dividing lines within Western Sahara;
2018/10/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 45 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3 e. Notes that in spite of the separate and distinct status of Western Sahara and of the non-recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara, the Commission and the EEAS held negotiation rounds in Rabat and Brussels, and not in Western Sahara during the course of the negotiations of the agreement;
2018/10/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 50 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that during inclusivthe consultations led by the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) with a wide variety of Western Saharan local representatives, civil society organisations and other organisations and bodies, broad support was expressed for the socio-economic benefits the proposed tariff preferences would bringin relation to the proposed agreement took place in Brussels and Rabat, and not in Western Sahara;
2018/10/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 57 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that out of the 112 stakeholders enlisted by the Commission among those having been included in the consultations on the proposed agreement, 94 of them rejected taking part in the consultations or were not invited to participate therein; notes that among the 18 remaining stakeholders, 2 are Members of the Moroccan Parliament, 1 is the Moroccan state-owned phosphate company OCP and 6 are public bodies or other structures that have been set up by Morocco in Western Sahara;
2018/10/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 70 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Takes good note of the exchange of letters and acknowledges the effortsof the claim of the Commission and the EEAS in trying, within the remit of their competences, to evaluto have evaluated the benefit for the population of the part of the territory that stands to benefit from this agreement; stresses, nevertheless, that the Court of Justice ruled thate the benefit for the population and to ascertainissue of benefits was irrelevant to the agreement and that only the explicit reference of Western Sahara and their consent tof this agreement; stresses, nevertheless,e people of Western Sahara was required; stresses also that more could be done to improve the traceability of products coming from Western Sahara; invsets as a pre-requirement for ites approval, that the Commission services, therefore, to engage further with the Moroccan authoriimprove this aspect, notably in order to produce clear and reliable statistiecs to improve this aspect, notably in order to produce cleand present a detailed protocol outlining reliable and efficient means to ensure the traceability of products originating in Western Sahara and reliable statistics.full compliance with the EU customs legislation;
2018/10/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 79 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls for the establishment of an EU-Western Sahara subcommittee on trade and agriculture to be established, in accordance with the distinct and separate status of the territory concerned;
2018/10/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 81 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Notes the statement by the Commission in its Staff Working Document that "statistics on Western Sahara generally remain patchy and disparate" and that "it is generally impossible to distinguish Moroccan imports from Western Saharan imports using EU statistics on foreign trade and therefore to estimate what portion of those imports is from Western Sahara"; considers that this lack of data raises questions in relation to the credibility of the assessment carried out by the Commission and its capacity to have effectively defended the interests of EU- based economic operators;
2018/10/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 82 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Notes that in line with the non- recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara, the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and recent jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union, the EU Delegation to Morocco and its accredited staff may not carry out their activities outside the internationally recognised borders of Morocco; calls on the EEAS to provide clarification on this matter and on the practical implications foreseen for the monitoring of the implementation of this agreement;
2018/10/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 83 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Considers that the consultation process carried out by the Commission and the EEAS did not allow to effectively assess the views of the people of Western Sahara on the proposed agreement; considers that the consent of the people of Western Sahara can only be expressed by its UN recognized representative, the Polisario Front; notes in this respect that the Polisario Front has rejected the proposed agreement;
2018/10/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 84 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5 e. Considers that the human rights assessment and the stakeholder consultation carried out by the Commission and the EEAS in relation to the agreement falls short of complying with the Commission's own Guidelines on the analysis of human rights impacts in impact assessments for trade-related policy initiatives and its Guidelines on Stakeholder Consultation; observes in particular, that the cursory comments on the human rights situation in Western Sahara in the Staff Working Document that accompanies the agreement, fail to meet the commitment of the Commission to carry out a "comprehensive, participative, balanced and transparent" analysis of the human rights impact of the agreement; underscores that this is particularly inadequate given the seriousness of the human rights situation in Western Sahara and that human rights, notably the right to self-determination, are at the core of the ruling of the European Court of Justice; expects therefore the Commission to carry out a proper human rights impact assessment in line with its own policy guidelines, prior to the consideration of the agreement;
2018/10/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 85 #

2018/0256M(NLE)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5 f. Calls therefore on the Committee on International Trade, as the committee responsible, to propose that the European Parliament decline its consent;
2018/10/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 17 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
The Committee on Foreign Affairs calls on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, as the committee responsible, to propose the rejection of the Commission proposal.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 19 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 173(3), Article 182(4), Article 183 and the secThe Committee on Foreign Affairs calls on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, as the committee responsible, to propose the rejection of the Commissiond paragraph of Article 188 thereof,roposal due to problems with its legal base.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 85 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
It lays down the objectives of the Fund, the budget for the period 2021-2027, the forms of Union funding and the rules for providing such funding.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 94 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) support highly efficient collaborative research projects that could significantly boost the performance of future capabilities, aiming at maximising innovation and introducing new defence products and technologies, including disruptive ones;
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 102 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) support highly efficient collaborative development projects of defence products and technologies consistent with defence capability priorities commonly agreed by Member States within the framework of the Common Foreign and Security Policyapability Development Plan (CAP), thus contributing to greater efficiency of defence spending within the Union, achieving greater economies of scale, reducing the risk of unnecessary duplication and as such reducing the fragmentation of defence products and technologies throughout the Union. Ultimately, the Fund will lead toshall seek greater interoperability between Member States' capabilities.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 108 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the European Defence Fund for the period 2021 – 2027 shall be EUR 13 000 000 000 in current pricesActions under this Programme shall be funded by the Member States and, where appropriate, via the use of intergovernmental mechanisms such as ATHENA. Only administrative expenditure of the Commission may be charged to the Union budget.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 109 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The indicative distribution of the amount referred to in paragraph 1 shall be: (a) up to EUR 4 100 000 000 for research actions; (b) up to EUR 8 900 000 000 for development actions.deleted
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 113 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
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.deleted
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 114 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. Up to 5 % of the financial envelope referred to in paragraph 1 shall be devoted to support disruptive technologies for defence.deleted
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 117 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. Resources allocated to Member States under shared management may, at their request, be transferred to the Fund. The Commission shall implement those resources directly in accordance with Article [62(1)(a)] of the Financial Regulation. Where possible those resources shall be used for the benefit of the Member State concerned.deleted
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 125 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. PAll proposals shall be systematically screened ex-ante to identify those actions raising complex or serious ethics issues and submit them to an ethics assessmentx-ante ethics impact assessment. This review must extend beyond the narrow confines of privacy and data protection take into account the broader societal impacts of the underlying security R&D agenda. Proposals that raise substantial ethical and/or societal impact concerns must be subject to enhanced scrutiny and control. In particular each project under that call will be subject to ethical review. Ethics screenings and assessments shall be carried out by the Commission with the support of experts on defence ethicsindependent experts with various background, including from civil society. The Commission shall ensure the transparency of the ethics procedures as much as possiblend report every six months to the European Parliament.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 134 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
Cumulative, complementary and combined funding 1. An action that has received a contribution from another Union programme may also receive a contribution under the Fund, provided that the contributions do not cover the same costs. The rules of each contributing Union programme/Fund shall apply to its respective contribution to the action. The cumulative funding shall not exceed the total eligible costs of the action and the support from the different Union programmes may be calculated on a pro- rata basis in accordance with the documents setting out the conditions for support. 2. Actions awarded a Seal of Excellence certification, or which comply with the following cumulative, comparative, conditions: (a) they have been assessed in a call for proposals under the Fund; (b) they comply with the minimum quality requirements of that call for proposals; (c) they may not be financed under that call for proposals due to budgetary constraints, may receive support from the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Social Fund or the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, in accordance with paragraph 5 of Article [65] of Regulation (EU) XX [Common Provisions Regulation] and Article [8] of Regulation (EU) XX [Financing, management and monitoring of the Common Agricultural Policy], provided that such actions are consistent with the objectives of the programme concerned. The rules of the Fund providing support shall apply.Article 9 deleted
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 163 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
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 thesThe 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.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 168 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5
5. Paragraph 4 shall not apply to for actions referred to in points c) and j) of paragraph 3 and to actions referred to in Article 6.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 169 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Actions which contribute in parts or entirely (parts and components including software, artificial intelligence features, and any relevant dual- use technologies), directly or indirectly to the following technologies shall be excluded the Programme: (a) Weapons of mass destruction and related warhead and missile technology; (b) Cluster munitions and related aspects in line with the Convention on Cluster Munitions; (c) Anti-personal landmines and related aspects in line with the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and their Destruction; (d) Incendiary weapons including white phosphorus; (e) Depleted uranium ammunitions; (f) Lethal autonomous weapons without meaningful human control over the critical functions of selecting and attacking individual targets; (g) Small and light weapons (SALW) mainly developed for export purposes, i.e. where no Member State has expressed a requirement for the action to be carried out.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 171 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Actions which contribute directly or indirectly to the production of armed unmanned aerial vehicles or their parts, including components, software, artificial intelligence features, and any relevant dual-use technologies shall be excluded so long as no Council Decision on the use of such new military technology exists which upholds international human rights law and international humanitarian law and which addresses issues such as a legal framework, proportionality, protection of civilians and transparency.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 173 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Grants may be awarded without a call for proposals to legal entities identified in the work programme in accordance with Article [195(e)] of the Financial Regulation.deleted
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 220 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3
3. With regard to results generated by recipients, the Commission shall be notified ex-ante, at least six weeks before, of any transfer of ownership or grant of a licence to non-associated third countries. Such transfer of ownership or granting of a licence shall not contravene the defence and security interests of the Union and its Member States, the eight criteria of Common Position2 008/944/CFSP, Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items, EU restrictive measures in force or the objectives this Regulation as set out in Article 3, otherwise it will, among other measures, necessitate reimbursement of the funding provided under the Fund.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 228 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall adopt the work programmes by means of implementingdelegated acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28 paragraph 2. The work programmes shall set out in detail the categories of projects to be included in the Programme as well as the commitment of the Member States for financing their implementation. These work programmes shall be in line with the objectives set out in Article 3.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 231 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. The European Defence Agency, the European Parliament, civil society and academia shall be invited as an observers to provide itstheir views and expertise. The European External Action Service shall also be invited to assist.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 232 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission shall establish an Advisory Group composed of independent experts, academia and civil society organisations to provide advice to the Committee in particular on the compatibility of technology supported by this Programme with a view on moral, ethical and international law obligations of both the Union and its Member States.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 238 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Independent experts shall be Union's citizens identified and selected on the basis of calls for expressions of interest addressed to relevant organisations such as Ministries of Defence and subordinated agencies, research institutes, universities, civil society organisations, business associations or enterprises of the defence sector with a view to establishing a list of experts. By derogation from Article [237] ofIn compliance with the Financial Regulation, this list shall not be made public.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 241 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. Independent experts shall have the appropriate security clearance issued by a Member State.deleted
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 242 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4
4. The Committee and the European Parliament referred to in Article 28 shall be informed annually on the list of experts.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 243 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5
5. Independent experts shall be chosen by the European Commission on the basis of their skills, experience and knowledge appropriate to carry out the tasks assigned to them.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 259 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 27(2) and 31 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 260 #

2018/0254(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 5
5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 27(2) and 31 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
2018/09/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 137 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) To promote the implementation of the European integrated border management defined by its components in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1624: border control, search and rescue during border surveillance, risk analysis, cooperation between Member States (supported and coordinated by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency), inter-agency cooperation (including the regular exchange of information), cooperation with third countries, technical and operational measures within the Schengen area related to border control and designed to address illegalrregular immigration and to counter cross- border crime better, use of state-of-the-art technology, quality control and solidarity mechanisms, and to ensure that it becomes an operational reality, Member States should be provided with adequate Union financial support.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 146 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) To ensure a uniform and high- quality external border control and to facilitate legitimate travel across the external borders, the instrument should contribute to the development of European integrated border management that includes all the measures involving policy, law, systematic cooperation, burden- sharing, assessment of the situation and changing circumstances regarding crossing points for irregular migrants, personnel, equipment and technology taken at different levels by the competent authorities of the Member States and by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, acting in cooperation with other actors such as third countries and other EU bodies, in particular the European Agency for the operational management of large- scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (eu-LISA), Europol and international organisations.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 152 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) With a view to improving the management of the external borders, to contribute to preventing and combating irregular migration and to contribute to a high level of security within the area of freedom, security and justice of the Union, the instrument should support the development of existing large-scale IT systems, based on existing or new IT systems. It should also support the setting- up of interoperability between those EU information systems (Entry-exit system (EES)23 , the Visa Information System (VIS)24 , the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS)25 , Eurodac26 , the Schengen Information System (SIS)27 and the European Criminal Records Information System for third- country nationals (ECRIS-TCN))28 in the Member States, in order for these EU information systems and their data to supplement each other. The instrument should also contribute to the necessary developments at national level following the implementation of the interoperability components at central level (European search portal (ESP), a shared biometric matching service (shared BMS), a common identity repository (CIR) and a multiple-identity detector (MID))29 . _________________ 23 Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 of 30 November 2017 establishing an Entry/Exit System (EES) to register entry and exit data and refusal of entry data of third- country nationals crossing the external borders of the Member States and determining the conditions for access to the EES for law enforcement purposes, and amending the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement and Regulations (EC) No 767/2008 and (EU) No 1077/2011 (OJ L 327, 9.12.2017, p. 20). 24 Regulation (EC) No 767/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 concerning the Visa Information System (VIS) and the exchange of data between Member States on short-stay visas (VIS Regulation) (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 60). 25 COM(2016) 731 final of 16 November 2016. 26 COM(2016) 272 final/2 of 4 May 2016. COM(2016) 272 final/2 of 4 May 2016. 27 COM(2016) 881 final, 882 final and 883 final of 21 December 2016. 28 29COM(2017) 344 final of 29 June 2017. COM(2017) 79344 final of 12 December29 June 2017.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 159 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) The instrument should support the implementation of the hotspot approach as outlined in the Commission’s Communication on A European Agenda on Migration and endorsed by the European Council of 25 and 26 June 201530 . The hotspot approach provides operational support to Member States affected by disproportionate migratory pressureemergency at the Union’s external borders. It offers integrated, comprehensive and targeted assistance in a spirit of solidarity and shared responsibility as well as with a view to safeguarding the integrity of the Schengen area. _________________ 30 EUCO 22/15 CO EUR 8 CONCL 3.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 166 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
(34) Measures in and in relation to third countries supported through the instrument should be implemented in full synergy and coherence with and should complement other actions outside the Union supported through the Union's external financing instruments. In particular, in implementing such actions, full coherence should be sought with the principles and general objectives of the Union’s external action and foreign policy related to the country or region in question. In relation to the external dimension, the instrument should target support to enhance cooperation with third countries and to reinforce key aspects of their border surveillance and border management capabilities in areas of interest to the Union’s migration policy and Union’s security objectives.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 175 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
(43) Part of the available resources under the instrument could also be allocated to Member States’ programmes for the implementation of specific actions in addition to their initial allocation. These specific actions should be identified at Union level and should concern actions which require cooperative effort or actions necessary to address developments in the Union which require additional funding to be made available to one or more Member States, such as the purchase through the national programmes of Member States of technical equipment needed by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency to perform its operational activities, and the modernisation of the processing of visa applications, the development of new large-scale IT systems and the setting-up of interoperability between those systems. These specific actions will be defined by the Commission in its work programmes.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 180 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
(45) In order to strengthen the Union’s capacity to immediately address unforeseen or disproportionate migratory pressureemergency situations, in particular at those border sections where the impact level has been identified in line with Regulation (EU) No 1052/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council38 as such that it jeopardises the functioning of the Schengen area as a whole, as well as pressure on the visa sections of Member States’ consulates or risks to border security, it should be possible to provide emergency assistance in accordance with the framework set out in this Regulation. _________________ 38 Regulation (EU) No 1052/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 establishing the European Border Surveillance System (Eurosur) (OJ L 295, 6.11.2013, p. 11).
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 196 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. As part of the Integrated Border Management Fund, the policy objective of the instrument shall be ensuring strong and effective European integrated border management at the external borders while safeguarding the free movement of persons within it, in full compliance with the Union’s commitments on fundamental rights, thereby contributing to guaranteeing a high, in full compliance with the Union law and the international levegal of security in the Unionbligations of the Union and Member States.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 198 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) supporting effective European integrated border management at the external borders implemented by the European Border and Coast Guard as a shared responsibility of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and of the national authorities responsible for border management, to facilitate legitimate border crossings, to prevent and detect illegalrregular immigration and cross-border crime and to effectively manage migratory flows;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 202 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) supporting the common visa policy to facilitate legitimate travel and prevent migratory and security risks.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 206 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. To achieve the objectives of this Regulation, the instrument may support actions in line with Union priorities as referred to in Annex III in relation to and in third countries, where appropriate, in accordance with Article 5.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 212 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) third country listed in the work programme under the conditions specified therein.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 214 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Legal entities established in a third country are exceptionally eligible to participate where this is necessary for the achievement of the objectives of a given action.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 219 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Legal entities participating in consortia of at least two independent entities, established in different Member States or overseas countries or territories linked to those states or in third countries, are eligible.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 222 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission and the Member States shall ensure that the support provided under this Regulation and by the Member States is consistent with the relevant activities, policies and priorities of the Union and is complementary to other Union instruments. , including the rights and principles enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and international obligations of the Union and the Member States, and is complementary to other Union instruments. In particular, actions funded under this Instrument shall be implemented in full compliance with the provisions of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the principle of fair treatment of third-country nationals, the right to asylum and international protection, the principle of non-refoulement and the international obligations under the Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951, as supplemented by the New York Protocol of 31 January 1967. Special attention should also be given to the identification, immediate assistance and referral to protection services of vulnerable persons, in particular children and unaccompanied minors.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 223 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. When implementing actions funded under the Instrument which are related to maritime border surveillance, Member States shall pay special attention to their obligations under international maritime law to render assistance to persons in distress. In that regard, equipment and systems supported under the Instrument shall may be used to address search and rescue situations which may arise during a border surveillance operation at sea, thereby contributing to ensuring the protection and saving lives at sea.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 228 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Funding from the thematic facility shall address priorities with a high added value to the Union or be used to respond to urgent needs, in line with agreed Union priorities as outlined in Annex II. For the preparation of the working programmes, the Commission shall consult the organisations which represent the partners at Union level, including civil society, in line with Article 6(4) of the Regulation (EU) …/… [CPR]. The European Commission should seek to allocate a reasonable minimum percentage of funding to civil society organisations under this instrument.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 253 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 10
10. Whenever a Member State decides to implement projects with or in a third country with the support of the instrument, the Member State concerned shall consult the Commission prior to the start of the project.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 255 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 11
11. Whenever a Member State decides to implement actions with or in a third country with the support of the instrument relating to monitoring, detection, identification, tracking, prevention and interception of unauthorised border crossings for the purpose of detecting, preventing and combating illegal immigration and cross-border crime or contributing to the protection and saving the lives of migrants, it shall ensure that it has notified the Commission of any bilateral or multilateral cooperation agreement with that third country in accordance with Article 20 of Regulation (EU) No 1052/2013.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 261 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 12 – introductory part
12. As regards operating equipment, including means of transport, and communication systems required for effective and secure border control and search and rescue purchased with the support of this instrument, the following shall apply:
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 265 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. The programmes shall be subject to a mid-term review in accordance with Article 14 and 40 of Regulation (EU) No …/… [CPR] and Article 26 of this Regulation.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 275 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. Member States using operating support shall comply with the Union acquis on borders and visas.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 285 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall implement information and communication actions relating to the implementation of this instrument, its actions and results. In particular, the Commission shall publish information concerning the development of the annual and multiannual programmes of the thematic facility. The Commission shall also publish the list of operations, projects and contracts selected for support publicly available on their website in at least one of the official languages of the Union and shall update that list at least every three months. Financial resources allocated to this instrument shall also contribute to the corporate communication on the implementation of political priorities of the Union, as far as they are related to the objectives of this Regulation. In particular, the Commission may promote best practices and exchange information as regards to the implementation of this instrument.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 286 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The data referred to in paragraph 2 shall be published in open, machine- readable formats, as set out in Article 5(1) of the Directive 2003/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, which allows data to be sorted, searched, extracted, compared and reused. Data should be able to be sorted by priority, specific objective, total eligible cost of operations, total cost of projects, total cost of procurement procedures, name of beneficiary and name of contractor.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 290 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. The instrument shall exceptionally provide financial assistance to address urgent and specific needs in the event of an emergency situation resulting from an urgand as a measure of last resort. Whent and exceptional pressure where a large or disproportionate number of third-country nationals have crossed, are crossing or are expected to cross the external borders of one or more Member States, in particular at border sections where the impact level has been identifi Member States requests emergency assistance, it shall communicate the request to the actors included in the partnership laid down in Article 6 of the Regulation (EU) …/… [CPR] and the members of the monitoring committee within ten days. The communication shall: (i) explain the urgent and specific needs as such that it jeopardises the functioning of the whole Schengen area, or any other situation of urgent and exceptional pressure within the scope of this Regulation that requires immediate acnd why they are exceptional; (ii) outline the measures previously introduced to address the identified urgent and specific needs; (iii) explain why those alternative measures did not sufficiently remedy that situation; (iv) assess how the emergency assistance would likely help to remedy the situation.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 294 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. When the Commission provides emergency assistance to a Member State, it shall inform the European Parliament and the Council in a timely manner.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 302 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. An action that has received a contribution under the instrument may also receive a contribution from any other Union programme, including Funds under shared management, provided that the contributions do not cover the same costs. The rules of each contributing Union programme shall apply to its respective contribution to the action. The cumulative funding shall not exceed the total eligible costs of the action and the support from the different Union programmes may be calculated on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the documents setting out the conditions for support. Contributions from other Union programmes to actions under this instrument shall be acknowledged as such in the national programmes and annual performance reports.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 306 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. For resources under shared management, monitoring and reporting in accordance with Title IV of Regulation (EU) …/… [CPR] shall be based on the types of intervention set out in Annex VI to this Regulation. To address unforeseen or new circumstances or to ensure the effective implementation of the funding, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 29 to amend Annex VI. For the revision of the monitoring and evaluation framework, the Commission shall consult the organisations which represent the partners at Union level, including civil society.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 315 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. The mid-term and the retrospective evaluation shall be carried out in a timely manner to feed into the decision-making process in accordance with the provisions set out in Article 14 and the timeline set out in Article 40 of Regulation (EU) No …/… [CPR].
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 317 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. After the completion of the mid- term review and the retrospective review, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament, to the Council, to the European Economic and Social Committee and to the Committee of the Regions: (a) an interim evaluation report on the implementation of this Regulation by June 2024.That interim evaluation report shall include an assessment of the mid- term review carried out in accordance with this Regulation and the [CPR]; ( (b) an ex-post evaluation report on the effects of this Regulation and the Specific Regulations, following the closure of the national programmes, by 30 June 2027. The European Parliament may invite the Commission for a structured dialogue on the mid-term review and the ex-post evaluation.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 319 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the complementarity between the actions supported by the instrument and support provided by other Union Funds, in particular those in or in relation to third countries;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 334 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 6
6. For the purpose of the distribution of resources under paragraph 1(c), ‘external sea borders’ shall mean the outer limit of the territorial sea of the Member States as defined in accordance with Articles 4 to 16 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. However, in cases where long range operations on a regular basis are required in order to prevent illegalrregular immigration or illegal entry, this shall be the outer limit of high threat areas. The definition of ‘external maritime borders’ in this regard shall be determined by taking into account the operational data over the past two years as provided by the Member States concerned. This definition shall be used exclusively for the purpose of this Regulation.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 337 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 7 – point a – point 1
(1) 760 % for the number of crossings of the external border at authorised border crossing points;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 338 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 7 – point a – point 2
(2) 320% for the number of third- country nationals refused entry at the external border.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 339 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 7 – point a – point 2 a (new)
(2a) 20 % for the number of persons having submitted an application for international protection or having been included in such an application as a family member and having had their applications processed under the border procedure referred to in Article 43 of Directive 2013/32/EU.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 343 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 9 – point d
(d) Where Member States have not provided the statistics concerned, the latest available data for those Member States shall be used. W or where there is no data available for a Member State, the reference figure shall be zero.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 345 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 10
10. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency shall provide the Commission with a report on the breakdown of resources as regards external land borders, external sea borders and airports, as referred to in paragraph 1(c). The Commission shall make the report publicly available.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 350 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 1 – point a – point v
v. supporting, within the scope of this Regulation, Member States facing existing or potential disproportionate migratory pressurehigh workload at the EU’s external borders, including through technical and operational reinforcement, as well as by deploying migration management support teams in hotspot areas.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 352 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 1 – point b
(b) further developing the European Border and Coast Guard, through common capacity-building, joint procurement, establishment of common standards and any other measures streamlining the cooperation and coordination between the Member States and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency;deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 354 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 1 – point c
(c) enhancing inter-agency cooperation at national level among the national authorities responsible for border control or for tasks carried out at the border, and at EU level between the Member States, or between the Member States, on the one hand, and the relevant Union bodies, offices and agencies or third countries, on the other;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 356 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 1 – point e
(e) setting up, operating and maintaining large- scale IT systems in the area of border management, including the interoperability of these IT systems and their communication infrastructure.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 357 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) increasing capacity, including technical equipment, to render assistance to persons in distress at sea, in particular supporting search and rescue operations.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 360 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – point 2 – point d
(d) setting up, operating and maintaining large- scale IT systems in the area of the common policy on visas, including the interoperability between these IT systems and their communication infrastructure.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 361 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1 – point a
(a) infrastructures, buildings, systems and services required at border crossing points, in hotspot areas and for border surveillance between border crossing points to prevent and tackle unauthorised border crossings, illegalrregular immigration and cross-border crime at the external borders, as well as to guarantee the smooth flows of legitimate travellers and the effective management of migration flows, including measures related to the referral of persons who are in need of, or wish to apply for, international protection while always ensuring a dignified treatment of the persons concerned;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 365 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1 – point d
(d) secondment of joint liaison officers to third countries as defined in Regulation (EU) No …/ … [new ILO Regulation]69 and secondment of border guards and other relevant experts to Member States or from a Member State to a third country, reinforcement of cooperation and operational capacity of networks of experts or liaison officers, as well as exchange of best practices and boosting the capacity of European networks to assess, promote, support and develop Union policies; _________________ 69OJ L […], […]. p.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 368 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1 – point e
(e) studies, pilot projects and other relevant actions aiming to implement or develop European integrated border management, including measures aiming at the development of the European Border and Coast Guard, such as common capacity-building, joint procurement, establishment of common standards and other measures streamlining the cooperation and coordination between the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and Member States, as well as measures related to referral of persons who are in need of, or wish to apply for, international protection ;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 369 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1 – point f
(f) actions developing innovative methods or deploying new technologies with a potential for transferability to other Member States, in particular deploying the results of security research projects where such deployment has been identified by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, acting under Article 37 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1624, as contributing to the development of operational capabilities of the European Border and Coast Guard;deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 375 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) the exchange of best practices and experts, including with regard to the protection of fundamental rights in the context of the different components of border management, in particular with regards to the identification, immediate assistance and referral to protection services of vulnerable persons;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 381 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 2
(2) Measures supporting inter-agency cooperation between a Member State and a neighbouring third country with which the EU shares a common land or maritime border.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 383 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 3
(3) Further development of the European Border and Coast Guard, through common capacity building, joint procurement, establishment of common standards and any other measures streamlining the cooperation and coordination between the Member States and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, as outlined in paragraph 1(b) of Annex II.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 385 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 6
(6) Measures deploying, transferring, testing and validating new methodology or technology, including pilot projects and follow-up measures to Union-funded security research projects, as referred to in Annex III.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 387 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 7
(7) Measures for setting up and running hotspot areas in Member States facing existing or potential exceptional and disproportionate migratory pressuremergency situations.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 389 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 9 a (new)
(9a) Measures targeting the identification, immediate assistance and referral to protection services of vulnerable persons.
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 391 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point a – introductory part
(a) Specific objective 1: Supporting effective European integrated border management at the external borders implemented by the European Border and Coast Guard as a shared responsibility of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and of the national authorities responsible for border management, to facilitate legitimate border crossings, to prevent and detect illegalrregular immigration and cross-border crime and to effectively manage migratory flows:
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 395 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – point b – introductory part
(b) Specific objective 2: Supporting the common visa policy to facilitate legitimate travel and prevent migratory and security risks:
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 398 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VIII – point a – introductory part
(a) Specific objective 1: Supporting effective European integrated border management at the external borders implemented by the European Border and Coast Guard as a shared responsibility of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and of the national authorities responsible for border management, to facilitate legitimate border crossings, to prevent and detect illegalrregular immigration and cross-border crime and to effectively manage migratory flows;
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 401 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VIII – point a – point 2
(2) Number of specialised posts in third countries supported by the instrument – joint liaison officers, as referred to in Annex III; – other specialised posts related to border management.deleted
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 403 #

2018/0249(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VIII – point b – introductory part
(b) Specific objective 2: Supporting the common visa policy to facilitate legitimate travel and prevent migratory and security risks:
2018/12/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 163 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) When adopting Regulation (EC) No 810/2009, it was recognised that the issue of the sufficient reliability for identification and verification purposes of fingerprints of children under the age of 12 and, in particular, how fingerprints evolve with age, would have to be addressed at a later stage, on the basis of the results of a study carried out under the responsibility of the Commission. A study53 carried out in 2013 by the Joint Research Centre concluded that fingerprint recognition of children aged between 6 and 12 years is achievable with a satisfactory level of accuracy under certain conditions. A second study54 confirmed this finding in December 2017 and provided further insight into the effect of aging over fingerprint quality. On this basis, the Commission conducted in 2017 a further study looking into the necessity and proportionality of lowering the fingerprinting age for children in the visa procedure to 6 years. This study55 found that lowering the fingerprinting age would contribute to better achieving the VIS objectives, in particular in relation to the facilitation of the fight against identity fraud, facilitation of checks at external border crossing points, and could bring additional benefits by strengthening the prevention and fight against children's rights abuses, in particular by enabling the identification/verification of identity of third-country national (TCN) children who are found in Schengen territory in a situation where their rights may be or have been violated (e.g. child victims of trafficking in human beings, missing children and unaccompanied minors applying for asylum). _________________ 53 Fingerprint Recognition for Children (2013 - EUR 26193). 54 "Automatic fingerprint recognition: from children to elderly" (2018 – JRC). 55 ''Feasibility and implications of lowering the fingerprinting age for children and on storing a scanned copy of the visa applicant's travel document in the Visa Information System (VIS)'' (2018).deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 168 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) The personal data provided by the applicant for a short-stay visa should be processed by the VIS to assess whether the entry of the applicant in the Union could pose a threat to the public security or to public health in the Union and also assess the risk of irregular migration of the applicant. As regards third country nationals who obtained a long stay visa or a residence permit, these checks should be limited to contributing to assess the identity of the document holder, the authenticity and the validity of the long- stay visa or residence permit as well as whether the entry of the third country national in the Union could pose a threat to public security or to public health in the Union. They should not interfere with any decision on long-stay visas or residence permits.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 171 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) The assessement of such risks cannot be carried out without processing the personal data related to the person's identity, travel document, and, as the case may be, sponsor or, if the applicant is minor, identity of the responsible person. Each item of personal data in the applications should be compared with the data present in a record, file or alert registered in an information system (the Schengen Information System (SIS), the Visa Information System (VIS), the Europol data, the Interpol Stolen and Lost Travel Document database (SLTD), the Entry/Exit System (EES), the Eurodac, the ECRIS-TCN system as far as convictions related to terrorist offences or other forms of serious criminal offences are concerned and/or the Interpol Travel Documents Associated with Notices database (Interpol TDAWN)) or against the watchlists, or against specific risk indicators. The categories of personal data that should be used for comparison should be limited to the categories of data present in the queried information systems, the watchlist or the specific risk indicators.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 176 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) The comparison against other databases should be automated. Whenever such comparison reveals that a correspondence (a 'hit') exists with any of the personal data or combination thereof in the applications and a record, file or alert in the above information systems, or with personal data in the watchlist, the application should be processed manually by an operator in the responsible authority. The assessment performed by the responsible authority should lead to the decision to issue or not the short-stay visa.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 179 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) It should be ensured that at least a similar level of checks is applied to applicants for a short-stay visa, or third country nationals who obtained a long stay visa or a residence permit, as for visa free third country nationals. To this end a watchlist is also established with information related to persons who are suspected of having committed an act of serious crime or terrorism, or regarding whom there are factual indications or reasonable grounds to believe that they will commit an act of serious crime or terrorism should be used for verifications in respect of these categories of third country nationals as well.deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 184 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) In order to fulfil their obligation under the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement, international carriers should be able to verify whether or not third country nationals holding a short-stay visa, or a long stay visa or a residence permit are in possession of the required valid travel documents. This verification should be made possible through the daily extraction of VIS data into a separate read- only database allowing the extraction of a minimum necessary subset of data to enable a query leading to an ok/not ok answer.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 187 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) This Regulation should define the authorities of the Member States which may be authorised to have access to the VIS to enter, amend, delete or consult data on long stay visas and residence permits for the specific purposes set out in the VIS for this category of documents and their holders, and to the extent necessary for the performance of their tasks.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 189 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) Any processing of VIS data on long stay visas and residence permits should be proportionate to the objectives pursued and necessary for the performance of tasks of the competent authorities. When using the VIS, the competent authorities should ensure that the human dignity and integrity of the person, whose data are requested, are respected and should not discriminate against persons on grounds of sex, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 199 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) Members of the European Border and Coast Guard (EBCG) teams, as well as teams of staff involved in return-related tasks are entitled by Regulation (EU) 2016/1624 of the European Parliament and the Council to consult European databases where necessary for fulfilling operational tasks specified in the operational plan on border checks, and border surveillance and return, under the authority of the host Member State. For the purpose of facilitating that consultation and enabling the teams an effective access to the data entered in VIS, the ECBGA should be given access to VIS. Such access should follow the conditions and limitations of access applicable to the Member States' authorities competent under each specific purpose for which VIS data can be consulted.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 201 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
(36) The return of third-country nationals who do not fulfil or no longer fulfil the conditions for entry, stay or residence in the Member States, in accordance with Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council59 , is an essential component of the comprehensive efforts to tackle irregular migration and represents an important reason of substantial public interest. _________________ 59 Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals (OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 98).deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 203 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
(37) The third countries of return are often not subject to adequacy decisions adopted by the Commission under Article 45 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 or under national provisions adopted to transpose Article 36 of Directive (EU) 2016/680. Furthermore, the extensive efforts of the Union in cooperating with the main countries of origin of illegally staying third-country nationals subject to an obligation to return has not been able to ensure the systematic fulfilment by such third countries of the obligation established by international law to readmit their own nationals. Readmission agreements, concluded or being negotiated by the Union or the Member States and providing for appropriate safeguards for the transfer of data to third countries pursuant to Article 46 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 or to the national provisions adopted to transpose Article 37 of Directive (EU) 2016/680, cover a limited number of such third countries and conclusion of any new agreement remains uncertain. In such situations, personal data could be processed pursuant to this regulation with third-country authorities for the purposes of implementing the return policy of the Union provided that the conditions laid down in Article 49(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 or in the national provisions transposing Article 38 or 39 of Directive (EU) 2016/680 are met.deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 206 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
(41) In order to enhance third countries' cooperation on readmission of irregular migrants and to facilitate the return of illegally staying third country nationals whose data might be stored in the VIS, the copies of the travel document of applicants for a short stay visa should be stored in the VIS. Contrary to information extracted from the VIS, copies of travel documents are a proof of nationality more widely recognised by third countries.deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 215 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 1 – paragraph 1
"This Regulation also lays down procedures for the exchange of information between Member States on long-stay visas and residence permits, including on certain decisions on long-stay visas and residence permits.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 216 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 1 – paragraph 2
By storing identity, travel document and biometric data in the common identity repository (CIR) established by Article 17 of Regulation 2018/XX of the European Parliament and of the Council* [Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability], the VIS contributes to facilitating and assisting in the correct identification of persons registered in the VIS.deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 220 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) to assist in the identification and return of any person who may not, or may no longer, fulfil the conditions for entry to, stay or residence on the territory of the Member States;
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 226 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) to contribute to the prevention of threats to the internal security of any of the Member States;deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 229 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 2 – paragraph 2
As regards long stay visas and residence permits, the VIS shall have the purpose of facilitating the exchange of data between Member States on the decisions related thereto, in order to:
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 239 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
(17) 'residence permit' means all residence permits issued by the Member States in accordance with the uniform format laid down by Council Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002** and all other documents referred to in Article 2(16)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2016/399;deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 247 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. The CIR shall contain the data referred to in Article 9(4)(a) to (cc), Article 9(5) and 9(6), Article 22c(2)(a), to (cc), (f) and (g), and Article 22d(a) to (cc), (f) and (g). The remaining VIS data shall be stored in the VIS Central System.deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 254 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Each competent authority shall ensure that in us(7a) In Article 7 paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. Processing of personal data withing the VIS, it does not discriminate against applicants and visa holders on grounds of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief by any user shall not result in discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation and that it. It shall fully respects the human dignity and the integrity of the applicant or of the visa holder. (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02008R0767-20171229)and fundamental rights, including the right to respect for one’s private life and to the protection of personal data. Particular attention shall be paid to children, the elderly and persons with a disability." Or. en
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 262 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 9 – point 7
(c) the following point 7 is added: ‘7. page.;’deleted a scan of the biographic data
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 267 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 9 a to 9 d
[...]deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 288 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 15
(14) Article 15 is amended as follows: (a) (ea) is inserted: ‘(ea) ‘2a. The facial image referred to in point (ea) of paragraph 2 shall not be the only search criterion.deleted in paragraph 2, the following point facial image;;’
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 290 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 16 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) all other messages related to consular cooperation that entail transmission of personal data recorded in the VIS or related to it, to the transmission of requests to the competent visa authority to forward copies of travel documents pursuant to point 7 of Article 9 and other documents supporting the application and to the transmission of electronic copies of those documents, as well as to requests pursuant to Article 9c and Article 38(3). The competent visa authorities shall respond to any such request within two working days.;
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 291 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 18 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
The competent authorities for carrying out checks at borders at which the EES is operated shall verify the fingerprints of the visa holder against the fingerprints recorded in the VIS. For visa holders whose fingerprints cannot be used, the search mentioned under paragraph 1 shall be carried out with the alphanumeric data foreseen under paragraph 1 in combination with the facial image.;
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 325 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 28
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 31 – paragraph 1
(28) in Article 31, paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the following: ‘1. (EU) 2016/679, the data referred to in Article 9(4)(a), (b), (c), (k) and (m); 9(6) and 9(7) may be transferred or made available to a third country or to an international organisation listed in the Annex, only if necessary in individual cases for the purpose of proving the identity of third-country nationals, and only for the purpose of return in accordance with Directive 2008/115/EC or of resettlement in accordance with the Regulation …[Resettlement Framework Regulation], and provided that the Member State which entered the data in the VIS has given its approval.;’deleted Without prejudice to Regulation
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 366 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 35
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 45 b – paragraph 1
1. In order to fulfil their obligation under point (b) of Article 26(1) of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement, air carriers, sea carriers and international carriers transporting groups overland by coach shall send a query to the VIS in order to verify whether or not third country nationals holding a short-stay visa, or a long stay visa or a residence permit are in possession of a valid short stay visa, or long stay visa or residence permit, as applicable. For this purpose, as regards short stay visas, carriers shall provide the data listed under points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 9(4) of this Regulation or under points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 22c, as applicable.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 373 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 35
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 45 d – paragraph 1
1. To exercise the tasks and powers pursuant to Article 40(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council* and in addition to the access provided for in Article 40(8) of that Regulation, the members of the European Border and Coast Guard teams, as well as teams of staff involved in return-related operations, shall, within their mandate, have the right to access and search data entered in VIS.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 375 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 35
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 45 e – paragraph 1
1. In view of the access referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 45d, a European Border and Coast Guard team may submit a request for the consultation of all data or a specific set of data stored in the VIS to the European Border and Coast Guard central access point referred to in Article 45d(2). The request shall refer to the operational plan on border checks, or border surveillance and/or return of that Member State on which the request is based. Upon receipt of a request for access, the European Border and Coast Guard central access point shall verify whether the conditions for access referred to in paragraph 2 are fulfilled. If all conditions for access are fulfilled, the duly authorised staff of the central access point shall process the requests. The VIS data accessed shall be transmitted to the team in such a way as not to compromise the security of the data.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 376 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 35 Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
(a) the host Member State authorises the members of the team to consult VIS in order to fulfil the operational aims specified in the operational plan on border checks, or border surveillance and return, and
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 377 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 35
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 45 e – paragraph 3
3. In accordance with Article 40(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1624, members of the teams, as well as teams of staff involved in return-related tasks may only act in response to information obtained from the VIS under instructions from and, as a general rule, in the presence of border guards or staff involved in return-related tasks of the host Member State in which they are operating. The host Member State may authorise members of the teams to act on its behalf.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 384 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 35
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 45 e – paragraph 7
7. Every log of data processing operations within the VIS by a member of the European Border and Coast Guard teams or teams of staff involved in return- related tasks shall be kept by the Management Authority in accordance with the provisions of Article 34.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 389 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 38
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 50 – paragraph 1
1. The Management Authority shall ensure that procedures are in place to monitor the functioning of the VIS against objectives relating to output, cost- effectiveness, security, compliance with fundamental rights and quality of service.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 394 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 38
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 50 – paragraph 5
5. Every four years ,the Commission shall produce an overall evaluation of the VIS. This overall evaluation shall include an examination of results achieved against objectives and an assessment of the continuing validity of the underlying rationale, the application of this Regulation in respect of the VIS, the security of the VIS, the impact on fundamental rights, the use made of the provisions referred to in Article 31 and any implications for future operations. The Commission shall transmit the evaluation to the European Parliament and the Council.
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 396 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 40
ENTRY AND USE OF DATA ON LONG STAY VISAS AND RESIDENCE PERMITS(This amendment applies throughout the text of Chapter IIIa)
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 399 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 40
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 22 a – paragraph 2
2. Upon creation of the individual file, the VIS shall automatically launch the query pursuant to Article 22b.deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 401 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 40
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 22 b
Article 22bdeleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 410 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 40
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 22 c – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point e
(e) the surname, first name and address of the natural person or the name and address of the employer or any other organisation on which the application was based;deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 413 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 40
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 22 d – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the surname, first name and address of the natural personon whom the application is basdeleted;
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 415 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 40
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 22 h – paragraph 1
1. For the sole purpose of verifying the identity of the holder and the authenticity and the validity of the long- stay visa or residence permit or whether the person is not a threat to public policy, internal security or public health of any of the Member States, the authorities competent for carrying out checks within the territory of the Member States as to whether the conditions for entry to, stay or residence on the territory of the Member States are fulfilled and, as applicable, police authorities, shall have access to search using the number of the long-stay visa or residence permit in combination with one or several of the data in Article 22c(2)(a), (b) and (c).
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 432 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 40
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
Article 22 n – paragraph 3 – point e
(e) facial image.deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 450 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Regulation (EU) No 810/2009
Article 13 – paragraph 7 – point a
(a) children under the age of 612 and persons over the age of 70;;
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 452 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Regulation (EU) No 810/2009
Article 21 – paragraphs 3 a and 3 b
[...]deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 457 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 810/2009
Article 21 a
[...]deleted
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 474 #

2018/0152(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/399
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point b a
if the third-country national holds a long stay visa or a residence permit, the thorough checks on entry shall also comprise verification of the identity of the holder of the long-stay visa or residence permit and the authenticity of the long-stay visa or residence permit by consulting the Visa Information System (VIS) in accordance with Article 22g of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008;
2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 34 #

2018/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Insofar as online marketplaces act as mere intermediaries between economic operators on the one hand, and members of the general public, professional users or farmers on the other hand, they should not be required to instruct their personnel involved in the sale of restricted explosives precursors or verify the identity and, where appropriate, the licence of the prospective customer or request other information from the prospective customer. However, given the central role which online marketplaces that act as an intermediary play in online economic transactions, including as regards the sales of restricted explosives precursors, it is appropriate that they should inform, in a clear and effective manner, users who aim to make available restricted explosives precursors through the use of their services of the obligations under this Regulation. In addition, it is appropriate that online marketplaces that act as an intermediary take measures to help ensure that their users comply with their obligations regarding verification, for instance by offering tools to facilitate verification of licences. All such obligations on online marketplaces that act as an intermediary under this Regulation should be without prejudice to Articles 14 and 15 of Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council34 . Furthermore, they should be subject to the same detection and reporting obligations as economic operators with respect to suspicious transactions. _________________ 34 Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market ('Directive on electronic commerce') (OJ L 178, 17.07.2000, p. 1).
2018/11/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 64 #

2018/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
For the purpose of detecting and preventing the illicit manufacture of explosives, economic operators and online marketplaces acting as an intermediary shall report transactions concerning regulated explosives precursors, including transactions involving professional users, where there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that the substance or mixture is intended for the illicit manufacture of explosives.
2018/11/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 66 #

2018/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Economic operators and online marketplaces acting as an intermediary shall report such suspicious transactions after having regard to all the circumstances and in particular where the prospective customer displays one or more of the following:
2018/11/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 69 #

2018/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Economic operators, other th and online marketplaces that act as an intermediary, shall have in place procedures in place to detect suspicious transactions, targeted to the environment in which the regulated explosives precursors are offered.
2018/11/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 73 #

2018/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Economic operators and online marketplaces that act as an intermediary may refuse the suspicious transaction and shall report the suspicious transaction or attempted transaction within 24 hours, including if possible the identity of the customer, to the national contact point of the Member State where the suspicious transaction was concluded or attempted.
2018/11/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 74 #

2018/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. Each Member State shall set up one or more national contact points with a clearly identified telephone number, and e- mail address, web form or any other effective tool for the reporting of suspicious transactions. The national contact points shall be available on a 24/7 basis.
2018/11/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 50 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The European Union’s common short-stay visa policy has been an integral part to the establishment of an area without internal borders. Visa policy should remain an essential tool for facilitating tourism and business, while helping counter security risks and the risk of irregular migration to the Union.
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 52 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) The Union should use its visa policy in its cooperation with third countries, and to ensure a better balance between migration and security concerns, economic considerations and general external relations.deleted
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 56 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) When applying this Regulation, Member States should respect their respective obligations under international law, in particular the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and other relevant international instruments.
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 60 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The issuing of a visa to a person seeking protection constitutes a means of allowing such person to access the territory of the Member States in a safe manner. When considering consular territorial competence, the admissibility of a visa application or the possibility of issuing a visa with limited territorial validity, consulates should, therefore, pay particular attention to persons seeking protection. For such persons, Member States should make use of the exemptions on humanitarian grounds or because of international obligations provided for in this Regulation.
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 63 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) Member States should not be obliged to maintain the possibility of direct access for the lodging of applications at the consulate in places where an external service provider has been mandated to collect visa applications on its behalf, without prejudice to the obligations imposed on Member States by Directive 2004/38/EC18 , in particular its Article 5(2). _________________ 18 Council Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States, OJ L 229, 29.6.2004, p. 35.deleted
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 65 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) The visa fee should ensure that sufficient financial resources are available to cover the expenses of visa processing, including appropriate structures and sufficient staff to ensure the quality and integrity of the examination of visa applications. The amount of the visa fee should be revised on a two-yearly basis on the basis of objective criteria.
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 68 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) To ensure that nationals of third countries subject to the visa requirement can lodge their visa application in their place of residence even if no Member State is present for the purpose of collecting applications, external service providers should be enabled to provide the necessary service for a fee exceeding the general maximum level.deleted
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 74 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) Given the differences in local circumstances notably with regard to migratory and security risks, as well as the relationships that the Union maintains with specific countries, Member States' diplomatic missions and consular posts in individual locations should assess the need to adapt the general provisions to allow for a more favourable or more restrictive application. More favourable approaches in issuing multiple-entry visas with a long period of validity should take into account, in particular, the existence of trade agreements covering the mobility of business persons, and the third country's cooperation on the readmission of irregular migrants.
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 76 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The possibility to apply for a European humanitarian visa directly at any consulate or embassy of the Member States should be established.
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 78 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) In case of lack of cooperation of certain third countries to readmit their nationals apprehended in an irregular situation and failure of those third countries to cooperate effectively in the return process, a restrictive and temporary application of certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 should on the basis of a transparent mechanism based on objective criteria, be applied to enhance a given third country's cooperation on readmission of irregular migrants.deleted
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 88 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) Local Schengen cooperation is crucial for the harmonised application of the common visa policy and for proper assessment of migratory and security risks. Cooperation and exchanges among Member States’ diplomatic missions and consular posts in individual locations should be coordinated by Union Delegations. They should assess the operational application of specific provisions in the light of local circumstances and migratory risk.
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 100 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009
Article 3 – paragraph 5
(3) in Article 3(5) points (b) and (c) are replaced by theis amended as followings:
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 101 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – points (b) and (c)
(a) points (b) and (c) are replaced by the following: "(b) third-country nationals holding a valid residence permit issued by a Member State which does not take part in the adoption of this Regulation or by a Member State which does not yet apply the provisions of the Schengen acquis in full, or third-country nationals holding one of the valid residence permits listed in Annex V issued by Andorra, Canada, Japan, San Marino or the United States of America guaranteeing the holder’s unconditional readmission, or holding a residence permit for the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba); (c) third-country nationals holding a valid visa for a Member State which does not take part in the adoption of this Regulation, or for a Member State which does not yet apply the provisions of the Schengen acquis in full, or for a country party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or for Canada, Japan or the United States of America, or holders of a valid visa for the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba), when travelling to the issuing country or to any other third country, or when, having used the visa, returning from the issuing country;";
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 102 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009
Article 3 – paragraph 5 – point f a
(b) the following new point is added: "(fa) persons in need of international protection;"
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 109 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a
(5a) In Article 6 the following new paragraph is added: "2a. Where the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 and 2 are not met, a consulate shall decide to examine and decide on an application when it considers it necessary on humanitarian grounds, for reasons of national interest or because of international obligations incumbent on it, particularly under the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (1951 Geneva Convention) or other relevant European or international instruments."
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 111 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Applications may be lodged no more than six months, and for seafarers in the performance of their duties, no more than nine months before the start of the intended visit and, as a rule, no later than 15 calendar days before that start. In justified individual cases of urgency, including when it is necessary on professional grounds, on humanitarian grounds, for reasons of national interest or because of international obligations, the consulate may waive the latter time limit.;
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 130 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. Member States may require applicants to present a proof of sponsorship and private accommodation or both by completing a form drawn up by each Member Statethe Commission. That form shall indicate in particular:
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 131 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009
Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall adopt the form by means of implementing acts in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 52(2). The form shall be used to inform the sponsor/inviting person about the processing of their personal data and the applicable rules. In addition to the Member State’s official language(s), the form shall be drawn up in at least one other official language of the institutions of the Union. A specimen of the form shall be sent to the Commission.
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 134 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009
Article 14 – paragraph 5
5. Member States' consulates shall within local Schengen cooperation, as referred to in Article 48, assess the implementation of the conditions laid down in paragraph 1, to take account of local circumstances, and of migratory and security risks.;
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 138 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – introductory part
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009
Article 15
(11) Article 15 is amended as follows:deleted.
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 142 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. Applicants shall pay a visa fee of EUR 8035.
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 148 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009
Article 16 – paragraph 2 a
(b) The following new paragraph 2a is inserted: ‘2a. A visa fee of EUR 160 shall apply when the Commission so decides in accordance with Article 25a(5).;’deleted
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 160 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point f
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009
Article 16 – paragraph 8 a
(f) the following new paragraph is inserted: ‘8a. The Commission shall assess the need to revise the amount of the visa fees set out in Article 16(1), (2) and (2a) every two years, taking into account objective criteria, such as the general EU-wide inflation rate as published by Eurostat, and the weighted average of the salaries of Member States' civil servants and, where appropriate, amend the amount of the visa fees by means of delegated acts.;’deleted
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 172 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point a – introductory part
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – point e
(a) in paragraph 3, point (e) is replaced by the following :deleted.
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 183 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Applications shall be decided within 107 calendar days of the date of the lodging of an application which is admissible in accordance with Article 19.
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 191 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009
Article 24 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) for a validity period of one year, provided that the applicant has obtained and lawfully used threewo visas within the previous two years;
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 196 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009
Article 24 – paragraph 2 b
2b. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, Member States' consulates shall within local Schengen cooperation as referred to in Article 48, assess whether the rules on the issuing of the multiple entry visas set out in paragraph 2 need to be adapted to take account of local circumstances, and of migratory and security risk, in view of the adoption of more favourable or more restrictive rules in accordance with paragraph 2d.
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 197 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009
Article 24 – paragraph 2 c
2c. Without prejudice to paragraph 2, a multiple entry visa valid for up to five years mayshall be issued to applicants who prove the need or justify their intention to travel frequently and/or regularly, in particular due to their occupational or family status, such as business persons, civil servants engaged in regular official contacts with Member States and EU institutions, representatives of civil society organisations travelling for the purpose of educational training, seminars and conferences, family members of citizens of the Union, family members of third- country nationals legally residing in Member States and seafarers, provided that they prove their integrity and reliability, in particular the lawful use of previous visas, their economic situation in the country of origin and their genuine intention to leave the territory of the Member States before the expiry of the visa for which they have applied.
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 202 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009
Article 24 – paragraph 2 d
2d. Where necessary on the basis of the assessment referred to in paragraph 2b, the Commission shall by means of implementing acts adopt the rules regarding the condition for the issuing of multiple-entry visas laid down in paragraph 2 to be applied in each jurisdiction in order to take account of local circumstances, of the migratory and security risks and of the cooperation of the third country in question on readmission of irregular migrants in the light of the indicators set out in Article 25a(2), and of its overall relation with the Union. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 52(2).;
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 203 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009
Article 25 – paragraph 5 a
(17a) In Article 25 the following new paragraph is added: ‘5a. Persons seeking international protection may apply for a European humanitarian visa directly at any consulate or embassy of the Member States. Once granted following an assessment, such a humanitarian visa shall allow its holder to enter the territory of the Member State issuing the visa for the sole purpose of lodging in that Member State an application for international protection, as defined in Article 2(a) of Directive 2011/95/EU. The relevant provisions of this Regulation shall apply with the exception of Articles 12, 15, 17 and 30. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt an implementing act, in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 52(2), concerning the specific conditions and procedures for issuing such visas, insofar as it is necessary in order to take into consideration the particular circumstances of persons seeking international protection and of consulates and embassies of Member States.’
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 204 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 17 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009
Article 25 a
(17b) The following new Article is inserted: ‘Article 25a Exemption from standard period of visa validity When issuing a visa on humanitarian or international protection grounds, Member States shall grant an exemption from the standard ‘90 days in any 180 days’ period of validity, for a period of 12 months, renewable, based on an assessment of the situation in the country of origin or of residence of the third-country national, awarding special attention to the circumstances of persons requesting international protection.’
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 206 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009
Article 25 a
[...]deleted
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 231 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 – point b Regulation (EC) No 810/2009
3. Applicants who have been refused a visa shall have the right to appeal which shall, at a certain stage of the proceedings, guarantee an effective judicial appeal. Appeals shall be instituted against the Member State that has taken the final decision on the application and in accordance with the national law of that Member State. The deadline for appeal shall be at least 30 calendar days. Member States shall provide applicants with detailed information regarding the procedure to be followed in the event of an appeal, as specified in Annex VI, in a language the applicants understand or are reasonably supposed to understand.;
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 264 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 33 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009
Article 48 – paragraph 1 a – point f
(f) monitor, where relevant, the implementation of the derogations set out in Article 25a(5) and (6).;deleted
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 266 #

2018/0061(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 33 – point d
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009
Article 48 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) information with regard to the assessment of migratory and/or security risks, in particular on:
2018/11/09
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 10 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas Western values and unitythe liberal word order, an international system based on the rule of law and unity among members of both the EU and NATO are under stress in an era of geoeconomic and political turbulence and growing armed conflict; whereas the West’s two major organisations that have Europe at the centre of their activities, the EU and NATO, are making progress on enhancing their cooperation in facing complex challenges, risks and threats, both conventional and hybrid, generated by state and non-state actors, coming from the South and the Eastcoming from the South and the East but also other directions, generated by state and non-state actors, in the field of the economy, energy, security but also with regards to climate change; whereas neither organisation has the full range of tools to address them all on its own;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 40 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the EU is better equipped to deal with internal securitycurrent challenges in a comprehensive manner via its various policies ranging from agriculture, trade, energy, development, humanitarian aid, justice and home affairs to enlargement, civilian conflict prevention and military crisis management, peace enforcement and post-conflict stabilization, and NATO to manage externterritorial defence collectively; whereas the EU is developing in an accelerated way to bolster its defenceCommon Security and Defence Policy through mechanisms such as PESCO;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 106 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Is convinced that the EU and NATO, sharing the same values, have identical strategic interests too in protecting their citizens against any threatsuniversal norms and values such as rule of law based international system, have shared goals too in protecting their citizens against any threats as well as the UN charter objectives of international peace and security;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 141 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Is convinced that for its Members NATO must remain the cornerstone of collective territorial defence and deterrence in Europe and that a stronger EU of security and defence fully capable of honouring the provisions of Article 42(7) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU)more effective CSDP through PESCO and multiple pooling and sharing projects between Member States coupled with an efficient European defence market will contributes to a stronger NATO as Member States have a single set of forces; underlines that EU-NATO cooperation must also take into account the security and defence policy of those six EU Member States which are not NATO members;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 152 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the potential of EU- NATO relations has not yet been fully exploited and that further development and deepening of the partnership should not be limitedimplemented in particular with regards to athe common response to crises outside Europe, particularly in the neighbourhood, but also to crises on the continentset of proposals of the Joint Declaration which includes 42 concrete actions;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 166 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the tangiblsome results in the implementation of the Joint Declaration, in particular regarding countering hybrid threats, strategic communications and maritime cooperation, and encourages further progress; welcomes the change in the culture of engagement and the smooth functioning of staff-to-staff cooperation in the implementation of each action; welcomes the engagement also of Members of both the EU and NATO; considers it important to ensure proper resources forolitical will for continued implementation and further improvement of cooperation;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 189 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that EU-NATO cooperation inside NATO should be strengthened on the Eastern flank for the security of both organisations and that Russian penetration in Eastern flank countriesEurope and that Russian influence should be countered; underlines that the current transport infrastructure in Europe, which is mainly West-East oriented, should be complemented by the development of a new North-South dimension, responding to the requirements for military mobility; underlines that the EU has answered the illegal Russian annexation of Crimea and Russia’s failure with strong and far reaching non- military coercive measures which could be further extended to the energy sector;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 206 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the launch of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) and stresses that it does not represent a competitor for NATO and should be a driver for further EU-NATO cooperation in capabilities development making CSDP more effective and relevandt for a stronger EU pillar in NATOresponding to today’s security and military challenges;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 216 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Recalls that both the EU and NATO have made far reaching commitments with regard to strengthening the UN peacekeeping capabilities but have only rarely directly contributed to past and on-going such missions; calls on both organisation to honour their commitments and to significantly contribute to such UN missions which maintain international peace and stability;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 236 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Notes cumbersome procedures in sharing classified information between the two organisations; considers that both organisations share the sameface similar strategic challenges and, implicitly, will be dealing with one part of the consequences together; believes that – by building mutual trust – cooperation in the exchange of classified information and intelligence analysis could be improved; is of the opinion that fostering a ‘need-to-share’ approach to intelligence exchange would also benefit missions and operations of both organisations; is of the view that the Parallel and Coordinated Intelligence Assessment could be used in fighting hybrid threats more effectively together;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 251 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Considers it important to ensure the complementarity of maritime capacity- building efforts in order to safeguard maritime security more efficiently; welcomes increased EU-NATO operational cooperation and coordination in the Mediterranean theatre, including the sharing of maritime information and situational awarenesssharing of maritime information, situational awareness, in particular as regards arms trafficking off the coast of Libya;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 272 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Reiterates that the EU initiatives aimed at strengthening European security and defence should also help ensure that those EU Member States which are NATO Allies meet their NATO commitments; sStresses that EU Member States should be capable to launch autonomous military missions also where NATO is not willing to act or where EU action is more appropriate;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 290 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Strongly believes that the EU and NATO need to cooperate on strengthening their technological and industrial base; considers it important that effective transatlantic defence industrial cooperation should be a strategic priority for both organisations; supports the measures envisaged under the European Defence Fund (EDF) to supportEuropean NATO Member States need to pool defence technological and industrial investments; supports a review of the ATHENA mechanism or the creation of similar mechanisms between Member States which aim at boosting joint research and, development of, procurement, maintenance, and training as regards European capabilities;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 307 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Reiterates its viewBelieves that the ‘Berlin Plus’ arrangements should be adapted to the current strategic context and enable NATO to make use of EU instruments, including civihave been instrumental in launching CSDP and are still highly relevant for operations such as EUFOR Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina; underlines the need to maintain the current ‘Berlian tools where appropriatePlus’ arrangements;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 316 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. ConsiderBelieves that the next EU-NATO Joint Declaration, to be adopted at the upcoming NATO summit in July 2018, should initiate the process of reviewire is no need for further declarations on future EU-NATO cooperation but more efforts with regards to the implementation of the many commitments already made; believes that PESCO has the potential to also streng the ‘Berlin Plus’ arrangements; considers in this context that capabilities developed under PESCO should be available for NATO operations and that PESCO projects should ben European military capabilities in general as it should increase interoperability of European armed forces; however, recalls that PESCO is not opened to non-EU members of NATO, such as Norway and, in view of Brexit, the UK; stresses that the review of ‘Berlin Plus’ should provide the framework of cooperation not only for crisis management but also for ensuring securitythird countries and is, according to Article 42(6) TEU, an exclusive mechanism for those Member States whose military capabilities fulfil higher criteria and which have made more binding commitments to one another in this area with a view toge ther on the continent most demanding missions;
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 342 #

2017/2276(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Considers that the EU and NATO should do more together to bolster the resilience, defence and security of the neighbours and partners of both organisations and to strengthen international peace and security; strongly supports the fact that assistance to partner countries for building their capacities and fostering resilience, including on counterterrorism, strategic communication, cyber defence, ammunition storage and security sector reform, is a common objective, particularly in three pilot countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova and Tunisia);
2018/04/05
Committee: AFET
Amendment 1 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Heading 1
with recommendations to the Commission on European Humanitarian Visas
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 3 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code),
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 5 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)
– having regard to the 1951 Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and Protocol of 1967,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 6 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 c (new)
– having regard to the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) and to the UN Global Compact on Refugees which followed the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants adopted unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly on 19 September 2016,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 9 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas despite numerous announcements and requests for safe and legal pathways for persons seeking international or humanitarian protection there is currently no legal framework at European level for humanitarian visas, i.e. visas issued for the purpose of reaching the territory of the Member States in order to seek international or humanitarian protection;
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 11 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas - as a result - an estimated 90% of those granted international protection have reached the Union through irregular means and, since 2014, more than 17,000 migrant fatalities were recorded at Europe's external borders, a figure that represents approximately two thirds (66%) of the total number of deaths and disappearances recorded worldwide by the IOM1a; _________________ 1aSee: International Organization for Migration (IOM), Missing Migrants Project
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 16 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the number of persons admitted on the basis of national protected entry procedures for humanitarian protection or through resettlement remain low in comparison to the global needs; whereas the scope of these possibilities is equally narrownational entry procedures for humanitarian protection and resettlement is narrowly defined and, in case of resettlement only includes persons who have already been recognised as refugees and who fulfil further vulnerability or geographical criteria, it is strictly connected to the criteria of vulnerability and registration as a refugee with UNHCR;
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 18 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas European humanitarian visas should be complementary to and not substitute the already existing national entry procedures for humanitarian protection, resettlement procedures and spontaneous applications under international refugee law;
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 19 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas - as a result - an estimated 90% of those granted international protection have reached the Union through irregular means;deleted
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 28 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas a Union legal framework is urgently needed as one means to address the intolerable death toll in the Mediterranean and on the migration routes to the Union, to truly combat human smuggling, humanexposure to trafficking, exposure toin human beings, labour exploitation and violence on the black market, to manage the orderly arrival,s, dignified reception and fair processing of asylum claims and to reducoptimise Member States’ and Union costsbudget for asylum, law enforcement, border control, surveillance procedures and search and rescue activities as well as to avoid fragmentation through diverging national practices risking to undermine common policies andchieve coherent practices in the Union asylum acquis;
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 29 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas there is currently no EU scheme for humanitarian visas per se; whereas under existing schemes Member States can issue visas on humanitarian grounds under Article 25 of the Visa Code, however this is left to the discretion of the individual Member States, resulting in low issuance rates;
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 37 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas Parliament, faced with the Council's and Commission’s inaction, has therefore decided to proceed with drawing up this legislative own-initiative report on European humanitarian visas;
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 44 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Requests that Commission submit, by 31 March 2019, on the basis of Articles 77(2)(b) and 78(2)(g) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a proposal for a Regulation on establishing a European Humanitarian Visa, following the recommendations set out in the Annex to this resolution;
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 58 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 2
– have Articles 77(2)(b) and 78(2)(g) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union as legal basis,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 63 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 3 – subi. 1
– the current legal gap in Union law which, in addition to resettlement procedures applicable to vulnerable refugees, does not foresee clearspecific procedures, neither in the visa, nor in the borders or asylum acquis, for the admission to the territory of the Member States of persons seeking protection, with an estimated 90 % of the persons subsequently being recognised as refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection reaching the territory of the Member States irregularly,1 often through life-threatening routes, _________________ 1 HEIN / DONATO (CIR) 2012: exploring avenues for protected entry in Europe, p. 17
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 65 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 3 – subi. 2
– the risk of fragmentation as Member States increasingly set up their own programmes of humanitarian admission and procedures, going against the general aim under Article 78(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to develop a common policy on asylum and subsidiary and temporary protection, and leading also to the risk that these different schemes undermine the uniform application of the common provisions on entry to the territory of the Member States of third-country nationals as laid down in the Visa Code and Schengen Borders Code,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 66 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 3 – subi. 3
– the high costs, in human but also in social, economic and budgetary terms, associated with the status quo for the third- country nationals concerned (smuggler fees, risk of trafficking and exploitation, risk of persecution, risk of mortality and ill treatment, etc.) and for Member States and the Union (elevated costsbudget for search and rescue, including for private shipping, border protection, cooperation with third countries, asylum procedures and possibly return in case of rejected applications for international protection as well as the fight against organised crime, trafficking and smuggling etc.),
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 68 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 3 – subi. 4
– the added value of Union action, in terms of ensuring compliance with Union values, including fundamental rights, mutual trust between Member States and confidence in the system by asylum seekers, legal certainty, foreseeability, and the similaruniform application and implementation of the rules, the achievement of economies of scale, and the reduction of the above- cited costs of the status quo,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 71 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 4
– recall that the so-called Common European Asylum System, including the Asylum Procedures Directive2 and Dublin Regulation3 only apply on the territory of the Member States, while there is, at present, no regular means for asylum applicants to reach the territory where these instruments apply, _________________ 2 Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection (OJ L 180, 29.6.2013, p. 60). 3 Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person (OJ L 180, 29.6.2013, p. 31).
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 72 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 4 a (new)
– stresses that, after the submission of an asylum application in a Member State, the EU’s Common European Asylum System shall apply, including the Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation] and Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation],
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 74 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 4 b (new)
– stresses that a refusal of an application for a European humanitarian visa does not affect in any way the right to apply for asylum within the EU nor does it prevent the applicant to enter other available protection schemes,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 75 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 4 c (new)
– recall that resettlement procedures have a limited scope and apply to the most vulnerable individuals who have been registered as refugees with UNHCR and stresses that humanitarian visas should be complementary to, but not substitute, resettlement procedures,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 76 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 5
– have as an objective to lay down provisions on the procedures and conditions for issuing a European humanitarian visa to persons seeking international or humanitarian protection, to allow those persons to enter the territory of the Member State issuing the visa for the sole purpose of making an application for international or humanitarian protection in that Member State,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 82 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 6
– cover in its scope third-country nationals who must be in possession of a visa when crossing the external borders of the Member States, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 539/20014 , and who are in need of protection against a real risk of being exposed to persecution or serious harm, as defined inin line with Directive 2011/95/EU5 ,and in line with the prohibition of refoulement, as recognised by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, but who are not covered byalready in the resettlement process as defined in national resettlement schemes or in [the new Regulation establishing a Union Resettlement Framework or] Directive 2001/55/EC6 , _________________ 4 Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of 15 March 2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (OJ L 81, 21.3.2001, p. 1). 5 Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted (OJ L 337, 20.12.2011, p. 9). 6 Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001 on minimum standards for giving temporary protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced persons and on measures promoting a balance of efforts between Member States in receiving such persons and bearing the consequences thereof (OJ L 212, 7.8.2001, p. 12).
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 83 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 6 a (new)
– cover in its scope third-country nationals who must be in possession of a visa when crossing the external borders of the Member States, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 539/2001, and who are in need of humanitarian protection when this does not amount to protection under Directive 2011/95/EU. Humanitarian protection should include issues such as vulnerability grounds when these do not amount to grounds allowing for resettlement, health conditions, compelling family grounds when these do not amount to grounds for family reunification and other grounds of humanitarian protection needs, such as in compelling individual cases arising from environmental degradation or climate change,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 87 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 7
– provide for such visa applications to be lodged directly, by electronic means or in writing, at any consulate or embassy of the Member States, regardless of the applicants' country of origin or citizenship,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 91 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 8
– provide for admissibility criteria for such visa applications, including the filling out of an application form, the provision of information on the applicant’s identity, including biometric identifiers (ten fingerprints and facial image taken life), and the provision of reasons, as far as possible documented, of the fear of persecuneed of international or serious harmhumanitarian protection,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 96 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 9
– provide that the applicant for such a visa be invited to an interview with qualified interpretation if necessary, which may also be conducted by remote means of audio and video communication, which ensure an appropriate level of safety, security and confidentiality,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 99 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 10
– provide that the, where applicable, any documents submitted be assessed, including as regards their authenticity, by a competent, independent, and impartial authority, with adequate knowledge and expertise in matters of international protection accordance with common visa practices,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 105 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 11
– provide that applications for such a visa, once declared admissible, be assessed on a prima facie basis to consider whebe assessed on the basis of ther applicant's have an arguable claim of exposure to a real risk of persecution or serious harmdeclaration and interview and, where available, supporting documentation, without conducting a full status determination process,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 108 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 12
– provide that each applicant for such a visa be subject to a security screening, including by searching SIS, ECRIS-TCN, and Europol datain the relevant EU and national databases while fully respecting the applicable access rights and data protection rules, to ensure that he or she does not pose such a risk,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 113 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 13
– provide that such visa applications be decided on within 15 calendar days of the date of lodgsubmitting the application,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 116 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 14
– provide that the decision on the application be duly communicated to the applicant in a language that he or she can understand and that it be individualised, written and motivated,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 118 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 15
– provide that a third-country national refused such a visa have the possibility for anright to appeal as is currently foreseen in the case of a refusal of a short- stay visa or a refusal of entry at the border, and, in case of third-country nationals who apply for a European humanitarian visa in order to apply for international protection in the Member States, the possibility for an appeal should be granted in line with the applicable rules under Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation],
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 122 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 16
– provide for such visas to be issued by means of a common sticker and inserted into VIS,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 124 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 17
– provide that once a European humanitarian visa is issued it allows its holder to enter the territory of the Member State issuing the visa for the sole purpose of making an application for international or humanitarian protection in that Member State,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 127 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 17 a (new)
– provide that, once a European humanitarian visa is issued and its holder has reached the territory of the EU, the EU’s common asylum acquis and procedures shall apply, including Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation] and Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation] and the rights enshrined therein,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 128 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 18
– provide that applications for such a visa be assessed by properly trained staff of the Member States and staff from competent Member State authorities with knowledge about the country of origin and having adequate expertise in Union asylum and fundamental rights law, having received appropriate training by the European Asylum Support Office,deleted
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 131 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 19
– provide that such staff may either be posted in embassies or consulates or in Member States, in case of which applications armay be electronically transmitted and interviews conducted remotely,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 134 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 20
– provide that certaonly the following aspects of the process, which do not entail any pre- selection of cases, assessment or decision making of any kind, may be managed by external service providers, including: the provision of information, the management of appointments for interviews, and the collection of biometric identifiers,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 135 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 21
– provide that appropriate measures be put in place to ensure data protectionfully comply with rules on data protection, in particular the purpose limitation principle, data security and confidentiality of communications,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 136 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 22
– provide that Member States cooperate with each other, to ensure its harmonised applicEU agencies, international organisations, with Union agencies, with UNHCR, as well as with other relevant governmental and non- governmental organisgovernmental and non-governmental organisations and other relevant stakeholders to ensure its harmonised applications,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 140 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 24
– be implemented in several stages, beginning with a transition period of two years before its provisions become applicable, to allow for the necessary preparations to be made, followed by a further period of three years, during which its application is limited geographically to applicants residing in certain third countries to be decided upon by means of delegated acts, taking account of EUROSTAT and UNHCR data on recognition rates and global protection needs per year,deleted
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 144 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 25
– be evaluated after two years from the start of its application in view of deciding on a further progressive roll-out to cover ultimately all relevant refugee- producing third countriesentry into force of the Regulation,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 146 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 26
– provide for significant financial support from the Integrated Border Management Fund to be made available to Member States for its implementation, including, where necessary, to cover the expenses incurred by applicants and European humanitarian visa holders to realise their rights under the European Humanitarian Visa Scheme,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 149 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 27 – subi. 1
– the Visa Code to clarify that for persons seeking international protection or humanitarian protection the provisions of the act establishing a European Humanitarian Visa apply,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 150 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 27 – subi. 2
– the Visa Information System to provide for applications for a European humanitarian visa to be entered into that system,
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 154 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 27 – subi. 5
– the instruments constituting the Common European Asylum System, in particular the Dublin Regulation and the Asylum Procedures Directive, to ensure that any results of the examination of an application for a humanitarian visa are taken into account in the procedures conducted once the person seeking protection has reached the territory of the Member States.deleted
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 157 #

2017/2270(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 27 – subi. 5 a (new)
– Article 26 of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 and to Council Directive 2001/51/EC of 28 June 2001 supplementing the provisions of Article 26 of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 in order to exempt carriers transporting third-country nationals from liability, obligations and penalties where the third- country nationals involved declare their intention to apply for international or humanitarian protection in the territory of the Member States.
2018/09/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 15 #

2017/2256(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas in recent years several factors have impacted the functioning of the Schengen area; whereas these factors include a significant numbers of asylum seekers and irregular migrants with relatseveral Member States have reintroduced and subsequently prolonged secondary movements; whereas these factors also include terrorism and a heightentrols at internal borders since 2014 because of the perceived threats to public policy and the internal security of the Member States; whereas several Member States have also reintroduced and subsequently prolonged controls at internal borders since 2014related to movement of people and terrorism, instead of rigorous and sound evidence of the actual existence of a serious threat;
2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 45 #

2017/2256(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the effectiveness of the measures taken at the external borders and the creation of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency; notes the efforts of the Agency in implementing the new regulation, especially through joint operations in the field of border surveillance and return, and by supporting the Member States particularly affected by migratory pressure; sees the importance of the newly introduced vulnerability assessment mechanism in uncovering weaknesses at the common external borders and preventing crises; emphasises the concerted efforts and cooperation between agencies and other stakeholders in organising the ‘Hotspot’ approach;deleted
2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 61 #

2017/2256(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that the support and capacity-building measures taken in the countries of origin to address the root causes of irregular migrationmigration should be human- rights centered; considers it crucial that adequate maritime search-and- rescue aspects and capabilities are embedded into all operational planning and execution, as provided for in Regulation (EU) No 656/2014;
2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 67 #

2017/2256(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Considers cooperation with third countries, in particular in the context of development policy and readmission agreements, as one of the most essential elements in finding the solution to irregular migration;deleted
2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 83 #

2017/2256(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomNotes the ongoing reform of the SIS and the establishment of other large-scale information systems, as well as the objective of improving their interoperability while preserving the necessary safeguards, namely wistresses that the increase of interoperability of existing EU large -scale data bases may pose significant challenges to fundamental rights, in particular the regard toight to privacy, data protection and privacynon-discrimination;
2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 93 #

2017/2256(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes the work done in the field of cross-border police and law enforcement cooperation and the work of EUROPOL, in particular the European Migrant Smuggling Centre, to counter trafficking in human beings through intelligence, information exchange and joint investigations;
2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 98 #

2017/2256(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s efforts to elaborate the European Integrated Border Management (IBM) concept on the basis of the provisions in the European Border and Coast Guard Regulation, in particular the strengthening and implementation of its fundamental rights component;
2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 107 #

2017/2256(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the current state of Schengen and the issues it has encountered are not due to problems in the structure and construction of Schengen itself but rather to the connected fields of the acquis, such as shortcomings in the area of the Common European Asylum System, including the Dublin Regulation, and control of the external borderswhere the sanctions approach rather than the incentive approach prevails to prevent secondary movements, and lack of solidarity and responsibility sharing between the Member States, as well as limited legal pathways into the EU;
2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 122 #

2017/2256(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses great concern regarding the implementation of the European Border and Coast Guard Regulation ((EU) 2016/1624) and underlines the need for Member States to comply with the requirements stipulated in the regulation, in particular regarding the commitments to the rapid reaction equipment pool, and its fundamental rights component, including the complaints mechanism;
2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 127 #

2017/2256(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Condemns the continued reintroduction of internal border checks as this undermines the basic principles of the Schengen area, and expresses doubts about the lawfulness of some prolongations of controls; questions the necessity to recommend, in case of persistent serious deficiencies relating to external border control, the reintroduction of border checks between the Member States located far away from the affected external border; regrets the practice by the Member States to artificially change the legal basis for reintroduction to extend it beyond the maximum possible period in the same factual circumstances; calls on the Member States to cease the unlawful border checks; is also of the opinion that Member States have not taken the proper measures to ensure cooperation with other affected Member States to minimise the effects of these measures, nor have they provided enough information on the results of such controls, therefore hindering the analysis by the Commission and scrutiny by Parliament; considers the economic, political and social impacts of this practice to be detrimental to the unity of the Schengen area and harmful to the prosperity of European citizens; recalls that Member States have other tools available, namely targeted police controls, as recommended by the Commission; calls on the Commission to monitor the Member States actions in this regard carefully and to keep the Parliament duly informed;
2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 140 #

2017/2256(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Appreciates, as part of efforts to restore the normal functioning of Schengen,Notes the proposal to amend the Schengen Borders Code; recalls that theseany changes should merely reflect the new challenges and diffuse threats to internal security and should not be a further avenue for prolonging internal border controls; considers that these steps are to be made carefully in order not to inflict irreversible damage on the basic idea of free movement;
2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 144 #

2017/2256(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Expresses concern about the lack of implementation in some areas of the regulation governing certain fields of border control, such as the systematic consultation of databases during border checks and the thorough checking of the required entry conditions; notes that clear non-compliance in establishing National Coordination Centres in accordance with the European Border Surveillance System Regulation (EUROSUR) is prevalent in many Member States;
2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 182 #

2017/2256(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on all Member States to implement fully the existing regulations and calls on the Commission to act decisively in matters of violations of commonly agreed rules by imposing proportionate and necessary measures on the Member States in question, in order to safeguard the interests of the other Member States and of the Union as a whole, including infringement procedures;
2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 188 #

2017/2256(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Member States to make available the necessary information and statistical data to facilitate the national management of resources and capabilities related to border control; calls on the Member States, in particular those directly affected, to prepare and sufficiently test necessary contingency plans to mitigate situations of disproportionate migratory pressureunexpected cross-border movements, as well as to increase their registration and accommodation capacity in case of such events; calls on the Member States to improve their capabilities to detect document fraud and clandestine entries while fully respecting the principle of non-refoulement and fundamental rights;
2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 206 #

2017/2256(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Member States to ensure swift return procedures once a return decision has been issued; calls on the Member States to take specific steps to ensure adequate infrastructure, accommodation and living conditions for arrivingll asylum seekers, especially taking into consideration the needs of unaccompanied minors and families with minors; calls on the Member States to bring their detention facilities into line with the requirements so as to meet capacity demandurgently prohibit detention of minors in the context of migration, and to increasensure the use of alternative measures to detention;
2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 218 #

2017/2256(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Insists that multipurpose operations be conducted by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency with the aim of responding to the need for maritime search-and-rescue assets (as provided for in Regulation (EU) No 656/2014) to be present in the relevant areas; requires the European Border and Coast Guard Agency to take a more active role in supporting the Member States in coordinated return operations;
2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 230 #

2017/2256(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Recalls the high priority given to the reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) as part of the holistic approach to tackling the refugee and migration crisissituation and the Commission’s Agenda on Migration; calls on the Council to swiftly follow Parliament in adopting a mandate for negotiations on every proposal in this regard; highlights that the new European Agency for Asylum has still to be approved and urges the Council to unblock this file as a matter of urgency;
2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 237 #

2017/2256(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Commission to adopt a legislative proposal to amend the EUROSUR Regulation in light of the major shortfalls encountered in the implementation of the current regulation, including the strengthening of its fundamental rights and SAR components;
2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 244 #

2017/2256(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Stresses the importance of reforming and adapting the SIS to face new challenges swiftly, namely regarding the protection of missing children, the immediate exchange of information on terrorism and the mandatory exchange of information on return decisionswhile upholding safeguards on data protection and privacy; highlights the anticipated substantial increase in the activity of the Supplementary Information Request at the National Entry (SIRENE) Bureau and calls on Member States to reinforce the means at its disposal by ensuring that it has adequate financial and human resources to carry out its new functions;
2018/03/14
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 5 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
— having regard to its resolution of 5 July 2017 on the mandate for the trilogue on the 2018 draft budget5 , _________________ 5deleted Texts adopted, P8_TA (2017)0302.
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 13 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the rules-based international order and the values defended by liberal democracies, and the peace, prosperity and freedoms which this post- World War II order guarantees and which correspond to the foundations on which the European Union is built, are facing unprecedented challenges; states that the Union’s external action is to be guided by the values and principles enshrined in Article 21 TEU; underlines that the military tasks of the Union’s Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) is specified in Article 43(1) TEU, the so called Petersberg tasks;
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 20 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the fact that terrorist and criminal organisations are proliferating and instability is spreading in the South, as fragile and disintegrating states throw up large ungoverned spaces; is equally concerned about regional and global arms races and exports of military technology to non-democratic countries which systematically violate human rights and humanitarian law and pursue aggressive foreign policies; deeply deplores the continuous spread of local and regional armed conflict often coinciding and connected with ethnic cleansing campaigns and sectarian policies; stresses that in the East Russia’s war against Ukraine and illegal annexation of Crimea continue; is deeply concerned that hybrid tactics, including cyberterrorism and information warfare, are destabilising the Eastern Partnership countries and the western Balkans, as well as targeting Western democracies and increasing tensions within them; is concerned that the security environment surrounding the EU will remain highly volatile for years to come;
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 57 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Believes strongly that whenever necessary, the European Union needs to takassume its drestiny into its own handsponsibility with regards external relations in line with Article 21 TEU; stresses that the framing of a common defence policy referred to in Article 42 TEU has the objective of establishing common defence in line with the military tasks described in Article 43(1) TEU and endowing the Union with strategicoperational autonomy and freedom of action in promoting peace, security, human rights, international law and progress in Europe and in the world;
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 69 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomNotes the visible progress made inmany proposals made with regards to the framing of a stronger European defence since the adoption of the EU Global Strategy in June 2016; welcomnotes in particular the suggestion for a European Defence Fund, the proposed scaling-up of the Preparatory Action on Defence Research, and the legislative proposal for a European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP);
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 78 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights that the Commission and an increasing number of Member States have committed themselves to launching the European Defence Unionsignificantly invest in the operationalisation of the military component of CSDP, inter alia, by strengthening defence cooperation between Member States and increasing the efficiency of the sector; underlines that this corresponds to Parliament’s long- standing demand and to numerous appeals expressed in its previous resolutions;
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 83 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Is convinced that the only way to increase the Union’s ability to fulfil its military tasks is to significantly increase efficiency with regards to all aspects of the process which generates military capabilities;reminds that, compared to the US the EU28 spend 40% on defense but only manage to generate 15% of the capabilities which the US get out the process which points to a very serious efficiency problem;
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 91 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the VP/HR and the Commission to act upon Parliament’s calls for an EU Security and Defence White Book in the context of preparing the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF),with a particular focus on increasing efficiency of the sector as requested in Parliament’s resolutions of 23 November 2016, 22 November 2016 and 16 March 2017; considers that building the Defence Unionimplementing all Lisbon Treaty features of the military component of CSDP, linking the Union’s strategic orientation with EUMember States’s national or multinational contributions to capability development and shaping the European institutional framework for defence are elements that need to be underpinned by an interinstitutional agreement; promoted in a stronger way;
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 94 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Welcomes the newly demonstrated political will to make CSDP more effective;supports any attempts to unleash full potential of Lisbon Treaty by making cooperation between Member Stakes work and produce the operationally relevant capabilities for fulfilling Article 43(1) TEU tasks, by: a) urgently installing the start-up fund as foreseen by the Treaty in order to allow fast deployment of operations, b) establishing permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) on those military aspects which are necessary in order to implement CSDP tasks like permanently pooled military units, c) reforming the intergovernmental joint financing mechanism ATHENA in order to operationalise solidarity between those Member States which can only contribute financially and those who can only contribute with troops to a CSDP operation, d) making pooling and sharing of capabilities the rule and not the exception and to move towards the implementation of a majority of the 300 proposals presented by the 28 chiefs of defence in 2011, e) pooling national resources with regard to research, development, procurement, maintenance and training, f) coordinating national defence planning (CARDS) as currently planned, g) initiating common rules for military certification and a common policy on security of supply, h) enforcing, on the side of the Commission, internal market rules in line with the 2009 Defence Procurement Directive with regard to national defence procurement projects;
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 96 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to propose a specific programme for defence research, with a dedicated budget and own rules, under the next MFF; underlines that Member States should make additional resources available to that programme, as requested in Parliament’s resolution of 5 July 2017; renews its previous calls on the Commission to provide for Union participation in defence research and development programmes undertaken by Member States, or jointly with industry where appropriate, as referred to in Articles 185 and 187 TFEU;deleted
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 107 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a EDIDP; underlines that any Union action to support, coordinate or supplement the actions of the Member States in the defence remit should have the objective of contributing to the progressive framing of a common defence policy, as referred to, inter alia, in Article 2(4) TFEU;deleted
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 123 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission, the Council and the VP/HR to engage together with the European Parliament in an interinstitutional dialogue on the progressive framing of a common defence policy; stresses that under the next MFF a fully-fledged EU defence budget should be established, and that a doctrine for its implementation should be developed within the remit of the Lisbon Treatydeepening of defence cooperation among Member States;
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 129 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Strongly believes that the collective defence spending of annually EUR 200 billion, which makes the EU28 the world's second largest defence spender, devotes sufficient financial resources to the defence sector;underlines that behind the background of annual efficiency gains of between EUR 25-100 billion which could be used for new investments, there is absolutely no need to militarizing the current EU budget or to prepare such plans for the next MFF;
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 144 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that PESCO should benefit from effective Union support by relevant EEAS structures, in full respect of Member States’ competences in defence; renews its call for appropriate PESCO funding to be provided from the Unionby contributions from national defence budgets; considers that participation in all Union agencies and bodies falling under the CSDP, including the European Security and Defence College (ESDC), should be made a requirement under PESCO; renews its call for the EU Battle Group System to be brought under PESCO and made eligible for EU funding as far asunder the ATHENA mechanism with regards to all possible costs;
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 157 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Defence Directorate-Generaldeleted
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 160 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for the setting-up of a Directorate-General for defence within the Commission (DG Defence), which should drive the Union’s actions to support, coordinate or supplement the actions of the Member States aimed at the progressive framing of a common defence policy, as foreseen by Article 2 TFEU;deleted
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 166 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Believes that the renewed efforts to make CSDP more effective should not lead to resources being diverted to the growth of bureaucratic structures and an overlap of competencies between EU institutions;
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 173 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that the proposed DG Defence should have the responsibilityEEAS and the Commission should launch an initiative for ‘Defence Schengen’ arrangements, for security of supply, standardisation and military certification arrangements, for EU contributions to programmes under the CSDP and PESCO, for EU-funded defence research, and for the interinstitutional arrangements in the defence remit, including the EU White Book;
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 178 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that the proposed DG Defence should work in liaison with the European Defence Agency (EDA); cConsiders that the EDA should be the implementing agency for Union actions under the European Capabilities and Armaments policy, where this is foreseen by the Lisbon Treaty; renews its call on the Council to ensure that the administrative and operational expenditure of the EDA is funded from the Union budget;
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 196 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the establishment of the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) process; considers that CARD should aim at bringing the armed forces into line with each other, ensuring the Union’s strategicoperational autonomy, and allowing Member States to invest more and better in defence together; welcomes the proposal to launch a trial run in 2017;
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 202 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Emphasises that CARD should be based on the EU White Book and the CDP and should address the full spectrum of CSDP-related capabilities, in particular those of the Member States participating in PESCO; considers that CARD should deliver a set of concrete proposals to fill gaps and identify where Unicommon action would be appropriate, to be taken into account in the EU budget planning for the following year; underlines the need for the Commission and the EDA to work together in designing the annual work programmes under the capability and research windows of the proposed European Defence Fund;
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 207 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that the Commission should take up the results of CARD and initiate an interinstitutional agreement which establishes the scope and funding of the subsequent Union actions; considers that, drawing on the interinstitutional agreement, the Council and Commission should take the necessary decisions in their respective remits to authorise those actions; calls for interparliamentary cooperation on defence to review CARD, and for the subsequent development of defence capabilities on a regular basis;deleted
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 217 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Thanks the more than six thousand women and men who have given excellent and loyal service in the Union’s civilian and military missions on three continents; greatly values these missions as Europe’s common contribution to peace and stability in the world and to the security of our citizens; wbelcomes the increase in Member States’ defence spending in support of our service members; takes the view that this trend needs to be sustained, strengthened and coordinated at European levelieves that there is the urgent need to devote more national financial and human resources to the benefit of civilian CSDP missions;
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 230 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the recent establishment of a nucleus for a permanent EU operational headquarters (MPCC - Military Planning and Conduct Capability), as demanded by Parliament in its resolution of 12 September 2013; calls on the Member States to staff it with adequate personnel in order to make it work and also give it the task to plan and command executive military CSDP operations like for example operation ALTHEA in Bosnia and Herzegovina;
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 256 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Member States to apply full burden-sharing to military CSDP missions by enlarging common funding, which should enable and encourage more Member States to contribute their capabilities and forces; underlines the importance of reviewing the Athena mechanism in this regard and of substantially broadening the common cost financingcovering all costs related to the financing of military CSDP operations;
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 278 #

2017/2123(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Considers that the EU needs to increase its efforts to act as a regional security provider, and to become a strong European pillar of NATO through the Europe via the creation of an Defence Union; is of the opinion that the security and protection of Europe will increasingly depend on both organisationsfective and efficient CSDP; calls for improving cooperation between NATO and EU, inter alia concerning the exchange of information and intelligence;
2017/09/19
Committee: AFET
Amendment 6 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Emphasizes the importance of moving away from a traditional donor- recipient relationship and the need for a stronger and more political partnership between the EU and Africa, including the Northern African members of the African Union in the spirit of “Africa as one”, human rights-centred and based on shared values and interests, and a specific financial framework in order to tackle global issues such as migration, climate change, persisting starvation, poverty and inequality, unsustainable exploitation of natural resources, environmental degradation, unemployment, terrorism and organised crime.
2017/09/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 7 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific are very different regions with specific interests and challenges that cannot easily be accommodated through the overarching Cotonou structure; therefore takes the view that future cooperation with Africa should be based on existing regional and sub-regional organisations, notably the African Union;
2017/07/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 10 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the need for a stronger and more political partnership between the EU and Africa, including the Northern African members of the African Union in the spirit of “Africa as one”, human rights-centered and based on shared values and interests, and a specific financial framework in order to tackle global issues such as climate change, persisting starvation, poverty and inequality, unsustainable exploitation of natural resources, environmental degradation, unemployment, terrorism, organised crime and migratory flowsion, and to promote a rule-based global order based on a strong UN;
2017/07/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 16 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Suggests to re-name the upcoming EU-Africa Summit “EU-African Union Summit”;
2017/07/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 18 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses that the EU should re- centre development cooperation exclusively on the fight against the root causes of poverty, should end conditionality of aid relating to achieving migration objectives in bilateral and multilateral negotiations and should delink development cooperation from assistance on readmission and migration management.EU external migration policies should be based on dialogue and positive incentives, with human rights at their core centre;
2017/09/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 23 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for continuedmuch stronger EU support to African partners in the area of peace and- building, security and conflict prevention, including through specific instruments such as CSDP operations , Europeand the African Peace Facility; highlights the importance of fostering security and stability by helping our partners to build more resilient states and societies, including through capacity building and security sector reforms, the creation of more and better jobs, especially for young people, the empowerment of women and the support of educationroop and police contributions to UN missions, the EU's measures in the field of implementing UNSCR 1325, the African Peace Facility and security sector reforms, in particular with regards to good governance in the sector, parliamentary oversight and accountability, boosting activities in the field of Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration of former combatants in line with the 2006 concept;
2017/07/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 30 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that violent conflicts, persecution, inequality, terrorism, repressive regimes, natural disasters, climate change and chronic poverty have led to increased mobility in recent years; stresses that refugees and migrants have the same universal human rights and fundamental freedoms;
2017/09/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 31 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights the importance of fostering security and stability by helping our partners to build more resilient states and societies, including through capacity building for food security, notably small scale farming, climate change adaptation, the creation of more and better jobs, especially for young people, the empowerment of women and the support of education;
2017/07/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 33 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls for increased EU support to Africa in the area of debt reduction and debt sustainability and underlines the need for international legislation and the setting up of debt auditing commissions on cases of ‘odious’ debt; calls for Member states to effectively implement the UN Guiding Principles on Debt and Human Rights, the UNCTAD Principles on Promoting Responsible Lending and Borrowing by making them legally binding;
2017/07/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 35 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the EU European companies invested in Africa to live up to their corporate social responsibilities and to respect European standards concerning consumer, labour and environmental rights and to uphold the rights of the indigenous population and calls the EU and the AU member states to actively participate in the UN negotiations for an international binding Treaty on transnational corporations and human rights;
2017/07/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 48 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights the importance of recognising the contribution of migration to development and cooperation and calls for the establishment of safe and legal channels for migration as well as initiatives to render the transfer of remittances easier and less costly;
2017/07/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 48 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls for strengthened and genuine cooperation on the establishment of safe and legal ways for people to migrate, including for workers in medium and low-wage sectors and calls for the establishment of more flexible rules enabling family reunification;
2017/09/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 55 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the importance of the effective implementation of external EU policies that are able to address the real root causes of migration through genuine cooperation for social development; calls for increased joint efforts to implement the Valetta Action Plan based on a fair and true partnership with third countries of origin and transit; recalls the importance of a balanced approach in the new partnership framework; stresses that the new partnership framework with third countries must not become the only pillar of EU action on migration and should extend beyond a quantitative approach focused mainly on border management providing safe and legal channels;
2017/07/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 60 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for effective, strengthened and systematic cooperation with African countries of origin, transit and destination, including a strong and real resettlement policy and financial investigation, in the fight against trafficking and smuggling of human beings;
2017/09/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 72 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls for the creation of an enabling regulatory framework for cross- border payments, the introduction of incentives for lowering the cost of remittances and the improvement of undocumented migrants’ access to formal remittances by addressing the issue of identification;
2017/09/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 73 #

2017/2083(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Recognises that by 2050, Africa’s population will be 2.4 billion of predominantly young people[1];encourages EU to further identify and support initiatives inspired by youth promoting democracy, rule of law and human rights1a; _________________ 1a UN, World population prospects, 2015.
2017/09/12
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 8 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Believes that there is no direct link between migration and terrorism in Europe; asks for increased funding to fight against the phenomenon of radicalisation leading to violent extremism within the EU; considers that this can be achieved by promoting integration and fighting against discrimination, racism and xenophobia;
2017/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 12 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of the different EU funds and highlights that actions in the field of security and migration should not only be covered by dedicated, yet limited, instruments, such as the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) or the Internal Security Fund (ISF), but should also be included by design in more generic future instruments such as the European Social Fund (ESF), the Cohesion Fund or Security Union Fund (corresponding to the European Agenda on Security); recommends that all Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) agencies should have access to these funds to strengthen their operational capabilities; considers it necessary that all ESI Funds be continued post-2020, and stresses that certain funds, such as the ESF, should significantly address the issue of programmes for combating radicalisation, marginalisation, hate crime and xenophobia;
2017/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 15 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. considers that, as regards AMIF, priority should be given to projects supporting asylum seekers and integration of migrants and refugees; acknowledges the positive contribution of regional and local authorities as well as civil society organisations in that regard, and asks for the EU and the Member States to support their actions including by granting them direct access to AMIF;
2017/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 16 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Stresses the significant role played by civil society organisations in saving the lives of migrants and asylum seekers at the external borders as well as in safeguarding, promoting and implementing their rights; calls for more financial support to strengthen the activities of civil society;
2017/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 21 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the possible extension of the use of EU trust funds for financing humanitarian support actions inside the Union1 should require that 100 % of these funds be included in the EU budgetiterates its concerns about the establishment of ad-hoc instruments outside the Union budget, like trust funds, that do neither preserve the unicity and universality of the EU Budget nor improve its transparency and readability; recalls that EU trust funds should only support actions outside the Union; recalls that Parliament should be able to exercise its powers of scrutiny not only over the creation of such EU trust funds, but also over their entire disbursement; _________________ 1 As proposed by the Commission during the mid-term revision of the current MFF.
2017/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 23 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. deplores the increasing EU financial support to third countries such as Libya or Turkey to prevent migration, despite concerns related to the human rights situation in those third countries;
2017/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 24 #

2017/2052(INI)

5 b. Recalls that, for the proper functioning of the Security Union, the focus of financial instruments should be on improving current policies and existing systems instead of creating new systems or databases which might not be necessary or proportionate;
2017/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 31 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – point a
a. regrets the insufficient provision of resources to law enforcement agencies, such as Europol, Eurojust and Cepol, under the current MFF and calls for resource programming in line with political expectations and agencies’ operational demands, including the need for technological and technical support, as well as training;
2017/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 32 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – point a a (new)
a a. Calls for increased funding to be allocated to the creation of additional Joint Investigation Teams in order to increase cooperation and information exchange in cross-border investigations;
2017/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 34 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – point b
b. stresses the importance of the work performed by the European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (eu-LISA) on a number of existing and new systems in the area of freedom, security and justice; calls for the allocation of adequate financial and human resources in order to ensure the continuation of this work, as well as for the smooth implementation and management of the Entry-Exit System, the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS), the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS-TCN) and upcoming actions within the New European Interoperability Framework, taking into consideration their multi-annual nature;
2017/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 37 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – point c
c. recalls the Union’s commitment to fighting poverty and social exclusion, as part of the Europe 2020 growth strategy, as well as the need for a better understanding of and response to the phenomena of radicalisation, the growing marginalisation of some groups, hate speech and hate- crime; underlines the role of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in relation to these matters; calls for additional human resources to be allocated to the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights; regrets that the Agency’s mandate still limits its role in support of fundamental rights; underlines that the Agency should be able to offer opinions on legislative proposals on its own initiative and that its remit should extend to all areas of rights protected under the Charter, including, for instance, issues of police and judicial cooperation;
2017/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 40 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – point d
d. calls for adequate resources for the consolidation of the new mandate of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of theestablishment of an EU Search and Rescue Fund intended to support Member States ofin the European Union (FRONTEX) andir obligations underl ines that its new tasks, competences and activities will require ongoing funding in the post-2020 financial frameworkternational maritime law to render assistance to persons in distress, notably in search and rescue situations;
2017/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 41 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – point d a (new)
d a. Calls for additional human resources to be allocated to the EASO in order to support an enhanced mandate to transform EASO into a fully-fledged Agency which is capable of providing the necessary operational and technical assistance to the Member States;
2017/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 46 #

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – point e a (new)
e a. calls for the allocation of proper resources to the European Data Protection Supervisor to ensure a smooth functioning of the secretariat of the European Data Protection Board, in view of the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation;
2017/11/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 7 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 36 a (new)
- having regard to the newly established European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) in Berlin, which aims to establish the artistic and cultural presence of Europe's 12 million Roma people, enables their self- expression and through this, contributes to the fight against anti-Gypsyism,
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 17 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas persistent and structural anti-Gypsyism2 can be detected at all levels of European society; on a daily basis manifesting itself, e.g. in individual and institutional neglect, discrimination, belittling, othering and scapegoating; 2: Anti-Gypsyism is sometimes spelt differently, and in the various Member States it is sometimes referred to by a slightly different term, such as Antiziganismus
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 21 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas anti-Gypsyism can be found in the work and workings of public authorities and institutions in all spheres and at all levels in the Member States, manifesting itself most commonly in the failure to provide Roma with equal access, or any access to public utilities and services, their denial of equal rights and equal treatment, and the creation of discriminative programmesthe omission of Roma people from policy-making and knowledge-production processes, the creation of discriminative programmes and the misuse of funding opportunities for improving the lives of Roma;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 42 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas there is a persistent paternalistic treatment of Roma in our societydetectable both in language and actions in our society, only stressing the need for Roma "inclusion" or "integration", when, in fact, what is needed is a fundamental shift in approach; we need to focus on the failure of states to stop the deprivation of Roma and ensure their access to and full enjoyment of their fundamental rights and citizenship;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 45 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas Roma are continually referred to as a vulnerable people, when, in fact, depriving Roma of their inalienable human rights and denying them equal treatment and access suggest that it is the structures established and maintained by those in power that render Roma vulnerableto welfare, services, information, justice, education, healthcare, employment, etc. suggest that it is the structures established and maintained by those in power that are discriminatory, that render Roma vulnerable, that this demonstrates that the relevant authorities have ignored their human rights responsibilities;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 62 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that in order to fight against the subconscious societal consensus to exclude Roma and in order to tear down stereotypes, it is essential to educate mainstream societies by awareness-raising campaigns on anti-Gypsyism created and reinforced through popular literature, media, arts and language through centuries, it is essential to educate mainstream societies about the diversity of Roma, their history, and the extent and severity of the anti-Gypsyism that they face in their everyday lives; in that respect, calls on Member States to take full responsibility for their Roma citizens and launch long-term awareness-raising and intersectional sensitising campaigns;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 65 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Considers active, meaningful participation by Roma as key in tackling anti-Gypsyism effectively and creating much-needed mutual trust for the benefit of the whole society; calls on the Commission and Member States to design strategies featuring both proactive and reactive measures on the basis of real, systemic consultations with Roma representatives and NGOs, and involve them in the running, monitoring and evaluation of mainstream programmes and projects launched;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 74 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. UFor the sake of creating essential, mutual trust, urges the Commission to set up a truth and reconciliation commission at EU level to acknowledge the persecution, exclusion and disownment of Roma throughout the centuries, and to document these in an official white paper and to engage with Parliament in carrying out research on how to launch such a process at EU level, with the involvement of Roma experts;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 77 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on Member States to set up national truth and reconciliation commissions and to make the history of Roma part of school curriculawith the involvement of members of Parliament, government officials, lawyers and Roma representatives to acknowledge the human rights violations of Roma, and to make the history of Roma part of the curricula in schools; commemorate the victims of the Roma Holocaust and mark 2 August as Roma Holocaust Memorial Day; grant appropriate, immediate restitution to living Holocaust survivors through a simplified procedure, accompanied by an awareness-raising campaign;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 80 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to include Roma victims in their commemorations held on 27 January each year to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day and to organise trainings for civil servants on the Roma Holocaust;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 84 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses its concern that most mainstream programmes, including those covered by Structural Funds, fail to reach out to the most disadvantaged, in particular the Roma; therefore, calls on the Court of Auditors to check the performance of EU programmesemployment- and education programmes, such as Erasmus+ and the YEI, in this regard;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 90 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to - assess EU programmes and funding opportunities to determine if they meet the requirement of non-discrimination and participation, and where necessary, to take corrective measures, including by suspending without delay; - safeguard that the complaint mechanism is made more accessible and transparent for residents, NGOs and authorities to enable them to report discriminatory EU funds and programmes; - suspend funding in cases of misuse of EU funds, and, and tos the repeated societal narrative of the amount of money spent on Roma without achieving tangible results feeds anti-Gypsyism; - reform ESIF so that they provide financial support to the fight against anti- Gypsyism in a more proactive way, and - extend the Europe for Citizens and the Rights, Equality and Citizenship funding programmes recognising the role ofimportant role of civil society watchdog organisations in monitoring anti-Gypsyism and ensuring the respect of fundamental rights;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 94 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to - ensure that the projects financed by the EU are inclusive and fight segregation; segregational practices must be clearly described and explicitly excluded from funding; - improve funding opportunities in order to safeguard that the education and employment opportunities created provide a real and sustainable way out of long- term unemployment, which is necessary to live in dignity;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 99 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recalls that minority rights and the prohibition of discrimination form an integral part of fundamental rights, and as such fall within the scope of the EU values to be respected in accordance with Article 2 TEU; reminds that action can be taken by the EU if there is a clear risk of a serious breach by a Member State of those values in accordance with Article 7 TEU; supports the adoption of a strong monitoring and sanctioning mechanism to ensure the compliance with fundamental rights standards, that will strongly benefit Roma by combating meaningfully manifestations of anti- Gypsyism and violations of their fundamental rights;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 103 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. CBased on the alarming reports of NGOs and watchdog organisations, calls on the Commission to continue launching infringement proceedings against all Member States, without exception, that breach or fail to transpose or implement equal treatment directives, such as the Racial Equality Directive (2000/43/EC), the Free Movement and Residence Directive (2004/38/EC), the Victims' Rights Directive (2012/29/EU), the Council Framework Decision (2008/913/JHA) on racism and xenophobia, the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (2010/13/EU), and the Council Directive on equal treatment between men and women (2004/113/EC) and that on equal treatment in employment and occupation (2000/78/EC);
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 111 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Condemns certain Member States' denial of inequality and the resulting poverty of their Roma nationals, their lack of political will to remedy their failure in secureing Roma people's access to and enjoyment of their fundamental rights, and their blaming them for their social exclusion caused by structural racism;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 118 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Urges the Commission and Member States to intensify their work with NGOs to deliver best practice training on countering prejudice as well as on effective counter speech campaigns through mapping NGO partners' specific needs and demands in this respect;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 119 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Calls on the Commission to launch a civil society monitoring and reporting call concerning hate speech, hate crime and Holocaust denial in the Member States;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 125 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Deplores the violation of the right of Roma to free movements to free movement for EU citizens of Roma origin; calls on the Member States to acknowledge that the fundamental principles of the EU must apply to all its citizens, and the Free Movement Directive does not allow collective expulsions and any kind of racial profiling;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 126 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Deplores the violation of the right of Roma to free movement; calls on Member States to acknowledge that the fundamental principles of the EU must apply to all citizens;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 127 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on Member States to tackle the bias against Roma refugees and asylum seekers; recalls that Member States receive asylum seekers from the Western Balkan countries that in terms of numbers consist of many Roma from Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and that this may be correlated to the particular factors affecting the Roma community there;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 129 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on Member States to tackle the bias against Roma refugees and asylum seekers in the context of migration;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 132 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Is deeply concerned by the number of stateless Roma people in Europe pushed, resulting in the complete denial of their access to social, educational and healthcare services and pushing them to the very margins of society; calls on Member States to end statelessness and ensure the enjoyment of fundamental human rights for all; calls on the Commission to initiate an EU directive on the identification and protection of stateless persons;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 136 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Condemns those Member States which carry out discriminatory birth registration and that fail to provide identity documents, resulting in Roma being denied access to all the essential basic services; calls on Member States to take immediate corrective measures and active steps in this regardto stop discriminatory birth registration, and through their local authorities take active steps in this regard by moving the burden of registration from the parents to the responsible authorities; calls on the Commission to assess and monitor the situation in Member States and initiate legally binding legislation on the identification and protection of people whose citizenship have not been recognised and have no access to identity documents;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 139 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Is deeply concerned by the unequal access of Roma to health information, services and care, and their racial abusthe severe lack of health insurance cards among them, and their racial abuse; is alarmed by the discrimination of Roma women, who are often placed in segregated, sub-standard maternity wards, and face physical abuse, neglect, under- and mistreatment by medical staff when attempting to access sexual and reproductive healthcare services, and who often do not access mobile health screenings; urges Member States to set up a monitoring and corrective mechanism to this end immediately, and to ensure that medical personnel who violate ethics are held accountable;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 157 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Condemns Member States' failure to secure Roma people's equal access to justice and their equality before the law taking shape - in the failure or in the unacceptably slow procedures of ensuring justice for the victims of hate crimes, especially those perpetrated by police officers, - in the disproportionate criminalisation and incarceration of Roma, - in over-policing (ethnic profiling, excessive stop-and-search procedures, uncalled-for raids on Roma settlements, arbitrary seizure and destruction of property, excessive use of force during arrests; assaults, threats, humiliating treatment, physical abuse, and the denial of rights during police interrogation and custody), - and in under-policing of crimes committed against Roma providing little or no assistance, protection (such as in cases of trafficking and for victims of domestic violence) or investigation in cases of crimes reported by Roma; calls on Member States to - provide mandatory, human rights-based and service-oriented, in-service training to law enforcement officers and officials in the judicial system at all levels, to- provide best practices on identifying and investigating hate crimes, including those motivated specifically by anti-Gypsyism, - set up anti-hate crime units with knowledge of anti-Gypsyism in police forces, - encourage appropriate policing and in cases of police misconduct, to apply sanctions, - recruit dispute resolution professionals for work with police, - actively recruit Roma as members of the police force, - ensure that victim support programs address the specific needs of Roma, that and assistance is provided to them when reporting crimes and filing complaints, and to- continue and to extend the geographic scope of JUSTROM programm, a joint Commission- CoE programme on Roma women's access to justice;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 160 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Calls on CEPOL to continue the provision of trainings in the field of fundamental rights and the related intersectional sensitisation of the police force;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 163 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Is deeply concerned about widespread discrimination in housingthe field of housing characterised by a discriminatory rental and property ownership market, and social housing system, forced evictions and demolitions of the homes of Roma without the provision of adequate alternative housing, the placement of Roma in segregated camps and emergency shelters cut off from basic services, the erection of walls around Roma settlements, and the failure of public authorities to secure Roma people's full access to daily potable tap water and to sewage systems; calls on Member States to take immediate steps to utilise the EU funds at hand to improve the housing situation of the Roma; calls on the Commission to recognise its competence in the context of racially motivated forced evictions; calls for an increase in the number and availability of desegregation experts in the Member States most concerned in order to support authorities in ensuring that European structural and investment funds effectively promote desegregation, and calls for the European Social Fund and the European Regional Development Fund (ESF-ERDF) to be earmarked for spatial desegregation measures;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 171 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Deplores continuing school segregation; calls on Member States to take desegregation measures using adequate resource, paying attention also to intersectional discrimin, including the overrepresentation of Roma children in "special schools", Roma-only schools, separate classes, "container schools", etc.; calls on Member States to draw up and take specific school desegregation measures, paying attention also to intersectional discrimination, with the involvement of Roma experts and school mediators, and ensure adequate resource for such measures; calls on the Commission to continue launching infringement proceedings against all the Member States, without exception, which fail to secure equal access to high-quality integrated education services to Roma at all levels of education;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 180 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Considers the discrimination of Roma in employmentthe field of employment, most often characterised by long-term unemployment, zero-hour contracts, precarious employment conditions which lack medical and social insurance or pensions, labour market barriers (existing even for Roma with tertiary education) and the lack of re-training possibilities, alarming;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 185 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Calls for Member States to engage with the private sector on the development of public-private partnerships to support educational, employment and business opportunities for Roma, especially in growing technology sectors;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 188 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Notes the importance of early STEM education, especially for women and girls; calls on Member States to work with the private sector to advance science, technology and innovation initiatives for young Roma;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 196 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Commission and Member States to pay special attention toCondemns multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination in case of Roma women, men, children, elderly people, LGBTI people, disabled people and based on national origin; urges the Commission and Member States to pay special attention to improving educational attainment, participation, the access to employment, housing, healthcare and to the prevention of discrimination in case of Roma facing multiple and intersectional discrimination and inequality;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 199 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Regards equality bodies as vital to inform Roma about their rights, assist them in exercising their rights and report on discrimination; calls on the Commission to establish standards to secure that equality bodies have adequate powers and resources to monitor and act on cases of anti-Gypsyism; calls on Member States to ensure necessary powers, resources and independence to equality bodies;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 208 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Is concerned about the low level of participation of Roma people as interlocutors with or seated representatives of local, regional and national governments and the failure of governments to guarantee their exercise of full citizenship; it is the responsibility of governmental institutions and political parties to ensure the political participation and empowerment of Roma and their recruitment into public administrations;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 213 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on Member States to provide mandatory, practical and intersectional fundamental rights and non-discrimination- related trainings for all public officials, who are duty bearers and key to the correct implementation of EU and Member State legislation, in order to equip them with the necessary knowledge and skills to be able to serve all citizens from a human rights-based perspective;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 216 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on Member States, given the power of the media in creating or dismantling a biased picture of ethnic minorities, to - provide obligatory training onto those working in public broadcasting and media to raise their awareness about the challenges faced by Roma and harmful stereotypes and to, - promote the recruitment of Roma in public media and - safeguard the representation of Roma organisations in media boards;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 219 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. CIn order to successfully stop the perpetuation of anti-Gypsyism, calls on Member States to include mandatory human rights and, democratic citizenship and political literacy trainings in their school curricula, and to strengthen Roma people’s at all levels; in order to end Roma people´s identity insecurity, strengthen their self-confidence and ability to exercise and demand their equal rights by, calls on Member States to organisinge empowerment programmes for young Roma;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 226 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Putting anti-Gypsyism at the forefront of an improved post-2020 strategy
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 229 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission to - continue the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies after 2020, tobuilding on the findings and recommendations of the Court of Auditors, the FRA, NGOs and watchdog organisations; - place anti-Gypsyism in itsthe focus of the post-2020 EU Framework and to introduce anti-discrimination indicators in the relevant fields; calls furthermore on the Commission tofields of education, employment, housing, health, etc., as anti-Gypsyism undermines the successful implementation of National Roma Integration Strategies; - treat anti-Gypsyism as a horizontal issue, and to develop – in partnership with Member States, the FRA and NGOs – an inventory of practical steps for Member States to combat it, and to set up a Commissioner-level project team on Roma issuesanti-Gypsyism; - complete the Roma Task Force of relevant Commission services by setting up a Commissioner-level project team on Roma issues, bringing together all the relevant commissioners working in the field of equal rights and non- discrimination, citizenship, social rights, employment, education and culture, health, housing, and their external dimension, in order to safeguard the creation of non- discriminatory and complementary EU funds and programmes; - to complement the work of the Non- discrimination and Roma coordination unit of the Commission by employing a coordinator on fighting anti-Gypsyism and on Holocaust remembrance;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 236 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Calls on the EU institutions to mainstream Roma rights in the context of external relations; strongly insists on the need to fight anti-Gypsyism and promote Roma rights in the candidate countries and potential candidate countries;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 237 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Calls on EU institutions, such as the Commission, EP, the EEAS, EESC, CoR, FRA, etc., to actively recruit Roma employees and trainees, and support the retention of Roma in public administration;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 246 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission and Member States to adopt and disseminate the definition of anti-Gypsyism by the ECRIof ECRI, to publish it on their website and to disseminate it widely in order to provide clear guidance to state authorities;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 249 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on all political groups in Parliament and political parties in the Member States to respect the revised charter of European political parties for a non-racist society, and to condemn and sanction hate speech;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 252 #

2017/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights to prepare a study on anti-Gypsyism in the EU and candidate countries, to focus on anti- Gypsyism during their work on Roma issues and to monitor it in all relevant fields;
2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1 #

2017/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
— having regard to Council Decision 2012/7115/2309/CFSP of 19 Nov0 December 20125 on support for Union activities in order to promote, among thirthe promotion of effective arms export controls4a and cCountries, the control of arms exports and the principles and criteria of the Common Position4 cil Decision 2017/915 on EU outreach and activities in support of the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)4b, _________________ 4a OJ L 3216, 2011.112.20125, p. 6256. 4b OJ L 139, 30.05.2017, p. 38.
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 2 #

2017/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
— having regard to the updated Common Military List of the European Union adopted by the Council on 9 February6 March 20155 75a, _________________ 5a OJ C 1097, 9.428.03.20147, p. 1.
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 6 #

2017/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution on private security companies of XXX 2017,
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 12 #

2017/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the latest figures16 show that arms exports to the Middle East rose by 86 % and accounted for 29 % of global imexports in 2012-16; _________________ 16 ibid. ibid.
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 17 #

2017/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas some arms transfers from EU Member States to unstable and crisis- prone regions and countries were used in armed conflict or for the purposes of internal repression; whereas some of these transfers were reportedly diverted into the hands of terrorist groups, for example in Syria and Iraq;
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 24 #

2017/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas some Member States have recently signed strategic agreements on military cooperation including transfers of large quantities and high quality military technology with non-democratic countries in the MENA region;
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 34 #

2017/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the situation in Yemen has since further deteriorated also due to military action carried out by the Saudi- led coalition; whereas some Member States have stopped providing arms to Saudi-Arabia because of its actions in Yemen while others have continued supplying military technology contrary to criteria 2, 4, 6, 7 and 8;
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 44 #

2017/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that states have the legitimate right to acquire military technology for the purposes of self-defence; recalls that one of the motivations behind the establishment of the Common Position was to prevent European weaponry from being used against Member States’ armed forces; reiterates that the Common Position is a legally binding framework that sets minimum requirements which Member States have to apply in the field of arms export controls, and that it includes the obligation to assess a request for an export licence against all eight criteria listed in it;
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 45 #

2017/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the defence industry and the yet to be developed European Defence Technological and Industrial Base should serve as one instrument for guaranteeing the security and defence of Member States, Union citizens and a reinforced CFSP/CSDP; reiterates that Article 10 of the Common Position states that considerations of economic, commercial and industrial interests by Member States shall not affect the application of the eight criteria regulating arms exports;
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 48 #

2017/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. StressObserves, however, that military technology ihas being exported to non- eligible destinations and end usersen transferred to destinations and end users that do not meet the criteria of the Common Position; believes that it is time to launch a process leading to a mechanism which sanctions those Member States which do not comply with the Common Position; 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 prevention;
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 74 #

2017/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reiterates its call to the VP/HR to launch an initiative aimed at imposing an EU arms embargo against countries that are accused of serious allegations of breaches of international humanitarian law, notably with regard to the deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure; stresses once again that the continued licensing of weapons sales to such countries constitutes a breach of the Common Position;
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 75 #

2017/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Deplores that arms are being supplied to Egypt in contravention of both the criteria of the Common Position and the 2013 Council conclusions;
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 78 #

2017/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes that exports to Saudi- Arabia are non-compliant with at least criterion two regarding the country's involvement in grave breaches of humanitarian law as established by competent UN authorities; re-iterates its call from 26 February 2016 on the urgent need to impose an arms embargo against Saudi-Arabia;
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 87 #

2017/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Is concerned about possible diversions of exports to Saudi-Arabia and Qatar to armed non-states actors in both Syria and Iraq who commit serious violations of human rights law and humanitarian law and calls on COARM to address the matter with urgency;
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 89 #

2017/2029(INI)

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 certain destinations from which these exports were diverted in order to supply non-state actors and other end-uses non-compliant with the Common Position in countries such as Syria, Iraq, Yemen and elsewhereSouth Sudan; 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
Amendment 101 #

2017/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Notes that effective information exchange and cooperation also require meetings of policy, licensing and enforcement staff and encourages provisions of sufficient resources to this end; believes that a crucial factor in strengthening the implementation of the Common Position lies in expanding relevant capacities of Member States; calls on the Member States and the EEAS to increase the number of personnel working on export-related issues both at national and EU level; encourages the establishment of EU funds to be used for capacity-building among licensing and enforcement officials in Member States;
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 105 #

2017/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Stresses the urgent need to enhance the role of EU Delegations in assisting Member States and the EEAS with their export licensing risk assessments and the implementation of end-user controls, post-shipment controls and on-site inspections;
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 106 #

2017/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Believes that it is time to consider a stronger role for EU institutions with regard to the licensing process at Member State’s level, in particular with regard to situations in which there is a lack of coherence between Member States on similar items and destinations or end- users;
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 152 #

2017/2029(INI)

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 encouragforesee the possibility to provide regular responses to the EU Annual Arms Exports Reports;
2017/06/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 194 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on establishing a framework for interoperability betweenaccessibility of EU information systems (police and judicial cooperation, asylum and migration)
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 196 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) In its final report of 11 May 201749 , the high-level expert group on information systems and interoperability concluded that it is necessary and technically feasible to work towards practical solutions for interoperability and that they can, in principle, both deliver operational gains and be established in compliance with data protection requirements. In the same final report, the European Data Protection Supervisor stated that he was not in a position to endorse all the conclusions referred to by the high-level expert group, citing concerns related to legal bases, data protection and information security. _________________ 49 http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/i ndex.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetailDoc &id=32600&no=1.
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 200 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) With a view to improve the management of the external borders, to contribute to preventing and combating irregular migration and to contribute to a high level of security within the area of freedom, security and justice of the Union, including the maintenance of public security and public policy and safeguarding the security in the territories of the Member States, interoperability between EU information systems, namely the Entry/Exit System (EES), the Visa Information System (VIS), [the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS)], Eurodac, the Schengen Information System (SIS), and the [European Criminal Records Information System for third-country nationals (ECRIS-TCN)] should be established in order for these EU information systems and their data to supplement each other. To achieve this, a European search portal (ESP), and a shared biometric matching service (shared BMS), a common identity repository (CIR) and a multiple-identity detector (MID) should be established as interoperability components.
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 205 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) The interoperability between the EU information systems should allow said systems to supplement each other in order to facilitate the correct identification of persons, contribute to fighting identity fraud, improve and harmonise data quality requirements of the respective EU information systems, facilitate the technical and operational implementation by Member States of existing and future EU information systems, strengthen and simplify the data security and data protection safeguards that govern the respective EU information systems, streamline the law enforcement access to the EES, the VIS, the [ETIAS] and Eurodac, and support the purposes of the EES, the VIS, the [ETIAS], Eurodac, the SIS and the [ECRIS-TCN system].
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 217 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) The European search portal (ESP) should be established to facilitate technically the abilityccess of Member State authorities and EU bodies to have fast, seamless, efficient, systematic and controlled access, in specific cases and under specific conditions, to the EU information systems, the Europol data and the Interpol databases needed to perform their tasks, in accordance with their access rights, and to support the objectives and purposes of the EES, the VIS, the [ETIAS], Eurodac, the SIS, the [ECRIS- TCN system] and the Europol data. Enabling the simultaneous querying of all relevant EU information systems in parallel, as well as of the Europol data and the Interpol databases, the ESP should act as a single window or ‘message broker’ to search various central systems and retrieve the necessary information seamlessly and in full respect of the access control and data protection requirements of the underlying systems.
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 220 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) To ensure fast and systematic use of all EU information systems, the European search portal (ESP) should be used to query the common identity repository, the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS], Eurodac and [the ECRIS-TCN system]. However, the national connection to the different EU information systems should remain in order to provide a technical fall back. The ESP should also be used by Union bodies to query the Central SIS in accordance with their access rights and in order to perform their tasks. The ESP should be an additional means to query the Central SIS, the Europol data and the Interpol systems, complementing the existing dedicated interfaces.
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 225 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) Biometric data, such as fingerprints and facial images, are unique and therefore much more reliable than alphanumeric data for identifying a person. The shared biometric matching service (shared BMS) should be a technical tool to reinforce and facilitate the work of the relevant EU information systems and the other interoperability components. The main purpose of the shared BMS should be to facilitate the identification of an individual who may be registered in different databases, by matching their biometric data across different systems and by relying on one unique technological component instead of five different ones in each of the underlying systems. The shared BMS should contribute to security, as well as financial, maintenance and operational benefits by relying on one unique technological component instead of different ones in each of the underlying systems. All automated fingerprint identification systems, including those currently used for Eurodac, the VIS and the SIS, use biometric templates comprised of data derived from a feature extraction of actual biometric samples. The shared BMS should regroup and storeenable the querying of all these biometric templates in one single location, facilitating cross-system comparisons using biometric data and enabling economies of scale in developing and maintaining the EU central systems.
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 232 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) The common identity repository (CIR) should therefore facilitate and assist in the correct identification of persons registered in the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS], Eurodac and [the ECRIS- TCN system].deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 235 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) Personal data stored in these EU information systems may relate to the same persons but under different or incomplete identities. Member States dispose of efficient ways to identify their citizens or registered permanent residents in their territory, but the same is not true for third- country nationals. The interoperability between EU information systems should contribute to the correct identification of third-country nationals. The common identity repository (CIR) should store the personal data concerning third-country nationals present in the systems that are necessary to enable the more accurate identification of those individuals, therefore including their identity, travel document and biometric data, regardless of the system in which the data was originally collected. Only the personal data strictly necessary to perform an accurate identity check should be stored in the CIR. The personal data recorded in the CIR should be kept for no longer than is strictly necessary for the purposes of the underlying systems and should be automatically deleted when the data is deleted in the underlying systems in accordance with their logical separation.
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 239 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) The new processing operation consisting in the storage of such data in the common identity repository (CIR) instead of the storage in each of the separate systems is necessary to increase the accuracy of the identification that is made possible by the automated comparison and matching of such data. The fact that the identity and biometric data of third-country nationals is stored in the CIR should not hinder in any way the processing of data for the purposes of the EES, the VIS, the ETIAS, Eurodac or the ECRIS-TCN system Regulations, as the CIR should be a new shared component of those underlying systems.deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 242 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) In that connection, creating an individual file in the common identity repository (CIR) for each person that is recorded in the EES, the VIS, the ETIAS, Eurodac or the ECRIS-TCN system, is necessary to achieve the purpose of correct identification of third-country nationals within the Schengen area, and to support the multiple-identity detector for the dual purpose of facilitating identity checks for bona fide travellers and combating identity fraud. The individual file should store in one single place and make accessible to the duly authorised end-users all the possible identities linked to a person.deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 244 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) The common identity repository (CIR) should thus support the functioning of the multiple-identity detector and to facilitate and streamline access by law enforcement authorities to the EU information systems that are not established exclusively for purposes of prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of serious crime.deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 249 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) The common identity repository (CIR) should provide for a shared container for identity and biometric data of third-country nationals registered in the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS], Eurodac and the [ECRIS-TCN system], serving as the shared component between these systems for storage of this data, and to allow its querying.deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 251 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) All records in the common identity repository (CIR) should be logically separated by automatically tagging each record with the underlying system owning that record. The access control of the CIR should use these tags to allow the record to be accessible or not.deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 255 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) In order to ensure the correct identification of a person, Member State authorities competent for preventing and combating irregular migration and competent authorities within the meaning of Article 3(7) of Directive 2016/680 should be allowed to query the common identity repository (CIR) with the biometric data of that person taken during an identity check.deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 262 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) Where the biometric data of the person cannot be used or if the query with that data fails, the query should be carried out with identity data of that person in combination with travel document data. Where the query indicates that data on that person are stored in the common identity repository (CIR), Member State authorities should have access to consult the identity data of that person stored in the CIR, without providing any indication as to which EU information system the data belongs to.deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 264 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) Member States should adopt national legislative measures designating the authorities competent to perform identity checks with the use of the common identity repository (CIR) and laying down the procedures, conditions and criteria of such checks in line with the principle of proportionality. In particular, the power to collect biometric data during an identity check of a person present before the member of those authorities should be provided for by national legislative measures.deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 271 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
(31) Full access to the necessary data contained in the EU information systems necessary for the purposes of preventing, detecting and investigating terrorist offences or other serious criminal offences, beyond the relevant identity data covered under common identity repository (CIR) obtained using biometric data of that person taken during an identity check, should continue to be governed by the provisions in the respective legal instruments. The designated law enforcement authorities and Europol do not know in advance which of the EU information systems contains data of the persons they need to inquire upon. This results in delays and inefficiencies in the conduct of their tasks. The end-user authorised by the designated authority should therefore be allowed to see in which of the EU information systems the data corresponding to the query introduced are recorded. The concerned system would thus be flagged following the automated verification of the presence of a hit in the system (a so-called hit-flag functionality).
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 275 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
(32) The logs of the queries of the common identity repository should indicate the purpose of the query. Where such a query was performed using the two-step data consultation approach, the logs should include a reference to the national file of the investigation or case, therefore indicating that such query was launched for the purposes of preventing, detecting and investigating terrorist offences or other serious criminal offences.deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 278 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) The query of the common identity repository (CIR) by Member State designated authorities and Europol in order to obtain a hit-flag type of response indicating the data is recorded in the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS] or Eurodac requires automated processing of personal data. A hit-flag would not reveal personal data of the concerned individual other than an indication that some of his or her data are stored in one of the systems. No adverse decision for the concerned individual should be made by the authorised end-user solely on the basis of the simple occurrence of a hit- flag. Access by the end-user of a hit-flag would therefore realise a very limited interference with the right to protection of personal data of the concerned individual, while it would be necessary to allow the designated authority and Europol to address its request for access for personal data more effectively directly to the system that was flagged as containing it.deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 281 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
(34) The two-step data consultation approach is particularly valuable in cases where the suspect, perpetrator or suspected victim of a terrorist offence or other serious criminal offence is unknown. In those cases the common identity repository (CIR) should enable identifying the information system that knows the person in one single search. By creating the obligation to use this new law enforcement access approach in these cases, access to the personal data stored in the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS] and Eurodac should take place without the requirements of a prior search in national databases and the launch of a prior search in the automated fingerprint identification system of other Member States under Decision 2008/615/JHA. The principle of prior search effectively limits the possibility of Member State’ authorities to consult systems for justified law enforcement purposes and could thereby result in missed opportunities to uncover necessary information. The requirements of a prior search in national databases and the launch of a prior search in the automated fingerprint identification system of other Member States under Decision 2008/615/JHA should only cease to apply once the alternative safeguard of the two-step approach to law enforcement access through the CIR has become operational.deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 285 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) The multiple-identity detector (MID) should be established to support the functioning of the common identity repository and to support the objectives of the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS], Eurodac, the SIS and [the ECRIS-TCN system]. In order to be effective in fulfilling their respective objectives, all of these EU information systems require the accurate identification of the persons whose personal data are stored therein.deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 290 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
(37) The multiple-identity detector (MID) should create and store links between data in the different EU information systems in order to detect multiple identities, with the dual purpose of facilitating identity checks for bona fide travellers and combating identity fraud. The MID should only contain the links between individuals present in more than one EU information system, strictly limited to the data necessary to verify that a person is recorded lawfully or unlawfully under different biographical identities in different systems, or to clarify that two persons having similar biographical data may not be the same person. Data processing through the European search portal (ESP) and the shared biometric matching service (shared BMS) in order to link individual files across individual systems should be kept to an absolute minimum and therefore is limited to a multiple-identity detection at the time new data is added to one of the information systems included in the common identity repository and in the SIS. The MID should include safeguards against potential discrimination or unfavourable decisions for persons with multiple lawful identities.deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 295 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
(39) The European search portal (ESP) and shared biometric matching service (shared BMS) should compare data in common identity repository (CIR) and SIS on persons when new records are created by a national authority or an EU body. Such comparison should be automated. The CIR and the SIS should use the shared BMS to detect possible links on the basis of biometric data. The CIR and the SIS should use the ESP to detect possible links on the basis of alphanumeric data. The CIR and the SIS should be able to identify identical or similar data on the third-country national stored across several systems. Where such is the case, a link indicating that it is the same person should be established. The CIR and the SIS should be configured in such a way that small transliteration or spelling mistakes are detected in such a way as not to create any unjustified hindrance to the concerned third-country national.deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 299 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
(40) The national authority or EU body that recorded the data in the respective EU information system should confirm or change these links. This authority should have access to the data stored in the common identity repository (CIR) or the SIS and in the multiple-identity detector (MID) for the purpose of the manual identity verification.deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 302 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
(41) Access to the multiple-identity detector (MID) by Member State authorities and EU bodies having access to at least one EU information system included in the common identity repository (CIR) or to the SIS should be limited to so called red links where the linked data shares the same biometric but different identity data and the authority responsible for the verification of different identities concluded it refers unlawfully to the same person, or where the linked data has similar identity data and the authority responsible for the verification of different identities concluded it refers unlawfully to the same person. Where the linked identity data is not similar, a yellow link should be established and a manual verification should take place in order to confirm the link or change its colour accordingly.deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 304 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
(42) The manual verification of multiple identities should be ensured by the authority creating or updating the data that triggered a hit resulting in a link with data already stored in another EU information system. The authority responsible for the verification of multiple identities should assess whether there are multiple lawful or unlawful identities. Such assessment should be performed where possible in the presence of the third-country national and where necessary by requesting additional clarifications or information. Such assessment should be performed without delay, in line with legal requirements for the accuracy of information under Union and national law.deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 306 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
(43) For the links obtained in relation to the Schengen Information System (SIS) related to the alerts in respect of persons wanted for arrest or for surrender or extradition purposes, on missing or vulnerable persons, on persons sought to assist with a judicial procedure, on persons for discreet checks or specific checks or on unknown wanted persons, the authority responsible for the verification of multiple identities should be the SIRENE Bureau of the Member State that created the alert. Indeed those categories of SIS alerts are sensitive and should not necessarily be shared with the authorities creating or updating the data in one of the other EU information systems. The creation of a link with SIS data should be without prejudice to the actions to be taken in accordance with the [SIS Regulations].deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 316 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
(47) A central repositoryFunctionalities for reporting and statistics (CRRS) should be established to generate cross-system statistical data and analytical reporting for policy, operational and data quality purposes. eu-LISA should establish, implement and host the CRRS in its technical sdevelop these functionalities containing to extract anonymous statistical data from the above- mentioned systems, the common identity repository, the multiple-identity detector and the shared biometric matching service (shared BMS). The data contained in the CRRS should not enable the identification of individuals. eu-LISA should render the data anonymous and should record such anonymous data in the CRRS and the shared biometric matching service (shared BMS). eu-LISA should render the data anonymous. The process for rendering the data anonymous should be automated and no direct access by eu- LISA staff should be granted to any personal data stored in the EU information systems or in the interoperability components.
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 323 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
(56) In order to allow competent authorities and the EU bodies to adapt to the new requirements on the use of the European search portal (ESP), it is necessary to provide for a transitional period. Similarly, in order to allow for the coherent and optimal functioning of the multiple-identity detector (MID), transitional measures should be established for the start of its operations.
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 331 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 59
(59) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to adopt detailed rules on: automated data quality control mechanisms, procedures and indicators; development of the UMF standard; procedures for determining cases of similarity of identities; the operation of the central repository for reporting and statistics; and cooperation procedure in case of security incidents. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council59 . _________________ 59 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 333 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60
(60) Regulation 2016/794 shall apply for any processing of Europol data for the purposes of this Regulation.deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 341 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation, together with [Regulation 2018/xx on interoperaaccessibility borders and visa], establishes a framework to ensure the interoperability betweenbetter accessibility of the Entry/Exit System (EES), the Visa Information System (VIS), [the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS)], Eurodac, the Schengen Information System (SIS), and [the European Criminal Records Information System for third-country nationals (ECRIS-TCN)] in order for those systems and data to supplement each otherto search for persons in specific cases and under specific conditions based on their identity data or their fingerprint data.
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 345 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The framework shall include the following interoperaaccessibility components:
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 348 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) a common identity repository (CIR);deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 349 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) a multiple-identity detector (MID).deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 351 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. This Regulation also lays down provisions on data quality requirements, on a Universal Message Format (UMF), on a central repository for reporting and statistics (CRRS) and lays down the responsibilities of the Member States and of the European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (eu-LISA), with respect to the design, development and operation of the interoperaaccessibility components.
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 355 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
4. This Regulation also adapts the procedures and conditions for Member State law enforcement authorities and for the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) access in specific cases and under specific conditions to the Entry/Exit System (EES), the Visa Information System (VIS), [the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS),] and Eurodac for the purposes of the prevention, detection and investigation of terrorist offences or of other serious criminal offences falling under their competence.
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 359 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to improve the management ofeffectiveness and efficiency of checks at the external borders;
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 362 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to contribute to preventing and combadetecting irregular migration;
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 364 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to contribute to a high level of security within the area of freedom, security and justice of the Union including the maintenance of public security and public policy and safeguarding the security in the territories of the Member States;deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 367 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) to assist Member States law enforcement authorities and Europol in the prevention, detection and investigation of terrorist offences or of other serious criminal offences falling under their competence;
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 368 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) in the event of a natural disaster or an accident, for humanitarian reasons, to assist in the identification of unknown persons who are not able to identify themselves or unidentified human remains.
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 376 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) improving and harmonising data quality requirements of the respective EU information systems while respecting the data processing requirements of the legal bases of the individual systems, data protection standards and principles;
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 378 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) facilitating the technical and operational implementacontributing to ensuring the effective use of the Union information systems, Europol data and the Interpol databases by facilitating the access to them in specific cases and under specific conditions by Member States of existing and future EU informationthe authorities in accordance with their access rights and the objectives and purposes as laid down in the legal instruments governing the respective systems;
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 381 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) strengthening and simplifying and making more uniform the data security and data protection conditions that govern the respective EU information systems without prejudice to the special protection and safeguards afforded to certain categories of data;
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 387 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) streamlining the conditions for law enforcement access in specific cases to the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS] and Eurodac;
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 396 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) ‘identity data’ means the data referred to in Article 27(3)(a) to (h);deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 398 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) ‘facial image’ means digital images of the face;deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 399 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 18
(18) ‘EUnion information systems’ means the large-scale IT systemsEES, VIS, [ETIAS], Eurodac, SIS and [ECRIS-TCN ] operationally managed by eu- LISA;
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 405 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 25
(25) ‘terrorist offence’ means an offence under national law which corresponds or is equivalent to one of the offences referred to in Directive (EU) 2017/541;
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 408 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 35
(35) 'CIR' means the common identity repository as referred to in Article 17;deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 410 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 36
(36) 'MID' means the multiple-identity detector as referred to in Article 25;deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 412 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 37
(37) 'CRRS' means the central repository for reporting and statistics as referred to in Article 39.deleted
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 413 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – title
Non-discriminationFundamental Rights
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 417 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
This Regulation respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and shall be applied in accordance with those rights and principles. Processing of personal data for the purposes of this Regulation shall not result in discrimination against persons on any grounds such as sex, racial or ethnice, colour, ethnic or social origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation. It shall fully respect human dignity and integrity. Particular attention shall be paid to children, persons in need of international protection, the elderly and persons with a disability.
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 426 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. A European search portal (ESP) is established for the purposes of ensuring that Member State authorities and EU bodies have fast, seamless, efficient, systematic and controlled accesfacilitating the access in specific cases and under specific conditions of Member State authorities and of Union agencies to the EUnion information systems, the Europol data and the Interpol databases that they need toin the performance of their tasks and in accordance with their access rights and of supporting the objectivthe objectives and purposes of the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS], Eurodac, the SIS, [the ECRIS- TCN system] and the Europol data.
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 432 #

2017/0352(COD)

(c) a secure communication infrastructure between the ESP and the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS], Eurodac, the Central-SIS, [the ECRIS-TCN system], the Europol data and the Interpol databases as well as between the ESP and the central infrastructures of the common identity repository (CIR) and the multiple-identity detector.
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 436 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. The use of the ESP shall be reserved to the Member State authorities and EU bodagencies having access to the EES, [the ETIAS], the VIS, the SIS, Eurodac and [the ECRIS-TCN system], to the CIR and the multiple-identity detector as well as the Europol data and the Interpol databases in accordance with Union or national law governing such access.
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 438 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Those Member State authorities and Union agencies may make use of the ESP and the data provided by it only for the objectives and purposes laid down in the legal instruments governing those Union information systems and in this Regulation, and only in specific cases where they have factual indications that a person is registered in one of the systems and the information about this is necessary for solving a specific on-going situation or facilitating a criminal investigation. They shall not use the ESP for systematic checks of large groups of persons.
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 441 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The authorities referred to in paragraph 1 shall use the ESP to search data related to persons or their travel documents in the central systems of Eurodac and [the ECRIS-TCN system] in accordance with their access rights under Union and national law. They shall also use the ESP to query the CIR in accordance with their access rights under this Regulation for the purposes referred to in Articles 20, 21 and 22.
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 443 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. The EU bodagencies shall use the ESP to search data related to persons or their travel documents in the Central SIS.
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 447 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the fields of data possibly to be used for querying, including a mandatory field for the specific purpose of the query;
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 456 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The users of the ESP shall launch a query by introducing data in the ESP in accordance with their user profile and access rights. Where a query has been launched, the ESP shall query simultaneously, with the data introduced by the user of the ESP, the EES, [the ETIAS], the VIS, the SIS, Eurodac, [the ECRIS-TCN system] and the CIR as well as the Europol data and the Interpol databases.
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 458 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The fields of data used to launch a query via the ESP shall correspond to the fields of data related to persons or travel documents that may be used to query the various EU information systems, the Europol data and the Interpol databases in accordance with the legal instruments governing them. An additional data field shall require the mandatory entering of the specific purpose of the query. For queries in the context of the prevention, detection or investigation of terrorist offences or other serious criminal offences, the case reference shall be required.
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 460 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. The EES, [the ETIAS], the VIS, the SIS, Eurodac, [the ECRIS-TCN system], the CIR and the multiple-identity detector, as well as the Europol data and the Interpol databases, shall provide the data that they contain resulting from the query of the ESP.
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 463 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 5
5. When querying the Interpol databases, the design of the ESP shall ensure that the data used by the user of the ESP to launch a query is not shared with the owners of Interpol data. Any data from the Interpol databases and originating from a third country shall be marked as such, in order to warn the user about possible misuses of Interpol for political purposes.
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 467 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6
6. The reply to the user of the ESP shall be unique and shall contain all the data to which the user has access under Union law. Where necessary, tThe reply provided by the ESP shall indicate to which information system or database the data belongs.
2018/07/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 471 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the EU information systems and the Europol and Interpol data queried;
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 473 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the specific purpose of the query and, where applicable, the case reference, pursuant to Article 8(2).
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 476 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The logs may be used only for data protection monitoring, including checking the admissibility of a query and the lawfulness of data processing, and for ensuring data security pursuant to Article 42. Those logs shall be protected by appropriate measures against unauthorised access and erased onfive years after their creation, unless they are required for monitoring procedures that have already begun. The European Data Protection Supervisor shall perform an audit of these logs at least every two years and publish a report about the audit.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 481 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Where it is technically impossible to use the ESP to query one or several EU information systems referred to in Article 9(1) or the CIR, because of a failure of the ESP, the users of the ESP shall be notified by eu- LISA.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 483 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Where it is technically impossible to use the ESP to query one or several EU information systems referred to in Article 9(1) or the CIR, because of a failure of the national infrastructure in a Member State, that Member State's competent authority shall notify eu-LISA and the Commission.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 489 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. In both scenarios, and until the technical failure is addressed, the obligation referred to in Article 7(2) and (4) shall not apply and Member States may access the information systems referred to in Article 9(1) or the CIR directly using their respective national uniform interfaces or national communication infrastructures.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 491 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. A shared biometric matching service (shared BMS) storing biometric templates and enabling querying with biometric data across several EU information systems is established for the purposes of supporting the CIR and the multiple-identity detector and the objectives of the EES, the VIS, Eurodac, the SIS and [the ECRIS-TCN system].
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 496 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) a central infrastructure, including a search engine and the storage of the data referred to in Article 13;
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 497 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) a secure communication infrastructure between the shared BMS, Central-SIS and the CIR and the EES, the VIS, Eurodac, [the ECRIS- TCN system] and the Central-SIS.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 502 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – title
Data storaccessed inby the shared biometric matching service
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 503 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The shared BMS shall store the biometric templates that it shall obtain from, for each query, access the following biometric data:
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 512 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. The shared BMS shall include in each biometric template a reference to the information systems in which the corresponding biometric data is stored.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 515 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. BA biometric templates used for a query shall only be entered in the shared BMS search engine following an automated quality check of the biometric data added to one of the information systems performed by the shared BMS to ascertain the fulfilment of a minimum data quality standard.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 516 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. The storage of the data referred to in paragraph 1 shall meet the quality standards referred to in Article 37(2).deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 518 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
In order to search the biometric data stored within the CIR and the SIS, the CIR and the SIS shall use the biometric templates stored in the shared BMS. Queries with biometric data shall take place in accordance with the purposes provided for in this Regulation and in the EES Regulation, the VIS Regulation, the Eurodac Regulation, the [SIS Regulations] and [the ECRIS-TCN Regulation]. Member State authorities and Union agencies may make use of the shared BMS and the data provided by it only for the objectives and purposes laid down in the legal instruments governing those Union information systems and in this Regulation, and only in specific cases where they have factual indications that a person is registered in one of the systems and the information about this is necessary for solving a specific on-going situation or facilitating a criminal investigation. They shall not use the shared BMS for systematic checks of large groups of persons. Any query of the shared BMS shall require the mandatory entering of the specific purpose of the query. For queries in the context of the prevention, detection or investigation of terrorist offences or other serious criminal offences, the case reference shall be required.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 520 #

2017/0352(COD)

1a. Where a police authority has been so empowered by national legislative measures, it may, for the purpose of identifying unknown persons who are not able to identify themselves or unidentified human remains, in the event of a natural disaster or an accident, query the shared BMS with the biometric data of those persons. Member States wishing to avail themselves of this possibility shall adopt national legislative measures laying down the procedures, conditions and criteria.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 521 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15
Data retention in the shared biometric The data referred to in Article 13 shall be stored in the shared BMS for as long as the corresponding biometric data is stored in the CIR or the SIS.Article 15 deleted matching service
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 525 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the history related to the creation and storage ofquery with biometric templates;
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 526 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) a reference to the EU information systems queried with the biometric templates stoentered into the shared BMS;
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 529 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) the specific purpose of the query and, where applicable, the case reference, pursuant to Article 14.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 530 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The logs may be used only for data protection monitoring, including checking the admissibility of a query and the lawfulness of data processing, and for ensuring data security pursuant to Article 42. Those logs shall be made available to the competent supervisory authority on request. They shall be protected by appropriate measures against unauthorised access and erased onfive years after their creation, unless they are required for monitoring procedures that have already begun. The logs referred to in paragraph 1(a) shall be erased once the data is erasedEuropean Data Protection Supervisor shall perform an audit of these logs at least every two years and publish a report about the audit.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 536 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17
Common identity repository 1. (CIR), creating an individual file for each person that is recorded in the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS], Eurodac or [the ECRIS-TCN system] containing the data referred to in Article 18, is established for the purpose of facilitating and assisting the correct identification of persons registered in the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS], the Eurodac and [the ECRIS- TCN system], of supporting the functioning of the multiple-identity detector and of facilitating and streamlining access by law enforcement authorities to non-law enforcement information systems at EU level, where necessary for the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of serious crime. 2. The CIR shall be composed of: (a) replace the central systems of respectively the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS], Eurodac and [the ECRIS-TCN system] to the extent that it shall store the data referred to in Article 18; (b) a secure communication channel between the CIR, Member States and EU bodies that are entitled to use the European search portal (ESP) in accordance with Union law; (c) infrastructure between the CIR and the EES, [the ETIAS], the VIS, Eurodac and [the ECRIS-TCN system] as well as with the central infrastructures of the ESP, the shared BMS and the multiple-identity detector. 3. ensure its technical management.Article 17 deleted A common identity repository a central infrastructure that shall a secure communication eu-LISA shall develop the CIR and
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 542 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18
1. data – logically separated – according to the information system from which the data was originated: (a) (b) (c) (d) 13(a) to (e), (g) and (h) of the [Eurodac Regulation;] (e) 5(1)(b) and 5(2) and the following data of Article 5(1)(a) of the ECRIS-TCN Regulation: surname or family name; first name(s) (given name(s)); sex; date of birth; place and country of birth; nationality or nationalities; gender and where applicable previous names, pseudonyms(s) and/or alias name(s).] 2. paragraph 1, the CIR shall include a reference to the information systems to which the data belongs. 3. in paragraph 1 shall meet the quality standards referred to in Article 37(2).Article 18 deleted The common identity repository data The CIR shall store the following – (not applicable); – (not applicable); – (not applicable); [the data referred to in Article [the data referred to in Article For each set of data referred to in The storage of the data referred to
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 548 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19
Adding, amending and deleting data inArticle 1.9 deleted in Eurodac or [the ECRIS-TCN system], the data referred to in Article 18 stored in the individual file of the CIR shall be added, amended or deleted accordingly in an automated manner. 2. detector creates a white or red link in accordance with Articles 32 and 33 between the data of two or more of the EU information systems constituting the CIR, instead of creating a new individual file, the CIR shall add the new data to the individual file of the linked data.the common identity repository Where data is added, amended or Where the multiple-identity
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 550 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20
Access to the common identity repository 1. authority has been so empowered by national legislative measures as referred to in paragraph 2, it may, solely for the purpose of identifying a person, query the CIR with the biometric data of that person taken during an identity check. Where the query indicates that data on that person is stored in the CIR, the Member States authority shall have access to consult the data referred to in Article 18(1). Where the biometric data of the person cannot be used or where the query with that data fails, the query shall be carried out with identity data of the person in combination with travel document data, or with the identity data provided by that person. 2. themselves of the possibility provided for in this Article shall adopt national legislative measures. Such legislative measures shall specify the precise purposes of identity checks within the purposes referred to in Article 2(1)(b) and (c). They shall designate the police authorities competent and lay down the procedures, conditions and criteria of such checks.rticle 20 deleted for identification Where a Member State police Member States wishing to avail
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 565 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21
Access to the common identity repository for the detection of multiple identities 1. in a yellow link in accordance with Article 28(4), the authority responsible for the verification of different identities determined in accordance with Article 29 shall have access, solely for the purpose of that verification, to the identity data stored in the CIR belonging to the various information systems connected to a yellow link. 2. in a red link in accordance with Article 32, the authorities referred to in Article 26(2) shall have access, solely for the purposes of fighting identity fraud, to the identity data stored in the CIR belonging to the various information systems connected to a red link.rticle 21 deleted Where a query of the CIR results Where a query of the CIR results
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 571 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22
Querying the common identity repository for law enforcement purposes 1. detecting and investigating terrorist offences or other serious criminal offences in a specific case and in order to obtain information on whether data on a specific person is present in Eurodac, the Member State designated authorities and Europol may consult the CIR. 2. authorities and Europol shall not be entitled to consult data belonging to [the ECRIS-TCN] when consulting the CIR for the purposes listed in paragraph 1. 3. indicates data on that person isArticle 22 deleted For the purposes of presvent in Eurodac the CIR shall provide tog, Member States' designated authorities and Europol a reply in the form of a reference indicating which of the information systems contains matching data referred to in Article 18(2). The CIR shall reply in such a way that the security of the data is not compromised. 4. in the EU information systems for the purposes of preventing, detecting and investigating terrorist offences or other serious criminal offences remains subject to the conditions and procedures laid down in the respective legislative instruments governing such access.Where, in reply to a query the CIR Full access to the data contained
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 581 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23
Data retention in the common identity 1. The data referred to in Article 18(1) and (2) shall be deleted from the CIR in accordance with the data retention provisions of [the Eurodac Regulation] and [the ECRIS-TCN Regulation] respectively. 2. in the CIR for as long as the corresponding data is stored in at least one of the information systems whose data is contained in the CIR. The creation of a link shall not affect the retention period of each item of the linked data.Article 23 deleted repository The individual file shall be stored
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 587 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24
[...]deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 598 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25
1. creating and storing links between data in the EU information systems included in the common identity repository (CIR) and the SIS and as a consequence detecting multiple identities, with the dual purpose of facilitating identity checks and combating identity fraud, is established for the purpose of supporting the functioning of the CIR and the objectives of the EES, the VIS, the ETIAS], Eurodac, the SIS and [the ECRIS-TCN system]. 2. The MID shall be composed of: (a) a central infrastructure, storing links and references to information systems; (b) infrastructure to connect the MID with the SIS and the central infrastructures of the European search portal and the CIR. 3. eu-LISA shall develop the MID and ensure its technical management.Article 25 deleted Multiple-identity detector A multiple-identity detector (MID) a secure communication
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 606 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26
1. identity verification referred to in Article 29, access to the data referred to in Article 34 stored in the MID shall be granted to: (a) (b) (c) (d) a request for international protection provided for inArticle 26 deleted Access to the multiple-identity detector For the Epurodac Regulation when assessing a new request for international protection; (e) Member State creating a [Regulation on SIS in the field of law enforcement or Regulation on SIS in the field of illegal return]; (f) convicting Member State when recording or updating data in the ECRIS-TCN system in accordance with Article 5 of the ECRIS-TCN Regulation.] 2. bodies having access to at least one EU information system included in the common identity repository or to the SIS shall have access to the data referred to in Article 34(a) and (b) regarding any red links as referred to in Article 32.poses of the manual – (not applicable); – (not applicable); – (not applicable); the authorities competent to assess the SIRENE Bureaux of the [the central authorities of the Member State authorities and EU
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 609 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27
[...]deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 617 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28
Results of the multiple-identity detection 1. Article 27(2) and (3) do not report any hit, the procedures referred to in Article 27(1) shall continue in accordance with the respective Regulations governing them. 2. Article 27(2) and (3) reports one or several hit(s), the common identity repository and, where relevant, the SIS shall create a link between the data used to launch the query and the data triggering the hit. Where several hits are reported, a link shall be created between all data triggering the hit. Where data was already linked, the existing link shall be extended to the data used to launch the query. 3. Article 27(2) or (3) reports one or several hit(s) and the identity data of the linked files is identical or similar, a white link shall be created in accordance with Article 33. 4. Article 27(2) or (3) reports one or several hit(s) and the identity data of the linked files cannot be considered as similar, a yellow link shall be created in accordance with Article 30 and the procedure referred to in Article 29 shall apply. 5. the procedures to determine the cases where identity data can be considered as identical or similar in implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 64(2). 6. identity confirmation fileArticle 28 deleted Where the queries referred to in Where the query laid down in Where the query referred to in Where the query referred to in Article 34. The Commission shall lay down the technical rules for linking data from different information systems by implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 64(2).The links shall be stored in the
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 623 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29
[...]deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 638 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30
1. more information systems shall be classified as yArticle 30 deleted Yellow lin any of the following cases: (a) biometric but different identity data and no manual verification of different identity has taken place; (b) identity data and no manual verification of different identity has taken place. 2. in accordance with paragraph 1, the procedure laid down in Article 29 applies.k A link between data from two or the linked data shares the same the linked data has different Where a link is classified as yellow
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 640 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31
1. more information systems shall be classified as green where the linked data do not share the same biometric but have similar identity data and the authority responsible for the verification of different identities concluded it refers to two different persons. 2. repository (CIR) or the SIS are queried and where a green link exists between two or more of the information systems constituting the CIR or with the SIS, the multiple-identity detector shall indicate that the identity data of the linked data does not correspond to the same person. The queried information system shall reply indicating only the data of the person whose data was used for the query, without triggering a hit against the data that is subject to the green link.Article 31 deleted Green link A link between data from two or Where the common identity
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 644 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32
1. more information systems shall be classified as rArticle 32 deleted Red lin any of the following cases: (a) biometric but different identity data and the authority responsible for the verification of different identities concluded it refers unlawfully to the same person; (b) data and the authority responsible for the verification of different identities concluded it refers unlawfully to the same person. 2. queried and where a red link exists between two or more of the information systems constituting the CIR or with the SIS, the multiple-identity detector shall reply indicating the data referred to in Article 34. Follow-up to a red link shall take place in accordance with Union and national law. 3. between data from the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS], Eurodac or [the ECRIS-TCN System], the individual file stored in the CIR shall be updated in accordance with Article 19(1). 4. related to the handling of alerts in the SIS referred to in the [Regulations on SIS in the field of border checks, on SIS in the field of law enforcement and on SIS in the field of illegal return], and without prejudice to limitations necessary to protect security and public order, prevent crime and guarantee that any national investigation will not be jeopardised, where a red link is created, the authority responsible for verification of different identities shall inform the person of the presence of multiple unlawful identities. 5. authority responsible for verification of different identities shall provide a reference to the authorities responsible for the data linked.k A link between data from two or the linked data shares the same the linked data has similar identity Where the CIR or the SIS are Where a red link is created Without prejudice to the provisions Where a red link is created, the
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 658 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
1. more information systems shall be classified as white in any of the following cases: (a) the linked data shares the same biometric and the same or similar identity data; (b) similar identity data and at least one of the information systems does not have biometric data on the person; (c) biometric but different identity data and the authority responsible for the verification of different identities concluded it refers to the same person legally having different identity data. 2. queried and where a white link exists between one or more of the information systems constituting the CIR or with the SIS, the multiple-identity detector shall indicate that the identity data of the linked data correspond to the same person. The queried information systems shall reply indicating, where relevant, all the linked data on the person, hence triggering a hit against the data that is subject to the white link, if the authority launching the query has access to the linked data under Union or national law. 3. between data from the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS], Eurodac or [the ECRIS-TCN system], the individual file stored in the CIR shall be updated in accordance with Article 19(1). 4. related to the handling of alerts in the SIS referred to in the [Regulations on SIS in the field of border checks, on SIS in the field of law enforcement and on SIS in the field of illegal return], where a white link is created following a manual verification of multiple identities, the authority responsible for verification of different identities shall inform the person of the presence of discrepancies between his or her personal data between systems and shall provide a reference to the authorities responsible for the data linked.Article 33 deleted White link A link between data from two or the linked data shares the same or the linked data shares the same Where the CIR or the SIS are Where a white link is created Without prejudice to the provisions
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 664 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34
The iArticle 34 deleted Identity confirmation file shall contain the following data: (a) description in form of colours, as referred to in Articles 30 to 33; (b) systems whose data is linked; (c) allowing to retrieve the data fromthe links, including their a reference to the information systems of corresponding linked files; (d) responsible for the verification of different identities.a single identification number where relevant, the authority
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 666 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35
Data retention in the multiple-identity The identity confirmation files and its data, including the links, shall be stored in the multiple-identity detector (MID) only for as long as the linked data is stored in two or more EU information systems.Article 35 deleted detector
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 672 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36
1. eu-LISA shall keep logs of all data processing operations within the MID. Those logs shall include, in particular, the following: (a) the purpose of access of the user and his or her access rights; (b) (c) the type of data used to launch the query or queries; (d) (e) the history of the identity confirmation file; (f) the identifying mark of the person who carried out the query. 2. of the staff duly authorised to use the MID. 3. protection monitoring, including checking the admissibility of a request and the lawfulness of data processing, and for ensuring data security pursuant to Article 42. The logs shall be protected by appropriate measures against unauthorised access and erased one year after their creation, unless they are required for monitoring procedures that have already begun. The logs related to the history of the identity confirmation file shall be erased once the data in the identity confirmation file is erased.Article 36 deleted Keeping of logs the date and time of the query; the reference to the data linked; Each Member State shall keep logs The logs may be used only for data
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 678 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1
1. eu-LISA shall establish automated data quality control mechanisms and procedures on the data stored in or accessed through the SIS, Eurodac, [the ECRIS-TCN system], and the shared biometric matching service (shared BMS), the common identity repository (CIR) and the multiple-identity detector (MID).
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 680 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2
2. eu-LISA shall establish common data quality indicators and the minimum quality standards to store data in or access data through the SIS, Eurodac, [the ECRIS-TCN system], and the shared BMS, the CIR and the MID.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 682 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 3
3. eu-LISA shall provide regular reports on the automated data quality control mechanisms and procedures and the common data quality indicators to the Member States. eu-LISA shall also provide a regular report to the Commission covering the issues encountered and the Member States concerned, the Council, the European Parliament, the European Data Protection Supervisor, the European Data Protection Board and the Fundamental Rights Agency, covering the issues encountered and the Member States concerned. No reports provided under this paragraph shall contain any personal data.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 685 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 4
4. The details of the automated data quality control mechanisms and procedures and the common data quality indicators and the minimum quality standards to store data in or access data through the SIS, Eurodac, [the ECRIS-TCN system], and the shared BMS, the CIR and the MID, in particular regarding biometric data, shall be laid down in implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 64(2).
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 688 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 5
5. One year after the establishment of the automated data quality control mechanisms and procedures and common data quality indicators and every year thereafter, the Commission shall evaluate Member State implementation of data quality and shall make any necessary recommendations. The Member States shall provide the Commission with an action plan to remedy any deficiencies identified in the evaluation report and shall report on any progress against this action plan until it is fully implemented. The Commission shall transmit the evaluation report to the European Parliament, to the Council, to the European Data Protection Supervisor, the European Data Protection Board and to the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights established by Council Regulation (EC) No 168/2007.63 _________________ 63 Council Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 of 15 February 2007 establishing a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (OJ L 53, 22.2.2007, p. 1).
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 689 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2
2. The UMF standard shall be used in the development of the [Eurodac], the [ECRIS-TCN system], the European search portal, the CIR, the MID and, if appropriate, in the development by eu- LISA or any other EU body of new information exchange models and information systems in the area of Justice and Home Affairs.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 693 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39
Central repository for reporting and 1. and statistics (CRRS) is established for the purposes of supporting the objectives of Eurodac, the SIS and [the ECRIS-TCN system] and to generate cross-system statistical data and analytical reporting for policy, operational and data quality purposes. 2. implement and host the CRRS in its technical sites containing the data referred to in [Article 42(8) of the Eurodac Regulation], [Article 71 of the Regulation on SIS in the field of law enforcement] and [Article 30 of the ECRIS-TCN Regulation] logically separated. The data contained in the CRRS shall not enable the identification of individuals. Access to the repository shall be granted by means of secured access through the Trans- European Services for Telematics between Administrations (TESTA) network service with control of access and specific user profiles, solely for the purpose of reporting and statistics, to the authorities referred to in [Article 42(8) of the Eurodac Regulation], [Article 71 of the Regulation on SIS in the field of law enforcement] and [Article 30 of the ECRIS-TCN Regulation]. 3. anonymous and shall record such anonymous data in the CRRS. The process for rendering the data anonymous shall be automated. 4. (a) of a data repository enabling the renderingArticle 39 deleted statistics A central repository for reporting eu-LISA shall establish, eu-LISA shall render the data The CRRS shall be composed of: anonymous data; (b) infrastructure to connect the CRRS to the SIS, Eurodac and [the ECRIS-TCN], as well as the central infrastructures of the shared BMS, the CIR and the MID. 5. detailed rules on the operation of the CRRS, including specific safeguards for processing of personal data referred to under paragraph 2 and 3 and security rules applicable to the repository by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 64(2). central infrastructure, consisting a secure communication The Commission shall lay down
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 702 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 a (new)
Article 39a Statistics 1. eu-LISA shall develop functionalities to allow Member States’ authorities, the Commission, eu-LISA as well as the EDPS to automatically extract statistics directly from the system. Such extraction shall take place only in duly justified cases, at reasonable intervals, and for a specific purpose. Extracted statistics shall only contain anonymous data. 2. Before developing the functionalities laid down in paragraph 1, eu-LISA shall perform a thorough information security risk assessment and establish secure access points.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 704 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
1. In relation to the processing of data in the shared biometric matching service (shared BMS), the Member State authorities that are controllers for the Eurodac, SIS and [the ECRIS-TCN system] respectively, shall also be considered as controllers in accordance with Article 4(7) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 or Article 3(8) of Directive (EU) 2016/680 in relation to the biometric templates obtained from the data referred to in Article 13 that they enter into respective systems and shall have responsibility for the processing of the biometric templates in the shared BMS.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 706 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2
2. In relation to the processing of data in the common identity repository (CIR), the Member State authorities that are controllers for the Eurodac and [the ECRIS-TCN system] respectively, shall also be considered as controllers in accordance with Article 4(7) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 in relation to data referred to in Article 18 that they enter into respective systems and shall have responsibility for the processing of that personal data in the CIR.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 707 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3
3. In relation to the processing of data in the multiple-identity detector: (a) the European Border and Coast Guard Agency shall be considered a data controller in accordance with Article 2(b) of Regulation No 45/2001 in relation to processing of personal data by the ETIAS Central Unit; (b) adding or modifying the data in the identity confirmation file are also to be considered as controllers in accordance with Article 4(7) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and shall have responsibility for the processing of the personal data in the multiple-identity detector;deleted the Member State authorities
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 713 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41
In relation to the processing of personal data in the CIR, eu-LISA is to be considered the data processor in accordance with Article 2(e) of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001.Article 41 deleted Data processor
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 716 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall apply its rules of professional secrecy or other equivalent duties of confidentiality to all persons and bodies requirallowed to work with SIS data accessed through any of the interoperability components in accordance with its national law. That obligation shall also apply after those persons leave office or employment or after the termination of the activities of those bodies.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 717 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where eu-LISA or a Member State cooperates with external contractors in any task related to the accessibility components, it shall closely monitor the activities of the contractor to ensure compliance with all provisions of this Regulation, including in particular security, confidentiality and data protection. In case potential and existing contractors are also established in third countries, eu-LISA or the respective Member State shall closely monitor and assess any legal obligations in those third countries that might have a detrimental impact on the confidentiality of the accessibility components and the information systems operated by eu-LISA and by the Member States in the scope of this Regulation, and take all necessary steps to ensure the confidentiality, including, where necessary, declining a contract.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 718 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1
1. Any event that has or may have an impact on the security of the interoperability components and may cause unauthorised access to, damage to or loss of data stored in them shall be considered to be a security incident, in particular where unauthorised access to data may have occurred or where the availability, integrity and confidentiality of data has or may have been compromised.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 719 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 3
3. Without prejudice to the notification and communication of a personal data breach pursuant to Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Article 30 of Directive (EU) 2016/680, or both, Member States shall notify the Commission, eu- LISA and the European Data Protection Supervisor of security incidents. Without prejudice to Article 35 of Regulation (EC) 45/2001 [or Article 37 of Regulation XX/2018 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC] and Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2016/794, [the ETIAS Central Unit] and Europol shall notify the Commission, eu-LISA and the European Data Protection Supervisor of any security incident. In the event of a security incident in relation to the central infrastructure of the interoperaaccessibility components, eu-LISA shall notify the Commission and the European Data Protection Supervisor.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 728 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1
Member States and the relevant EU bodies shall ensure that each authority entitled to access the interoperaaccessibility components takes the measures necessary to monitor its compliance with this Regulation and cooperates, where necessary, with the competent supervisory authority.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 733 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to the right of information referred to in Articles 11 and 12 of Regulation (EC) 45/2001 and Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, persons whose data are stored in the shared biometric matching service, the common identity repository or the multiple-identity detector shall be informed by the authority collecting their data, at the time their data are collected, about the processing of personal data for the purposes of this Regulation, including about identity and contact details of the respective data controllers, and about the procedures for exercising their rights of access, rectification and erasure, as well as about the contact details of the European Data Protection Supervisor and of the national supervisory authority of the Member State responsible for the collection of the data.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 754 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 2
2. The Member State responsible for the manual verification of different identities as referred to in Article 29 or the Member State to which the request has been made shall reply to such requests within 415 days of receipt of the request.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 757 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 3
3. If a request for correction or erasure of personal data is made to a Member State other than the Member State responsible, the Member State to which the request has been made shall contact the authorities of the Member State responsible within seven days and the Member State responsible shall check the accuracy of the data and the lawfulness of the data processing within 3015 days of such contact.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 760 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 4
4. Where, following an examination, it is found that the data stored in the multiple-identity detector (MID) are factually inaccurate or have been recorded unlawfully, the Member State responsible or, where applicable, the Member State to which the request has been made shall correct or delete these data.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 767 #

2017/0352(COD)

5. Where data in the MID is amended by the responsible Member State during its validity period, the responsible Member State shall carry out the processing laid down in Article 27 and, where relevant, Article 29 to determine whether the amended data shall be linked. Where the processing does not report any hit, the responsible Member State or, where applicable, the Member State to which the request has been made shall delete the data from the identity confirmation file. Where the automated processing reports one or several hit(s), the responsible Member State shall create or update the relevant link in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Regulation.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 769 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 6
6. Where the responsible Member State or, where applicable, the Member State to which the request has been made does not agree that data stored in the MID are factually inaccurate or have been recorded unlawfully, that Member State shall adopt an administrative decision explaining in writing to the person concerned without delay why it is not prepared to correct or delete data relating to him or her.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 771 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 7
7. This decision shall also provide the person concerned with information explaining the possibility to challenge the decision taken in respect of the request referred in paragraph 3 and, where relevant, information on how to bring an action or a complaint before the competent authorities or courts, and any assistance, including from the competent national supervisory authorities.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 783 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1
1. The supervisory authority or authorities designated pursuant to Article 49 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 shall ensure that an audit of the data processing operations by the responsible national authorities is carried out in accordance with relevant international auditing standards at least every fourtwo years.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 790 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1
The European Data Protection Supervisor shall ensure that an audit of eu-LISA’s personal data processing activities is carried out in accordance with relevant international auditing standards at least every fourtwo years. A report of that audit shall be sent to the European Parliament, the Council, eu-LISA, the Commission and the Member States. eu-LISA shall be given an opportunity to make comments before the reports are adopted.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 797 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1
1. The European Data Protection Supervisor shall act in close cooperation with national supervisory authorities and the European Data Protection Board with respect to specific issues requiring national involvement, in particular if the European Data Protection Supervisor or a national supervisory authority finds major discrepancies between practices of Member States or finds potentially unlawful transfers using the communication channels of the interoperability components, or in the context of questions raised by one or more national supervisory authorities on the implementation and interpretation of this Regulation.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 800 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
eu-LISA shall be responsible for the development of the interoperaaccessibility components, for any adaptations required for establishing interoperability betweenaccessibility of the central systems of the EES, VIS, [ETIAS], SIS, and Eurodac, and [the ECRIS-TCN system], and the European search portal, and the shared biometric matching service, the common identity repository and the multiple-identity detector.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 807 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to Article 17 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union, eu-LISA shall apply appropriate rules of professional secrecy or other equivalent duties of confidentiality to its entire staff required to work with data stored in the interoperaaccessed through the accessibility components. This obligation shall also apply after such staff leave office or employment or after the termination of their activities.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 809 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 3
3. eu-LISA shall develop and maintain a mechanism and procedures for carrying out quality checks on the data stored inaccessed through the shared biometric matching service and the common identity repository in accordance with Article 37.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 811 #

2017/0352(COD)

(a) the connection to the communication infrastructure of the European search portal (ESP) and the common identity repository (CIR);
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 812 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the integration of the existing national systems and infrastructures with the ESP, and the shared biometric matching service, the CIR and the multiple-identity detector;
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 814 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the management of, and arrangements for, access by the duly authorised staff, and by the duly empowered staff, of the competent national authorities to the ESP, the CIR and the multiple-identity detector and the shared BMS in accordance with this Regulation and the creation and regular update of a list of those staff and their profiles;
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 816 #

2017/0352(COD)

(e) the adoption of the legislative measures referred to in Article 20(3) in order to access the CIR for identification purposes;deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 818 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) the manual verification of different identities referred to in Article 29;deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 823 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55
Responsibilities of the ETIAS Central The ETIAS Central Unit shall be responsible for: (a) the manual verification of different identities referred to in Article 29; (b) carrying out a multiple-identity detection between the data stored in the VIS, Eurodac and the SIS referred to in Article 59.Article 55 deleted Unit
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 828 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55b – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/XX [the SIS Regulation in the field of law enforcement]
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point s
(s) 'CIR' means the common identity repository as referred to in [Article 17 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability];deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 829 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55b – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/XX [the SIS Regulation in the field of law enforcement]
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point t
(t) ‘MID’ means the multiple-identity detector as defined in [Article 25 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability].deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 830 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55b – paragraph 2 – point a
Regulation (EU) 2018/XX [the SIS Regulation in the field of law enforcement]
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) a secure communication infrastructure between CS-SIS and the central infrastructures of the European Search Portal (ESP) established in accordance with [Article 6 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability], and the shared biometric matching service (BMS) established in accordance with [Article 12 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability] and the multiple identity detector (MID) established in accordance with [Article 25 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability].
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 831 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55b – paragraph 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/XX [the SIS Regulation in the field of law enforcement]
Article 7 – paragraph 2a
In Article 7 the following paragraph 2a is added: "2a. The SIRENE Bureaux shall also ensure the verification of different identities in accordance with [Article 29 Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability]. To the extent necessary to carry out this task, the SIRENE Bureaux shall have access to consulting the data stored in the CIR for the purposes laid down in [Article 21 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability]."deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 834 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55b – paragraph 6
Regulation (EU) 2018/XX [the SIS Regulation in the field of law enforcement]
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point g
In Article 43(1), the following point (g) is added: “(g) verifying different identities and combating identity fraud in accordance with [Chapter V of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability].”deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 835 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55b – paragraph 7
Regulation (EU) 2018/XX [the SIS Regulation in the field of law enforcement]
Article 71 – paragraph 6
In Article 71, paragraph 6, is replaced by the following: "6. and 5 of this Article and of Article 15(5), the Agency shall store data referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article and in Article 15(5) which shall not allow for the identification of individuals in the central repository for reporting and statistics referred to in [Article 39 of the Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability]. The Agency shall allow the Commission and the agencies referred to in paragraph 5 to obtain bespoke reports and statistics. Upon request, the Agency shall give access to Member States, the Commission, Europol, and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency to the central repository in accordance with [Article 39 of the Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability]."deleted For the purpose of paragraphs 3, 4
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 837 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55c
Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2018/XX [the ECRIS-TCN Regulation] […]Article 55c deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 841 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55c – paragraph 5
Regulation (EU) 2018/XX [the ECRIS-TCN Regulation]
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) point (a) is replaced by the following: "(a) the common identity repository (CIR) as referred to in [Article 17(2)(a) of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability];"deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 842 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55c – paragraph 5 – point c
Regulation (EU) 2018/XX [the ECRIS-TCN Regulation]
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) a secure communication infrastructure between the ECRIS-TCN Central System and the central infrastructures of the European search portal established by [Article 6 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability], and the shared biometric matching service established by [Article 12 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability], the CIR established by [Article 17 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability] and the multiple-identity detector established by [Article25 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability].
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 854 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55d – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/XX [Regulation on eu-LISA]
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. eu-LISA shall establish a central repository for reporting and statistics in accordance with [Article 39 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability].deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 855 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55d – paragraph 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/XX [Regulation on eu-LISA]
Article 9
Where the interoperability of large-scale IT systems has been stipulated in a relevant legislative instrument the Agency shall develop the necessary actions conferred on it by those legislative instruments to enable that i" Article 9 deleted Interoperability."
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 859 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) – (not applicable)number of queries to each of the Interpol databases.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 861 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 2
2. The duly authorised staff of the competent authorities of Member States, the Commission and eu-LISA shall have access to consult the following data related to the common identity repository, solely for the purposes of reporting and statistics without enabling individual identification: (a) number of queries for the purposes of Articles 20, 21 and 22; (b) nationality, sex and year of birth of the person; (c) the type of the travel document and the three-letter code of the issuing country; (d) the number of searches conducted with and without biometric data.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 864 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 3
3. The duly authorised staff of the competent authorities of Member States, the Commission and eu-LISA shall have access to consult the following data related to the multiple-identity detector, solely for the purposes of reporting and statistics without enabling individual identification: (a) nationality, sex and year of birth of the person; (b) the type of the travel document and the three-letter code of the issuing country; (c) the number of searches conducted with and without biometric data; (d) the number of each type of link.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 868 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 5
5. For the purpose of paragraph 1 of this Article, eu-LISA shall store the data referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article in the central repository for reporting and statistics referred to in Chapter VII of this Regulation. The data included in the repository shall not enable the identification of individuals, but it shall allow the authorities listed in paragraph 1 of this Article to obtain customisable reports and statistics to enhance the efficiency of border checks, to help authorities processing visa applications and to support evidence-based policymaking on migration and security in the Union.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 873 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58
Transitional period applicable to the provisions on access to the common identity repository for law enforcement Article 22 shall apply from the date of the start of operations referred to in Article 62(1).Article 58 deleted purposes
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 876 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59
Transitional period for the multiple- 1. For a period of one year following the notification by eu-LISA of the completion of the test referred to in Article 62(1)(b) regarding the multiple-identity detector (MID) and before the start of operations of the MID, the ETIAS Central Unit as referred to in [Article 33(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1624] shall be responsible for carrying out a multiple-identity detection between the data stored in the VIS, Eurodac and the SIS. The multiple- identity detections shall be carried out using only biometric data in accordance with Article 27(2) of this Regulation. 2. Where the query reports one or several hit(s) and the identity data of the linked files is identical or similar, a white link shall be created in accordance with Article 33. Where the query reports one or several hit(s) and the identity data of the linked files cannot be considered as similar, a yellow link shall be created in accordance with Article 30 and the procedure referred to in Article 29 shall apply. Where several hits are reported, a link shall be created to each piece of data triggering the hit. 3. Where a yellow link is created in accordance with paragraph 3, the MID shall grant access to the identity data present in the different information systems to the ETIAS Central Unit. 4. Where a link is created to an alert in the SIS, other than a refusal of entry alert or an alert on a travel document reported lost, stolen or invalidated in accordance with Article 24 of the Regulation on SIS in the field of border checks and Article 38 of the Regulation on SIS in the field of law enforcement respectively, the MID shall grant access to the identity data present in the different information systems to the SIRENE Bureau of the Member State that created the alert. 5. The ETIAS Central Unit or the SIRENE Bureau of the Member State that created the alert shall have access to the data contained in the identity confirmation file and shall assess the different identities and shall update the link in accordance with Articles 31, 32 and 33 and add it to the identity confirmation file. 6. eu-LISA shall assist where necessary the ETIAS Central Unit in carrying out the multiple-identity detection referred to in this Article.Article 59 deleted identity detection
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 882 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1
1. The costs incurred in connection with the establishment and operation of the ESP, and the shared biometric matching service, the common identity repository (CIR) and the MID shall be borne by the general budget of the Union.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 884 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 3
3. The costs incurred by the designated authorities referred to in Article 4(24) shall be borne, respectively, by each Member State and Europol. The costs for the connection of the designated authorities to the CIR shall be borne by each Member State and Europol, respectively.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 886 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Member States shall notify eu-LISA of the authorities referred to in Articles 7, 20, 21 and 26 that may use or have access to the ESP, or the CIR and the MIDshared BMS respectively.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 888 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 3
3. The ETIAS Central Unit shall notify the Commission of the successful completion of the transitional measure laid down in Article 59.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 891 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) eu-LISA has validated the technical and legal arrangements to collect and transmit the data referred to in Articles 8(1), 13, 19, 34 and 39 and have notified them to the Commission;
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 892 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) for the multiple-identity detector, the ETIAS Central Unit has notified the Commission as referred to in Article 61(3).deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 917 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) an examination of the results achieved against objectives and the impact on fundamental rights, in particular on the right to non-discrimination;
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 920 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
While respecting the provisions of national law on the publication of sensitive information, each Member State and Europol shall prepare annual reports on the effectiveness of access to data stored in the common identity repositorythrough the ESP and the shared BMS for law enforcement purposes, containing information and statistics on:
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 924 #

2017/0352(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) the number of requests for access to the common identity repository for law enforcement purposes;deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 197 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on establishing a framework for interoperability betweenaccessibility of EU information systems (borders and visa) and amending Council Decision 2004/512/EC, Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, Council Decision 2008/633/JHA, Regulation (EU) 2016/399 and Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 {SWD(2017) 473} {SWD(2017) 474} (Horizontal amendment: the change applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 200 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) In its final report of 11 May 201749 , the high-level expert group on information systems and interoperability concluded that it is necessary and technically feasible to work towards practical solutions for interoperability and that they can, in principle, both deliver operational gains and be established in compliance with data protection requirements. In the same final report, the EDPS stated that he was not in a position to endorse all the conclusions referred to by the high-level expert group, citing concerns related to legal bases, data protection and information security. _________________ 49 http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/i ndex.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetailDoc &id=32600&no=1.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 204 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) With a view to improve the management of the external borders, to contribute to preventing and combating irregular migration and to contribute to a high level of security within the area of freedom, security and justice of the Union, including the maintenance of public security and public policy and safeguarding the security in the territories of the Member States, interoperability between EU information systems, namely [the Entry/Exit System (EES)], the Visa Information System (VIS), [the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS)], Eurodac, the Schengen Information System (SIS), and the [European Criminal Records Information System for third-country nationals (ECRIS-TCN)] should be established in order for these EU information systems and their data to supplement each other. To achieve this, a European search portal (ESP), and a shared biometric matching service (shared BMS), a common identity repository (CIR) and a multiple-identity detector (MID) should be established as interoperability components.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 209 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) The interoperability between the EU information systems should allow said systems to supplement each other in order to facilitate the correct identification of persons, contribute to fighting identity fraud, improve and harmonise data quality requirements of the respective EU information systems, facilitate the technical and operational implementation by Member States of existing and future EU information systems, strengthen and simplify the data security and data protection safeguards that govern the respective EU information systems, streamline the law enforcement access to the EES, the VIS, the [ETIAS] and Eurodac, and support the purposes of the EES, the VIS, the [ETIAS], Eurodac, the SIS and the [ECRIS-TCN system].
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 218 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) The European search portal (ESP) should be established to facilitate technically the abilityccess of Member State authorities and EU bodies to have fast, seamless, efficient, systematic and controlled access, in specific cases and under specific conditions, to the EU information systems, the Europol data and the Interpol databases needed to perform their tasks, in accordance with their access rights, and to support the objectives and purposes of the EES, the VIS, the [ETIAS], Eurodac, the SIS, the [ECRIS- TCN system] and the Europol data. Enabling the simultaneous querying of all relevant EU information systems in parallel, as well as of the Europol data and the Interpol databases, the ESP should act as a single window or ‘message broker’ to search various central systems and retrieve the necessary information seamlessly and in full respect of the access control and data protection requirements of the underlying systems.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 222 #

2017/0351(COD)

(16) To ensure fast and systematic use of all EU information systems, the European search portal (ESP) should be used to query the common identity repository, the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS], Eurodac and [the ECRIS-TCN system]. However, the national connection to the different EU information systems should remain in order to provide a technical fall back. The ESP should also be used by Union bodies to query the Central SIS in accordance with their access rights and in order to perform their tasks. The ESP should be an additional means to query the Central SIS, the Europol data and the Interpol systems, complementing the existing dedicated interfaces.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 227 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) Biometric data, such as fingerprints and facial images, are unique and therefore much more reliable than alphanumeric data for identifying a person. The shared biometric matching service (shared BMS) should be a technical tool to reinforce and facilitate the work of the relevant EU information systems and the other interoperability components. The main purpose of the shared BMS should be to facilitate the identification of an individual who may be registered in different databases, by matching their biometric data across different systems and by relying on one unique technological component instead of five different ones in each of the underlying systems. The shared BMS should contribute to security, as well as financial, maintenance and operational benefits by relying on one unique technological component instead of different ones in each of the underlying systems. All automated fingerprint identification systems, including those currently used for Eurodac, the VIS and the SIS, use biometric templates comprised of data derived from a feature extraction of actual biometric samples. The shared BMS should regroup and storeenable the querying of all these biometric templates in one single location, facilitating cross-system comparisons using biometric data and enabling economies of scale in developing and maintaining the EU central systems.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 234 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) The common identity repository (CIR) should therefore facilitate and assist in the correct identification of persons registered in the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS], Eurodac and [the ECRIS- TCN system].deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 237 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) Personal data stored in these EU information systems may relate to the same persons but under different or incomplete identities. Member States dispose of efficient ways to identify their citizens or registered permanent residents in their territory, but the same is not true for third- country nationals. The interoperability between EU information systems should contribute to the correct identification of third-country nationals. The common identity repository (CIR) should store the personal data concerning third-country nationals present in the systems that are necessary to enable the more accurate identification of those individuals, therefore including their identity, travel document and biometric data, regardless of the system in which the data was originally collected. Only the personal data strictly necessary to perform an accurate identity check should be stored in the CIR. The personal data recorded in the CIR should be kept for no longer than is strictly necessary for the purposes of the underlying systems and should be automatically deleted when the data is deleted in the underlying systems in accordance with their logical separation.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 241 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) The new processing operation consisting in the storage of such data in the common identity repository (CIR) instead of the storage in each of the separate systems is necessary to increase the accuracy of the identification that is made possible by the automated comparison and matching of such data. The fact that the identity and biometric data of third-country nationals is stored in the CIR should not hinder in any way the processing of data for the purposes of the EES, the VIS, the ETIAS, Eurodac or the ECRIS-TCN system Regulations, as the CIR should be a new shared component of those underlying systems.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 244 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) In that connection, creating an individual file in the common identity repository (CIR) for each person that is recorded in the EES, the VIS, the ETIAS, Eurodac or the ECRIS-TCN system, is necessary to achieve the purpose of correct identification of third-country nationals within the Schengen area, and to support the multiple-identity detector for the dual purpose of facilitating identity checks for bona fide travellers and combating identity fraud. The individual file should store in one single place and make accessible to the duly authorised end-users all the possible identities linked to a person.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 246 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) The common identity repository (CIR) should thus support the functioning of the multiple-identity detector and to facilitate and streamline access by law enforcement authorities to the EU information systems that are not established exclusively for purposes of prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of serious crime.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 251 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) The common identity repository (CIR) should provide for a shared container for identity and biometric data of third-country nationals registered in the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS], Eurodac and the [ECRIS-TCN system], serving as the shared component between these systems for storage of this data, and to allow its querying.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 253 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) All records in the common identity repository (CIR) should be logically separated by automatically tagging each record with the underlying system owning that record. The access control of the CIR should use these tags to allow the record to be accessible or not.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 257 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) In order to ensure the correct identification of a person, Member State authorities competent for preventing and combating irregular migration and competent authorities within the meaning of Article 3(7) of Directive 2016/680 should be allowed to query the common identity repository (CIR) with the biometric data of that person taken during an identity check.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 264 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) Where the biometric data of the person cannot be used or if the query with that data fails, the query should be carried out with identity data of that person in combination with travel document data. Where the query indicates that data on that person are stored in the common identity repository (CIR), Member State authorities should have access to consult the identity data of that person stored in the CIR, without providing any indication as to which EU information system the data belongs to.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 266 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) Member States should adopt national legislative measures designating the authorities competent to perform identity checks with the use of the common identity repository (CIR) and laying down the procedures, conditions and criteria of such checks in line with the principle of proportionality. In particular, the power to collect biometric data during an identity check of a person present before the member of those authorities should be provided for by national legislative measures.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 273 #

2017/0351(COD)

(31) Full access to the necessary data contained in the EU information systems necessary for the purposes of preventing, detecting and investigating terrorist offences or other serious criminal offences, beyond the relevant identity data covered under common identity repository (CIR) obtained using biometric data of that person taken during an identity check, should continue to be governed by the provisions in the respective legal instruments. The designated law enforcement authorities and Europol do not know in advance which of the EU information systems contains data of the persons they need to inquire upon. This results in delays and inefficiencies in the conduct of their tasks. The end-user authorised by the designated authority should therefore be allowed to see in which of the EU information systems the data corresponding to the query introduced are recorded. The concerned system would thus be flagged following the automated verification of the presence of a hit in the system (a so-called hit-flag functionality).
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 277 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
(32) The logs of the queries of the common identity repository should indicate the purpose of the query. Where such a query was performed using the two-step data consultation approach, the logs should include a reference to the national file of the investigation or case, therefore indicating that such query was launched for the purposes of preventing, detecting and investigating terrorist offences or other serious criminal offences.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 280 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
(33) The query of the common identity repository (CIR) by Member State designated authorities and Europol in order to obtain a hit-flag type of response indicating the data is recorded in the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS] or Eurodac requires automated processing of personal data. A hit-flag would not reveal personal data of the concerned individual other than an indication that some of his or her data are stored in one of the systems. No adverse decision for the concerned individual should be made by the authorised end-user solely on the basis of the simple occurrence of a hit- flag. Access by the end-user of a hit-flag would therefore realise a very limited interference with the right to protection of personal data of the concerned individual, while it would be necessary to allow the designated authority and Europol to address its request for access for personal data more effectively directly to the system that was flagged as containing it.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 283 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
(34) The two-step data consultation approach is particularly valuable in cases where the suspect, perpetrator or suspected victim of a terrorist offence or other serious criminal offence is unknown. In those cases the common identity repository (CIR) should enable identifying the information system that knows the person in one single search. By creating the obligation to use this new law enforcement access approach in these cases, access to the personal data stored in the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS] and Eurodac should take place without the requirements of a prior search in national databases and the launch of a prior search in the automated fingerprint identification system of other Member States under Decision 2008/615/JHA. The principle of prior search effectively limits the possibility of Member State’ authorities to consult systems for justified law enforcement purposes and could thereby result in missed opportunities to uncover necessary information. The requirements of a prior search in national databases and the launch of a prior search in the automated fingerprint identification system of other Member States under Decision 2008/615/JHA should only cease to apply once the alternative safeguard of the two-step approach to law enforcement access through the CIR has become operational.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 287 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
(35) The multiple-identity detector (MID) should be established to support the functioning of the common identity repository and to support the objectives of the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS], Eurodac, the SIS and [the ECRIS-TCN system]. In order to be effective in fulfilling their respective objectives, all of these EU information systems require the accurate identification of the persons whose personal data are stored therein.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 292 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
(37) The multiple-identity detector (MID) should create and store links between data in the different EU information systems in order to detect multiple identities, with the dual purpose of facilitating identity checks for bona fide travellers and combating identity fraud. The MID should only contain the links between individuals present in more than one EU information system, strictly limited to the data necessary to verify that a person is recorded lawfully or unlawfully under different biographical identities in different systems, or to clarify that two persons having similar biographical data may not be the same person. Data processing through the European search portal (ESP) and the shared biometric matching service (shared BMS) in order to link individual files across individual systems should be kept to an absolute minimum and therefore is limited to a multiple-identity detection at the time new data is added to one of the information systems included in the common identity repository and in the SIS. The MID should include safeguards against potential discrimination or unfavourable decisions for persons with multiple lawful identities.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 297 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
(39) The European search portal (ESP) and shared biometric matching service (shared BMS) should compare data in common identity repository (CIR) and SIS on persons when new records are created by a national authority or an EU body. Such comparison should be automated. The CIR and the SIS should use the shared BMS to detect possible links on the basis of biometric data. The CIR and the SIS should use the ESP to detect possible links on the basis of alphanumeric data. The CIR and the SIS should be able to identify identical or similar data on the third-country national stored across several systems. Where such is the case, a link indicating that it is the same person should be established. The CIR and the SIS should be configured in such a way that small transliteration or spelling mistakes are detected in such a way as not to create any unjustified hindrance to the concerned third-country national.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 301 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
(40) The national authority or EU body that recorded the data in the respective EU information system should confirm or change these links. This authority should have access to the data stored in the common identity repository (CIR) or the SIS and in the multiple-identity detector (MID) for the purpose of the manual identity verification.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 304 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
(41) Access to the multiple-identity detector (MID) by Member State authorities and EU bodies having access to at least one EU information system included in the common identity repository (CIR) or to the SIS should be limited to so called red links where the linked data shares the same biometric but different identity data and the authority responsible for the verification of different identities concluded it refers unlawfully to the same person, or where the linked data has similar identity data and the authority responsible for the verification of different identities concluded it refers unlawfully to the same person. Where the linked identity data is not similar, a yellow link should be established and a manual verification should take place in order to confirm the link or change its colour accordingly.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 306 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
(42) The manual verification of multiple identities should be ensured by the authority creating or updating the data that triggered a hit resulting in a link with data already stored in another EU information system. The authority responsible for the verification of multiple identities should assess whether there are multiple lawful or unlawful identities. Such assessment should be performed where possible in the presence of the third-country national and where necessary by requesting additional clarifications or information. Such assessment should be performed without delay, in line with legal requirements for the accuracy of information under Union and national law.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 308 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
(43) For the links obtained in relation to the Schengen Information System (SIS) related to the alerts in respect of persons wanted for arrest or for surrender or extradition purposes, on missing or vulnerable persons, on persons sought to assist with a judicial procedure, on persons for discreet checks or specific checks or on unknown wanted persons, the authority responsible for the verification of multiple identities should be the SIRENE Bureau of the Member State that created the alert. Indeed those categories of SIS alerts are sensitive and should not necessarily be shared with the authorities creating or updating the data in one of the other EU information systems. The creation of a link with SIS data should be without prejudice to the actions to be taken in accordance with the [SIS Regulations].deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 318 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
(47) A central repositoryFunctionalities for reporting and statistics (CRRS) should be established to generate cross-system statistical data and analytical reporting for policy, operational and data quality purposes. eu-LISA should establish, implement and host the CRRS in its technical sdevelop these functionalities containingto extract anonymous statistical data from the above- mentioned systems, the common identity repository, the multiple-identity detector and the shared biometric matching service. The data contained in the CRRS should not enable the identification of individuals. eu-LISA should render the data anonymous and should record such anonymous data in the CRRSand the shared biometric matching service (shared BMS). eu-LISA should render the data anonymous. The process for rendering the data anonymous should be automated and no direct access by eu-LISA staff should be granted to any personal data stored in the EU information systems or in the interoperability components.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 326 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
(56) As a consequence of this combined application of the rules, the European search portal (ESP) should constitute the main access point for the compulsory systematic consultation of databases for third-country nationals at border crossing points provided for by the Schengen Borders Code. In addition, the identity data that led to the classification of a link in the multiple-identity detector (MID) as a red link should be taken into account by the border guards for assessing whether or not the person fulfils the conditions of entry defined in the Schengen Borders Code. However the presence of a red link should not in itself constitute a ground for refusal of entry and the existing grounds for refusal of entry listed in the Schengen Borders Code should therefore not be amended.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 331 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
(58) However, an amendment of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 would be required in order to add the obligation for the border guard to refer a third-country national to second-line check in case the consultation of the multiple-identity detector (MID) through the European search portal (ESP) would indicate the existence of a yellow link or a red link, in view of not prolonging the waiting time in the first-line checks.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 333 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 59
(59) Should the query of the multiple- identity detector (MID) through the European search portal (ESP) result in a yellow link or detect a red link, the border guard on second line should consult the common identity repository or the Schengen Information System or both in order to assess the information on the person being checked, to manually verify his/her different identity and to adapt the colour of the link if required.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 336 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
(61) In order to allow competent authorities and the EU bodies to adapt to the new requirements on the use of the European search portal (ESP), it is necessary to provide for a transitional period. Similarly, in order to allow for the coherent and optimal functioning of the multiple-identity detector (MID), transitional measures should be established for the start of its operations.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 343 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 64
(64) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to adopt detailed rules on: automated data quality control mechanisms, procedures and indicators; development of the UMF standard; procedures for determining cases of similarity of identities; the operation of the central repository for reporting and statistics; and cooperation procedure in case of security incidents. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council63 . _________________ 63 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 345 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 65
(65) Regulation 2016/794 shall apply for any processing of Europol data for the purposes of this Regulation.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 353 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation, together with [Regulation 2018/xx on interoperaaccessibility police and judicial cooperation, asylum and migration], establishes a framework to ensure the interoperability betweenbetter accessibility of the Entry/Exit System (EES), the Visa Information System (VIS), [the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS)], Eurodac, the Schengen Information System (SIS), and [the European Criminal Records Information System for third-country nationals (ECRIS-TCN)] in order for those systems and data to supplement each otherto search for persons in specific cases and under specific conditions based on their identity data or their fingerprint data.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 359 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) a common identity repository (CIR);deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 360 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) a multiple-identity detector (MID).deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 362 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. This Regulation also lays down provisions on data quality requirements, on a Universal Message Format (UMF), on a central repository for reporting and statistics (CRRS) and lays down the responsibilities of the Member States and of the European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (eu-LISA), with respect to the design, development and operation of the interoperaaccessibility components.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 366 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4
4. This Regulation also adapts the procedures and conditions for Member State law enforcement authorities and for the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) access in specific cases and under specific conditions to the Entry/Exit System (EES), the Visa Information System (VIS), [the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS),] and Eurodac for the purposes of the prevention, detection and investigation of terrorist offences or of other serious criminal offences falling under their competence.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 370 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to improve the management ofeffectiveness and efficiency of checks at the external borders;
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 372 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to contribute to preventing and combadetecting irregular migration;
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 373 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to contribute to a high level of security within the area of freedom, security and justice of the Union including the maintenance of public security and public policy and safeguarding the security in the territories of the Member States;deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 376 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) to assist Member States law enforcement authorities and Europol in the prevention, detection and investigation of terrorist offences or of other serious criminal offences falling under their competence.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 379 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) in the event of a natural disaster or an accident, for humanitarian reasons, to assist in the identification of unknown persons who are not able to identify themselves or unidentified human remains.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 386 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) improving and harmonising data quality requirements of the respective EU information systems while respecting the data processing requirements of the legal bases of the individual systems, data protection standards and principles;
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 388 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) facilitating the technical and operational implementacontributing to ensuring the effective use of the Union information systems, Europol data and the Interpol databases by facilitating the access to them in specific cases and under specific conditions by Member States of existing and future EU informationthe authorities in accordance with their access rights and the objectives and purposes as laid down in the legal instruments governing the respective systems;
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 391 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) strengthening and simplifying and making more uniform the data security and data protection conditions that govern the respective EU information systems without prejudice to the special protection and safeguards afforded to certain categories of data;
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 396 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) streamlining the conditions for law enforcement access in specific cases to the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS] and Eurodac;
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 403 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) ‘identity data’ means the data referred to in Article 27(3)(a) to (h);deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 405 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) ‘facial image’ means digital images of the face;deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 406 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 18
(18) ‘EUnion information systems’ means the large-scale IT systemsEES, VIS, [ETIAS], Eurodac, SIS and [ECRIS-TCN] operationally managed by eu- LISA;
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 412 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 25
(25) ‘terrorist offence’ means an offence under national law which corresponds or is equivalent to one of the offences referred to in Directive (EU) 2017/541;
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 415 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 35
(35) ‘CIR’ means the common identity repository as referred to in Article 17;deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 417 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 36
(36) ‘MID’ means the multiple-identity detector as referred to in Article 25;deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 419 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 37
(37) ‘CRRS’ means the central repository for reporting and statistics as referred to in Article 39.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 420 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – title
Non-discriminationFundamental Rights
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 424 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
This Regulation respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and shall be applied in accordance with those rights and principles. Processing of personal data for the purposes of this Regulation shall not result in discrimination against persons on any grounds such as sex, racial or ethnice, colour, ethnic or social origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation. It shall fully respect human dignity and integrity. Particular attention shall be paid to children, persons in need of international protection, the elderly and persons with a disability.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 432 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. A European search portal (ESP) is established for the purposes of ensuring that Member State authorities and EU bodies have fast, seamless, efficient, systematic and controlled accesfacilitating the access in specific cases and under specific conditions of Member State authorities and of Union agencies to the EUnion information systems, the Europol data and the Interpol databases that they need toin the performance of their tasks and in accordance with their access rights and of supporting the objectives and purposes of the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS], Eurodac, the SIS, [the ECRIS- TCN system] and the Europol data.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 436 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) a secure communication infrastructure between the ESP and the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS], Eurodac, the Central-SIS, [the ECRIS-TCN system], the Europol data and the Interpol databases as well as between the ESP and the central infrastructures of the common identity repository (CIR) and the multiple-identity detector.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 440 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. The use of the ESP shall be reserved to the Member State authorities and EU bodagencies having access to the EES, [the ETIAS], the VIS, the SIS, Eurodac and [the ECRIS-TCN system], to the CIR and the multiple-identity detector as well as the Europol data and the Interpol databases in accordance with Union or national law governing such access.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 442 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Those Member State authorities and Union agencies may make use of the ESP and the data provided by it only for the objectives and purposes laid down in the legal instruments governing those Union information systems and in this Regulation, and only in specific cases where they have factual indications that a person is registered in one of the systems and the information about this is necessary for solving a specific on-going situation or facilitating a criminal investigation. They shall not use the ESP for systematic checks of large groups of persons.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 445 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The authorities referred to in paragraph 1 shall use the ESP to search data related to persons or their travel documents in the central systems of the EES, the VIS and [the ETIAS] in accordance with their access rights under Union and national law. They shall also use the ESP to query the CIR in accordance with their access rights under this Regulation for the purposes referred to in Articles 20, 21 and 22.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 447 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. The EU bodagencies shall use the ESP to search data related to persons or their travel documents in the Central SIS.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 451 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the fields of data possibly to be used for querying, including a mandatory field for the specific purpose of the query;
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 460 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. The users of the ESP shall launch a query by introducing data in the ESP in accordance with their user profile and access rights. Where a query has been launched, the ESP shall query simultaneously, with the data introduced by the user of the ESP, the EES, [the ETIAS], the VIS, the SIS, Eurodac, [the ECRIS-TCN system] and the CIR as well as the Europol data and the Interpol databases.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 462 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The fields of data used to launch a query via the ESP shall correspond to the fields of data related to persons or travel documents that may be used to query the various EU information systems, the Europol data and the Interpol databases in accordance with the legal instruments governing them. An additional data field shall require the mandatory entering of the specific purpose of the query. For queries in the context of the prevention, detection or investigation of terrorist offences or other serious criminal offences, the case reference shall be required.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 465 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. The EES, [the ETIAS], the VIS, the SIS, Eurodac, [the ECRIS-TCN system], the CIR and the multiple-identity detector, as well as the Europol data and the Interpol databases, shall provide the data that they contain resulting from the query of the ESP.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 468 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 5
5. When querying the Interpol databases, the design of the ESP shall ensure that the data used by the user of the ESP to launch a query is not shared with the owners of Interpol data. Any data from the Interpol databases and originating from a third country shall be marked as such, in order to warn the user about possible misuses of Interpol for political purposes.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 472 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6
6. The reply to the user of the ESP shall be unique and shall contain all the data to which the user has access under Union law. Where necessary, tThe reply provided by the ESP shall indicate to which information system or database the data belongs.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 476 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the EU information systems and the Europol and Interpol databases queried;
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 478 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the specific purpose of the query and, where applicable, the case reference, pursuant to Article 8(2).
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 481 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The logs may be used only for data protection monitoring, including checking the admissibility of a query and the lawfulness of data processing, and for ensuring data security pursuant to Article 42. Those logs shall be protected by appropriate measures against unauthorised access and erased onfive years after their creation, unless they are required for monitoring procedures that have already begun. The European Data Protection Supervisor shall perform an audit of these logs at least every two years and publish a report about the audit.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 486 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Where it is technically impossible to use the ESP to query one or several EU information systems referred to in Article 9(1) or the CIR, because of a failure of the ESP, the users of the ESP shall be notified by eu- LISA.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 488 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. Where it is technically impossible to use the ESP to query one or several EU information systems referred to in Article 9(1) or the CIR, because of a failure of the national infrastructure in a Member State, that Member State's competent authority shall notify eu-LISA and the Commission.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 494 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. In both scenarios, and until the technical failure is addressed, the obligation referred to in Article 7(2) and (4) shall not apply and Member States may access the information systems referred to in Article 9(1) or the CIR directly using their respective national uniform interfaces or national communication infrastructures.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 496 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. A shared biometric matching service (shared BMS) storing biometric templates and enabling querying with biometric data across several EU information systems is established for the purposes of supporting the CIR and the multiple-identity detector and the objectives of the EES, the VIS, Eurodac, the SIS and [the ECRIS-TCN system].
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 501 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) a central infrastructure, including a search engine and the storage of the data referred to in Article 13;
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 502 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) a secure communication infrastructure between the shared BMS, Central-SIS and the CIR and the EES, the VIS, Eurodac, [the ECRIS- TCN system] and the Central-SIS.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 507 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – title
Data storedaccessed by in the shared biometric matching service
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 508 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The shared BMS shall store the biometric templates that it shall obtain from, for each query, access the following biometric data:
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 517 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. The shared BMS shall include in each biometric template a reference to the information systems in which the corresponding biometric data is stored.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 520 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. BA biometric templates used for a query shall only be entered in the shared BMS search engine following an automated quality check of the biometric data added to one of the information systems performed by the shared BMS to ascertain the fulfilment of a minimum data quality standard.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 521 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. The storage of the data referred to in paragraph 1 shall meet the quality standards referred to in Article 37(2).deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 523 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
In order to search Queries withe biometric data stored within the CIRhall take place in accordance with the purposes provided for in this Regulation and in the SIS, the CIR andEES Regulation, the VIS Regulation, the Eurodac Regulation, the [SIS shall use the biometric templates stored in the shared BMS. Queries with biometric data shall take place in accordance with the purposes provided for in this Regulation and in the EES Regulation, the VIS Regulation, the Eurodac Regulation, the [SIS Regulations] and [the ECRIS-TCN Regulation]. Regulations]and [the ECRIS-TCN Regulation]. Member State authorities and Union agencies may make use of the shared BMS and the data provided by it only for the objectives and purposes laid down in the legal instruments governing those Union information systems and in this Regulation, and only in specific cases where they have factual indications that a person is registered in one of the systems and the information about this is necessary for solving a specific on-going situation or facilitating a criminal investigation. They shall not use the shared BMS for systematic checks of large groups of persons. Any query of the shared BMS shall require the mandatory entering of the specific purpose of the query. For queries in the context of the prevention, detection or investigation of terrorist offences or other serious criminal offences, the case reference shall be required.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 525 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where a police authority has been so empowered by national legislative measures, it may, for the purpose of identifying unknown persons who are not able to identify themselves or unidentified human remains, in the event of a natural disaster or an accident, query the shared BMS with the biometric data of those persons. Member States wishing to avail themselves of this possibility shall adopt national legislative measures laying down the procedures, conditions and criteria.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 526 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15
Data retention in the shared biometric The data referred to in Article 13 shall be stored in the shared BMS for as long as the corresponding biometric data is stored in the CIR or the SIS.Article 15 deleted matching service
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 530 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the history related to the creation and storage ofquery with biometric templates;
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 532 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) a reference to the EU information systems queried with the biometric templates stoentered into the shared BMS;
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 535 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) the specific purpose of the query and, where applicable, the case reference, pursuant to Article 14.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 536 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. The logs may be used only for data protection monitoring, including checking the admissibility of a query and the lawfulness of data processing, and for ensuring data security pursuant to Article 42. Those logs shall be made available to the competent supervisory authority on request. They shall be protected by appropriate measures against unauthorised access and erased onfive years after their creation, unless they are required for monitoring procedures that have already begun. The logs referred to in paragraph 1(a) shall be erased once the data is erasedEuropean Data Protection Supervisor shall perform an audit of these logs at least every two years and publish a report about the audit.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 542 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17
Common identity repository 1. (CIR), creating an individual file for each person that is recorded in the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS], Eurodac or [the ECRIS-TCN system] containing the data referred to in Article 18, is established for the purpose of facilitating and assisting the correct identification of persons registered in the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS], the Eurodac and [the ECRIS- TCN system], of supporting the functioning of the multiple-identity detector and of facilitating and streamlining access by law enforcement authorities to non-law enforcement information systems at EU level, where necessary for the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of serious crime. 2. The CIR shall be composed of: (a) replace the central systems of respectively the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS], Eurodac and [the ECRIS-TCN system] to the extent that it shall store the data referred to in Article 18; (b) a secure communication channel between the CIR, Member States and EU bodies that are entitled to use the European search portal (ESP) in accordance with Union law; (c) infrastructure between the CIR and the EES, [the ETIAS], the VIS, Eurodac and [the ECRIS-TCN system] as well as with the central infrastructures of the ESP, the shared BMS and the multiple-identity detector. 3. ensure its technical management.Article 17 deleted A common identity repository a central infrastructure that shall a secure communication eu-LISA shall develop the CIR and
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 548 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18
1. data – logically separated – according to the information system from which the data was originated: (a) 16(1)(a) to (d) and Article 17(1)(a) to (c) of the EES Regulation]; (b) 9(4)(a) to (c), (5) and (6) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008; (c) 15(2)(a) to (e) of the [ETIAS Regulation;] (d) (e) 2. paragraph 1, the CIR shall include a reference to the information systems to which the data belongs. 3. in paragraph 1 shall meet the quality standards referred to in Article 37(2).Article 18 deleted The common identity repository data The CIR shall store the following the data referred to in [Article the data referred to in Article [the data referred to in Article – (not applicable) – (not applicable) For each set of data referred to in The storage of the data referred to
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 553 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19
Adding, amending and deleting data in the common identity repository 1. deleted in the EES, the VIS and [the ETIAS], the data referred to in Article 18 stored in the individual file of the CIR shall be added, amended or deleted accordingly in an automated manner. 2. Where the multiple-identity detector creates a white or red link in accordance with Articles 32 and 33 between the data of two or more of the EU information systems constituting the CIR, instead of creating a new individual file, the CIR shall add the new data to the individual file of the linked data.rticle 19 deleted Where data is added, amended or
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 555 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20
Access to the common identity repository 1. authority has been so empowered by national legislative measures as referred to in paragraph 2, it may, solely for the purpose of identifying a person, query the CIR with the biometric data of that person taken during an identity check. Where the query indicates that data on that person is stored in the CIR, the Member States authority shall have access to consult the data referred to in ArtArticle 20 deleted for identification Where a Member State policle 18(1). Where the biometric data of the person cannot be used or where the query with that data fails, the query shall be carried out with identity data of the person in combination with travel document data, or with the identity data provided by that person. 2. themselves of the possibility provided for in this Article shall adopt national legislative measures. Such legislative measures shall specify the precise purposes of identity checks within the purposes referred to in Article 2(1)(b) and (c). They shall designate the police authorities competent and lay down the procedures, conditions and criteria of such checks.Member States wishing to avail
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 570 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21
Access to the common identity repository for the detection of multiple identities 1. in a yellow link in accordance with Article 28(4), the authority responsible for the verification of different identities determined in accordance with Article 29 shall have access, solely for the purpose of that verification, to the identity data stored in the CIR belonging to the various information systems connected to a yellow link. 2. in a red link in accordance with Article 32, the authorities referred to in Article 26(2) shall have access, solely for the purposes of fighting identity fraud, to the identity data stored in the CIR belonging to the various information systems connected to a red link.rticle 21 deleted Where a query of the CIR results Where a query of the CIR results
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 577 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22
Querying the common identity repository for law enforcement purposes 1. detecting and investigating terrorist offences or other serious criminal offences in a specific case and in order to obtain information on whether data on a specific person is present in the EES, the VIS and [the ETIAS] or the Member State designated authorities and Europol may consult the CIR. 2. authorities and Europol shall not be entitled to consult data belonging to [the ECRIS-TCN] when consulting the CIR for the purposes listed in paragraph 1. 3. indicates data on that person isArticle 22 deleted For the purposes of presvent in the EES, the VIS and [the ETIAS] the CIR shall provide tog, Member States' designated authorities and Europol a reply in the form of a reference indicating which of the information systems contains matching data referred to in Article 18(2). The CIR shall reply in such a way that the security of the data is not compromised. 4. in the EU information systems for the purposes of preventing, detecting and investigating terrorist offences or other serious criminal offences remains subject to the conditions and procedures laid down in the respective legislative instruments governing such access.Where, in reply to a query the CIR Full access to the data contained
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 587 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23
Data retention in the common identity 1. 18(1) and (2) shall be deleted from the CIR in accordance with the data retention provisions of [the EES Regulation], the VIS Regulation and [the ETIAS Regulation] respectively. 2. in the CIR for as long as the corresponding data is stored in at least one of the information systems whose data is contained in the CIR. The creation of a link shall not affect the retention period of each item of the linked data.Article 23 deleted repository The data referred to in Article The individual file shall be stored
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 593 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24
[...]deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 604 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25
1. creating and storing links between data in the EU information systems included in the common identity repository (CIR) and the SIS and as a consequence detecting mArticle 25 deleted Multiple -identities, with the dual purpose of facilitating identity checks and combating identity fraud, is established for the purpose of supporting the functioning of the CIR and the objectives of the EES, the VIS, the ETIAS], Eurodac, the SIS and [the ECRIS-TCN system]. 2. (a) links and references to information systems; (b) infrastructure to connect the MID with the SIS and the central infrastructures of the European search portal and the CIR. 3. and ensure its technical management.y detector A multiple-identity detector (MID) The MID shall be composed of: a central infrastructure, storing a secure communication eu-LISA shall develop the MID
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 612 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26
Access to the multiple-identity detector 1. identity verification referred to in Article 29, access to the data referred to in Article 34 stored in the MID shall be granted to: (a) or updating an individual file as provided for in Article 14 of the [EES Regulation]; (b) in Article 6(1) and (2) of Regulation 767/2008 when creating or updating an application file in the VIS in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008; (c) [the ETIAS Central Unit and the ETIAS National Units when carrying out the assessment referred to in Articles 20 and 22 of the ETIAS Regulation;] (d) (e) Member State creating a [SIS alert in accordance with the Regulation on SIS in the field of border checks]; (f) 2. bodies having access to at least one EU information system included in the common identity repository or to the SIS shall have access to the data referred to in Article 34(a) and (b) regarding any red links as referred to in Article 32.rticle 26 deleted For the purposes of the manual border authorities when creating competent authorities referred to – (not applicable); the SIRENE Bureaux of the – (not applicable). Member State authorities and EU
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 617 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27
1. common identity repository and the SIS shall be launched where: (a) updated in [the EES in accordance with Article 14 of the EES RegArticle 27 deleted Mulation]; (b) updated in the VIS in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008; (c) updated in the ETIAS in accordance with Article 17 of the ETIAS Regple-identity detection A mulation;] (d) (e) updated in the SIS in accordance with Chapter V of the Regulation on SIS in the field of border checks]; (f) 2. an information system as referred to in paragraph 1 contains biometric data, the common identity repository (CIR) and the Central-SIS shall use the shared biometric matching service (shared BMS) in order to perform the multiple-identity detection. The shared BMS shall compare the biometric templple-identity detection in the an individual file is created or an application file is created or [an application file is createsd obtained from any new biometric data to the biometric templates already contained in the shared BMS in order to verify whether or not data belonging to the same third-country nationalr – (not applicable); [an alert on a person is alcready stored in the CIR or in the Central SIS. 3. to in paragraph 2, the CIR and the Central-SIS shall use the European search portal to search the data stored in the CIR and the Central-SIS using the following data: (a) name(s) (given name(s)); date of birth, sex and nationality(ies) as referred to in Article 16(1)(a) of the [EES Regulation]; (b) name(s) (given name(s)); date of birth, sex and nationality(ies) as referred to in Article 9(4)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008; (c) name(s) (given name(s)); surname at birth; date of birth, place of birth, sex and nationality(ies) as referred to in Article 15(2) of the ETIAS Regulation;] (d) (e) name(s) at birth, previously used names and aliases; date of birth, place of birth, nationality(ies) and sex as referred to in Article 20(2) of the Regulation on SIS in the field of border checks; ] (f) (g) (h) 4. shall only be launched in order to compare data available in one information system wted or – (not applicable). Where the data contained within In addition to the process referred surname (family name); first surname (family name); first [surname (family name); first – (not applicable); [surname(s); forename(s); – (not applicable); – (not applicable); – (not applicable). The multiple-identithy data available in other information systems.etection
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 631 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 28
Results of the multiple-identity detection 1. Article 27(2) and (3) do not report any hit, the procedures referred to in Article 27(1) shall continue in accordance with tArticle 28 deleted Whe respective Regulations governing them. THIS PARAGRAPH IS MISSING. THANK YOU FOR USING ANOTHER LANGUAGE. 2. Article 27(2) and (3) reports one or several hit(s), the common identity repository and, where relevant, the SIS shall create a link between the data used to launch the query and the data triggering the hit. Where several hits are reported, a link shall be created between all data triggering the hit. Where data was already linked, the existing link shall be extended to the data used to launch the query. 3. Article 27(2) or (3) reports one or several hit(s) and the identity data of the linked files is identical or similar, a white link shall be created in accordance with Article 33. 4. Article 27(2) or (3) reports one or several hit(s) and the identity data of the linked files cannot be considered as similar, a yellow link shall be created in accordance with Article 30 and the procedure referred to in Article 29 shall apply. 5. the procedures to determine the cases where identity data can be considered as identical or similar in implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 64(2). 6. identity confirmation file the queries referred to in Where the query laid down in Where the query referred to in Where the query referred to in Article 34. The Commission shall lay down the technical rules for linking data from different information systems by implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 64(2).The links shall be stored in the
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 637 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29
[...]deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 654 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30
1. more information systems shall be classified as yArticle 30 deleted Yellow lin any of the following cases: (a) biometric but different identity data and no manual verification of different identity has taken place; (b) identity data and no manual verification of different identity has taken place. 2. in accordance with paragraph 1, the procedure laid down in Article 29 applies.k A link between data from two or the linked data shares the same the linked data has different Where a link is classified as yellow
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 656 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31
1. more information systems shall be classified as green where the linked data do not share the same biometric but have similar identity data and the authority responsible for the verification of different identities concluded it refers to two different persons. 2. repository (CIR) or the SIS are queried and where a green link exists between two or more of the information systems constituting the CIR or with the SIS, the multiple-identity detector shall indicate that the identity data of the linked data does not correspond to the same person. The queried information system shall reply indicating only the data of the person whose data was used for the query, without triggering a hit against the data that is subject to the green link.Article 31 deleted Green link A link between data from two or Where the common identity
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 660 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32
1. more information systems shall be classified as rArticle 32 deleted Red lin any of the following cases: (a) biometric but different identity data and the authority responsible for the verification of different identities concluded it refers unlawfully to the same person; (b) data and the authority responsible for the verification of different identities concluded it refers unlawfully to the same person. 2. queried and where a red link exists between two or more of the information systems constituting the CIR or with the SIS, the multiple-identity detector shall reply indicating the data referred to in Article 34. Follow-up to a red link shall take place in accordance with Union and national law. 3. between data from the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS], Eurodac or [the ECRIS-TCN System], the individual file stored in the CIR shall be updated in accordance with Article 19(1). 4. related to the handling of alerts in the SIS referred to in the [Regulations on SIS in the field of border checks, on SIS in the field of law enforcement and on SIS in the field of illegal return], and without prejudice to limitations necessary to protect security and public order, prevent crime and guarantee that any national investigation will not be jeopardised, where a red link is created, the authority responsible for verification of different identities shall inform the person of the presence of multiple unlawful identities. 5. authority responsible for verification of different identities shall provide a reference to the authorities responsible for the data linked.k A link between data from two or the linked data shares the same the linked data has similar identity Where the CIR or the SIS are Where a red link is created Without prejudice to the provisions Where a red link is created, the
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 674 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
1. more information systems shall be classified as white in any of the following cases: (a) biometric and the same or similar identity data; (b) similar identity data and at least one of the information systems does not have biometric data on the person; (c) biometric but different identity data and the authority responsible for the verification of different identities concluded it refers to the same person legally having different identity data. 2. queried and where a white link exists between one or more of the information systems constituting the CIR or with the SIS, the multiple-identity detector shall indicate that the identity data of the linked data correspond to the same person. The queried information systems shall reply indicating, where relevant, all the linked data on the person, hence triggering a hit against the data that is subject to the white link, if the authority launching the query has access to the linked data under Union or national law. 3. between data from the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS], Eurodac or [the ECRIS-TCN system], the individual file stored in the CIR shall be updated in accordance with Article 19(1). 4. related to the handling of alerts in the SIS referred to in the [Regulations on SIS in the field of border checks, on SIS in the field of law enforcement and on SIS in the field of illegal return], where a white link is created following a manual verification of multiple identities, the authority responsible for verification of different identities shall inform the person of the presence of discrepancies between his or her personal data between systems and shall provide a reference to the authorities responsible for the data linked.Article 33 deleted White link A link between data from two or the linked data shares the same the linked data shares the same or the linked data shares the same Where the CIR or the SIS are Where a white link is created Without prejudice to the provisions
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 680 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34
The iArticle 34 deleted Identity confirmation file shall contain the following data: (a) description in form of colours, as referred to in Articles 30 to 33; (b) a reference to the information systems whose data is linked; (c) allowing to retrieve the data from the information systems of corresponding linked files; (d) where relevant, the authority responsible for the verification of different identities.the links, including their a single identification number
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 682 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35
Data retention in the multiple-identity The identity confirmation files and its data, including the links, shall be stored in the multiple-identity detector (MID) only for as long as the linked data is stored in two or more EU information systems.Article 35 deleted detector
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 688 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36
1. eu-LISA shall keep logs of all data processing operations within the MID. Those logs shall include, in particular, the following: (a) the purpose of access of the user and his or her access rights; (b) (c) the type of data used to launch the query or queries; (d) (e) the history of the identity confirmation file; (f) who carried out the query. 2. of the staff duly authorised to use the MID. 3. protection monitoring, including checking the admissibility of a request and the lawfulness of data processing, and for ensuring data security pursuant to Article 42. The logs shall be protected by appropriate measures against unauthorised access and erased one year after their creation, unless they are required for monitoring procedures that have already begun. The logs related to the history of the identity confirmation file shallArticle 36 deleted Keeping of logs the date and time of the query; the reference to the data linked; the identifying mark of the person Each Member State shall keep logs The logs may be eraused once the data in the identity confirmation file is erased.ly for data
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 693 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1
1. eu-LISA shall establish automated data quality control mechanisms and procedures on the data stored in or accessed through the EES, the [ETIAS], the VIS, the SIS, and the shared biometric matching service (shared BMS), the common identity repository (CIR) and the multiple-identity detector (MID).
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 694 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2
2. eu-LISA shall establish common data quality indicators and the minimum quality standards to store data in or access data through the EES, the [ETIAS], the VIS, the SIS, and the shared BMS, the CIR and the MID.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 696 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 3
3. eu-LISA shall provide regular reports on the automated data quality control mechanisms and procedures and the common data quality indicators to the Member States. eu-LISA shall also provide a regular report to the Commission covering the issues encountered and the Member States concerned., the Council, the European Parliament, the European Data Protection Supervisor, the European Data Protection Board and the Fundamental Rights Agency, covering the issues encountered and the Member States concerned. No reports provided under this paragraph shall contain any personal data
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 699 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 4
4. The details of the automated data quality control mechanisms and procedures and the common data quality indicators and the minimum quality standards to store data in or access data through the EES, the [ETIAS], the VIS, the SIS, the shared BMS, the CIR and the MID, in particular regarding biometric data, shall be laid down in implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 64(2).
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 702 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 5
5. One year after the establishment of the automated data quality control mechanisms and procedures and common data quality indicators and every year thereafter, the Commission shall evaluate Member State implementation of data quality and shall make any necessary recommendations. The Member States shall provide the Commission with an action plan to remedy any deficiencies identified in the evaluation report and shall report on any progress against this action plan until it is fully implemented. The Commission shall transmit the evaluation report to the European Parliament, to the Council, to the European Data Protection Supervisor, the European Data protection Board and to the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights established by Council Regulation (EC) No 168/2007.75 _________________ 75 Council Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 of 15 February 2007 establishing a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (OJ L 53, 22.2.2007, p. 1).
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 703 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 2
2. The UMF standard shall be used in the development of the EES, the [ETIAS], , the European search portal, the CIR, the MID and, if appropriate, in the development by eu- LISA or any other EU body of new information exchange models and information systems in the area of Justice and Home Affairs.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 707 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39
1. and statistics (CRRS) is established for the purposes of supporting the objectives of the EES, the VIS, [the ETIAS] and the SIS and to generate cross-system statistical data and analytical reporting for policy, operational and data quality purposes. 2. implement and host the CRRS in its technical sites containing the data referred to in [Article 63 of the EES Regulation], Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, [Article 73 of the ETIAS Regulation] and [Article 54 of the Regulation on SIS in the field of border checks], logically separated. The data contained in the CRRS shall not enable the identification of individuals. Access to the repository shall be granted by means of secured access through the Trans- European Services for Telematics between Administrations (TESTA) network service with control of access and specific user profiles, solely for the purpose of reporting and statistics, to the authorities referred to in [Article 63 of the EES Regulation], Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, [Article 73 of the ETIAS Regulation] and [Article 54 of the Regulation on SIS in the field of border checks],. 3. anonymous and shall record such anonymous data in the CRRS. The process for rendering the data anonymous shall be automated. 4. The CRRS shall be composed of: (a) of a data repository enabling the rendering of anonymous data; (b) infrastructure to connect the CRRS to the EES, [the ETIAS], the VIS and the SIS, as well as the central infrastructures of the shared BMS, the CIR and the MID. 5. detailed rules on the operation of the CRRS, including specific safeguards for processing of personal data referred to under paragraph 2 and 3 and security rules applicable to the repository by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 64(2).Article 39 deleted Central repository for reporting and statistics A central repository for reporting eu-LISA shall establish, eu-LISA shall render the data a central infrastructure, consisting a secure communication The Commission shall lay down
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 716 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 a (new)
Article 39a Statistics 1. eu-LISA shall develop functionalities to allow Member States’ authorities, the Commission, eu-LISA as well as the EDPS to automatically extract statistics directly from the system. Such extraction shall take place only in duly justified cases, at reasonable intervals, and for a specific purpose. Extracted statistics shall only contain anonymous data. 2. Before developing the functionalities laid down in paragraph 1, eu-LISA shall perform a thorough information security risk assessment and establish secure access points.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 718 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
1. In relation to the processing of data in the shared biometric matching service (shared BMS), the Member State authorities that are controllers for the VIS, EES, and SIS respectively, shall also be considered as controllers in accordance with Article 4(7) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 or Article 3(8) of Directive (EU) 2016/680 in relation to the biometric templates obtained from the data referred to in Article 13 that they enter into respective systems and shall have responsibility for the processing of the biometric templates in the shared BMS.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 720 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2
2. In relation to the processing of data in the common identity repository (CIR), the Member State authorities that are controllers for the VIS, EES and [ETIAS], respectively, shall also be considered as controllers in accordance with Article 4(7) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 in relation to data referred to in Article 18 that they enter into respective systems and shall have responsibility for the processing of that personal data in the CIR.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 721 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3
3. In relation to the processing of data in the multiple-identity detector: (a) Guard Agency shall be considered a data controller in accordance with Article 2(b) of Regulation No 45/2001 in relation to processing of personal data by the ETIAS Central Unit; (b) adding or modifying the data in the identity confirmation file are also to be considered as controllers in accordance with Article 4(7) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and shall have responsibility for the processing of the personal data in the multiple-identity detector;deleted the European Border and Coast the Member State authorities
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 727 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1
In relation to the processing of personal data in the CIR, eu-LISA is to be considered the data processor in accordance with Article 2(e) of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 730 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall apply its rules of professional secrecy or other equivalent duties of confidentiality to all persons and bodies requirallowed to work with SIS data accessed through any of the interoperability components in accordance with its national law. That obligation shall also apply after those persons leave office or employment or after the termination of the activities of those bodies.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 731 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Where eu-LISA or a Member State cooperates with external contractors in any task related to the accessibility components, it shall closely monitor the activities of the contractor to ensure compliance with all provisions of this Regulation, including in particular security, confidentiality and data protection. In case potential and existing contractors are also established in third countries, eu-LISA or the respective Member State shall closely monitor and assess any legal obligations in those third countries that might have a detrimental impact on the confidentiality of the accessibility components and the information systems operated by eu-LISA and by the Member States in the scope of this Regulation, and take all necessary steps to ensure the confidentiality, including, where necessary, declining a contract.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 732 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1
1. Any event that has or may have an impact on the security of the interoperability components and may cause unauthorised access to, damage to or loss of data stored in them shall be considered to be a security incident, in particular where unauthorised access to data may have occurred or where the availability, integrity and confidentiality of data has or may have been compromised.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 733 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 3
3. Without prejudice to the notification and communication of a personal data breach pursuant to Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Article 30 of Directive (EU) 2016/680, or both, Member States shall notify the Commission, eu- LISA and the European Data Protection Supervisor of security incidents. Without prejudice to Article 35 of Regulation (EC)45/2001 [or Article 37 of Regulation XX/2018 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC)No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC] and Article 34 of Regulation (EU)2016/794, [the ETIAS Central Unit] and Europol shall notify the Commission, eu-LISA and the European Data Protection Supervisor of any security incident. In the event of a security incident in relation to the central infrastructure of the interoperaaccessibility components, eu-LISA shall notify the Commission and the European Data Protection Supervisor.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 743 #

2017/0351(COD)

Member States and the relevant EU bodies shall ensure that each authority entitled to access the interoperaaccessibility components takes the measures necessary to monitor its compliance with this Regulation and cooperates, where necessary, with the competent supervisory authority.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 747 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to the right of information referred to in Articles 11 and 12 of Regulation (EC) 45/2001 and Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, persons whose data are stored in the shared biometric matching service, the common identity repository or the multiple-identity detector shall be informed by the authority collecting their data, at the time their data are collected, about the processing of personal data for the purposes of this Regulation, including about identity and contact details of the respective data controllers, and about the procedures for exercising their rights of access, rectification and erasure, as well as about the contact details of the European Data Protection Supervisor and of the national supervisory authority of the Member State responsible for the collection of the data.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 768 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 2
2. The Member State responsible for the manual verification of different identities as referred to in Article 29 or the Member State to which the request has been made shall reply to such requests within 415 days of receipt of the request.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 771 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 3
3. If a request for correction or erasure of personal data is made to a Member State other than the Member State responsible, the Member State to which the request has been made shall contact the authorities of the Member State responsible within seven days and the Member State responsible shall check the accuracy of the data and the lawfulness of the data processing within 3015 days of such contact.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 774 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 4
4. Where, following an examination, it is found that the data stored in the multiple-identity detector (MID) are factually inaccurate or have been recorded unlawfully, the Member State responsible or, where applicable, the Member State to which the request has been made shall correct or delete these data.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 781 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 5
5. Where data in the MID is amended by the responsible Member State during its validity period, the responsible Member State shall carry out the processing laid down in Article 27 and, where relevant, Article 29 to determine whether the amended data shall be linked. Where the processing does not report any hit, the responsible Member State or, where applicable, the Member State to which the request has been made shall delete the data from the identity confirmation file. Where the automated processing reports one or several hit(s), the responsible Member State shall create or update the relevant link in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Regulation.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 783 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 6
6. Where the responsible Member State or, where applicable, the Member State to which the request has been made does not agree that data stored in the MID are factually inaccurate or have been recorded unlawfully, that Member State shall adopt an administrative decision explaining in writing to the person concerned without delay why it is not prepared to correct or delete data relating to him or her.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 785 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 47 – paragraph 7
7. This decision shall also provide the person concerned with information explaining the possibility to challenge the decision taken in respect of the request referred in paragraph 3 and, where relevant, information on how to bring an action or a complaint before the competent authorities or courts, and any assistance, including from the competent national supervisory authorities.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 798 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1
1. The supervisory authority or authorities designated pursuant to Article 49 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 shall ensure that an audit of the data processing operations by the responsible national authorities is carried out in accordance with relevant international auditing standards at least every fourtwo years.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 805 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 50 – paragraph 1
The European Data Protection Supervisor shall ensure that an audit of eu-LISA’s personal data processing activities is carried out in accordance with relevant international auditing standards at least every fourtwo years. A report of that audit shall be sent to the European Parliament, the Council, eu-LISA, the Commission and the Member States. eu-LISA shall be given an opportunity to make comments before the reports are adopted.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 812 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 51 – paragraph 1
1. The European Data Protection Supervisor shall act in close cooperation with national supervisory authorities and the European Data Protection Board with respect to specific issues requiring national involvement, in particular if the European Data Protection Supervisor or a national supervisory authority finds major discrepancies between practices of Member States or finds potentially unlawful transfers using the communication channels of the interoperability components, or in the context of questions raised by one or more national supervisory authorities on the implementation and interpretation of this Regulation.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 815 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
eu-LISA shall be responsible for the development of the interoperaaccessibility components, for any adaptations required for establishing interoperability between the central systems of the EES, VIS, [ETIAS], SIS, and Eurodac, and [the ECRIS-TCN system], andthrough the European search portal, and the shared biometric matching service, the common identity repository and the multiple-identity detector.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 822 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice to Article 17 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union, eu-LISA shall apply appropriate rules of professional secrecy or other equivalent duties of confidentiality to its entire staff required to work with data stored in the interoperaaccessed through the accessibility components. This obligation shall also apply after such staff leave office or employment or after the termination of their activities.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 824 #

2017/0351(COD)

3. eu-LISA shall develop and maintain a mechanism and procedures for carrying out quality checks on the data stored inaccessed through the shared biometric matching service and the common identity repository in accordance with Article 37.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 826 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the connection to the communication infrastructure of the European search portal (ESP) and the common identity repository (CIR);
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 827 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the integration of the existing national systems and infrastructures with the ESP, and the shared biometric matching service, the CIR and the multiple-identity detector;
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 829 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the management of, and arrangements for, access by the duly authorised staff, and by the duly empowered staff, of the competent national authorities to the ESP, the CIR and the multiple-identity detector and the shared BMS in accordance with this Regulation and the creation and regular update of a list of those staff and their profiles;
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 831 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the adoption of the legislative measures referred to in Article 20(3) in order to access the CIR for identification purposes;deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 833 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 54 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) the manual verification of different identities referred to in Article 29;deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 837 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55
Responsibilities of the ETIAS Central The ETIAS Central Unit shall be responsible for: (a) the manual verification of different identities referred to in Article 29; (b) carrying out a multiple-identity detection between the data stored in the VIS, Eurodac and the SIS referred to in Article 59.Article 55 deleted Unit
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 839 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55a
Regulation (EU) 2016/399
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendments to Regulation (EU) Regulation (EU) 2016/399 is amended as follows: In Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399, the following paragraph 4a is added: ‘4a. Where on entry or exit, the consultation of the relevant databases including the multiple-identity detector through the European search portal referred to respectively in [Article 4(36) and (33) of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability] results in a yellow link or detects a red link, the person being checked shall be referred to the second-line check. The border guard at second line shall consult the multiple-identity detector together with the common identity repository referred to in [Article 4(35) of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability] or the Schengen Information System or both to assess the differences in the linked identities and shall carry out any additional verification necessary to take a decision on the status and colour of the link as well as to take a decision on the entry or refusal of entry of the person concerned. In accordance with [Article 59(1) of Regulation 2018/XX], this paragraph shall apply only as from the start of operations of the multiple-identity detector.Article 55a deleted 2016/399
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 841 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55b – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2017/2226
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1) In Article 1, the following paragraph is added: ‘1a. By storing identity, travel document and biometric data in the common identity repository (CIR) established by [Article 17 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability], the EES contributes to facilitating and assisting in the correct identification of persons registered in the EES under the conditions and for the ultimate objectives referred to in [Article 20] of that Regulation.’deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 843 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55b – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2017/2226
Article 3 – point 21 a (new)
2) In Article 3, the following point (21a) is added: ‘'CIR' means the common identity repository as defined in [Article 4(35) of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability]’deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 847 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55b – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) 2017/2226
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the common identity repository (CIR) as referred to in [Article 17(2)(a) of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability];deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 849 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55b – paragraph 1 – point 7
Regulation (EU) 2017/2226
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) a secure communication infrastructure between the EES Central System and the central infrastructures of the European search portal established by [Article 6 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability], the shared biometric matching service established by [Article 12 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability], the common identity repository established by [Article 17 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability] and the multiple-identity detector established by [Article 25 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability].
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 851 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55b – paragraph 1 – point 8
Regulation (EU) 2017/2226
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
8) In Article 7, the following paragraph is added: ‘1a. The CIR shall contain the data referred to in Article 16(1)(a) to (d) and Article 17(1)(a) to (c), the remaining EES data shall be stored in the EES Central System.’deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 852 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55b – paragraph 1 – point 9
Regulation (EU) 2017/2226
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
9) In Article 9, the following paragraph is added: ‘3. Access to consulting the EES data stored in the CIR shall be reserved exclusively for the duly authorised staff of the national authorities of each Member State and for the duly authorised staff of the EU bodies that are competent for the purposes laid down in [Article 20 and Article 21 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability]. That access shall be limited to the extent necessary for the performance of the tasks of those national authorities and EU bodies in accordance with those purposes and shall be proportionate to the objectives pursued.’deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 854 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55b – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation (EU) 2017/2226
Article 21 – paragraph 1
10) In Article 21(1), the words "EES Central System" are replaced, both times they appear, by the words "EES Central System or the CIR".deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 856 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55b – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EU) 2017/2226
Article 21 – paragraph 2
11) In Article 21(2), the words "both the EES Central System and in the NUI" are replaced by the words "both the EES Central System and the CIR on the one hand and in the NUI on the other".deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 858 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55b – paragraph 1 – point 12
Regulation (EU) 2017/2226
Article 21 – paragraph 2
12) In Article 21(2), the words "shall be entered in the EES Central System" are replaced by the words "shall be entered in the EES Central System and the CIR".deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 860 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55b – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EU) 2017/2226
Article 32 – paragraph 1 a new
13) A new paragraph (1a) is added to Article 32: ‘1a. In cases where the designated authorities launched a query to the CIR in accordance with [Article 22 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability], they may access EES for consultation where the reply received as referred to in paragraph 3 of [Article 22 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability] reveals that data is stored in the EES.’deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 862 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55b – paragraph 1 – point 14
Regulation (EU) 2017/2226
Article 32 – paragraph 2
14) Article 32(2) is replaced by the following: ‘2. Access to the EES as a tool for the purpose of identifying an unknown suspect, perpetrator or suspected victim of a terrorist office or otherwise serious criminal offence shall only be allowed when a query to the CIR was launched in accordance with [Article 22 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability] and all the conditions listed in paragraph 1 and paragraph 1a are met. However, this additional condition shall not apply in a case of urgency where there is a need to prevent an imminent danger to the life of a person associated with a terrorist offence or another serious criminal offence. Those reasonable grounds shall be included in the electronic or written request sent by the operating unit of the designated authority to the central access point.’deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 864 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55b – paragraph 1 – point 16
Regulation (EU) 2017/2226
Article 33 – paragraph 1 a (new)
16) A new paragraph (1a) is added to Article 33: ‘1a. In cases where Europol launched a query to the CIR in accordance with [Article 22 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability], they may access EES for consultation where the reply received as referred to in paragraph 3 of [Article 22 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability] reveals that data is stored in the EES.’deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 866 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55b – paragraph 1 – point 18
18) In Article 34(1) and (2), the words "in the EES Central System" shall be replaced by the words "in the CIR and in the EES Central System respectively".deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 869 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55b – paragraph 1 – point 19
Regulation (EU) 2017/2226
Article 34 – paragraph 5
19) In Article 34(5), the words "of the EES Central System" shall be replaced by the words "from the EES Central System and from the CIR".deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 871 #

2017/0351(COD)

20) In Article 35, paragraph 7 is replaced by the following: ‘The EES Central System and the CIR shall immediately inform all Member States of the erasure of EES or CIR data and where applicable remove them from the list of identified persons referred to in Article 12(3).’deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 872 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55b – paragraph 1 – point 21
Regulation (EU) 2017/2226
Article 36
21) In Article 36, the words "of the EES Central System" shall be replaced by the words "of the EES Central System and the CIR".deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 875 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55b – paragraph 1 – point 22
Regulation (EU) 2017/2226
Article 37 – paragraph 1
22) In Article 37(1), the words "development of the EES Central System", shall be replaced by the words "development of the EES Central System and the CIR".deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 877 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55b – paragraph 1 – point 23
Regulation (EU) 2017/2226
Article 37 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
23) In the first subparagraph of Article 37(3), the words "the EES Central System" shall be replaced, the first and the third time they appear, by the words "the EES Central System and the CIR".deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 879 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55b – paragraph 1 – point 25
Regulation (EU) 2017/2226
Article 63 – paragraph 2
25) Article 63(2) is replaced by the following: ‘2. For the purpose of paragraph 1 of this Article, eu-LISA shall store the data referred to in paragraph 1 in the central repository for reporting and statistics referred to in [Article 39 of the Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability].’deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 880 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55b – paragraph 1 – point 26 Regulation (EU) 2017/2226
26) In Article 63(4) a new subparagraph is added: ‘The daily statistics shall be stored in the central repository for reporting and statistics.’deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 881 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55c – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Council Decision 2004/512/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point a
a) the common identity repository as referred to in [Article 17(2)(a) of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability],deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 883 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55c – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Council Decision 2004/512/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point f
f) a secure communication infrastructure between the VIS Central System and the central infrastructures of the European search portal established by [Article 6 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability], shared biometric matching service established by [Article 12 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability], the common identity repository and the multiple-identity detector (MID) established by [Article 25 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability].
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 885 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55d – paragraph 1
Regulation (EC) 767/2008
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1) In Article 1, the following paragraph is added: ‘2. By storing identity, travel document and biometric data in the common identity repository (CIR) established by [Article 17 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability], the VIS contributes to facilitating and assisting in the correct identification of persons registered in the VIS under the conditions and for the ultimate objectives laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article.’deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 888 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55d – paragraph 2
Regulation (EC) 767/2008
Article 4 – point 11 a (new)
(12) 'VIS data' means all data stored in the VIS Central System and in the CIR in accordance with Articles 9 to14.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 889 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55d – paragraph 3
Regulation (EC) 767/2008
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
3) In Article 5, the following paragraph is added: ‘1a) The CIR shall contain the data referred to in Article 9(4)(a) to (cc), 9(5) and 9(6), the remaining VIS data shall be stored in the VIS Central System.’deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 891 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55d – paragraph 4
Regulation (EC) 767/2008
Article 6 – paragraph 2
4) Article 6(2) is amended as follows: ‘2. Access to the VIS for consulting the data shall be reserved exclusively for the duly authorised staff of the national authorities of each Member State which are competent for the purposes laid down in Article 15 to 22, and for the duly authorised staff of the national authorities of each Member State and of the EU bodies which are competent for the purposes laid down in [Article 20 and Article 21 of the Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability], limited to the extent that the data are required for the performance of their tasks in accordance with those purposes, and proportionate to the objectives pursued.’deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 893 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55d – paragraph 7
Regulation (EC) 767/2008
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – point a
7) In Article 29(2)(a) the word "VIS" is replaced by the words "VIS or the CIR" in both instances where it appears.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 895 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55e
Council Decision 2008/633/JHA
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new) and Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendments to Council Decision 1) A new paragraph (1a) is added to Article 5: ‘1a. In cases where the designated authorities launched a query to the CIR in accordance with [Article 22 of Regulationrticle 55e deleted 20108/XX on interoperability], they may access VIS for consultation where the reply received as referred to in paragraph 3 of [Article 22 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability] reveals that data is stored in the VIS. ‘1a. In cases where Europol launched a query to the CIR in accordance with [Article 22 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability], they may access VIS for consultation where the reply received as referred to in paragraph 3 of [Article 22 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability] reveals that data is stored in the VIS.633/JHA
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 900 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55f – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/XXX (the ETIAS Regulation)
Article 1 – paragraph 1a
1. In Article 1, the following paragraph is inserted: "1a. By storing identity and travel document data in the common identity repository (CIR) established by [Article 17 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability], the ETIAS contributes to facilitating and assisting in the correct identification of persons registered in the ETIAS under the conditions and for the ultimate objectives referred to in [Article 20] of that Regulation."deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 902 #

2017/0351(COD)

(pa) 'CIR' means the common identity repository as defined in [point 35 of Article 4 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability];deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 904 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55f – paragraph 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/XXX (the ETIAS Regulation)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point pb
(pb) 'ETIAS Central System' means the Central System referred to in Article 6(2)(ab) together with the CIR to the extent that the CIR contains the data referred to in Article 6(2a);deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 907 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55f – paragraph 4
Regulation (EU) 2018/XXX (the ETIAS Regulation)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
4. In Article 6(2), point (a) is replaced by the following: "(a) the common identity repository (CIR) as referred to in [Article 17(2)(a) of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability];"deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 910 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55f – paragraph 6Regulation (EU) 2018/XXX (the ETIAS Regulation)

Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point n
(n) a secure communication infrastructure between the ETIAS Central System and the central infrastructures of the European search portal established by [Article 6 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability], the common identity repository established by [Article 17 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability] and the multiple-identity detector established by [Article 25 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability];
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 911 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55f – paragraph 7
Regulation (EU) 2018/XXX (the ETIAS Regulation)
Article 6 – paragraph 2a
7. In Article 6, the following paragraph is inserted: "2a. The CIR shall contain the identity and travel document data referred to in Article 17(2)(a) and (b) to (e) as well as the three letter code of the country issuing the travel document as referred to in Article 19(3)(c), the remaining data shall be stored in the ETIAS Central System."deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 913 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55f – paragraph 8
Regulation (EU) 2018/XXX (the ETIAS Regulation)
Article 13 – paragraph 5
8. Article 13 is amended as follows: (a) paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: "5. Access to consulting the ETIAS identity and travel document data stored in the CIR shall also be reserved exclusively for the duly authorised staff of the national authorities of each Member State and for the duly authorised staff of the EU bodies that are competent for the purposes laid down in [Article 20 and Article 21 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability]. That access shall be limited to the extent necessary for the performance of the tasks of those national authorities and Union bodies in accordance with those purposes and shall be proportionate to the objectives pursued. 6. Each Member State shall designate the competent national authorities referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 4 and 5 of this Article and shall communicate a list of these authorities to eu-LISA without delay, in accordance with Article 87(2). That list shall specify for which purpose the duly authorised staff of each authority shall have access to the data in ETIAS Information System in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 4 and 5 of this Article ."deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 915 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55f – paragraph 14
Regulation (EU) 2018/XXX (the ETIAS Regulation)
Article 52 – paragraph 1a
14. In Article 52, the following paragraph is inserted: "1a. In cases where the designated authorities launched a query to the CIR in accordance with [Article 22 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability], they may access the application files stored in the ETIAS Central System in accordance with this Article for consultation where the reply received as referred to in paragraph 3 of [Article 22 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability] reveals that data is stored in the application files stored in the ETIAS Central System."deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 917 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55f – paragraph 15
Regulation (EU) 2018/XXX (the ETIAS Regulation)
Article 53 – paragraph 1a
15. In Article 53, the following paragraph is inserted: "1a. In cases where Europol launched a query to the CIR in accordance with [Article 22 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability], they may access the application files stored in the ETIAS Central System in accordance with this Article for consultation where the reply received as referred to in paragraph 3 of [Article 22 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability] reveals that data is stored in the application files stored in the ETIAS Central System."Deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 919 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55f – paragraph 18
Regulation (EU) 2018/XXX (the ETIAS Regulation)
Article 73 – paragraph 2
18. In Article 73(2), the words "the central repository of data" are replaced by the words "the central repository for reporting and statistics referred to in [Article 39 of the Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability] to the extent that it contains data obtained from the ETIAS Central System in accordance with Article 84".deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 920 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55f – paragraph 19
Regulation (EU) 2018/XXX (the ETIAS Regulation)
Article 74 – paragraph 1
19. In Article 74(1), the words "and the central repository of data, as referred to in Article 6" are deleted.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 921 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55f – paragraph 20
Regulation (EU) 2018/XXX (the ETIAS Regulation)
Article 84 – paragraph 2
20. In Article 84(2), the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: "2. For the purpose of paragraph 1 of this Article, eu-LISA shall store the data referred to in paragraph 1 in the central repository for reporting and statistics referred to in [Article 39 of the Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability]. In accordance with [Article 39(1) of the Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability], cross-system statistical data and analytical reporting would allow the authorities listed in paragraph 1 to obtain customisable reports and statistics, to support the implementation of the ETIAS screening rules referred to in Article 33, to improve the assessment of the security, illegal immigration and high epidemic risks, to enhance the efficiency of border checks and to help the ETIAS Central Unit and the ETIAS National Units process the travel authorisation applications."Deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 922 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55f – paragraph 21
Regulation (EU) 2018/XXX (the ETIAS Regulation)
Article 84 – paragraph 4
21. In Article 84(4), a new subparagraph is added: "The daily statistics shall be stored in the central repository for reporting and statistics."deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 924 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55g – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/XX [the Regulation on SIS in the field of border checks]
Article 3 –paragraph 1 – point v
(v) 'CIR' means the common identity repository as referred to in [Article 17 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability];deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 926 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55g – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/XX [the Regulation on SIS in the field of border checks]
Article 3 –paragraph 1 – point w
(w) ‘MID’ means the multiple-identity detector as defined in [Article 25 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability].deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 927 #

2017/0351(COD)

(a) in paragraph 3, the following point (d) is added: "d) a secure communication infrastructure between CS-SIS and the central infrastructures of the ESP, and the shared BMS and the MID".
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 928 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55g – paragraph 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/XX [the Regulation on SIS in the field of border checks]
Article 7 –paragraph 2a
3. In Article 7 the following paragraph 2a is added: "2a. The SIRENE Bureaux shall also ensure the verification of different identities in accordance with [Article 29 Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability]. To the extent necessary to carry out this task, the SIRENE Bureaux shall have access to consulting the data stored in the CIR for the purposes laid down in [Article 21 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability]."deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 934 #

2017/0351(COD)

6. In Article 29(1), the following point (g) is added: “(g) verifying different identities and combating identity fraud in accordance with [Chapter V of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability].”deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 935 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55g – paragraph 7
Regulation (EU) 2018/XX [the Regulation on SIS in the field of border checks]
Article 54 – paragraph 6
7. in Article 54 paragraph 6, is replaced by the following: "For the purpose of paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of this Article and of Article 15(5), the Agency shall store data referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article and in Article 15(5) which shall not allow for the identification of individuals in the central repository for reporting and statistics referred to in [Article 39 of the Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability]. The Agency shall allow the Commission and the agencies referred to in paragraph 5 to obtain bespoke reports and statistics. Upon request, the Agency shall give access to Member States, the Commission, Europol, and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency to the central repository in accordance with [Article 39 of the Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability]."deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 939 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55h – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/XX [Regulation on eu-LISA]
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. eu-LISA shall establish a central repository for reporting and statistics in accordance with [Article 39 of Regulation 2018/XX on interoperability]."deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 941 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 55h – paragraph 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/XX [Regulation on eu-LISA]
Article 9
2. Article 9 is replaced by the following: "“Article 9 Interoperability Where the interoperability of large-scale IT systems has been stipulated in a relevant legislative instrument the Agency shall develop the necessary actions conferred on it by those legislative instruments to enable that interoperability."deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 947 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 2
2. The duly authorised staff of the competent authorities of Member States, the Commission and eu-LISA shall have access to consult the following data related to the common identity repository, solely for the purposes of reporting and statistics without enabling individual identification: (a) number of queries for the purposes of Articles 20, 21 and 22; (b) nationality, sex and year of birth of the person; (c) the type of the travel document and the three-letter code of the issuing country; (d) the number of searches conducted with and without biometric data.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 950 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 3
3. The duly authorised staff of the competent authorities of Member States, the Commission and eu-LISA shall have access to consult the following data related to the multiple-identity detector, solely for the purposes of reporting and statistics without enabling individual identification: (a) nationality, sex and year of birth of the person; (b) the type of the travel document and the three-letter code of the issuing country; (c) the number of searches conducted with and without biometric data; (d) the number of each type of link.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 954 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 56 – paragraph 5
5. For the purpose of paragraph 1 of this Article, eu-LISA shall store the data referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article in the central repository for reporting and statistics referred to in Chapter VII of this Regulation. The data included in the repository shall not enable the identification of individuals, but it shall allow the authorities listed in paragraph 1 of this Article to obtain customisable reports and statistics to enhance the efficiency of border checks, to help authorities processing visa applications and to support evidence-based policymaking on migration and security in the Union.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 959 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58
Transitional period applicable to the provisions on access to the common identity repository for law enforcement Article 22, points 13, 14, 15 and 16 of Article 55b and Article 55e shall apply from the date of the start of operations referred to in Article 62(1).Article 58 deleted purposes
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 962 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 59
Transitional period for the multiple- 1. For a period of one year following the notification by eu-LISA of the completion of the test referred to in Article 62(1)(b) regarding the multiple-identity detector (MID) and before the start of operations of the MID, the ETIAS Central Unit as referred to in [Article 33(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1624] shall be responsible for carrying out a multiple-identity detection between the data stored in the VIS, Eurodac and the SIS. The multiple- identity detections shall be carried out using only biometric data in accordance with Article 27(2) of this Regulation. 2. Where the query reports one or several hit(s) and the identity data of the linked files is identical or similar, a white link shall be created in accordance with Article 33. Where the query reports one or several hit(s) and the identity data of the linked files cannot be considered as similar, a yellow link shall be created in accordance with Article 30 and the procedure referred to in Article 29 shall apply. Where several hits are reported, a link shall be created to each piece of data triggering the hit. 3. Where a yellow link is created, the MID shall grant access to the identity data present in the different information systems to the ETIAS Central Unit. 4. Where a link is created to an alert in the SIS, other than a refusal of entry alert or an alert on a travel document reported lost, stolen or invalidated in accordance with Article 24 of the Regulation on SIS in the field of border checks and Article 38 of the Regulation on SIS in the field of law enforcement respectively, the MID shall grant access to the identity data present in the different information systems to the SIRENE Bureau of the Member State that created the alert. 5. The ETIAS Central Unit or the SIRENE Bureau of the Member State that created the alert shall have access to the data contained in the identity confirmation file and shall assess the different identities and shall update the link in accordance with Articles 31, 32 and 33 and add it to the identity confirmation file. 6. eu-LISA shall assist where necessary the ETIAS Central Unit in carrying out the multiple-identity detection referred to in this Article.Article 59 deleted identity detection
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 968 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 1
1. The costs incurred in connection with the establishment and operation of the ESP, and the shared biometric matching service, the common identity repository (CIR) and the MID shall be borne by the general budget of the Union.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 970 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 60 – paragraph 3
3. The costs incurred by the designated authorities referred to in Article 4(24) shall be borne, respectively, by each Member State and Europol. The costs for the connection of the designated authorities to the CIR shall be borne by each Member State and Europol, respectively.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 972 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The Member States shall notify eu-LISA of the authorities referred to in Articles 7, 20, 21 and 26 that may use or have access to the ESP, or the CIR and the MIDshared BMS respectively.
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 974 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 61 – paragraph 3
3. The ETIAS Central Unit shall notify the Commission of the successful completion of the transitional measure laid down in Article 59.deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 977 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) eu-LISA has validated the technical and legal arrangements to collect and transmit the data referred to in Articles 8(1), 13, 19, 34 and 39 and have notified them to the Commission;
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 978 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) for the multiple-identity detector, the ETIAS Central Unit has notified the Commission as referred to in Article 61(3).deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1003 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) an examination of the results achieved against objectives and the impact on fundamental rights, in particular on the right to non-discrimination;
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1006 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
While respecting the provisions of national law on the publication of sensitive information, each Member State and Europol shall prepare annual reports on the effectiveness of access to data stored in the common identity repositorythrough the ESP and the shared BMS for law enforcement purposes, containing information and statistics on:
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1010 #

2017/0351(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) the number of requests for access to the common identity repository for law enforcement purposes;deleted
2018/07/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 33 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the European Defence Industrial Development Programme aiming at supporting the competitiveness and innovative capacity of the EUCooperation Programme for an efficient defence industrysector
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 35 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
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 capabilities to respond to security challenges, as well as to foster a competitive and innovative European defence industry. It proposed in particular to launch a European Defence Fund to support investment in joint research and the joint development of defence equipment and technologies. The Fund would support cooperation during the whole cycle of defence product and technology developmentdescribed the many structural problems in the European defence sector which hamper the efficient use of national resources for providing the defence capabilities needed for an effective Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). The Commission in particular underlines that duplications, fragmentation, and other structural problems have led to a sector which generates only 15% of capabilities compared to the same investment by the US. The highly inefficient structures and mechanism, coupled with a very low rate of collaborative projects currently lead to a loss of EUR 25-100 Billion annually.1a This is why in the European Defence Action Plan, the Commission committed to complement, leverage and consolidate collaborative efforts by Member States in developing defence capabilities to respond to security challenges, as well as to foster an efficient European defence industry. To realise these objectives it is therefore at the Union level necessary to enhance the institutional framework for cooperation of Member States and undertakings in the defence industrial development sector. It proposed in particular to launch efficient cooperation actions that would lead to investments by the Member States in joint research and the joint development of defence equipment and technologies. _________________ 1a European Commission, 30 November 2016, ANNEX The business case for more efficient spending on defence.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 40 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
(1 a) In order for the establishment of an efficient European defence equipment market, including for this Programme to have a real impact, it is of crucial importance that key regulatory preconditions are fulfilled.One of these core regulatory preconditions is the full implementation of directive 2009/81/EC on defence procurement which was adopted eight years ago with a view to improve the functioning of the defence market and increasing competition.If fully applied, it still could make a significant contribution to achieving the goal of an integrated open and competitive European Defence Equipment Market.However, the evaluations of the Directive identified a number of shortcomings.In particular, and despite a more than twofold increase in the value of the contracts published EU-wide, a very significant share of defence procurement is still done outside EU public procurement rules leaving a significant untapped potential to generate further public savings.Furthermore, public authorities still use, to some extent, offsets/industrial return requirements which can lead to uncertainties for the industry.Finally, the subcontracting provisions of the Directive, which enable procurement authorities to require the successful tenderer to subcontract a share of the contract to third parties via competitive tendering, are rarely used.After eight years on inactivity, it is now time for effective implementation of the Directive, including through enforcement by the Commission.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 46 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) In order to contribute to the enhancement of the competitiveness and innovation capacitfficiency of the Union's defence industry, a European Defence Industrial Development Cooperation Programme (hereinafter referred to as the Programme) should be established jointly by the Member States and the Commission. The Programme should aim at enhancing theconsist of a comopetitiveness of the Union's defence industry inter alia cyber defence by supporting the cooperation betweenration mechanism between Member States, the Commission, and undertakings inand address the development phase of defence products and technologies. The development phase, which follows the research and technology phase, which entails significant risks and costs that hamper the further exploitation of the results of research and adversely impact the competitiveness of the Union's defence industry. By support. By addressing the development phase, the Programme would contribute to a better exploitation of the results of defence research and it would help to cover the gap between research and production as well as to promote all forms of innovation. The Programme should complement activities carried out in accordance with Article 182 TFEU and it does not cover the production of defence products and technologies.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 59 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) The Programme should cover a two year period from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2020 whereas the amount for the implementation of the Programme should be determined for this period.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 63 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) The Programme should be implemented in full compliance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council6 . Funding may take in particular the form of grants. Financial instruments or public procurement may be used where appropriate. _________________ 6 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1).
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 64 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) The Commission may entrust part of the implementation of the programme to entities referred to in Article 58(1) (c) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) N°966/2012. In view of its expertise, the Commission may entrust the European Defence Agency with such a role.deleted
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 70 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
(7) In view of the specificities of the sector, in practice no collaborative project between undertakings willshould be launched if the Member States have not first agreed to support such projects. After having defined common defence capability priorities at Union-level and also taking into acvia the Capability Development Plan in the count where appropriate collaborative initiatives on a regional basisext of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), Member States identify and consolidate military requirements and define the technical specifications of the project. They may also appoint a project manager in charge of leading the work related to the development of a collaborative project.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 71 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) In case an action supported by the Programme is managed by a project manager appointed by Member States, the Commission should informThe Union financial contribution, to be drawn from existing administrative budget of the Union, will be available exclusively to support actions of administrative and organisational nature, necessary for establishing the approject manager prior to executing the paypriate cooperation mechanisms and leading to the development toand the beneficiary of the eligible action so thatimplementation of the Programme; actions implemented under the pProject manager can ensure that the time-frames are respecgramme itself shall be fully financed by the Member States and as appropriated by the beneficiariesAthena Mechanism.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 74 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) The Union financial support should not affect the export of products, equipment or technologies, and it should not affect the discretion of Member States regarding policy on the export of defence related products. The Union financial support should not affect Member States' export policies on defence related productsMilitary or dual-use technology supported by this Programme should only be exported to NATO allies and friendly nations which fully comply with the provisions of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). Also any technology supported by this Programme should, when exported to third countries, comply with the eight criteria of Common Position 944/2008/CFSP. Those Member States involved in a particular action should all agree to the export and the Commission should monitor and report back on the end-use and end-users of that particular technolgy.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 81 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) As the objective of the Programme is to support the competitiveness of the Union defence industry byincrease the level of efficiency of cooperation between Member States and de-risking the development phase of cooperative defence industry projects, actions related to the development of a defence product or technology, namely definition of common technical specifications, design, prototyping, testing, qualification, certification as well feasibility studies and other supporting measures, should be eligible to benefit from itshould be considered under the Programme. This will also apply to the upgrade of existing defence products and technologies.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 89 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) Given that the Programme aims particularly at enhancing cooperation between undertakings across Member States, an action should be eligible for fundingconsidered under the Programme only if it is undertaken by a cooperation of at least three undertakings based in at least two different Member States.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 91 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) Cross-border collaboration in the development of defence products and technologies has often been hampered by the difficulty to agree on common technical specifications. The absence or limited level of common technical specifications have led to increased complexity, delays and inflated costs in the development phase. The agreement on common technical specifications should be a condition in order to benefit from the Union's administrative support under this Programme. Actions aiming at supporting the creation of a common definition of technical specifications should also be eligible for support under the Programme.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 98 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) As the Programme aims at enhancing the competitivenessefficiency of the cooperation of the Union's defence industry, only entities established in the Union and effectively controlled by Member States or their nationals should be eligible for support. Additionally, in order to ensure the protection of essential security interests of the Union and its Member States, the infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources used by the beneficiarieparticipants and subcontractors in actions fundsupported under the Programme, shall not be located on the territory of non-Member States and shall not be subject to control or restrictions by third-countries, undertakings or public entities in third countries.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 109 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) Eligible actions developed in the context of Permanent Structured Cooperation in the institutional framework of the Union would ensure enhanced cooperation between undertakings in the different Member States on a continuous basis and thus directly contribute to the aims of the Programme. Such projects should thus be eligible for an increased funding rateadministrative support by the Commission.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 111 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) If a consortium of undertakings wishes to participate in an eligible action under the Programme and financial assistance of the Union is to take form of a grant, the consortium should appoint one of its members as a coordinator who will be the principle point of contact with the Commission.deleted
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 121 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) The promotion of innovation and technological development in the Union defence industry should take place in a manner coherent with the security interests of the Union as defined objectively within the context of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). Accordingly, the action's contribution to those interests and to the defence capability priorities commonly agreed by Member States within the context of CSDP should serve as an award criterion. Within the Union, common defence capability priorities are identified notably through the Capability Development Plan. Other Union processes such as the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and the Permanent Structured Cooperation will support the implementation of relevant priorities through enhanced cooperation. Where appropriate regional or international cooperative initiatives, such as in the NATO context, and serving the Union security and defence interest, may also be taken into account.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 123 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) In order to ensure that the funded actions are viable, the Member States commitment to effectively contribute to the financing of the action should be an award criterion for such actionsMember States should consider whether to make use of the already existing intergovernmental ATHEA mechanism of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) for co-funding actions under this Programme.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 124 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) In order to ensure that the funded actions will contribute to the competitivenessa higher level of efficiency of the European defence industry, they should be market-oriented and demand driven. Therefore, the fact that Member States have already committed to jointly produce and procure the final product or technology, possibly in a coordinated way, should be taken into account in the award criteria. In order to reduce market distortions in the defence sector, which often hamper efficient projects, it is of crucial importance to not subsidize the defence industry via the use of EU funds.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 129 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) The financial assistance of the Union under the Programme should not exceed 20% of the total eligible cost of the action when it relates to prototyping which is often the most costly action in the development phase. The totality of the eligible costs should however be covered for other actions in the development phase.deleted
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 138 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) As the Union support aims at enhancing the competitiveness ofefficient cooperation within the sector and concerns only the specific development phase, the Commission should not have ownership or intellectual property rights over the products or technologies resulting from the funded actions supported. The applicable intellectual property rights regime will be defined contractually by the beneficiarieparticipants.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 140 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) The Commission should establish a multiannual work programme in line with the objectives of the Programme. The Commission should be assisted in the establishment of the work programme by a committee of Member States (hereinafter referred to as Programme Committee). In light of the Union policy on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as key to ensuring economic growth, innovation, job creation, and social integration in the Union and the fact that the supported actions will typically require trans- national collaboration, it is of importance that the work programme will reflect and enable such cross-border participation of SMEs and that therefore a proportion of the overall budget will benefit such action.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 148 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) For the selection of actions to be funded by the Programme, the Commission or the entities referred to in Article 58(1)(c) of Regulation N°966/2012 should organise competitive calls as provided for by Regulation No 966/2012. After evaluation of the received proposals with the help of independent experts, the Commission will select the actions to be funded under the Programme. In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission as regards the adoption and the implementation of the work programme, as well as for awarding the funding to selected actions. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council7 . _________________ 7Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powersdeleted
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 154 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) The Commission should draw up an interim progress report by the end of the first year of implementation and an implementation report at the end of the Programme, examining the financial activities in terms of financial implementation results and where possible, impact. This report should also analyse the cross border participation of SMEs in projects under the Programme as well as the participation of SMEs to the global value chain.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 160 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
A European cooperation mechanism between the Commission, Member States and undertakings supporting the development and implementation of a joint European Defence Industrial Development Programme (hereinafter referred to as the Programme) for Union action covering the period from 1st January 2019 to 31 December 2020 is hereby established.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 162 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
TheMember States shall cooperate with each other and with the Commission in a transparent manner in order to adopt and implement a Programme sthallt have the following objectives:
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 170 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to foster the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the Union defence industry by supporting actions in theirincrease efficient cooperation between Member States by supporting actions on Union territory in their industrial development phase;
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 178 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to support and leverage the cooperation between Member States and with undertakings, including small and medium-sized enterprises, in the development of technologies or products solely in line with defence capability priorities commonly agreed by Member States within the Union in the context of the Capability Development Plan of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP);
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 189 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – title
BudgetFinancial resources
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 190 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The amount for theActions under this Programme shall be funded by the Member States and where appropriate via the use of the ATHENA mechanism. Only administrative and organisational expenditure to which the development and implementation of theis Programme for the period 2019-2020 is set at EUR 500 million in current pricegives rise for the institutions may be charged to the Union budget. The financial resources will be drawn from the existing administrative resources available to the institutions.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 192 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4
1. The Union's financial assistance may be provided through the types of financing envisaged by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012, and in particular: (a) grants; (b) financial instruments; (c) public procurement. 2. The types of financing referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and the methods of implementation, shall be chosen on the basis of their ability to achieve the specific objectives of the actions and to deliver results, taking into account, in particular, the costs of controls, the administrative burden and the risk of conflict of interests. 3. The Union's financial assistance shall be implemented by the Commission as provided for by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 directly or indirectly by entrusting budget implementation tasks to the entities listed in Article 58(1) (c) of that Regulation. 4. In case a project manager is appointed by Member States, the Commission shall execute the payment to the eligible beneficiaries after informing the project manager.Article 4 deleted General financing provisions
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 196 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5
1. Financial instruments set up in accordance with Title VIII of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 may be used to facilitate access to finance by entities implementing actions in accordance with Article 6. 2. The following types of financial instruments may be used: (a) Equity or quasi-equity investments; (b) Loans or guarantees; (c) Risk sharing instruments.Article 5 deleted Types of financial instruments
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 197 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – title
Eligible acAreas of cooperations
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 200 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Programme shall provide support for actions by beneficiarieidentify and develop actions by participants in the development phase covering both new and the upgrade of existing products and technologies, in relation to:
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 210 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) studies such as feasibility studies and other accompanying measures.deleted
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 217 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The action shall be undertaken in a cooperation of at least three undertakings which are established in at least two different Member States. The undertakings which are beneficiarieand their subcontractors which are participants shall not effectively be controlled, directly or indirectly, by the same entity or shall not control each other.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 231 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Actions which contribute in parts or entirely (parts and components including software, artificial intelligence features, and any relevant dual-use technologies), directly or indirectly to the following technologies shall be excluded the Programme: (a) Weapons of mass destruction and related warhead and missile technology; (b) Banned weapons and munitions not compliant with international law such as: (i) Cluster munitions and related aspects in line with the Convention on Cluster Munitions; (ii) Anti-personal landmines and related aspects in line with the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti- Personnel Mines and their Destruction; (iii) Incendiary weapons including white phosphorus; (iv) Depleted uranium ammunitions; (c) Fully autonomous weapons that enable lethal actions without meaningful human intervention; (d) Small and light weapons (SALW) mainly developed for export purposes, i.e. where no Member State has expressed a requirement for the action to be carried out.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 234 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Actions which contribute directly or indirectly to the production of armed unmanned aerial vehicles or their parts, including components, software, artificial intelligence features, and any relevant dual-use technologies shall be excluded so long as no Council Decision on the use of such new military technology exists which upholds international human rights law and international humanitarian law and which addresses issues such as a legal framework, proportionality, protection of civilians and transparency.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 236 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Military or dual-use technology supported by this Programme shall only be exported to NATO allies and friendly nations which fully comply with the provisions of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).Such exports shall also fully comply with the eight criteria of Common position 944/2008/CFSP on arms exports.The results of cooperation between Member States under this Programme shall only be authorised for export in case all participating Member States agree.The Commission shall put in place a tracking mechanism to verify the end-use and end-users of the technology supported by this Programme and report about their status every 6 months to Council and Parliament.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 237 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – title
EligibleParticipating Entities
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 239 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Beneficiaries shall be undertakingParticipants in the actions foreseen by the Programme shall be undertakings and their subcontractors established in the Union, in which Member States and/or nationals of Member States own more than 50% of the undertaking and effectively control it within the meaning of Article 6(3), whether directly or indirectly through one or more intermediate undertakings. In addition, all infrastructure, facilities, assets and resources used by the participants, including subcontractors and other third parties, in actions fundedoreseen under the Programme shall not be located on the territory of non-Member States during the entire duration of the action. The use of these infrastructures, facilities, assets and resources shall not be under the control of any third country or entity established outside of the Union.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 252 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. In case a change occurs regarding the effective control of an undertaking participating in the Programme, the undertaking concerned should inform without delay the Commission and competent authority in the Member State in which it is established which will then jointly decide on appropriate measures with regards to the protection of national and Union interests.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 260 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. If the beneficiaryparticipant, as defined in paragraph 1, is developing an action, as defined in Article 6, in the context of Permanent Structured Cooperation, it shall be eligibleidentified for the increased fundingadministrative support referred to in Article 11(2) in respect of that action.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 264 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – title
Declaration by applicparticipants
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 270 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Where the Union’s financial assistance is provided through a grantadministrative support is provided, the members of any consortium wishing to participate in an action shall appoint one of them to act as coordinator, which shall be identified in the grant agreement. The coordinator shall be the principal point of contact between the members of the consortium in relations with the Commission or the relevant funding body, unless specified otherwise in the grant agreement or in the event of non- compliance with its obligations under the grant agreement.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 273 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The members of a consortium participating in an action shall conclude an internal agreement establishing their rights and obligations with respect to the implementation of the action (in compliance with the grant agreement), except in duly justified cases provided for in the work programme or call for proposals.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 274 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – title
AwardSelection criteria
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 276 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Actions proposed for funding underinclusion in the Programme and eligible for administrative support shall be evaluated on the basis of the following cumulative criteria:
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 285 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) contribution to the innovation and technological development of defence industries and thus to fostering the industrial autonomy of the Union in the field of defence technologiesrelation to the capability requirements under the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP); and,
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 289 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) contribution to the sCommon Security and dDefence interests of the UnionPolicy (CSDP) by enhancing defence technologies which contribute to implement defence capability priorities commonly agreed by Member States within the Union in the context of the Capability Development Plan; and,
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 293 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) viability notably via a demonstration by the beneficiaries that the remainingparticipants that the costs of the eligible action are covered by other means of financing such as Member States’ contributions and the ATHENA mechanism; and
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 298 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) for actions described in points (b) to (e) of Article 6(1), the contribution to the competitiveness of thea more efficient and integrated European defence industry inter alia through the demonstration by the beneficiarieparticipants that Member States have committed to jointly produce and procure the final product or technology in a coordinated way, including joint procurement where applicable.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 304 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11
1. The financial assistance of the Union provided under the Programme may not exceed 20% of the total cost of the action where it relates to prototyping. In all the other cases, the assistance may cover up to the total cost of the action. 2. An action developed by a beneficiary referred to in Article 7 paragraph 2 may benefit from a funding rate increased by an additional 10 percentage points.Article 11 deleted Funding rates
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 327 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The results of the actions under this Programme shall under no circumstances be under the control of anythird country or enitity edstablished outside of the Union.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 328 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission, by means of an implementing act, shall adopt multiannual a work programme for the duration of the Programme. This implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in in Article 16(2). This work programme shall be in line with the objectives set out in Article 2;
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 331 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. The work programme shall set out in detail the categories of projects to be funded underincluded in the Programme as well as the commitment of the Member States for financing their implementation;;
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 336 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. The work programme shall ensure that a credible proportion of the overall budget will benefit actions enabling thactions foreseen will enable cross-border participation of SMEs.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 339 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14
1. In the implementation of the Programme, Union funding shall be granted following competitive calls issued in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 and Commission DArticle 14 delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/128 . 2. The proposals submitted following the call for proposals shall be evaluated by the Commission assisted by independent experts on the basis of the award criteria of Article 10. 3. The Commission shall award, after each call, the funding for selected actions, by means of an implementing act. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 16(2). _________________ 8 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012 of 29 October 2012 on the rules of application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (OJ L 362, 31.12.2012, p. 1).Award procedure
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 347 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. The European Defence Agency and representatives of the European Parliament, civil society and academia shall be invited as observer.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 350 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The Commission shall establish an Advisory group composed of independent experts, academia and civil society organisations to provide advice to the Committee in particular on the compatibility of technology supported by this Programme with a view on moral, ethical and international law obligations of both the Union and its Member States.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 356 #

2017/0125(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. To support greater efficiency and effectiveness of future Union policy actions, the Commission shall draw up a retrospective evaluation report and send it to the European Parliament and to the Council. The report - building on relevant consultations of Member States and key stakeholders - shall notably assess the progress made towards the achievement of objectives set out in Article 2 and shall be send to Parliament and to the Council every six months. It shall also analyse cross border participation of SMEs in projects implemented under the programme as well as the participation of SMEs to the global value chain.
2017/11/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 18 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to reports by EU and Member States intelligence services (IntCen, German BND) and UK Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee on the 15 July 2016 failed coup attempt, which contradict the Turkish government's claim that Fethullah Gülen has masterminded the coup,
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 37 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19
— having regard to Turkey’s security situation, which has deteriorated both internally and externally, to the reignited civil war and to the terrorist attacks carried out in the country,
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 50 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that 2016 was a difficult year for Turkey's population as a result of the continuing war in Syria, the high numbers of refugees, the civil war in the South-East, a string of heinous terror attacks, and a violent coup attempt in which 248 people were killed; reiterates its strong condemnation of the coup attempt of 15 July and expresses its solidarity with the people of Turkey; recognises the right and the responsibility of the Turkish government to take action in bringing the perpetrators to justice in respect of rule of law and internationally recognised fair trial procedures;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 56 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines, however, that measures taken under the state of emergency had large-scale, disproportionate and long- lasting negative effects on the protection of fundamental freedoms in the country; condemns the collective dismissal of civil servants, the mass liquidation of media outlets, the arrests of members of Parliament, journalists, academics, judges, human rights defenders, elected and unelected officials and ordinary citizens, and the confiscation of property and passport, members of the security services and ordinary citizens, kidnapping and alleged forced disappearances and the confiscation and/or nationalisation of private companies, property and passports, the closure of hundreds of schools and more than a dozen universities and the travel ban against tens of thousands of Turkish citizens on the basis of emergency decree laws without individualised decisions, and without the possibility of timely judicial review;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 84 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the strategic importance of good EU-Turkey relations for both sides; recognises that both Turkey and the EU have gone through their own internal transformation processes since the accession negotiations were opened in 2004; regrets that the accession instruments have not been used to the fullest extent, notably the opening of chapters 23 and 24 on human rights and rule of law as demanded by the European Parliament and the Commission, and that, over the years, Turkey's full integration into the EU has lost public support on both sides; remains committed to cooperating and maintaining an open dialogue with the Turkish Government, in order to address common challenges; recommends that the Council urgently invite the Turkish Government to a summit to discuss the obvious crisis in EU-Turkey relations that we are faced with;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 93 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Takes note of the outcome of the referendum that took place on 16 April 2017, held under the state of emergency and in circumstances that prevented a fair campaign; supports an independent evaluation of all claims regarding irregularities as well as credible voting results, raising serious doubts about the validity and legitimacy of the outcome; considering the enormous amount of irregularities as listed in the statement of the OECD/ODHIR Observation Mission, issued on 17 April 2017; supports calls for an independent inquiry into the enormous amount of irregularities listed in the statement of the OECD/ODHIR Observation Mission, issued on 17 April 2017; notes the remarks of the Venice Commission on the constitutional reform, and underlines that the proposed constitutional amendments do not respect the fundamental principles of the separation of powers and sufficient checks and balances, and are not in line with the Copenhagen criteria;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 115 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to suspend the accession talks with Turkey if the constitutional package is implemented unchangedcontinue the freeze of the accession talks until the government clearly manifests its interest for EU integration in words and deeds by returning to the level of rapprochement with the EU acquis communautaire, especially on human rights and rule of law, achieved prior to the June 2015 national elections;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 125 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Underlines that in case the Turkish government organises a referendum for the re-introduction of the death penalty, voting should not take place within EU jurisdiction and that a re- introduction of the death penalty should lead to the immediate suspension of accession negotiations;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 134 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. NotesIs extremely concerned that measures undertaken following the declaration of the state of emergency have targeted alleged members/supporters of the Gülen movement, dissent in general and political parties of the opposition in particulardirected against dissent in general and political parties of the opposition in particular were overwhelmingly justified with alleged connections of entities and individuals to the Gülen movement, which the Erdogan government has made responsible for the failed coup attempt without providing convincing evidence; strongly condemns the imprisonment of 13 MPs belonging to the People's Democratic Party (HDP), including its co-chairs, and of 90 Kurdish municipal mayors; urges the Turkish Government to lift the state of emergency immediately; underlines that the reintroduction of the death penalty would violate Turkey’s international commitments and lead to an immediate end to the EU accession talksexpresses its grave concern over the purge with close to 50 000 arrests, some 140 000 public workers suspended or dismissed and thousands of companies and assets confiscated; urges the Turkish Government to lift the state of emergency immediately;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 148 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Turkish Government to offer to all persons subject to restrictive measures appropriate and effective remedies and judicial review in line with the rule of law; calls on Turkey tounderlines that since July 2016 more than 100 000 legal complaints have been filed with the Turkish Constitutional Court, which declared itself not competent on matters falling under the Emergency Decrees, and that the European Court of Human Rights will have to rule shortly on whether the Turkish legal system still meets the conditions for the right to remedy, particularly in view of Emergency Decree 690; calls on Turkey to urgently revise the 'Commission of Inquiry for State of Emergency Practices' in such a way that it becomes a robust, independent and fully mandated commission capable of giving individual treatment to all cases, of processing effectively the enormous number of applications it will receive and of ensuring that the judicial review is not unduly delayed; is concerned over reports of ill-treatment, torture, rape and alleged extra-judicial killings in detention centres and calls for a thorough investigation by the Turkish authorities into these allegations and to hold perpetrators to account;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 155 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Condemns strongly the violations of freedom of expression and the serious infringements of media freedom, including the disproportionate bannings of media sites and social media; notes with concern the closure of around 170 media outlets - including almost all Kurdish-language outlets - and the jailing of more than 150 journalists; recalls that a free and pluralistic press is an essential component of any democracy and urges the Turkish government to release all journalists immediately; calls on the Turkish government to allow former MEP Joost Lagendijk, who has been living and working in Turkey since 2009 but has been denied access to Turkey since September 2016, to return home as soon as possible;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 156 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Condemns strongly the violations of freedom of expression and the serious infringements of media freedom, including the disproportionate bannings of media sites and social media, including access to Wikipedia; notes with concern the closure of around 170 media outlets - including almost all Kurdish-language and all Gülen related outlets - and the jailing of more than 150 journalists - the highest number of any country in the world - which close to terminates access of citizens to independent information from within Turkey; recalls that a free and pluralistic press is an essential component of any democracy and urges the Turkish government to restore media freedom and to release all journalists immediately;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 178 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Expresses its serious concern over the renewed outbreak of the civil war and at the continuously deteriorating situation in south-east Turkey, especially in the areas where curfews were imposed, where some 2 000 people were reportedly killed in the context of security operations and an estimated half a million people became displaced in the period from July 2015 to December 2016; notes that local prosecutors have consistently refused to open investigations into the reported killings; is convinced that only a return to the peace process can bring a fair political settlement of the Kurdish question can bring sustainable, stability and prosperity both to the area and to Turkey as a whole; notes that a series of laws have created an atmosphere of 'systematic impunity' for the security forces; regrets the decision of the Turkish Parliament to waive the immunity of a large number of MPs unconstitutionally, paving the way for the arrests of opposition politicians;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 183 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Is concerned that judges and prosecutors continue to come under strong political pressure and that manyclose to one third of judges and prosecutors have been dismissed or arrested; calls on Turkey to restore and implement all legal guarantees to ensure full respect for the independence of the judiciary, including by amending the law on the High Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) in order to reduce the executive's influence within that Council; is particularly concerned that 'criminal judges of peace' appear to have been transformed into an instrument of harassment to stifle opposition, as well as controlling the information available to the general public; criticises Turkey for being in breach of international law by detaining judge Aydin Sefa Akay, who enjoys diplomatic immunity while serving on the UN tribunal for crimes in Former Yugoslavia and Ruanda and calls on Turkey to follow suit of the ruling of the United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals and of the demand by the UN Secretary- General to immediately release the judge and to cease all legal proceedings against him;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 206 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Welcomes moves by individual Member States who accelerate asylum procedures for Turkish citizens persecuted under the emergency decrees and calls on all EU Member States to grant humanitarian visa to citizens that are persecuted so that they can travel to the EU in a safe way in order to find protection;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 222 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the deepenexisting of EU- Turkey relations in key areas of joint interest, such as counter-terrorism, migration, energy, the economy and trade; believes EU-Turkey cooperation in these areas to be an investment in the stability and prosperity of both Turkey and the EU; believes that contacts amongst members of civil society are of key importance and urges to intensify these contacts;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 246 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. BReiterates that the EU is Turkey's main trading partner and that two thirds of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Turkey comes from EU Member States; believes that strengthening trade relations could bring concrete benefits to citizens in Turkey and the EU, and therefore supportsopposes however the Commission's proposal to start negotiations on the upgrading of the Customs Union; reiterates that the EU is Turkey’s main trading partner and that two thirds of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Turkey comes from EU Member States; considers the involvement of social partners in negotiations as crucial; calls on the Commission to include political benchmark until significant improvements onf human rights and fundamental freedoms in the upgraded Customs UnionTurkey have been achieved;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 271 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to take into account the latest developments in Turkey when conducting the mid-term review of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) funds in 2017, and to suspendfreeze all pre-accession funds ifsince Turkey no longer sufficiently complies with the EU’s Copenhagen criteria; calls on the Commission to use those funds to support Turkish civil society and to invest more in people-to-people exchange programmes, such as Erasmus+ for students;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 295 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Condemns in the strongest terms all terrorist attacks carried out in Turkey, and stands firmly by Turkey's population in our joint fight against terrorism; welcomes the close bilateral relations between EU Member States and Turkey in the field of anti-terrorism cooperation, including on ‘foreign fighters’; reiterates its condemnation ofanti-terrorism cooperation on IS 'foreign fighters' between EU Member States and Turkey; reiterates its condemnation of the return to violence by different parties in the civil war; notes that under the preturn to violence bysent circumstances the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has been on cannot be removed from the EU’s list of terrorist organisations since 2002; invites the Member States to enforce legislation banning the use of signs and symbols of organisations which are on that list;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 305 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Commends the engagement by the Turkish Government and the hospitality shown by the population in hosting around 3 million refugees; notdenounces the EU- Turkey statement on migration, and urgerequests the Member States to initiate the voluntary resettlement scheme for the most vulnerableno longer return refugees in Turkey; calls on the Commission to ensure long-term investment in both refugees and their host communities in Turkey; encourages the Turkish Government to grant work permits to all Syrian refugees; calls on Ankara to keep up its patrolling efforts in the Aegean and to implement fully the bilateral readmission agreements signed with Bulgaria and Greece;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 322 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Condemns strongly the recent statements by President Erdogan accusing some EU leaders of 'Nazi practices' and warns that the continuation of such unwarranted statements undermines Turkey's credibility as a political partner and pose serious threats to the peaceful intra-society co-existence in many EU member states with a considerable minority of Turkish origin; notes with concern the reports of alleged pressure on members of the Turkish diaspora living in the Member States, and condemns the Turkish authorities' surveillance of citizens with dual nationality living abroad; is concerned at the revocation of a large number of passports and the reported refusal of service by Turkish consulates to number of its citizens, leaving people stateless and in limbo;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 349 #

2016/2308(INI)

19. Underlines that a settlement of the Cyprus problem would have a positive impact on the entire region, while first and foremost benefiting both Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots; praises the leaders of the Greek and Turkish communities in Cyprus for having achieved major progress in the settlement talks; welcomes the exchange of preferred maps, thus far unprecedented, and the first international conference held with the guarantor powers; supports the settlement based on a bi- communal, bi-zonal federation with political equality, a single international legal personality, single sovereignty and single citizenship with political equality between the two communities, in line with the joint declaration of 11 February 2014 by the two leaders and the relevant UN Security Council resolutions and on the basis of respect for the principles on which the Union is founded; welcomes the intensified engagement by the parties to achieve the settlement of the Cyprus problem; expects Turkey to continue showing active support for the negotiations, and reiterates that Turkey’s commitment and contribution to a comprehensive settlement remain crucial; praises the important work of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) and to exploit the current window of opportunity; calls on the European Commission to fully support the settlement, both politically and financially; praises the important work of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) which deals with both Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot missing persons, and calls on Turkey to allow access to all relevant sites and to assist the CMP by providing information from its military archives;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 368 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Stresses the need for the implementation of the EU acquis in the northern part of the Island; acknowledges in this regard the importance of the uninterrupted continuation of the work of the bi-communal ad-hoc committee on EU preparation; encourages both the European Parliament and the Commission to intensify their efforts to engage with Turkish Cypriots in preparation to fully integrate into the EU;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 380 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Takes the view that the implementation of the EU Council Conclusions of 26 April 2004 for lifting the isolation of the Turkish Cypriots and the adoption of the Direct Trade Regulation would facilitate the peace process and enable the Turkish Cypriots trade directly with the EU with preferential tariff, which shall bring Turkish Cypriots people closer to the European Union;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 383 #

2016/2308(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19 c. Regrets that despite the agreement by the two leaders on a series of confidence-building measures, including on the opening of two new crossings points, on the interconnection of the electricity grids and on the interoperability of mobile phones, there has been little to no progress on the implementation of these measures; calls therefore for the implementation of all agreed measures without further delay;
2017/05/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 7 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
– having regard to the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 61/295 by the General Assembly on 13 December 2007,
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 81 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas China, Japan, India and other countries show a growing interest in the Arctic region confirming the increasing global geopolitical interest in the Arctic;
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 105 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas science-informed decision- making is key to safeguarding the fragile ecosystems of the Arctic, to reducing risks and, to enabling adaptation of local communities and to promoting sustainable development; whereas the EU is the world's leading funder of Arctic research and promotes free exchange of its results;
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 110 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas reconciling prospective economic opportunities and interests with socio-cultural, ecological and environmental challenges through sustainable development remains a top priority, reflected also in the national Arctic strategies of the Arctic states;
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 136 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance of UNCLOS in providing a complementary multilateral legal framework for settling intra-Arctic sovereignty issues; notes that only very few unresolved issues of jurisdiction exist in the Arctic; considers respect for international law in the Arctic essential; points out that the waters around the North Pole are mostly international waters; advocates a strong role for the EU in promoting effective multilateral arrangements and a global rules-based order through the strengthening and consistent implementation of relevant international, regional and bilateral agreements, frameworks and arrangements; underlines that the EU should have a strong role in reaching an agreement to maintain the Arctic, which is not under any country's jurisdiction, as an area of common heritage to be used exclusively for peaceful and scientific purposes; notes that this does not concern navigation and traditional livelihoods;
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 139 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In this context, calls on the Commission and the Member States to pursue the opening of international negotiations designed to lead to the adoption of an international treaty for the protection of the Arctic, having as its inspiration the Madrid Treaty of 1993 concerning the Antarctic but respecting the fundamental difference represented by the populated nature of the Arctic and the consequent rights and needs of the peoples and nations of the Arctic region;
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 140 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Takes the view that while there are obvious differences between the Arctic and the Antarctic there are also obvious similarities; stresses that the Antarctic treaty successfully creates a framework for peaceful cooperation and research without getting caught up in territorial disputes; points out that the same aims of peaceful research and cooperation are broad enough and the situation similar enough to be considered very relevant also in the Arctic contest;
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 141 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls for a moratorium for any offshore hydrocarbon or mineral exploration and extraction operations in the Arctic, including the practice of sonar and seismic blasting, due to the vulnerability of its unique environment; highlights that a moratorium on the industrial exploitation of the Arctic maritime region would be the most effective means of protecting natural resources, while safeguarding peace and stability of the region as well as preventing further climate change, until a legally binding internationally-negotiated agreement is in force; stresses that any agreement or moratorium must be discussed with the people of the region with regard, in particular, with the indigenous peoples and the local communities;
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 186 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 1
– All potential environmental, socio- economic and cultural impacts both during and after the project, including cumulative effects of current and future projects and including sonar testing and seismic blasting,
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 213 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Insists that before any new commercial fisheries are opened in the Arctic region reliable and precautionary scientific stock assessments must be conducted in order to determine the levels of fishing that will conserve the targeted fish stocks and not lead to depletion of other species or to serious damage to the marine environment; stresses that any fishing on the high seas must be regulated by a regional fisheries management organisation that respects scientific advice and has a robust control and surveillance programme to ensure compliance with management measures; points out that fishing within Exclusive Economic Zones must meet the same standards; calls for a moratorium on industrial-scale fishing, including bottom trawling, in the previously un-fished waters of the Arctic;
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 247 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Draws attention to the fact that energy security is closely related to climate change; considers that energy security must be improved by reducing the EU's dependence on fossil fuels; highlights the fact that the transformation of the Arctic represents one major effect of climate change on EU security; stresses the need to address this risk multiplier through a reinforced EU strategy for the Arctic, and through an enhanced policy of EU-generated renewable energies and energy efficiency that significantly reduces the Union's reliance on external sources and thereby improves its security position;
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 248 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls for the development of oiled wildlife response plans, in accordance with defined good practice, in all Arctic States, including an effective assessment of vulnerable species at risk as well as feasible prevention and response strategies to ensure their protection;
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 263 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Expresses its deep concern at the increasing deployment of military capabilities in the Arctic that could potentially destabilise the region; urges the circumpolar states not to build up military outposts or scientific outposts that are protected by military forces;
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 302 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for better and earlier involvement of indigenous people in the making of a citizen-centred Arctic policy; stresses the need to safeguard their rights, culture and language; stresses the need to adopt special measures to safeguard the culture and language and the land rights of indigenous peoples in the way defined in ILO Convention n.169;
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 323 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses that maintaining developed and sustainable communities in the Arctic with a high quality of life is of the utmost importance, and that the EU can play a vital role in the matter; calls on the Commission and the Member States, in this respect, to intensify their work in the areas of eco-system-based management, multilateral cooperation, knowledge-based decision-making in close cooperation with local inhabitants and indigenous peoples;
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 326 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Urges the EEAS and the Commission to step up the dialogue with the six associations of circumpolar indigenous peoples that are recognised as permanent participants in the Arctic Council; asks the Commission to explore the possibility of ensuring that their voices are taken into account in EU debates, providing funds for these associations;
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 327 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19c. Reiterates the right of the people of the Arctic to determine their own livelihoods and recognises their wish for sustainable development of the region; asks the Commission to better define EU programmes that could be used to support such long-term balanced sustainable development, and prepare measures with a view to making a more concrete contribution to fulfilling this desire;
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 328 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19d. Welcomes the work of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of the indigenous people and that of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 329 #

2016/2228(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 e (new)
19e. Highlights that observer status in the Arctic Council is open to a variety of organisations other than nation states; calls upon the Commission to encourage regions which are particularly impacted upon by Arctic affairs, for example Northern Norway and Scotland, to play a full role in the development of the future of Arctic Policy;
2016/11/14
Committee: AFETENVI
Amendment 327 #

2016/2219(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 d (new)
30d. Calls for the fundamental rights of the people of Western Sahara, including freedom of association, freedom of expression and the right to assembly, to be respected; demands the release of all Sahrawi political prisoners; demands access to the territories of Western Sahara for members of parliament, independent observers, NGOs and the press; urges the United Nations to ensure the full re- establishment of MINURSO and to provide this mission with a human rights mandate, in line with all other UN peacekeeping missions around the world; supports a fair and lasting settlement of the Western Sahara conflict, on the basis of the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people, in accordance with the relevant United Nations resolutions;
2016/10/12
Committee: AFET
Amendment 7 #

2016/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
– having regard to the Joint Communication by the High Representative and the Commission of 28 April 2015 on capacity building in support of security and development (JOIN(2015)0017) and the Commission’s proposal of 5 July 2016 for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 230/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 establishing an instrument contributing to stability and peace (COM(2016)0447),
2016/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 13 #

2016/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19
– having regard to the Warsaw Summit Communiqué issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Warsaw on 8-9 July 2016,deleted
2016/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 23 #

2016/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the EU’s security environment has deteriorated considerably, becoming more fluid, more dangerous and less predictable; notes that threats are both conventional and, hybrid, and nuclear generated by both state and non-state actors, and coming from the South and the East, and that they affect the Member States differently, thus preventing a more common approach;
2016/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 43 #

2016/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with concern that terrorism has brought guerrilla warfare to e growing number of terrorist attacks in Europe an streets; underlines that, consequently, security of the individual has become paramount, eroding the traditional distinction between its external and internal dimensiond calls for a strong preventive policy based on comprehensive de-radicalisation programs;
2016/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 71 #

2016/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Is firmly convinced that, as a result, a thorough revis much better and more effective implementation of the CSDP is needed;
2016/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 78 #

2016/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that, as Europe is no longer in control of its security environment and has lost the luxury of choosing the time and place of action, the CSDP, which has, until now, focused mainly on crisis management operations, should complement these operations with crisis prevention and crisis resolution, and truly ensure the common security and defence of the entire area of freedom, security and justice; the CSDP, which has, until now, focused mainly on post- conflict stabilization, training, policing, and security sector reform operations, should complement these operations with crisis prevention and crisis resolution, and truly ensure the strengthening of the principles enshrined in Article 21(2c) TEU, in particular the strengthening of international security, in accordance with the purpose and principles of the United Nations Charter, with the principles of the Helsinki Final Act and with the aims of the Charter of Paris;
2016/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 95 #

2016/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines, equally, that the CSDP should be based on a strong collective defence principle, efficient financing and full coordination with NATO;deleted
2016/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 129 #

2016/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Supports the development of a sectoral strategy as a follow-up to the EUGS, to be agreed by the Council, that should further specify the civil- and military levels of ambition, tasks, requirements and capability priorities; reiterates its previous calls for the development of a European Defence White Book and expresses hope that the Council will assign the task of drafting this document without delay;
2016/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 143 #

2016/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. SaluNotes the European Security Compact proposed by Germany and France and supports inter alia the idea of a common analysis of Europe’s strategic environment, making threat assessment a periodical common activity, and thus getting respect for each other’s concerns and support for common capabilities and common action; requests more detailed information on the proposals made;
2016/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 152 #

2016/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Observes that, to this effect, cooperation with similar NATO activities and an increased exchanges of intelligence and information between the Member States are indispensable;
2016/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 159 #

2016/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that, as internal and external security are becoming more and more integrated, the integration of their respective inventories is also becoming necessary, empowering the EU to act along the entire spectrum of instruments, up to the level of Article 42(7) of the Treaty owith concern the purely military nature of the response to the activation of Article 42(7) by France; questions the very strong bilateral nature of the current approach which weakens common EU institutions, instruments, principles and values; calls on the Council and the Member States to develop and adopt a policy framework which helps to guide the implementation of Article 42(7) TEU and contains a time frame, a review clause and monitoring mechanisms; is deeply convinced that all national, bilateral or multilateral actions following the activation of Article 42(7) should be notified to the Council and be made public at the same time; promotes the future use of the Article 222 TFEU solidarity clause instead of the Article 42(7) mutual assistance clause, as Article 222 TFEU is specifically designed to counter terrorist threats in Europe an Uniond addresses poor levels of cooperation and coordination between national law enforcement agencies in Europe;
2016/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 170 #

2016/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the significantvery limited contribution of CSDP missions and operations to international peace and stability; notes the level of political ambition set by the EUGS for an integrated approach to conflicts and crises concerning the engagement of the Union at all stages of the conflict cycle through prevention, resolution and stabilisation, and the commitment to avoid premature disengagement; urges the HR/VP, the Commission and the Member States to significantly strengthen civilian conflict prevention structures as well as financial and human resources; is deeply concerned about plans to dissolve the EEAS’s only directorate in charge of civilian conflict prevention and calls instead for an increase in numbers of relevant policy planners, mediators and analysts;
2016/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 184 #

2016/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines that all Council decisions on future missions and operations should prioritise engagements in conflicts directly affecting EU security; considers that the decision to engage should be based on a common analysis and understanding of the strategic environment and on shared strategic interests of the Member States; considers that CSDP capacity-building missConsiders that the decision to engage should be based on a common analysis and understanding of the strategic environment and on the core principles and norms enshrined in Article 21 TEU; considers that CSDP security sector reform and training missions and operations must be coordinated with security sector and rule of law work by the Commission;
2016/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 192 #

2016/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. WelcomeStrongly rejects the Commission's proposal to amend Regulation (EU) No 230/2014 (establishing an Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace) in order to extend the Union's assistance to equip military actors in partner countries, considering this an indispensable contribution to their resilience, thus diminishing their chances of becoming once again the object of conflict and sanctuaries for hostile activities against the EU as such activities cannot be funded by the EU budget via a regulation based on Articles 209 and 212 TFEU or a CFSP budget line as Article 41(2) TEU excludes expenditure arising from operations having military or defence implications; recalls relevant EJC rulings and opinions by Council, Commission and European Parliament legal services severely questioning the legality of the legislative proposal presented by the Commission on 5th July on CBSD; reminds that Member States operate EU military training missions on a purely intergovernmental basis (EUTM Somalia, CAR and Mali) and are free to adapt and use intergovernmental financial mechanisms such as ATHENA to equip partner countries’ armed forces;
2016/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 202 #

2016/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Notes, to that effect, that the Petersberg tasks should be implementation of the Petersberg tasks of Article 43 TEU should become a priority and prevcised and the Battlegroups should become an employable military instrument through increased modularity and more functional financing scenarios should be designed in the context of the European Defence White Book which should describe possible military interventions and in particular relevant capability requirements; believes that there is the need to reform the EU Battlegroups by making them permanent, independent of the foreign policy interests of a lead nation and structured according to specific military tasks;
2016/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 215 #

2016/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that NATO and the EU share the same strategic interests and face the same challenges to the East and the South; notes the relevance of the mutual defence clause, Article 42(7), for the EU non-NATO members and not only; nNotes the EUSG's objective of an appropriate level of EU strategic autonomy and underlines that the two organisations cannot afford to duplicate their means; considers that the EU’s ‘strategic autonomy’ should reinforce Europe’s capacity to promote security within and beyond its borders as well as strengthen the partnership with NATO and transatlantic relationsis therefore convinced that ideas to develop an EU collective defence policy in the sense of territorial defence should be abandoned;
2016/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 227 #

2016/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that the bedrock for EU- NATO cooperation is provided by the complementarity of their missions and, consequently, of their inventories of instruments; sStresses that the relations between the two organisationsEU and NATO should continue to be cooperative and not competitive;
2016/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 244 #

2016/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Underlines that NATO is best equipped formandated by its Members to organise deterrence and defence, and is ready to implement collective defence (Article V of the Washington Treaty) in the case of aggression against one of its members, while the EU is best equipped to deal with challenges to the internal security of the Member States, including subversion, which are not covered by Article Vimplement civilian security missions and assist in the field of peacekeeping in line with the Petersberg tasks;
2016/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 254 #

2016/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. WelcomNotes the recent Joint Declaration signed by the EU with NATO in Warsaw and fully supports the fields of collaboration mentioned therein;
2016/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 264 #

2016/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Is convinced that enhancing the EU's status as a global security providerability regarding conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict stabilisation needs adequate, sufficient capabilities and a competitive, efficient and transparent defence industry ensuring a sustainable supply chain; notes that the European defence sector is characterised by fragmentation, corruption, mismanagement and duplication, which need gradual elimination through a process providing incentives and rewards to all national componentsintroducing strict and clear internal market rules and monitoring by the Commission;
2016/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 282 #

2016/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Recalls that a robust European Defence Technological and Industrial Base, which includes facilities for SMEs, is a fundamental underpinning of the is relevant for CSDP and a prerequisite for a common market, which should supply all buyers with adequate and affordable high- quality means, responding to their individual needs;
2016/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 292 #

2016/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. WelcomesNotes the very limited impact of the European Defence Agency’s (EDA) increasing role in coordinating capability-dron the number of collaborativen programmes,curement projects and activities, indispensable to an efficient CSDP; welcomes the EDA’s Capability Development Plan and stresses the need for further commitments to ensure its full implementationequally the very limited number of pooling and sharing initiatives;
2016/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 301 #

2016/2067(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Supports the Commission’s defence-related initiatives such as the Defence Action Plan and the Defence Industrial Policy; supports further involvement of the Commission in defence, through extensive and well- focused research, planning and implementation; welcomes the Preparatory Action for CSDP-related research and asks for adequate funding for the remainder of the current multiannual financial framework (MFF); supports the development of an EU Defence Research Programme under the next MFF (2021-2027);deleted
2016/09/15
Committee: AFET
Amendment 6 #

2016/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the need to rebuild the EU-ACP relationship on fresh foundations as a fair partnership between equals based on shared values, respecting countries' heterogeneity and sovereignty as well as existing regional structures and institutions; stresses that the partnership must have as its main objectives the United Nations SDGs, as well as the meeting of basic needs and the respect for human rights;
2016/06/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 15 #

2016/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that before deciding on the future of the institutional set-up of EU-ACP relations there should be a thorough analysis of the past achievements and failures of the existing framework;
2016/06/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 18 #

2016/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses in particular the need for sustainable development strategies to combat climate change in future cooperation agreements, including sound water management and sustainable agriculture practices, in order to increase food and water security to ensure healthy lives and to end hunger and poverty;
2016/06/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 31 #

2016/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the negative effects of association agreements on the economies of ACP countries; takes the view that the new partnership will need to be based on developing the countries' productive capacities, completing the most advantageous regional integration processes, protecting traditional, small- scale agriculture, and combating land grabbing, the privatisation of national natural resources and public services, and over- exploitation; stresses also the need for adequate funding of national health systems, enabling universal access to sexual and reproductive health, lowering child mortality and improving maternal health;
2016/06/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 59 #

2016/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Invites ACP countries to audit their debts with a view to their complete elimination, and invites them to claim reparations for the spoliation of natural resources by foreign multinationals, and for the wars that have been sparked; supports the United Nations working group on an international framework for sovereign debt restructuring; ; supports the United Nations working group on an international framework for sovereign debt restructuring; considers claims by ACP countries to reparations for the exploitation and destruction of natural resources by foreign multinationals, and for the wars that have been sparked legitimate;
2016/06/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 72 #

2016/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the universality of the human rights enshrined in international law, including international law on migrants and refugees, must be respected, along with the Geneva Convention; urges countries to ratify the United Nations Convention on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and members of their families; emphasizes the need to address the root causes of migration such as, political unrest and war, unemployment, poverty and hunger;
2016/06/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 98 #

2016/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Encourages the partners to broaden the framework of eligible states and institutions outside the ACP, so long as they meet the set requirements; highlights the need to review and reinvigorate the ACP-EU dialogue structures in order to assure a plurality of partners in institutional dialogues on a parliamentary and senior political level; invites ACP countries to examine the prospects of a more structured relationship with Asian, Latin American, Middle Eastern and North American states, in order to exchange experiences;
2016/06/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 101 #

2016/2053(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Supports the call for budgetisation of the European Development Fund in order to enhance efficiency and effectiveness, democratic scrutiny, and the visibility and coherence of EU development financing; stresses, however, that this budgetisation should be conditioned by a guaranteed ring-fencing of developing funds to maintain the level of financing for developing countries;
2016/06/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 11 #

2016/2047(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that, in view of the dynamic developments taking place in the global security and humanitarian situation, EU crisis response mechanisms need to be reinforced; strongly rejects the proposed cuts to26 % cut to the crisis response component of the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace and stresses that weakening the Union’s unique crisis response, crisis preparedness and conflict prevention instrument would amount to a strategic mistake; highlights the importance of providing sufficient funds for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) budget, funding civilian crisis-management missions that contribute to the building of peace and security around the world;
2016/07/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 13 #

2016/2047(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Rejects the Commission proposal on a new preparatory action on defence research with a budget of EUR 25 million in 2017; recalls the decision of 19 November 2007 taken by the EU defence ministers on a framework for a joint Strategy on Defence Research and Technology which contained four benchmarks on collaborative spending, and in particular a benchmark on research and development aiming at increasing the percentage of collaborative research and development from 10 to 20 percent; notes that the Member States have been, on a national level, unable to implement their own decisions in this respect for the last 9 years and that according to the latest publications of the European Defence Agency the level of collaborative research is even decreasing; is convinced that any EU budget contribution in this field would not be justifiable under these circumstances;
2016/07/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 14 #

2016/2047(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes the proposal of the Commission of 5 July 2016 on Capacity Building in Support of Security and development (CBSD) amending the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace; rejects the attempt to use a development policy-based instrument for security and military objectives at the expense of its conflict prevention function; believes that the provision of military training, mentoring, advice, equipment, infrastructure and services to military actors cannot be funded by a regulation based on Articles 209 and 212 TFEU also for legal reasons, as a number of European Court of Justice rulings have already confirmed; urges the Commission to clarify the precise source of the additional EUR 100 Million funding for CBSD under the IcSP;
2016/07/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 18 #

2016/2047(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that youth exchange programs are one of the most successful measures to increase intercultural skills and to foster understanding and connectivity between people and countries; draws therefore particular attention to the funds which are annually transferred to the Erasmus+ Programme from ENI, IPA2 and the PI; believes that the potential of Erasmus+ as a foreign policy instrument is much underrated and urgently calls for an increase of the Youth programme, in particular, in the field of non-formal and informal learning (starting from the age of 13), which so far only receives 10% of the overall funds, but is in high demand.
2016/07/20
Committee: AFET
Amendment 4 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas, since the implementation of the customs union (CU) in 1995, the value of bilateral trade between the EU and Turkey has increased more than fourfold, and whereas productivity gains in Turkey and the alignment process with the EU acquis have been stimulated by the CU;deleted
2017/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 5 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Deeply regrets that the EU member states in the past missed the opportunity to link Turkey closer to the European Union while the country was making considerable progress and was enacting fundamental and promising reforms towards EU membership; Stresses that modernisation of the Customs Union willcould further strengthen the already strong economic ties between Turkey and the European Union (EU) and willcould keep Turkey economically anchored to the EU; believes that this opportunity to strengthening trade relations which could bring concrete benefits to citizens in Turkey and EU Member States, and also contribute to both sides engaging in a positive reform agenda while mitigating political tensions with Ankara on thehas unfortunately been lost for now and that the drastically deteriorating situation of the rule of law and fundamental freedoms in the country rule out negotiations for an enhanced Customs Union with Turkey at this point in time;
2017/02/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 8 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B
B. whereas the adoption of the CU was originally conceived as an intermediate step towards full accession of Turkey into the EU in a relatively short period, and whereas the CU is becoming increasingly less well equipped to address the changing dynamics of global trade integration;
2017/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 10 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas in November 2016 the European Parliament passed a Resolution 2016/2993 asking for the freezing of the accession talks with Turkey due to the serious and persistent breach of the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law by the Turkish government in recent years, and especially since the failed coup attempt in July 2016; whereas this would entail that no new chapters would be opened and no new initiatives would be undertaken in relation to Turkey’s EU accession, including the enhancement of the Customs Union;
2017/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 14 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D
D. whereas the Fourth Report on the Progress made on the Implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement notes that seven benchmarks of the Visa Liberalisation Roadmap still need to be met, and that EU Member States issued a total of 862 184 uniform visas to Turkish nationals in 2015, 508 589 of which were multiple- entry uniform visas;
2017/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 16 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. NoteRecalls that the upgrade of the EU-Turkey trade relations forms an essential part of the efforts made by the EU and Turkey to deepen their relations in key areas of joint interest identified at the EU-Turkey Summit of 29 November 2015 and inin November 2016 the European Parliament passed Resolution 2016/2993 asking for the temporary freeze of the accession talks with Turkey due to the serious and persistent breach of the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law by the EU-Turkey statement of 18 March 2016; states that this is even more important now that the accession talks are stalled despite the significant short- and long-term strategic interests for both the EU as Turkey, such as trade, migration, the fight against terrorism, energy and stability in the neighbourhoodish government in recent years, and especially since the failed coup attempt; concludes that logically no new chapters should be opened and no new initiatives undertaken in relation to Turkey’s EU integration, including the enhancement of the Customs Union;
2017/02/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 17 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the European Commission’ 2016 Turkey Report SWD(2016) 366 clearly states in its Chapter 3 “Right to establishment and Freedom to provide services” that, in terms of Turkey’s ability to assume the obligations of membership, preparations are at an early stage on the right of establishment and freedom to provide services and that particular efforts must be made with regards the alignment with the Services Directive on the provision of cross-border services and set up a Point of Single Contact.
2017/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 22 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Reminds that the European Parliament will base the review of its position on “whether the rule of law and human rights are restored throughout the country”; warns that the constitutional reforms adopted by the Turkish Parliament on 21 January 2017 which could be confirmed by popular vote in an upcoming referendum, would seal the end to a democratic system of checks and balances in the country;
2017/02/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 30 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that upgrading the CU is important for Turkey; stresses that suspending work on upgrading the customs union would have serious economic consequences for the country ;deleted
2017/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 35 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that, according to the World Bank report on the EU-Turkey customs union, Turkey’s exports to the European Union contribute most to employment creation in the country, which, in addition to Turkish citizens, also has a considerable impact on refugees from conflict areas allowed to work in the country;deleted
2017/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 38 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the growing geopolitical and economic challenges facing Turkey as a result of instability in its neighbourhood, civil war, terrorism and the aftermath of the coup attempt of 15 July 2016;
2017/02/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 45 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the fact that Turkish regulatory alignment with EU standards resulting from the conclusion of the Customs Union has made the country more competitive; believes that the modernisation of the Customs Union would provide an opportunity for Turkey to revisit its growth model and escape from the ‘middle income (country) trap’; welcomes the factconsiders that the deepening of the Customs Union willcould have a positive influence on Turkey’s economic governance and strengthen Turkey’s independent regulatory institutions;
2017/02/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 49 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to include political benchmarks in the upgraded Customs Union between Turkey and the EU on human rights and fundamental freedoms.Insists that no actions to accelerate the accession process, including the modernisation of the CU, should be taken until the situation in Turkey has improved considerably; considers that this should also include the halt of returning refugees to Turkey under the EU-Turkey Statement on Migration;
2017/02/02
Committee: AFET
Amendment 55 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. ConsiderAcknowledges that visa-free travel or the creation of a long-term multiple- entry visa for business travellers would have a positive impact on bilateral trade.
2017/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 56 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets that to dateStresses that Turkey has nomust fulfilled 7 out of 72 all the benchmarks of the visa liberalisation roadmap and recalls the need for Turkey to meet all 72 benchmarks before an update of the Customs Union in the field of services can take place; considerin order for Turkish citizens to be granted visa-free travel to the EU, regardless of the modernisation process of the CU; Underlines that the criteria for visa liberalisation should never be bent for political or any other reasons.
2017/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 66 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7 d. Regrets that the breaches of the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law that led this Parliament to ask for the freezing of the accession talks still persist in Turkey; insists that no actions envisaged to accelerate the accession process, including the modernisation of the CU, should be taking place until the situation is redressed; considers that this should also include the halt of returning refugees to Turkey under the EU-Turkey Statement on Migration
2017/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 67 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7 e. Considers that, taking into account the assessment carried out by the European Commission in its 2016 Turkey Report, Turkey still needs to undertake substantial efforts in order to align further with the "acquis communautaire" before the modernisation of the Customs Union can become a reality.
2017/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 68 #

2016/2031(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)
7 f. Concludes that the modernisation of the Customs Union between the EU and Turkey should be postponed to a later stage and should not be resumed until all the necessary, technical and legal conditions are meet and the political situation in Turkey has improved considerably.
2017/01/26
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 83 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) Rapid technological developments continue to transform the way works and other subject-matter are created, produced, distributed and exploited. New business models and new actors continue to emerge. The objectives and the principles laid down by the Union copyright framework remain sound. However, legal uncertainty remains, for both rightholders and users, as regards certain uses, including cross-border uses, of works and other subject-matter in the digital environment. As set out in the Communication of the Commission entitled ‘Towards a modern, more European copyright framework’26 , in some areas it is necessary to adapt and supplement the current Union copyright framework. This Directive provides for rules to adapt certain exceptions and limitations to digital and cross-border environments, as well as measures to facilitate certain licensing practices as regards the dissemination of out-of- commerce works and the online availability of audiovisual works on video- on-demand platforms with a view to ensuring wider access to content. In order to achieve a well-functioning marketplace for copyright, there should also be rules on rights in publications, on the use of works and other subject-matter by online service providers storing and giving access to user uploaded content and on the transparency of authors' and performers' contracts. _________________ 26 COM(2015) 626 final. COM(2015) 626 final.
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 281 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
(31) A free and pluralist press is essential to ensure quality journalism and citizens' access to information. It provides a fundamental contribution to public debate and the proper functioning of a democratic society. In the transition from print to digital, publishers of press publications are facing problems in licensing the online use of their publications and recouping their investments. In the absence of recognition of publishers of press publications as rightholders, licensing and enforcement in the digital environment is often complex and inefficient.deleted
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 295 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
(32) The organisational and financial contribution of publishers in producing press publications needs to be recognised and further encouraged to ensure the sustainability of the publishing industry. It is therefore necessary to provide at Union level a harmonised legal protection for press publications in respect of digital uses. Such protection should be effectively guaranteed through the introduction, in Union law, of rights related to copyright for the reproduction and making available to the public of press publications in respect of digital uses.deleted
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 312 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 33
(33) For the purposes of this Directive, it is necessary to defineclarify the sconceptpe of press publication in a way that embraces only journalistic publications, published by a service provider, periodically or regularly updated in any media, for the purpose of informing or entertaining. Such publications would include, for instance, daily newspapers, weeklotection set out in Article s2 and 3 of Directive 2001/29/EC. In order to improve legal certainty for all concerned parties, and to ensure the freedom to carry out certain acts necessary for monthly magazines of general or special ithe normal functioning of the Internest and news websites. Periodical publications which are published for scientific or academic purposes, such as scientific journals, should not be covered by the protection granted to press publications under this Directive. This protection doess well as to take account of certain fundamental rights, these Articles should not extend to acts of hyperlinking, which do not constitute communication to the public.
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 326 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
(34) The rights granted to the publishers of press publications under this Directive should have the same scope as the rights of reproduction and making available to the public provided for in Directive 2001/29/EC, insofar as digital uses are concerned. They should also be subject to the same provisions on exceptions and limitations as those applicable to the rights provided for in Directive 2001/29/EC including the exception on quotation for purposes such as criticism or review laid down in Article 5(3)(d) of that Directive.deleted
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 340 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
(35) The protection granted to publishers of press publications under this Directive should not affect the rights of the authors and other rightholders in the works and other subject-matter incorporated therein, including as regards the extent to which authors and other rightholders can exploit their works or other subject-matter independently from the press publication in which they are incorporated. Therefore, publishers of press publications should not be able to invoke the protection granted to them against authors and other rightholders. This is without prejudice to contractual arrangements concluded between the publishers of press publications, on the one side, and authors and other rightholders, on the other side.deleted
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 519 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 4
(4) ‘press publication’ means a fixation of a collection of literary works of a journalistic nature, which may also comprise other works or subject-matter and constitutes an individual item within a periodical or regularly-updated publication under a single title, such as a newspaper or a general or special interest magazine, having the purpose of providing information related to news or other topics and published in any media under the initiative, editorial responsibility and control of a service provider.deleted
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 731 #

2016/0280(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 11
Protection of press publications 1. Member States shall provide publishers of press publications with the rights provided for in Article 2 and Article 3(2) of Directive 2001/29/EC for the digital use of their press publications. 2. The rights referred to in paragraph 1 shall leave intact and shall in no way affect any rights provided for in Union law to authors and other rightholders, in respect of the works and other subject- matter incorporated in a press publication. Such rights may not be invoked against those authors and other rightholders and, in particular, may not deprive them of their right to exploit their works and other subject-matter independently from the press publication in which they are incorporated. 3. Articles 5 to 8 of Directive 2001/29/EC and Directive 2012/28/EU shall apply mutatis mutandis in respect of the rights referred to in paragraph 1. 4. The rights referred to in paragraph 1 shall expire 20 years after the publication of the press publication. This term shall be calculated from the first day of January of the year following the date of publication.Article 11 deleted concerning digital uses
2017/04/28
Committee: JURI
Amendment 22 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) According to the EU-Turkey Statement of 18 March 2016 all new irregular migrants crossing from Turkey into Greek islands as from 20 March 2016 would be returned to Turkey. For every Syrian being returned to Turkey from Greek islands, another Syrian will be resettled from Turkey to the Union taking into account the United Nations Vulnerability Criteria. In May 2016, the Member States and Dublin Associated States and Turkey reached a common understanding on Standard Operating Procedures guiding the implementation of this resettlement scheme.deleted
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 24 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) Building on the existing initiatives, a stable and reliable Union Resettlement Framework should be established for the resettlement of persons in need of international protection to be implemented in accordance with annual Union resettlement plans and targeted Union resettlement schemes which effectively deliver on Member States' concrete commitments. The European Union Resettlement Framework should be based on humanitarian needs, contribute to meeting the global resettlement needs and alleviate protracted refugee situations.
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 28 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) Such a framework is a necessary part of a well-managed migration policy to reduce divergences amongincrease and complement national resettlement practices and procedures, provide for the legal and safe arrival to the territory of the Member States of third- country nationals and stateless persons in need of international protection, help reduce the risk of a large-scalepoorly managed irregular inflow of third-country nationals and stateless persons to the territory of the Member States and thereby reducing the pressure of spontaneous arrivals on the Member States' asylum systems, be an expression of solidarity with countries in regions to which or within which a large number of persons in need of international protection has been displaced by helping to alleviate the pressure on those countries, help achieve Union's foreign policy objectives by increasing the Union's leverage vis-à-visaiming at alleviating protracted refugee situations in third countries, and effectively contribute to global resettlement initiatives through speaking with one voice in international fora and with third countries. Together with development actions and policies, resettlement can effectively contribute to decreasing tensions and alleviating protracted refugee situations in third countries.
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 35 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) In order to help reduce the risk of a large-scale irregular inflow of third- country nationals and stateless persons to the territory of the Member States, show solidarity with countries in regions to which or within which a large number of persons in need of international protection has been displaced by helping to alleviate the pressure on those countries, and help achieve the Union's foreign policy objectives, the regions or third countries from which resettlement is to occur should fit in a tailored engagement with third countries to better manage migration as foreseen in the Commission's Communication of 7 June 2016 on Establishing a new Partnership Framework with third countries under the European Agenda on Migration32 . _________________ 32deleted COM(2016) 377 final.
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 41 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) The common standard procedures should build on the existing resettlement experience and standards of the Member States and UNHCR, in particular the Standard Operating Procedures guidingAnnual Tripartite Consultations on Resettlement (ATCR), with the aimplementation of the resettlement scheme with Turkey set out in the EU- Turkey Statement of 18 March 2016 of gradually scaling up Member States' collective resettlement efforts to reach at least 25% of the global resettlement needs as outlined in UNHCR's annual Projected Global Resettlement Needs. The Union Resettlement Framework should allow the use of two types of standard resettlement procedures.
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 46 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) The resettlement procedure should be concluded as soon as possible in order to discourage persons in need of international protection to use irregular ways to enter the European Union to seekensure expedited access to the Union for persons in need of international protection. At the same time it should ensure that Member States have sufficient time for a full and adequate examination of each case. The time-limits should correspond to what is necessary to make the different types of assessment foreseen for the ordinary and expedited procedure.
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 49 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) Any personal data collected for the purpose of the resettlement procedure should be stored for a maximum period of five years from the date of resettlement. Given that third-country nationals or stateless persons who have already been resettled by one Member State or who during the last five years refused to resettle to a Member State should be excluded from resettlement to another Member State, that period should be considered a necessary period for the storage of personal details, including fingerprints and facial images.
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 55 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the Union Resettlement Framework, implementing powers should be conferred on the Council for establishing the annual Union resettlement plan, fixing the maxinimum total number of persons to be resettled, the details about the participation of the Member States in the plan and their contributions to the total number of persons to be resettled, as well as overall geographical priorities.
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 57 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
(22) These powers should be exercised on a proposal from the Commission on the maxinimum total number of persons to be resettled and overall geographical prioritiespriorities concerning persons in most urgent need of protection. The Commission should make its proposal simultaneously with its proposal on the draft Union annual budget. The Council should aim to adopt the proposal within two months. The Commission and the Council should take into account the discussions within the High-Level Resettlement Committee and align its proposal with the Annual Tripartite Consultations on Resettlement (ATCR), with the aim of gradually scaling up Member States' collective resettlement efforts to reach at least 25% of the global resettlement needs as outlined in UNHCR's annual Projected Global Resettlement Needs.
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 61 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the Union Resettlement Framework, the Commission should be empowered to establish targeted Union resettlement schemes laying down the precise number out of the total number of persons to be resettled and participation of the Member State, consistent with the annual Union Resettlement plan. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers34 . The examination procedure should be used for establishing targeted Union resettlement schemes given that those schemes have substantial implications. The Commission should aim to establish targeted Union resettlement schemes as soon as possible after the adoption of the annual Union resettlement plan and whenever necessary during the period covered by the annual Union resettlement plan. The Commission should take into account the discussions within the High-Level Resettlement Committee. _________________ 34 and align its proposal with the Annual Tripartite Consultations on Resettlement (ATCR). _________________ 34 OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13. OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13.
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 63 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) Each targeted Union resettlement scheme should determine which standard procedural rules should apply to its implementation. It should in addition set out local cooperation arrangements where and as appropriate and cooperation arrangements with UNHCR to facilitate its implementation.
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 65 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) Resettled persons should be granted international protection. Accordingly, the provisions on the content of international protection contained in the asylum acquis should apply as of the moment when resettled persons arrive on the territory of the Member States, including the rules to discourage secondary movement of beneficiaries of international protection.
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 72 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
(31) This Regulation does not affect the ability of the Member States to adopt or implement national resettlement schemes, which do not jeopardise the attainment of the Union’s objectives under this Regulation, for example where they contribute an additional number of resettlement places to targeted Union resettlement schemes established under this Regulation going beyond their contribution to the maxinimum number of persons to be resettled under the annual Union resettlement plan.
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 82 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) contribute to the reduction of the risk of a large-scale irregular inflow ofensuring expedited access to the Union for third-country nationals and stateless persons in need of international protection to the territory of the Member Stateand increase Member States' resettlement efforts;
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 87 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the number of persons in need of international protection displaced to orvulnerable refugees in need of resettlement within a third country and any onward movement of those persons to the territory of the Member States in accordance with the global resettlement needs as per the UNHCR's Projected Global Resettlement Needs;
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 90 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) complementarity with financial and technical assistance provided to third countries to which or within which persons in need of international protection have been displaced;deleted
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 92 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the Union's overall relations with the third country or countries from which resettlement occurs, and with third countries in general;deleted
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 98 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) a third country's effective cooperation with the Union in the area of migration and asylum, including: (i) reducing the number of third-country nationals and stateless persons irregularly crossing the border into the territory of the Member States coming from that third country; (ii) creating the conditions for the use of the first country of asylum and safe third country concepts for the return of asylum applicants who have irregularly crossed the border into the territory of the Member States coming from or having a connection with the third country concerned; (iii) increasing the capacity for the reception and protection of persons in need of international protection staying in that country, including through the development of an effective asylum system; or (iv) increasing the rate of readmission of third-country nationals and stateless persons irregularly staying in the territory of the Member States such as through the conclusion and effective implementation of readmission agreements;deleted
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 137 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) persons for whom there are reasonable grounds for considering that they are a danger to the community, public policy, security, public health or the international relations of the Member State examining the resettlement file, including where a second Member State has required the Member State examining the resettlement file to consult that second Member State during the examination in relation to specific third-country nationals or stateless persons or specific categories of third-country nationals or stateless persons, that second Member State has objected to their resettlement on these groundspublic security of the Member State examining the resettlement file;
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 139 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) persons for whom an alert has been issued in the Schengen Information System or in a national database of a Member State for the purposes of refusing entry;deleted
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 143 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) persons who have irregularly stayed, irregularly entered, or attempted to irregularly enter the territory of the Member States during the five years prior to resettlement;deleted
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 146 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) persons who have already been resettled by another Member State in the implementation of this Regulation, the Conclusions of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council 11097/15 of 20 July 2015, the EU-Turkey Statement of 18 March 2016, the Commission Recommendation C(2015) 9490 of 15 December 2015, or a national resettlement scheme; and
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 148 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f – paragraph 1
persons whom Member States have during the last five years prior to resettlement refused to resettle in accordance with this paragraph.deleted
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 151 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f – paragraph 2
Point (a) of this paragraph may appliesy to persons who incite or otherwise participate in the commission of the crimes or acts mentioned therein.
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 153 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Third-country nationals or stateless persons may be excluded from targeted Union resettlement schemes established in accordance with Article 8, where one of the grounds for exclusion referred to in points (a) or (b) of paragraph 1 applies prima facie.deleted
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 155 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. On the basis of a proposal from the Commission and in line with the UNHCR'S Projected Global Resettlement Needs, the Council shall adopt an annual Union resettlement plan in the year preceding that in which it is to be implemented.
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 160 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the maxinimum total number of persons to be resettled;
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 161 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) overall geographical priorities.deleted
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 173 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the precise number of persons to be resettled from the maxinimum total number as set out in the annual Union resettlement plan provided for in point (a) of Article 7(2) and details about the participation of the Member States in the targeted Union resettlement scheme;
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 175 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the non-exhaustive specification of the regions or third countries from which resettlement is to occur as referred to in Article 4;
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 179 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) a description of the specific group or groups of third-country nationals or stateless persons to whom the targeted Union resettlement scheme shall apply, according to the vulnerability criteria established by UNHCR;
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 182 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
The resettlement procedures laid down in Articles 10 and 11 shall apply to third- country nationals or stateless persons who have given their consent to be resettled and have not subsequently withdrawn their consent, including refusing resettlement to a particular Member State.
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 190 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall make that assessment on the basis of documentary evidence, including, where applicable, inform close cooperation fromwith UNHCR on whether the third-country nationals or the stateless persons qualify as refugees or on the basis of a personal interview or a combination of both.
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 196 #

2016/0225(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 8 – point b – paragraph 2
Member States mayshall also request UNHCR to fully assess whether third-country nationals or stateless persons referred to them by UNHCR qualify as refugees within the meaning of Article 1 of the 1951 Geneva Convention.
2017/04/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 55 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
(3) The Common European Asylum System (CEAS) is based on a system for determining the Member State responsible for applicants for international protection and common standards for asylum procedures, reception conditions and procedures and rights of beneficiaries of international protection. Notwithstanding the significant progress that has been made in the development of the CEAS, there are still notable differences between the Member States with regard to the types of procedures used, the reception conditions provided to applicants, the recognition rates and the type of protection granted to beneficiaries of international protection. These divergences are important drivers of secondary movement and undermine the objective of ensuring that all applicants are equally treated wherever they apply in the Union.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 56 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) In its Communication of 6 April 2016 entitled 'Towards a reform of the Common European Asylum System and enhancing legal avenues to Europe',22 the Commission underlined the need for strengthening and harmonising further the CEAS. It also set out options for improving the CEAS, namely to establish a sustainable and fair system for determining the Member State responsible for applicants for international protection, to reinforce the Eurodac system, to achieve greater convergence in the Union asylum system, to prevent secondary movements within the Union and a new mandate for the European Union Agency for Asylum. This answers to calls by the European Council on 18-19 February 201623 and on 17-18 March 201624 to make progress towards reforming the Union's existing framework so as to ensure a humane and efficient asylum policy. It also proposes a way forward partially in line with the holistic approach to migration set out by the European Parliament in its own initiative report of 12 April 2016. __________________ 22 COM(2016) 197 final. 23 EUCO 19.02.2016, SN 1/16. 24 EUCO 12/1/16.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 58 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
(5) Reception conditions continue to vary considerably between Member States both in terms of how the reception system is organised and in terms of the standards provided to applicants. The persistent problems in ensuring adherence to the reception standards required for a dignified treatment of applicants in some Member States has contributed to a disproportionate burden falling on a few Member States with generally high reception standards which are then under pressure to reduce their standards. More equal reception standards set at an appropriate levelensure that their high reception standards are maintained. Equal and high reception standards across all Member States will contribute to a more dignified treatment and fairer distribution of applicants across the EUnion.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 63 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) Where an applicant is present in another Member State from the one in which he or she is required to be present in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation], the applicant should not be entitled to the reception conditions set out in Articles 14 to 17.deleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 70 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) In order to ensure that applicants are aware of the consequences of absconding, Member States should inform applicants in a uniform manner, as soon as possible and at the latest when they lodgmake their application, of all the obligations with which applicants must complyrights, entitlements and obligations relating to reception conditions, including the circumstances under which the granting of material reception conditions may be restricted and of any benefits and legal aid, special needs, redress and right of appeal against detention or decisions relating to the replacement, reduction or withdrawal of reception conditions and information on the relevant asylum procedure.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 75 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
(12) Harmonised EUnion rules on the documents to be issued to applicants make it more difficult for applicants to move in an unauthorised manner within the Union. It needs to be clarified that Member States should only provide applicants with a travel document when serious humanitarian or other imperative reasons arise. The validity of travel documents should also be limited tocover at least the purpose and duration needed for the reason for which they are issued. Serious humanitarian reasons could for instance be considered when an applicant needs to travel to another State for medical treatment or to visit relatives in particular cases, such as for visits to close relatives who are seriously ill, or to attend marriages or funerals of close relatives. Other imperative reasons could include situations where applicants who have been granted access to the labour market are required to perform essential travel for work purposes, where applicants are required to travel as part of study curricula or where minors are travelling with foster families.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 78 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
(13) Applicants do not have the right to choose the Member State of application. An applicant must apply for international protection in the Member State either of first entry or, in case of legal presence, in the Member State of legal stay or residence. An applicant who has not complied with this obligation is less likely, following a determination of the Member State responsible under Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation], to be allowed to stay in the Member State where the application was made and consequently more likely to abscond. His or her whereabouts should therefore be closely monitored.deleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 81 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
(14) Applicants are required to be present inremain available to the relevant authorities of the Member State where they made an application or in the Member State to which they are transferred in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation]. In case an applicant has absconded from this Member State and, without authorisMember States should not impose sanctions on an applicant for the sole reason of irregularly entering or being present on their territory, including for not complying with the obligation, travelled to another Member State, it is vital, for the purpose of ensuro make an application in the first Member State of entry as set out in [Article 4(1) of the Dublin IV Regulation] or to be present in another Member State ing a well- functioning Common European Asylum System that the applicant is swiftly returned to the Member Stateccordance with [the Dublin IV Regulation], where there are serious reasons to believe that the applicant arrives from a territory where heis or she is required to be present. Until such a transfer has taken place, there is a risk that the applicant may abscond and his or her whereabouts should therefore be closely monitoredr life or freedom was threatened in line with [Article 9 of the Qualification Regulation] or [Article 16 of the Qualification Regulation] or where the applicant shows good cause for his or her irregular entry or presence.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 85 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) The fact that an applicant has previously absconded to another Member State is an important factor when assessing the risk that the applicant may abscond. To ensure that the applicant does not abscond again and remains available to the competent authorities, once the applicant has been sent back to the Member State where he or she is required to be present, his or her whereabouts should therefore be closely monitored.deleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 87 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
(16) For duly justified and serious reasons of public interest or public order, for the swift processing and effective monitoring of his or her application for international protection, for the swift processing and effective monitoring of his or her procedure for determining the Member State responsible in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation] or in order to effectively prevent the applicant from absconding, Member States shouldmay, where necessary, assign the applicant residence in a specific place, such as an open accommodation centre, a private house, flat, hotel or other premises adapted for housing applicants. Such a decision may be necessary to effectively prevent the applicant from absconding in particular in cases where the applicant has not complied with the obligations to: make an application in the Member State of first irregular or legal entry; to remain in the Member State where he or she is required to be present; or in cases where the applicant has been sent back to the Member State where he or she is required to be present after having absconded to another Member State. In case the applicant is entitled to material reception conditions, such material reception conditions should also be provided subject to the applicant residing in this specific place.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 90 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
(17) Where there are specific and objective reasons for considering that there is a serious and imminent risk that an applicant may abscond, Member States should require applicants to report to the competent authoritmay, where necessary, proportionate and duly justifiesd as frequently as necessary in order to monitor that the applicant does not abscond. To deter applicants from further absconding, Member States should also be able to grant material reception conditions, where the applicant is entitled to such material reception conditions, only in kind. fter an individualised assessment carried out by a judicial authority, and after consulting the applicant concerned, require applicants to report to the competent authorities at a reasonable frequency and time. Member States should also be able to grant material reception conditions, where the applicant is entitled to such material reception conditions, only in kind, where, following an individual assessment and a decision by a judicial authority, there are duly justified reasons for considering that there is a risk that an applicant may abscond. Applicants should have a right of appeal against decisions imposing reporting duties or providing material reception conditions only in kind and should be duly informed of this right.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 91 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
(18) All decisions restricting an applicant's freedom of movement need to be based on the individual behaviour andadopted only as a measure of last resort and need to be based on the decision of a judicial authority, following an individual assessment of the particular situation of the person concerned, taking into account any special reception needs of applicants and the principles of necessity and proportionality. Applicants must be duly informed of such decisions and, of the consequences of non- compliance and of their right to appeal against these decisions.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 92 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
(19) In view of the serious consequences for applicants who have absconded or who are considered to be at risk of absconding, the meaning of absconding should be strictly defined, in view ofline with guidelines set up by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, and based on an assessment of the individual circumstances of the person involved carried out by a judicial authority, as encompassing both a deliberate action to avoid the applicable asylum procedures and the factual circumstance of not remaining available to the relevant authorities, including by leaving the territory where the applicant is required to be present. Irregular entry, lack of an address or documents proving the identity of an applicant should never constitute valid criteria to determine the risk of absconding.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 93 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
(20) The detention of applicants should be applied in accordance with the underlying principle that a person should not be held in detention for the sole reason that he or she is seeking international protection, particularly in accordance with the international legal obligations of the Member States and with Article 31 of the Geneva Convention. Applicants may be detained only under the very clearly defined exceptional circumstances laid down in this Directive and subject to the principle of necessity and proportionality with regard to both the manner and the purpose of such detention. Detention of applicants pursuant to this Directive should only be ordered in writing by judicial or administrative authorities stating the individual reasons on which it is based, including in the cases where the person is already detained when making the application for international protection. A justification of the reasons why alternatives to detention were not applied in the individual case has to be provided in writing by the judicial authority. Where an applicant is held in detention he or she should have effective access to the necessary procedural guarantees, such as judicial remedy before a national judicial authority.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 96 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
(21) Where an applicant has been assigned a specific place of residence but has not complied with this obligation, there needs to be a demonstrated, individually justified, imminent and serious risk that the applicant may abscond in order for the applicant to be detained. In all circumstances, special care must be taken to ensure that the length of the detention is proportionate and that it ends as soon as the obligation put on the applicant has been fulfilled or there are no longer reasons for believing that he or she will not fulfil this obligation. The applicant must also have been made aware of the obligation in question and of the consequences of non- compliance.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 102 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
(30) In applying this Directive, Member States should seek to ensure full compliance with the principles of the best interests of the child and of family unity, in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms respectively. Reception conditions need to be adapted to the specific situation of minors, whether unaccompanied or within families, with due regard to their security, physical and emotional care and provided in a manner that encourages their general development. Detention of children, whether unaccompanied or within families, is never in their best interests, always constitutes a child rights violation and should therefore be prohibited.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 104 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
(31) Member States should ensure that applicants receive the necessary health care which should include, at least, free emergency and primary care and essential treatment of illnesses, including of serious mental disorders and access to sexual and reproductive healthcare. To respond to public health concerns with regard to disease prevention and safeguard the health of individual applicants, applicants' access to health care should also include preventive medical treatment, such as vaccinations and secondary care. Member States may require medical screening for applicants on public health grounds. The results of medical screening should not influence the assessment of applications for international protection, which should always be carried out objectively, impartially and on an individual basis in line with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Procedures Regulation].
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 107 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
(32) An applicant's entitlement to material reception conditions under this Directive may be curtailed in certain circumstances such as where an applicant has absconded to another Member State from the Member State where he or she is required to be present. However, Member States should in all circumstances ensure access to health care and a dignifiedn adequate standard of living for applicants in line with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, in particular by providing for the applicant's subsistence and basic needs both in terms of physical safety and dignity and in terms of interpersonal relationships, with due regard to the inherent vulnerabilities of the person as applicant for international protection and that of his or her family or caretaker. Due regard must also be given to applicants with special reception needs. The specific needs of children, in particular with regard to respect for the child's right to education and access to healthcare have to be taken into account. When a minor is in a Member State other than the one in which he or she is required to be present, Member States should provide the minor with access to suitable educational activities pending the transfer to the Member State responsible. The specific needs of women applicants who have experienced sexual or gender-based harmviolence should be taken into account, including via ensuring access, at different stages of the asylum procedure, to medical care, legal support, and to appropriate trauma counselling and psycho-social care.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 114 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 34
(34) In order to promote the self- sufficiency of applicants and to limit wide discrepancies between Member States, it is essential to provide clear rules on the applicants’ access to the labour market and to ensure that such access is effective, by not imposing conditions that effectively hinder an applicant from seeking employment. Labour market tests used to give priority to nationals or to other Union citizens or to third-country nationals legally resident in the Member State concerned should not hinder effective access for applicants to the labour market and should be implemented without prejudice to the principle of preference for Union citizens as expressed in the relev, including sector restrictions, working time restrictions or unreasonable administrative formalities, that effectively hinder an applicant pfrovisions of the applicable Acts of Accessionm seeking employment.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 116 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
(35) The maximum time frame for access to the labour market should be aligned with the duration of the examination procedure on the merits. In order to increase integration prospects and self-sufficiency of applicants, earlier access to the labour market is encouraged where the application is likely to be well- founded, including when its examination has been prioritised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Procedures Regulation]. Member States should therefore consider reducing that time period as much as possible with a view to ensuring that applicants have access to the labour market no later than 3 months from the date when the application was lodged in cases where the application is likely to be well-founded. Member States should however not grant access to the labour market to applicants whose application for international protection is likely to be unfounded and for which an accelerated examination procedure is appliedIn order to increase integration prospects and self-sufficiency of applicants, immediate access to the labour market should be provided to the applicant.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 126 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 39
(39) Due to the possibly temporary nature of the stay of applicants and without prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 1231/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Member States should be able to exclude family benefits and unemployment benefits from equal treatment between applicants and their own nationals and should be able to limit the application of equal treatment in relation to education and vocational training. The right to freedom of association and affiliation may also be limited by excluding applicants from taking part in the management of certain bodies and from holding a public office.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 131 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
(41) To ensure that the material reception conditions provided to applicants comply with the principles set out in this Directive, it is necessary to further clarify the nature of those conditions, including not only housing, food and clothing but also essential non-food items such as sanitary items, medical devices or education material. It is also necessary that Member States determine the level of material reception conditions provided in the form of financial allowances or vouchers on the basis of relevant references to ensure adequate standards of living for nationals, such as minimum income benefits, minimum wages, minimum pensions, unemployment benefits and social assistance benefits. That does not mean that the amount granted should be the same as for nationals. Member States may grant less favourable treatment to applicants than to nationals as specified in this Directive.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 133 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 42
(42) In order to restrict the possibility of abuse of the reception system, Member States should be able to provide material reception conditions only to the extent applicants do not have sufficient means to provide for themselves. When assessing the resources of an applicant and requiring an applicant to cover or contribute to the material reception conditions, Member States should observe the principle of proportionality and take into account the individual circumstances of the applicant and the need to respect his or her dignity or personal integrity, including the applicant's special reception needs. Applicants should not be required to cover or contribute to the costs of their necessary health care. The possibility of abuse of the reception system should also be restricted by specifying the circumstances in which accommodation, food, clothing and other essential non-food items provided in the form of financial allowances or vouchers may be replaced with reception conditions provided in kind and the circumstances in which the daily allowance may be reduced or withdrawn while at the same time ensuring a dignified standard of living for all applicants.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 142 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) ‘material reception conditions’: means the reception conditions that include housing, food, clothing and other essential non-food items matching the needs of the applicants in their specific reception conditions, such as sanitary items, medical devices or education material, provided in kind, or as financial allowances or in vouchers, or a combination of the three, and a daily expenses allowance;
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 144 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) ‘absconding’: means thea deliberate and unjustified action by which an applicant, in order to avoid asylum procedures, either leaves the territory where he or she is obliged to be present in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX32 [Dublin Regulation] or does not remain available to the competent authorities or to the court or tribunal; __________________ 32 OJ C […], […], p. […].tentionally and repeatedly avoids contact with the competent authorities;
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 145 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) ‘risk of absconding’: means the proven existence of reasons in an individual case, which are based on specific and objective criteria strictly defined by national law, in line with guidelines set up by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, to believe that an applicant may abscond;
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 150 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) ‘applicant with special reception needs’: means an applicant who is in need of special guarantees in order to benefit from the rights and comply with the obligations provided for in this Directive, such as, inter alia, applicants who are minors, unaccompanied minors, disabled people, elderly people, pregnant women, single parents with minor children, victims of human trafficking, persons with serious illnesses, persons with mental disorders and persons who have been subjected to torture, rape or other serious forms of psychological, physical or sexual violence, such as victims of female genital mutilation and persons with post- traumatic stress disorder.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 152 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall apply this Directive to all unaccompanied minors from third countries from the moment of their arrival to the moment of their qualification as a refugee or grant of subsidiary protection under Regulation (EU) XXX/XXX [Qualification Regulation], or the grant of some other form of humanitarian protection, or their transfer to a third country, in accordance with their best interests, under national law.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 159 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall inform applicants, as soon as possible and at the latest when they are lodgmaking their application for international protection pursuant to Article 25 of Regulation XXX/XXXX [Asylum Procedures Regulation], of any established benefits and of the obligations with which they must comply relating to reception conditions. They shall point out in the information provided that the applicant is not entitled to the reception conditions set out in Articles 14 to 17 of this Directive as stated in Article 17a of the same Directive in any Member State other than where he or she is required to be present in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation]e rights and entitlements of the applicant in relation to access to reception conditions, legal aid, special needs, redress and right of appeal against detention or decisions relating to the replacement, reduction or withdrawal of reception conditions and information on the relevant asylum procedures.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 166 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that the information referred to in paragraph 1 is in writing using a standard template which shall be developed by the European Union Agency for Asylum and by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and in a language that the applicant understands or is reasonably supposed to understand. Where necessary, tThis information shall also be supplied orally and adapted to the needs of minorchildren or persons with special reception needs.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 172 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Member States shall provide applicants with a travel document only when serious humanitarian or other imperative reasons arise that require their presence in another State. The validity of the travel document shall be limited tocover at least the purpose and duration needed for the reason for which it is issued.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 181 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
2. Member States shallmay, where necessary, proportionate and duly justified, decide on the residence of an applicant in a specific placen open reception centre or specific open accommodation for any of the following reasons:
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 186 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) for the swift processing and effective monitoring of his or her procedure for determining the Member State responsible in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation];deleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 188 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d – introductory part
(d) to effectively prevent the applicant from absconding, in particular:deleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 194 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d – indent 1
- for applicants who have not complied with the obligation to make an application in the first Member State of entry as set out in Article [4(1)] of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation] and have travelled to another Member State without adequate justification and made an application there; ordeleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 197 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d – indent 2
- where applicants are required to be present in another Member State in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation]; ordeleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 200 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d – indent 3
- for applicants who have been sent back to the Member State where they are required to be present in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation] after having absconded to another Member State.deleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 204 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
In those cases, the provision of material reception conditions shall be subject to the actual residence by the applicant in that specific place.deleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 205 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Where there are specific and objective reasons for considering that there is a serious and imminent risk that an applicant may abscond, Member States shallmay, where necessary, proportionate and duly justified after an individualised assessment carried out by a judicial authority, and after consulting with the applicant, require the applicant to report to the competent authorities, electronically or by telephone or to appear before them in person, either without delay or at a specified time as frequently as necessary to effectively prevenat a reasonable frequency and time. These measures shall be necessary, proportionate and shall not be so extensive or invasive as to restrict the applicant's from abscondingeedom of movement or right to privacy and family life.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 213 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall require applicants to inform the competent authorities of their current place of residence or address or a telephone number or electronic mail address where they may be reached and notify any change of telephone number or electronic mail or address to such authorities as soon as possible.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 222 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 7
7. Decisions referred to in this Article shall be based on thean individual behaviour andassessment of the particular situation of the person concerned, including with regard to applicants with special reception needs, and with due regard to the principles of necessity and proportionality.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 236 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) in order to ensure compliance with legal obligations imposed on the applicant through an individual decision in accordance with Article 7(2) in cases where the applicant has not complied with such obligations and there is a risk of absconding of the applicant.deleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 238 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) in order to decide, in the context of a border procedure in accordance with Article [41] of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Procedures Regulation], on the applicant’s right to enter the territory;deleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 286 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall grant to minor children of applicants and to applicants who are minors access to the education system under similarthe same conditions as their own nationals for so long as an expulsion measure against them or their parents is not actually enforced. Such education may be provided in accommodation centresthe entire duration of their presence in the territory of the Member State. Such education may be provided in accommodation centres, as a temporary measure until access to national education systems is ensured.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 293 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Access to the education system shall not be postponed for more than threone months from the date on which the application for international protection was lodged by or on behalf of the minor.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 297 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that applicants have access to the labour market no later than 6 months from the date when the application for international protection was lodged if an administrative decision by the competent authority has not been taken and the delay cannot be attributed to the applicant.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 302 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Where the Member State has accelerated the examination on the merits of an application for international protection in accordance with points [(a) to (f)] of Article [40(1)] of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Procedures Regulation], access to the labour market shall not be granted.deleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 309 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
For reasons of labour market policies, Member States may verify whether a vacancy could be filled by nationals of the Member State concerned or by other Union citizens, or by third-country nationals lawfully residing in that Member State.deleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 315 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 –subparagraph 1- introductory part
3. Member States shall provide applicants, with equal treatment with nationalsto that of nationals, from the moment they make their application for international protection, as regards:
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 319 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) freedom of association and affiliation and membership of an organisation representing workers or employers or of any organisation whose members are engaged in a specific occupation, including the benefits conferred by such organisations, without prejudice to the national provisions on public policy and public security;
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 321 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) education and vocational trainingmployment-related education opportunities for adults, education and vocational training, including training courses for upgrading skills, practical workplace experience, except study and maintenance grants and loans or other grants and loans related to education and vocational training;
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 329 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point ii
(ii) pursuant to point (c) of this paragraph, to education and vocational training which is directly linked to a specific employment activity;deleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 333 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point iii
(iii) pursuant to point (e) of this paragraph by excluding family benefits and unemployment benefits, without prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 1231/2010.deleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 335 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
The right to equal treatment shall not give rise to a right to reside in cases where a decision taken in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Procedures Regulation] has terminated the applicant's right to remain.deleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 338 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5
5. Where applicants have been granted access to the labour market in accordance with paragraph 1, Member States shall ensure that the applicant's document as referred to in Article [29] of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Procedures Regulation] state that the applicant has permission to take up gainful employment. If the nature of employment requires the applicant to travel, Member States shall proceed without delay in issuing the applicant with a valid travel document as referred to in Article 6 of this Directive.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 340 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Applicants who have been granted access to the labour market in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be allowed to apply for an EU Blue Card in line with the conditions and requirements set out in Directive XXX/XXXX [Blue Card Directive].
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 341 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Applicants who have been granted access to the labour market in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be allowed to apply for a residence permit for the purposes of research, studies, training, voluntary service, pupil exchange schemes or educational projects and au pairing in line with the conditions set out in Directive (EU) 2016/801.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 342 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Member States may allow applicants who have been granted access to the labour market in accordance with paragraph 1 and whose application for asylum has been rejected the possibility to apply in-country for a residence permit issued using the format laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002 in line with national laws regulating access to the labour market for third country nationals.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 343 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Member States shall allow applicants access to vocational training and language courses irrespective of whether they have access to the labour market.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 354 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall ensure that that standard of living is met in the specific situation of applicants with special reception needs, such as minors, as well as in relation to the situation of persons who are in detention.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 364 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. When assessing the resources of an applicant, when requiring an applicant to cover or contribute to the cost of the material reception conditions or when asking an applicant for a refund in accordance with paragraph 4, Member States shall observe the principle of proportionality. Member States shall also and take into account the individual circumstances of the applicant and the need to respect his or her dignity or personal integrity, including the applicant's special reception needs. Member States shall in all circumstances ensure that the applicant is provided with a standard of living which guarantees his or her subsistence and protects his or her physical and mental health.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 379 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall provide separate sanitary facilities for female applicants and safe place in reception centres for them and their children.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 383 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 7
7. Persons providing material reception conditions, including health care and education, and those working in accommodation centres, shall be adequately trained and shall be bound by the confidentiality rules provided for in national law in relation to any information they obtain in the course of their work.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 389 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Such different conditions shall in any circumstances ensure free access to health careprimary and secondary health care, including sexual and reproductive health care, in accordance with Article 18 and a dignifiedn adequate standard of living for all applicants.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 393 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 3
When resorting to those exceptional measures, the Member State concerned shall issue a reasoned justification and inform the Commission and the European Union Agency for Asylum. It shall also inform the Commission and the European Union Agency for Asylum as soon as the reasons for applying these exceptional measures have ceased to exist.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 396 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17a
Reception conditions in a Member State other than the one in which the applicant 1. to the reception conditions set out in Articles 14 to 17 in any Member State other than the one in which he or she is required to be present in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation]. 2. dignified standard of living for all applicants. 3. Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation] of a minor to the Member State responsibArticle 17a deleted is required to be present An applicant shall not be entitle,d Member States shall provide him or her with access to suitable educational activities.ensure a Pending the transfer under
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 410 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall ensure that minor children of applicants and applicants who are minors receive the same access to health care as their own national minors.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 415 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. With regard to applicants who are required to be present on their territory in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation], Member States may, in the situations described in paragraph 2 , and on the basis of a decision of judicial authorities:
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 422 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) reduce or, in exceptional and duly justified cases, withdraw the daily expenses allowances.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 423 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) abandons the place of residence determined by the competent authority without informing it or, if requested, without permission, or abscondswithout justification; or
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 425 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) has repeatedly, intentionally and seriously breached the rules of the accommodation centre or behaved in a seriously violent way; or
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 428 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) fails to attend compulsory integration measures; ordeleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 432 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point g
(g) has not complied with the obligation set out in Article [4(1)] of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation] and has travelled to another Member State without adequate justification and made an application there; ordeleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 435 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point h
(h) has been sent back after having absconded to another Member State.deleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 439 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
In relation to points (a) and (b), when the applicant is traced or voluntarily reports to the competent authority, a duly motivated decision, based on the reasons for the disappearance, shall be taken on the reinstallation of the grant of some or all of the material reception conditions replaced, withdrawn or reduced.deleted
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 446 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 3
3. Decisions for replacement, reduction or withdrawal of material reception conditions shall be taken objectively and impartially on the merits of the individual case and reasons shall be given. Decisions shall be based on the particular situation of the person concerned, especially with regard to applicants with special reception needs, taking into account the principle of proportionalitytaking into account the principle of proportionality and cannot be applied in relation to applicants with special reception needs. Member States shall under all circumstances ensure access to health care in accordance with Article 18 and shall ensure a dignified standard of living for all applicants.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 450 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure the applicant's right to be heard in relation to their specific reception needs and shall take into account the specific situation of applicants with special reception needs in the national law implementing this Directive.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 461 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) are trained and continues to be trained to proactively detect first signs that an applicant requires special receptions conditions and to address those needs when identified;
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 462 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) effectively provide the applicant with the possibility to submit his or her observations on the need to benefit from special reception support;
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 463 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) include information concerning the applicant's special reception needs in the applicant's file, together with the indication of the signs referred to in point (a) and the applicant's submissions referred to in point (aa) as well as recommendations as to the type of support that may be needed by the applicant;
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 465 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) take into account the result of that examination, including the applicant's considerations on the need to benefit from special reception support, when deciding on the type of special reception support which may be provided to the applicant. The decision on the provision of special reception support shall be duly justified.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 466 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. The best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration for Member States when implementing the provisions of this Directive that involvemay affect minors. Member States shall ensure a standard of living adequate for the minor’s physical, mental, spiritual, moral and social development.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 471 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) safety and security considerations, in particular where there is a risk of the minor being a victim of violence and exploitation, including human trafficking;
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 480 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 6
6. Those working with minors, including with unaccompanied minors, shall not have a verified criminal record nor a record of child- related crimes or offenses and shall receive continuous and appropriate training concerning the rights and needs of accompanied, separated and unaccompanied minors, including concerning any applicable child safeguarding standards, and shall be bound by the confidentiality rules provided for in national law, in relation to any information they obtain in the course of their work.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 487 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall as soon as possible and no later than five working days from the moment when an unaccompanied minor makes an application for international protectionarrives in a Member State take measures to ensure that a guardian represents and assists the unaccompanied minor to enable him or her to benefit from the rights and comply with the obligations provided for in this Directive. The guardian appointed in accordance with Article [22] of Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Procedures Regulation] may perform those tasks. The unaccompanied minor shall be informed immediately of the appointment of the guardian. Where an organisation is appointed as guardian, it shall designate a person responsible for carrying out the duties of guardian in respect of the unaccompanied minor, in accordance with this Directive. The guardian shall perform his or her duties in accordance with the principle of the best interests of the child, as prescribed in Article 22 (2), shall have the necessary expertise to that end, shall receive continuous and appropriate training to that end and shall not have a verified criminal record nor a record of child- related crimes or offences. In order to ensure the minor’s well-being and social development referred to in Article 22 (2)(b), the person acting as guardian shall be changed only when necessary. Organisations or individuals whose interests conflict or could potentially conflict with those of the unaccompanied minor shall not be appointed as guardians.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 488 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall ensure that a guardian is not placed in charge of a disproportionate and limited number of unaccompanied minors at the same time that would render himo ensure that he or sher un is able to perform his or her tasks effectively. Member States shall appoint entities or persons responsible for monitoring at regular intervals that guardians perform their tasks in a satisfactory manner. Those entities or persons shall also have the competence to review complaints lodged by unaccompanied minors against their guardian. Unaccompanied minors shall be informed, in a child-friendly manner and in a language they understand, about the procedure to file complaints against their guardians in confidence and safety and shall be granted the right to be heard in this respect.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 493 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Member States shall provide unaccompanied minors upon their arrival with: (a) immediate access to health care and education under the same conditions as their own national minors (b) all the necessary information about their rights, procedures and protection opportunities in a child- friendly manner and in a language they understand. To this end, the European Asylum Support Office shall assist Member States in producing reception material to inform children.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 503 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In cases of an appeal or a review before a judicial authority referred to in paragraph 1, in order to ensure effective access to justice, Member States shall ensure that free legal assistance and representation is made available on request in so far as such aid is necessary to ensure effective access to justice. This shall include, at least, the preparation of the required procedural documents, the preparation of the appeal and participation in the hearing before the judicial authorities on behalf of the applicant. Free legal assistance and representation shall be provided by legal advisers or other counsellors permitted under national law to assist or represent the applicants or non-governmental organisations accredited under national law to provide advisory services or representation.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 505 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
3. Member States may also provide thatThe provision of free legal assistance and representation are grantedin the appeal procedure may be excluded only where:
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 508 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) only to those who lackthe applicant has sufficient resources; and/or
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 509 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) only through the services provided by legal advisersthe appeal is at a second level of appeal or othigher counsellors specifically designated by national law to assist and represent applicantunder national law as provided for under national law, including re-hearings or reviews of appeal, and that second level of appeal is considered to have no tangible prospect of success.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 511 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Member States may provide thaWhere a decision not to grant free legal assistance and representation not be made available ifis taken by an authority which is not a court or tribunal on the ground that the appeal or review is considered by a competent authority toas haveing no tangible prospect of success. In such a case, Member States shall ensure that legal assistance and representation is not arbitrarily restricted, the applicant shall have the right to an effective remedy before a court or tribunal against that decision, and for that the applicant’s effective access to justice is not hindered. purpose he or she shall be entitled to request free legal assistance and representation.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 513 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) impose monetary and/limits or time limits on the provision of free legal assistance and representation, provided that such limits do not arbitrarily restrict access to free legal assistance and representation or hinder the applicant's effective access to justice;
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 514 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) provide that, as regards fees and other costs, the treatment of applicants shall not be moreless favourable than the treatment generally accordedgiven to their nationals in matters pertaining to legal assistance.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 515 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 5
5. Member States may demand to be reimbursed wholly or partially for any costs granted if anrequest total or partial reimbursement of any costs incurred whenre the applicant’s financial situation has improved considerably or if the decision to grant such costsdecision to provide free legal assistance and representation was taken on the basis of false information supplied by the applicant.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 517 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 6
6. Procedures for access to legal assistance and representation shall be laid down in national law. Member States shall lay down specific procedural rules concerning the modalities for filing and processing requests for the provision of free legal assistance and representation or they shall apply the existing rules for domestic claims of a similar nature, provided that those rules do not render access to free legal assistance and representation impossible or excessively difficult.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 525 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall draw up, in cooperation with relevant civil society and international organisations and local and regional authorities, a contingency plan setting out the planned measures to be taken to ensure an adequate reception of applicants in accordance with this Directive in cases where the Member State is confronted with a disproportionate number of applicants for international protection. The applicants for international protection are to be understood as those required to be present on its territory, including those for whom the Member State is responsible in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Dublin Regulation], taking into account the corrective allocation mechanism outlined in Chapter VII of that Regulation.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 530 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. The first contingency plan shall be completed, using a template to be developed by the European Union Agency for Asylum, and shall be notified to the European Union Agency for Asylum at the latest by [6six months after entry into force of this Directive]. An updated contingency plan shall be notified to the European Union Agency for Asylum every two yearsix months thereafter. The Member States shall inform the Commission and the European Union Agency for Asylum whenever its contingency plan is activated.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 531 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that authorities and other organisations implementing this Directive have received the necessary training with respect to the needs of both male and female applicants. To that end, adequate funding shall be made available to local and regional authorities and international and civil society organisations, including through the possibility for local and regional authorities to directly access the Asylum Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF). To that end, Member States shall integrate the European asylum curriculum developed by the European Union Agency for Asylum into the training of their personnel in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Regulation on the European Union Agency for Asylum].
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 533 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that authorities and other organisations implementing this Directive have received the necessary training with respect to the needs of both male and female applicants, as well as children. To that end, Member States shall integrate the European asylum curriculum developed by the European Union Agency for Asylum into the training of their personnel in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX [Regulation on the European Union Agency for Asylum] and take into consideration the information material published by the European Asylum Support Office, such as the EASO Tool for Identification of persons with special needs.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 535 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 1
By [threone years after the entry into force of this Directive] at the latest, and at least every fivthree years thereafter, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Directive and shall propose any amendments that are necessary.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 541 #

2016/0222(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Member States shall at the request of the Commission send the necessary information for drawing up the report by [two yearsix months after the entry into force of this Directive] and every fivthree years thereafter.
2017/02/23
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 17 #

2016/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The 2005 European Consensus on Development recognised the link between security and development.16 The primary objective of Union development policy is the reduction and, in the long term, the eradication of poverty. __________________ 16 Joint statement by the Council and the representatives of the governments of the Member States meeting within the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission on European Union Development Policy entitled “The European Consensus”, Official Journal, C 46 of 24.2.2006
2017/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 21 #

2016/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) High Level Meeting Communiqué of 19 February 2016 updated the reporting directives on Official Development Assistance (ODA) in the field of peace and security.1a The financing of the actions undertaken in accordance with this Regulation qualifies as ODA when it complies with the eligibility requirements laid down by the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD. ODA- eligible activities1b involving the partner country's armed forces include : support for civilian oversight and democratic control of the military;, in exceptional circumstances, whenever a specific asset, capability or asset requirement cannot timely or effectively be met by using the available civilian assets, recourse to the military for the delivery of development services is possible provided that the military respects the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence; and training of partner countries military personnel under civilian oversight and with a clear developmental purpose for the benefit of civilians in the areas of human rights and rule of law, protection of women in conflict and prevention of sexual and gender-based violence, international humanitarian law, prevention and treatment of communicable diseases, the fight against corruption, including the prevention of predatory behaviour against civilians, transparency, respect of civilian oversight and democratic control. __________________ 1aDocument DCD/DAC(2016)3/FINAL of 8 April 2016. 1b Ibid, pages 26-27.
2017/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 23 #

2016/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) Supporting security sector actors, including the militaryarmed forces under exceptional circumstances, in third countries in a conflict prevention, crisis management or stabilisationcompliance with the Official Development Aid eligibility requirements as laid down by the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD in third countries in a crisis context, is essential to ensure appropriate conditions for poverty eradication and development. Those actions are particularly necessary to ensure the protection of civilian populations in the areas affected by conflict, crises or fragility. Good governance and effective democratic control and civilian oversight of the security system, including the military, as well as compliance with human rights and the rule of law principles are essential attributes of a well- functioning State in any context, and should be promoted through a wider security sector reform support to third countries.
2017/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 30 #

2016/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) The Council conclusions on Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) of 18 May 2015 called to explore options to enhance coherence and coordination between EU security and development actions, as well as to improve the delivery of capacity building in support of security and development, notably in terms of financing instruments.19 They also invited to develop an EU-wide strategic framework for Security Sector Reform, bringing together CSDP and all other relevant Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) tools as well as development cooperation instruments and freedom, security and justice actors. __________________ 19Foreign Affairs Council (Defence formation) conclusions on CSDP, document 8971/15 of 18 May 2015deleted
2017/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 35 #

2016/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Capacity building of armed forces in third countries can only be undertaken as part of the Union's development cooperation policy when it primarily pursues objectives in the field of development in limited areas which comply with Official Development Aid eligibility requirements as laid down by the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD. Capacity-building of armed forces in third countries should be undertaken as part of the Union's CFSP when it primarily pursues objectives in the field of peace and security, in compliance with Article 40 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). This Regulation respects the application of the procedures and the extent of the powers of the institutions under the Union's development cooperation policy and its common foreign and security policy (CFSP).
2017/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 39 #

2016/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 b (new)
(6b) As regards options within the CFSP, the European Parliament resolution of 22 November 2016 on the European Defence Union1a pointed in paragraph 47 to a possible reform of the ATHENA mechanism aiming at enlarging the potential of that mechanism for cost-sharing and common funding, especially with regard to building the capacity of military actors in partner countries (training, mentoring, advice, provision of equipment, infrastructure improvement and other services). A similar mechanism was developed outside of the Union budget by means of the African Peace Facility. __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0435.
2017/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 42 #

2016/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 c (new)
(6c) The Council conclusions of 20 July 2015 on the Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2015 - 2019, in particular the annexed EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the Council to develop and implement, by 2017, a due diligence policy to ensure that the Union’s support to security forces is in compliance with and contributes to the implementation of the Union’s human rights policy and is consistent with the promotion, protection and enforcement of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, as applicable.
2017/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 46 #

2016/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1a
Where Union assistance is provided to the security sector actors, this may also include military actorarmed forces under exceptional circumstances and shall comply with Official Development Aid (ODA) eligibility requirements as laid down by the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD, as provided for in Article 3a, in particular in the context of a wider security sector reform process and/or capacity building in support of security and development in third countries, in line with the overarching objective of achieving sustainable development.
2017/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 51 #

2016/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 3a – title
Capacity building in supporthe context of security and developmentsector reform
2017/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 52 #

2016/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 3a – paragraph 1
1. In order to contribute to sustainable development and in particular the achievement of stable, peaceful and inclusive societies, Union assistance under this Regulation may be used to build the capacity of military actorsactors, including armed forces, in partner countries, under the exceptional circumstances and in compliance with Official Development Aid (ODA) eligibility requirements as laid down by the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD (OECD/DAC), as set out in paragraph 3 of this Article.
2017/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 57 #

2016/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 3a – paragraph 2
2. Assistance may cover in particular the provision of capacity building programmes in support of security and developunder exceptional circumstances in limited areas in compliance with Official Development Aid eligibility requirements laid down by the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD and subject to all conditions and restrictions laid down in Articles 3, 4 and 4a of this Regulation, including those on civilian oversight, training, mentoring and advice on human rights and the rule of law, civilian oversight and democratic control of the military, protection of woment, including training, mentoring and advice, as well as the provision of equipment, infrastructure improvements and provision of other services. conflict and prevention of sexual and gender- based violence, international humanitarian law, humanitarian response and disaster relief preparedness, prevention and treatment of communicable diseases, the fight against corruption, including prevention of predatory behaviour against civilians and transparency, as well as the provision of equipment, infrastructure improvements and provision of other services needed for the delivery of humanitarian aid or development services through the military, which respects the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence in the development services.
2017/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 66 #

2016/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 3a – paragraph 3
3. Assistance pursuant to this Article shall only be providedremain exceptional and shall be provided in compliance with the following conditions:
2017/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 67 #

2016/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 3a – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) where requirements cannot be met by recourse to non-military actors to adequately reach Union objectives under this Regulation and the premise of the achievement of stable, peaceful and inclusive societies is denied by a serious threat to the existence of functioning State institutions, as well as to the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, or State institutions can no longer cope with this serious threattimely or effectively be met by using available civilian assets to guarantee the delivery of humanitarian aid or development services and recourse to the military for the delivery of development services still respects the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence of development services; and
2017/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 70 #

2016/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 3a – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) where a consensus exists between the country concerned and, the international community and/or the European Union that the security sector, and in particular the military, are key for stability, peace and development, particularly in crises and fragile contexts and situationsincluding the country's armed forces, are key for preserving, establishing or re-establishing the conditions essential for sustainable development.
2017/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 78 #

2016/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 3a – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) the procurement of arms, spare parts and ammunition or any other equipment designed to deliver lethal force;
2017/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 83 #

2016/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 3a – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) training which is solely designed to contribute to the fighting capacity of the armed forces. or to any purposes other than those in compliance with Official Development Aid eligibility requirements as defined by the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD;
2017/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 89 #

2016/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 3a – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Support to armed forces under this Regulation shall be subject to the following restrictions: (a) in the case of developing countries, Union support shall comply with Official Development Aid eligibility requirements as defined by the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD; (b) in all cases, in developing or other third countries, it shall exclude actions that are primarily aimed at building military capacities for security purposes.
2017/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 91 #

2016/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
5. When designing and implementing measures pursuant to this Article, the Commission shalland the EEAS shall ensure full complementarity with other Union external assistance instruments as well as overall external action consistency, including with the CFSP, and promote ownership by the partner country. It shall also develop the necessary elements and the good practices required for ensuring sustainability in the medium and long term and promote the rule of law and established international law principles.
2017/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 94 #

2016/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 3a – paragraph 6
6. The Commission shall establish appropriate risk assessment, monitoring and evaluation procedures for measures pursuant to this Article and, without delay, shall make that information publicly available.
2017/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 98 #

2016/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 7 – paragraph 1
(3) In Article 7, paragraph (1) is replaced by the following: 1. Article 3, and to Article 3a as appropriate, shall be provided through exceptional assistance measures and interim response programmes.deleted Union assistance pursuant to
2017/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 101 #

2016/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Thematic strategy papers shall constitute the general basis for the implementation of assistance pursuant to Articles 4 and 5, and to Article 3a as appropriate. Thematic strategy papers shall provide a framework for cooperation between the Union and the partner countries or regions concerned.
2017/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 103 #

2016/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall ensure that measures adopted under this Regulation in relation to the fight against terrorism and organised crime, as well as measures covered under Article 3a, are implemented in accordance with international law, including international humanitarian law, and the Union's due diligence policy to ensure that Union's support to security forces is in compliance with and contributes to the implementation of Union's human rights policy and is consistent with the promotion, protection and enforcement of international human rights law and international humanitarian law. The Commission shall, without delay, make relevant assessments publicly available.
2017/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 108 #

2016/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(6a) In Article 13(3) the following point is added: “(ba) 21 percentage points of the financial envelope shall be allocated to measures falling under Article 5”
2017/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 109 #

2016/0207(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 b (new)
Regulation (EU) No 230/2014
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point b b (new)
(6b) In Article 13(3) the following point is added: “(bb) Assistance falling under Article 3a shall be limited to a maximum of EUR 100 000 000.”
2017/05/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 131 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
(1) The Commission’s Communication of 3 March 2010 entitled ‘Europe 2020: A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’30 sets the objective of the Union becoming an economy based on knowledge and innovation, reducing the administrative burden on companies and better matching labour supply with demand and identifies the need for a comprehensive labour migration policy, and for better integration of migrants. Measures to facilitate the admission of third-country national highly skilled workers have to be seen in that broader context. _________________ 30 COM(2010) 2020 final COM(2010) 2020 final
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 134 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The working-age population in the Union is projected to decline by 7.5 million by 20201a and projections on the development of labour market needs in the Union point to emerging and future shortages in specific fields. _________________ 1aSee: Joint EU-OECD Policy Brief “Matching Economic Migration with Labour Market Needs in Europe”, September 2014, p. 5.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 135 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) The European Parliament, in its resolution of 12 April 2016 on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration, noted that the current fragmented Union legislative framework regulating the access of third-country nationals to employment in the Union, focusing on specific categories of workers rather than on regulating, generally, all migrant workers, can only contribute to meeting short-term, specific needs. In its resolution of 12 April 2016 the European Parliament called on the Union to establish, in the medium and long term, more general rules governing the entry and residence for third-country nationals seeking employment in the Union, including in low and medium-wage sectors.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 146 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
(5) An EU-wide admission system to attract and retain highly skilled workers into the Union should be created. Member States should issue an EU Blue Card instead of a national permit to all applicants falling within the scope of this Directive. Member States should retain the right to issue permits other than EU Bretain the right to issue permits other than EU Blue Card for any purpose of employment to third-country nationals who fall outside the scope of this Directive or for national schemes which include Card for any purpose of employment tomore favourable provisions for the employment of highly-skilled third- country nationals who fall outside of the scope ofcovered by this Directive, subject to the limitations following from other directives in the area of labour migration.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 155 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
(6) The concept of highly skilled worker should replace the concept of highly qualified worker in order to emphasise that both formal educational qualifications and equivalent professional experience should be taken equally into account as criteria for admission. In addition, it should be taken into account that highly talented people with specific skills, who are recognised as highly skilled in their respective sector on the basis of testimonies of their teachers, trainers, portfolio or reputation or who have acquired professional recognition, should also be included in the concept of highly skilled worker. According to a Council Recommendation of 20 December 201232 , the validation of learning outcomes, namely competences (knowledge, skills and attitudes)33 acquired through non-formal and informal learning can play an important role in enhancing employability and mobility. It recommends Member States to have in place, no later than 2018, arrangements for the validation of non-formal and informal learning. As mechanisms and arrangements for the evaluation and validation of professional experience are not readily available in all Member States, an additional transposition period of two years after the entry into force of this Directive should be provided for the provisions related to recognising professional experience in order to enable Member States, where necessary, to develop such mechanisms and arrangements. Member States’ National Contact Points on the EU Blue Card should be involved in effective cooperation with stakeholders and networks in the education, training, employment and youth sectors, as well as other relevant policy areas, for the purpose of recognising professional experience under this Directive. _________________ 32 Council Recommendation of 20 December 2012 on the validation of non- formal and informal learning (2012/C 398/01) (OJ C 398, 22.12.2012, p. 1). 33 Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 on key competences for lifelong learning (OJ L 394, 30.12.2006, p. 10).
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 160 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
(7) This Directive should not affect the right of the Member States to determine the volumes of admission of third-country nationals coming from third countries to their territory in order to seek work in accordance with Article 79(5) of the Treaty. On that basis, Member States should be able to either consider an application for an EU Blue Card inadmissible or reject it. As Article 79(5) TFEU only refers to third-country nationals coming from third countries, the right to determine volumes of admission does not apply in situations where a third-country national has already been admitted in the territory of Member States under this Directive and is seeking to continue the period of residence in the same or a second Member State.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 164 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
(8) Beneficiaries of international protection as defined in Article 2(a) of Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council34 and applicants for international protection have a wide set of rights including labour market access in the Member State having granted them protection or responsible for determining their application for international protection. In order to further promote social inclusion of these persons and enhance their labour market opportunities across the Union, those who are highly skilled should be entitled to apply for an EU Blue Card. They should be subject to the same rules as any other third- country national falling within the scope of this Directive, while holding the statuses of beneficiary of international protection and EU Blue Card holder in parallel. However, for reasons of legal clarity and coherence, the provisions on equal treatment and family reunification of this Directive should not apply to this group of EU Blue Card holders in the Member State which granted them international protection. Those rights should remain regulated under the asylum acquis and, where applicable, Council Directive 2003/86/EC35 or of applicants for international protection and EU Blue Card holder in parallel. The rights of refugees and asylum applicants who are also holders of an EU Blue Card should remain regulated under the asylum acquis and, where applicable, Council Directive 2003/86/EC35and more favourable provisions covered by the EU Blue Card in terms of equal treatment, family reunification and mobility should equally apply. _________________ 34 Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted (recast) (OJ L 337, 20.12.2011, p. 9). 35Council Directive 2003/86/EC of 22 September 2003 on the right to family reunification (OJ L 251, 3.10.2003, p. 12).
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 166 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) The transfer of responsibility for protection of beneficiaries of international protection or of applicants for international protection is outside the scope of this Directive: the protectionose statuses and the rights associated with ithem should not be transferred to another Member State on the basis of the issuance of an EU Blue Card.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 171 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
(11) This Directive should not apply to categories of third-country nationals to whom a particular scheme under Union law, with specific entry conditions and sets of rights, applies when the inclusion of those categories in this Directive would go against the rationale of the particular scheme, create unnecessary legal complexity or entail a risk of abuses. This Directive should not apply to third-country nationals who apply to reside in a Member State as researchers in order to carry out a research project, as they fall within the scope of Directive (EU) 2016/801 of the European Parliament and of the Council37 which introduces a specific procedure for admitting third- country nationals for the purposes of scientific research. However, once admitted under Directive (EU) 2016/801, legally residing researchers should be entitled to apply for an EU Blue Card under this Directive for other purposes than those covered under Directive (EU) 2016/801. Equally, legally residing EU Blue Card holders should be entitled to apply to reside as researchers under Directive (EU) 2016/801. The provisions of that Directive should be clarified so as to ensure such a possibility. _________________ 37 Directive (EU) 2016/801 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, studies, training, voluntary service, pupil exchange schemes or educational projects and au pairing (OJ L 132, 21.05.2016, p. 21).
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 177 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
(13) It is necessary to provide for a flexible demand-driven admission system based on objective criteria, such as a work contract or a binding job offer of at least 6 months, a salary threshold adaptable by the Member States to the situation in its labour marketcomparable salary level and higher professional qualifications.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 187 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
(15) In order to ensure a sufficient level of harmonisation in the admission conditions throughout the Union, both minimum and maximum factors for calculating the salaryand to guarantee equal threshold should be determined. Member States should fix their threshold in accordance with the situation and organisation of their respective labour markets and their general immigration policiesatment, the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value should apply.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 194 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) The appropriate wage levels should be defined at national, regional, sectoral and/or company level in agreement with social partners and in accordance with existing collective agreements and national legislation.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 199 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
(16) A lower salary threshold should be laid down for specific professions where it is considered by the Member State concerned that there is a particular lack of available workforce and where such professions belong to major group 1 or 2 of the ISCO (“International Standard Classification of Occupation”) classification.deleted
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 208 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
(17) A lower salary threshold should also be laid down to benefit third-country nationals during a certain period after their graduation. This period should be granted each time that the third-country national reaches a level of education relevant for the purposes of this Directive, namely levels 6, 7 or 8 of ISCED 2011, or levels 6, 7 or 8 of EQF, according to the national law of the Member State concerned. It should apply whenever the third-country national applies for an initial or renewed EU Blue Card within three years from the date of obtaining the qualifications and in addition, when that third-country national applies for a first renewal of the EU Blue Card and the initial EU Blue Card was issued for a period shorter than 24 months. After these grace periods – which may run in parallel – have elapsed the young professionals can be reasonably expected to have gained sufficient professional experience in order to fulfil the regular salary threshold.deleted
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 211 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
(20) Member States should be entitled to reject applications for an EU Blue Card and be allowed to withdraw or refuse to renew an EU Blue Card if there is a proven threat to public policy, public security or public healthsecurity. Any rejection on grounds of public policy or public security should be based on the individual behaviour of the person concerned, in accordance with the principle of proportionality. Illness or disability suffered after the third-country national was admitted to the territory of the first Member State should not constitute the sole ground for withdrawing or refusing to renew an EU Blue Card or for not issuing an EU Blue Card in a second Member State.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 218 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
(21) Member States should be allowed to withdraw or refuse to renew an EU Blue Card where the EU Blue Card holder has either failed to comply with the conditions for mobility under this Directive or has repetitively exercised the mobility rights in an abusive manner, for example by applying for EU Blue Cards in second Member States and beginning employment immediately while it is clear that the conditions will not be fulfilled and the application will be refused.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 230 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
(27) Since EU Blue Card holders are highly skilled workers contributing to addressing labour and skills shortages in key sectors, the principle of access to the labour market should be the general rule. However, in circumstances where the domestic labour market undergoes serious disturbances such as a high level of unemployment in a given occupation or sector, which may be limited to particular regions or other parts of the territory, a Member State shoulda Member State should, after consulting with social partners and relevant national employment and social authorities and actors, be able to take into account the situation of its labour market before issuing an EU Blue Card.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 235 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
(28) In case Member States decide to make use of this possibility for a given occupation or sector, possibly in a particular part of their territory, they should send a notification to the Commission hereof, explaining the economic, social and other reasons justifying the decision to introduce such labour market test for the next 126 months and do so again for every subsequent 126 month period. Member States mayshould involve social and employment partners in the assessment of the circumstances related to the domestic labour market. This verification should not be possible when an EU Blue Card is renewed in the first Member State. For EU Blue Cards in a second Member State, taking into account the situation of the labour market should only be possible if that Member State has also introduced checks for first applications for third- country nationals coming from third countries and after a separate justified notification. The Commission should notify the Member State of its decision to approve or reject the proposed measures by the Member States. In case Member States decide to make use of this possibility, they should communicate this in a clear, accessible and transparent way to applicants and employers, including online.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 236 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 29
(29) In implementing this Directive, Member States should refrain from pursuing active recruitment in developing countries in sectors suffering from a lack of personnel in key sectors essential for sustainable development. Ethical recruitment policies and principles applicable to public and private sector employers should be developed in key sectors, for example the health sector. This is consistent with EU’s commitment to the 2010 WHO Global Code on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel39 in addition to the Council and Member States’ conclusions of 14 May 2007 on the European Programme for Action to tackle the critical shortage of health workers in developing countries (2007-2013) and the education sector, as appropriate. These principles and policies should be strengthened by the development and application of mechanisms, guidelines and other tools to facilitate, as appropriate, circular and temporary migration, as well as other measures that would minimise negative and maximise positive impacts of highly skilled immigration on developing countries in order to turn “brain drain” into “brain gain”. _________________ 39 The WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel, adopted on 21 May 2010 by the Sixty-third World Health Assembly in resolution WHA63.16.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 249 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
(35) The rights acquired by a beneficiary of international protection as an EU Blue Card holder should be without prejudice to rights enjoyed by the person concerned under Directive 2011/95/EU and under the Geneva Convention in the Member State which granted the protection status. In that Member State, in order to avoid situations of conflicting rules, thexisting more favourable provisions on equal treatment and family reunification of this Directive should not apply. Persons who are beneficiaries of international protection in one Member State and EU Blue Card holders in another should enjoy the same rights including equality of treatment with nationals of the Member State of residence as any other EU Blue Card holders in the latter Member State.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 254 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
(37) In order to attract highly skilled workers and encourage their continuous stay in the Union, while enabling mobility within the Union as well as circular migration, derogations from Council Directive 2003/109/EC43 should be provided for in order to give EU Blue Card holders and their family members an easier access to EU long-term resident status. _________________ 43 Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 on the status of third- country nationals who are long-term residents (OJ L 16, 23.1.2004, p. 44).
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 264 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
(41) EU Blue Card holders and their family members should be allowed to move to a second Member State under simplified conditions where they intend to apply for a new EU Blue Card based on an existing work contract or binding job offer. Second Member States should not be allowed to require from EU Blue Card holders any other authorisation than the EU Blue Card issued by the first Member State. As soon as they submit an application for an EU Blue Card within the deadline provided for in this Directive, they should be allowed to begin employment. In the second Member State the procedure for issuing an EU Blue Card should be simplified compared to the first EU Blue Card; as the mobile EU Blue Card holder has already exercised highly skilled activity in one Member State for a certain period of time, the second Member State should not have the need to control all the same details for a second time. However, mobility should remain demand-driven and therefore a work contract should always be required in the second Member State, and the salary should meet the threshold set by the second Member State in accordance with this Directive.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 273 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 45
(45) For the purpose of residence of beneficiaries of international protection or of applicants for international protection across Member States, it is necessary to ensure that Member States other than the one which issued international protection or other than the one responsible for the application for international protection are informed of the protection background of the persons concerned in order to enable Member States to comply with their obligations regarding the principle of non- refoulement.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 276 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 48 a (new)
(48a) As part of its role in monitoring the implementation of this Directive, the Commission should evaluate the applicability of similar schemes for labour migration to other employment sectors, in particular low and medium-wage sectors, and seriously consider to propose a comprehensive framework for labour migration applicable to all sectors, including for low and medium-skilled workers.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 286 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) “EU Blue Card” means the residence permit bearing the term “EU Blue Card” entitling its holder and his or her family members to reside and work in the territory of a Member State under the terms of this Directive;
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 298 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) “professional experience” means the actual and lawfulproved pursuit of the profession concerned;
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 301 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point l
(l) “business activity” means a temporary activity related to the business interests of the employer, such as, but not limited to, attending internal and external business meetings, attending conferences and seminars, negotiating business deals, undertaking sales or marketing activities, performing internal or client audits, exploring business opportunities, or attending and receiving training;
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 311 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. This Directive shall equally apply to third-country nationals who apply for and are granted an EU Blue Card in the following circumstances: (a) third country-nationals who have applied for international protection and are awaiting a decision on their status or who are beneficiaries of temporary protection in accordance with the Council Directive 2001/55/EC47 in a Member State; (b) third country-nationals who have applied for protection in accordance with national law, international obligations or practice of the Member State and are awaiting a decision on their status, or who are beneficiaries of protection in accordance with national law, international obligations or practice of the Member State; (c) third country-nationals whose application for international protection or protection under national law has been rejected, who have been employed while their application was pending and have applied for an EU Blue Card within three months after the notification of a rejection of their application for international protection or protection under national law; (d) “non-returnable migrants”: migrants in a return procedure whose presence in the territory is known to the immigration authorities, who cannot be returned for varying reasons beyond their control, which may be related to legal or humanitarian considerations, practical obstacles or policy choices; (e) third country-nationals who are residing in a Member State as researchers, students, school pupils, trainees, volunteers or au pairs within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/801; (f) third country-nationals who enjoy EU long-term resident status in a Member State in accordance with Directive 2003/109/EC and exercise their right to reside in another Member State in order to carry out an economic activity in an employed or self-employed capacity; (g) third country-nationals who are residing in the territory of a Member State as seasonal workers pursuant to Directive 2014/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council;
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 313 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) who seek international protection and are awaiting a decision on their status or who are beneficiaries of temporary protection in accordance with the Council Directive 2001/55/EC47 in a Member State; _________________ 47Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001 on minimum standards for giving temporary protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced persons and on measures promoting a balance of efforts between Member States in receiving such persons and bearing the consequences thereof (OJ L 212, 7.8.2001, p. 12).deleted
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 317 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) who seek protection in accordance with national law, international obligations or practice of the Member State and are awaiting a decision on their status, or who are beneficiaries of protection in accordance with national law, international obligations or practice of the Member State;deleted
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 319 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) who apply to reside in a Member State as researchers within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/801 in order to carry out a research project;deleted
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 320 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) who enjoy EU long-term resident status in a Member State in accordance with Directive 2003/109/EC and exercise their right to reside in another Member State in order to carry out an economic activity in an employed or self-employed capacity;deleted
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 322 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) who have been admitted to the territory of a Member State as seasonal workers pursuant to Directive 2014/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council49 ; _________________ 49Directive 2014/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the conditions of entry and stay of third-country nationals for the purpose of employment as seasonal workers (OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 375).deleted
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 323 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) whose expulsion has been suspended for reasons of fact or law;deleted
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 327 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall not issue any other permit than an EU Blue Card to third-country nationals for the purpose of highly skilled employment and may retain national schemes which adopt or retain more favourable provisions in respect of this Directive. Member States can issue other national permits for third- country nationals who fall out of the scope of this Directive.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 338 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall not affect the right of Member States to adopt or retain more favourable provisions in respect of this Directive and in particular in respect of Articles 10, 14, 15, 16 and 17(5).
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 347 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) present a valid travel document, as determined by national law, and, if required, an application for a visa or a valid visa or, where applicable, a valid residence permit or a valid long-stay visa or a confirmation that an application for international protection or for protection under national law is pending or when a deportation cannot be enforced;
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 348 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) present evidence of having or, if provided for by national law, having applied for a basic sickness insurance for all the risks normally covered for nationals of the Member State concerned for periods where no such insurance coverage and corresponding entitlement to benefits are provided in connection with, or resulting from, the work contract.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 354 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. In addition to the conditions laid down in paragraph 1, the gross annual salary resulting from the monthly or annual salary specified in the work contract or binding job offer shall not be inferior to the salary threshold set and published for that purpose by the Member States. The salary threshold set by the Member States shall be at least 1.0 times but not higher than 1.4 times the average gross annual salarywages which apply or would apply to a comparable worker in the same sector in the Member State concerned.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 364 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, and for employment in professions which are in particular need of third-country national workers and which belong to major groups 1 and 2 of ISCO, the salary threshold shall be 80 percent of the salary threshold set by the Member State concerned in accordance with paragraph 2.deleted
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 372 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
By way of derogation from paragraph 2, as regards third-country nationals who have obtained a higher education qualification not more than three years before submitting the application for an EU Blue Card, the salary threshold shall be 80 percent of the salary threshold set by the Member State concerned in accordance with paragraph 2. The period of three years shall reapply after the attainment of each level of higher education qualifications.deleted
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 381 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall facilitate the timely validation and recognition of documents attesting the relevant higher professional qualifications pursuant to point (c) of paragraph 1.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 385 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall reject applications of third-country nationals who are consideredproven to pose a threat to public policy, public security or public healthsecurity.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 387 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2
Where the national law of a Member State requires an address to be provided at the time of application and the third-country national concerned does not yet know his or her future address, Member States shall accept a temporary address. In such a case, the third-country national shall provide his or her permanent address at the latest whenone year after the EU Blue Card pursuant to Article 8 is issued.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 388 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shallmay reject an application for an EU Blue Card in any ofonly in the following cases:
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 390 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) where the documents presented, with the knowledge of the owner, have been fraudulently acquired, or falsified or tampered with.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 398 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
In circumstances where their labour market situation undergoes serious disturbances such as a high level of unemployment in a given occupation or sector, which may be limited to a particular part of their territory, Member States mayMember States may, after mandatory consultation with social partners and relevant national employment and social authorities and actors, check whether the concerned vacancy could not be filled by national or Union workforce, by third-country nationals lawfully resident in that Member State and already forming part of its labour market by virtue of Union or national law, or by EU long-term residents wishing to move to that Member State for highly skilled employment in accordance with Chapter III of Directive 2003/109/EC.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 404 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Member State concerned shall notifyinform the Commission of its intention to introduce such check in a given occupation or sector, which may be limited to a particular part of their territory, for third- country nationals coming from third countries for the next 126 months, and shall supply the Commission with all relevant reasons justifying this decision. The Commission shall notify the Member State of its decision to approve or reject the proposed measures by the Member States. For each extension of 126 months the Member State concerned shall send a new justified notificatinform the Commission and provide new relevant reasons justifying such check. Member States shall not implement the abovementioned measures before approval by the Commission.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 409 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the employer has, in a serious manner, failed to meet its legal obligations regarding social security, taxation, labour rights or working conditions for a period of two years prior to the submission of the application;
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 416 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Access to due financial compensation and redress shall be granted to the applicant whose application has been refused pursuant to points (a), (b) or (c) of paragraph 3. This should not, in any case, prevent the applicant from submitting a fresh application and being granted an EU Blue Card.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 417 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. Member States may only reject an application for an EU Blue Card in order to ensure ethical recruitment in key sectors essential for sustainable development suffering from a lack of qualified workers in the countries of origin.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 422 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the EU Blue Card or the documents presented, with the knowledge of the owner, have been fraudulently acquired, or have been falsified or tampered with;
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 427 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the third-country national no longer holds a valid work contract for highly skilled employment or the qualifications required by points (b) and (c) of Article 5(1) or his or her salary no longer meets the salary threshold as setlevels as defined in accordance with Article 5(2), (4) or (5), as applicable, without prejudice to Article 14.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 433 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) for duly justified reasons of public policy, public security or public healthsecurity;
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 435 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) where appropriate, where the employer has failed to meet its legal obligations regarding social security, taxation, labour rights or working conditions and has failed to rectify the situation within a reasonable time;
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 438 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) where the third-country national has not communicated the changes referred to in Article 13(1), where applicable, and in Article 14(3) without justification pursuant to paragraph 3;
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 439 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) where the third-country national no longer holds a valid travel document;deleted
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 442 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f
(f) where the third-country national fails to comply with the conditions of mobility under this Chapter or repetitively makes use of the mobility provisions of this Chapter in an abusive manner.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 449 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Access to due compensation and redress shall be granted to the EU Blue Card holder whose permit has been withdrawn or not renewed pursuant to points (b) or (c) of paragraph 2. In the case of withdrawal of an EU Blue Card pursuant to points (b) or (c) of paragraph 2, Member States shall grant the EU Blue Card holder a temporary residence permit for a period of at least six months, during which the EU Blue Card holder shall be allowed to seek and take up employment in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 13.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 455 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The withdrawal of an EU Blue Card shall take effect 60 days after the holder has been duly notified by the responsible authorities of a decision to withdraw a Blue Card.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 462 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall set a standard period of validity for the EU Blue Card, which shall be at least 2436 months. If the work contract covers a shorter period, the EU Blue Card shall be issued at least for the duration of the work contract plus three months. Where an EU Blue Card is renewed, its period of validity shall be at least 2436 months.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 474 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The application shall be considered and examined either when the third- country national concerned is residing outside the territory of the Member State to which he or she wishes to be admitted, or when he or she is already legally present in the territory of that Member State. The application shall equally be considered when the applicant falls under one of the circumstances listed in points (a), (b),(c) and (d) of [Article 3.1aNEW].
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 476 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall grant third- country nationals the possibility to submit their application remotely, by post or electronically.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 477 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The competent authorities of the Member States shall adopt a decision on the application for an EU Blue Card and notify the applicant in writing, in accordance with the notification procedures laid down in the national law of the Member State concerned. The notification shall be made at the latest within 630 days of the date of submission of the application and within 30 days of the date of submission of an application for renewal.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 480 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Where the employer has been recognised in accordance with Article 12, the notification shall be made at the latest within 30 days of the date of submission of the application and within 2 weeks of the date of submission of an application for renewal.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 482 #

2016/0176(COD)

3. WPrior to rejecting an application for an EU Blue Card or withdrawing or not renewing the EU Blue Card, where the information or documents supplied in support of the application or the renewal application are inadequate or incomplete, the competent authorities shall duly notify the applicant of the additional information that is required and set a reasonable deadline for providing itsuch additional information. The period referred to in paragraph 1 shall be suspended until the authorities have received the additional information or documents required. If the additional information or documents have not been provided within the deadline, the application may be rejected or the EU Blue Card may not be renewed, unless the applicant proves that the documents have not been provided within the deadline for a reason independent of the applicant’s will. In this case, a new deadline shall be set by the authorities for the applicant to provide the relevant information or documents.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 483 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. Any decision rejecting an application for an EU Blue Card, or a decision not to renew or to withdraw an EU Blue Card shall be duly notified in writing and in a language that the applicant understands or is reasonably meant to understand, to the third-country national concerned and, where relevant, to his employer in accordance with the notification procedures set out in the relevant national law. The notification shall specify the reasons for the decision and the competent authority with which an appeal may be submitted as well as the time limit for submitting the appeal. Member States shall provide an effective judicial remedy, in accordance with national law. Previous grounds for refusal shall not affect the possibility for the applicant to submit a new application for an EU Blue Card or an application for renewal in case of faults on the side of the employer pursuant to Article 6.3(a) or where lawful mistakes in the application have been rectified.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 484 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. An applicant shall be allowed to submit an application for renewal before the expiry of the EU Blue Card. Member States may set a maximum deadline of 690 days prior to the expiry of the EU Blue Card for submitting an application for renewal.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 485 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 6
6. Where the validity of the EU Blue Card permit expires during the procedure for renewal, Member States shall allow the third-country national to stay on their territory under the same conditions laid down in this Directive until the competent authorities have taken a decision on the application, without prejudice to the right of the EU Blue Card holder to pursue his or her employment during this period.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 489 #

2016/0176(COD)

The level of fees required by Member States for the processing of applications shall not be disproportionate or excessive and overall not higher than the level of fees required for other residence permit applications in the Member State.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 518 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Unemployment in itself shall not constitute a reason for withdrawing an EU Blue Card, unless the period of unemployment exceeds threesix consecutive months, or where the unemployment occurs more than oncethree times during the period of validity of an EU Blue Card.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 519 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Temporary inability to work as the result of an illness or accident shall not constitute a reason for withdrawing an EU Blue Card.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 527 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Member States shall establish in national law possibilities for family members of Blue Card holders to be granted an independent residence permit in the event of the dissolution of the marriage or the relationship, in particular in cases of violence. The conditions relating to the granting and duration of the residence permits shall be established by national law.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 528 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Survivor family members who derive rights from the EU Blue Card holder, shall be granted the right to remain in the Member State until the expiry of the Blue Card and, in any case, for a period of at least 12 months, under the same conditions enjoyed as family members of an EU Blue Card holders.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 531 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Before a family member is granted access to employment, Member States may check whether the concerned vacancy could not be filled by national or Union workforce, by third-country nationals lawfully resident in that Member State and already forming part of its labour market by virtue of Union or national law, or by EU long- term residents wishing to move to that Member State for employment in accordance with Chapter III of Directive 2003/109/EC.deleted
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 534 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 10
10. This Article shall apply to EU Blue Card holders who are beneficiaries of international protection onlyfor what relates to any more favourable condition for family members which could derive from this Directive, including when they reside in a Member State other than the Member State which granted them international protection.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 542 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The EU long-term resident status granted in accordance with the first subparagraph of this paragraph may be withdrawn before the period of legal and continuous residence of five years referred to in Article 4(1) of Directive 2003/109/EC within the territory of the Member States has been completed, where the third- country national becomes unemployed and he or she or, in the alternative a family member or another person acting as sponsor, does not have sufficient resources to maintain himself or herself and, where applicable, the members of his or her family, without having recourse to the social assistance system of the Member State concerned.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 551 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 6
6. The derogations set out in 6. paragraphs 4 and 5 may be restricted to cases where the third-country national concerned can present evidence that he has been absent from the territory of the Member States to exercise an economic activity in an employed or self-employed capacity, or to perform a voluntary service, or a military service, or to study in his or her own country of origin.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 567 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 3 – point e
(e) evidence of meeting the salary threshold setlevels defined in the second Member State in application of paragraph 2 or, where applicable, of paragraphs 4 or 5 of Article 5.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 569 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the documents required pursuant to paragraph 3 are not presented, after a request to submit the required documents has been notified by the public administration to the applicant and the applicant has failed to provide the required documents within a reasonable deadline set by the public administration;
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 571 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) the documents were fraudulently acquired, or falsified or tampered with, with the knowledge of the owner;
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 574 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 5
5. The second Member State shall reject an application for an EU Blue Card where the third-country national poses a threat to public policy, public security or public healthsecurity.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 576 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 7
7. The second Member State may reject an application for an EU Blue Card where the third-country national repetitively makes use of the possibility to enter and work in second Member States pursuant to this Article in an abusive manner. The second Member State shall notify the first Member State of the rejection for the purpose of point (f) of Article 7(2).deleted
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 604 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 4
4. The EU Blue Card holder or his employer in the second Member State may be held responsible for the costs related to the re-entry of the EU Blue Card holder and his family members referred to in paragraph 4.deleted
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 611 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3
By way of derogation from the second subparagraph, the Member State which adopted the expulsion decision shall retain the right to remove, in accordance with its international obligations, the third-country national to a country other than the Member State which granted international protection, where that person fulfils the conditions specified in Article 21(2) of Directive 2011/95/EU.deleted
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 615 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall make easily accessible to applicants the information on all the documentary evidence needed for an application and information on entry and residence conditions, including the rights, obligations and procedural safeguards, of the third-country nationals falling under the scope of this Directive and of their family members. This information shall include information on the salary thresholdscriteria set in the Member State concerned in accordance with Article 5(2), (4) and (5), and on the applicable fees.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 617 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) on the applicable appeal procedures and on the competent authorities with which a judicial redress may be submitted as well as the time limits for submitting the appeal.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 621 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall communicate to the Commission each year and upon each modification, the factor they have decided to set for determining the annual salary thresholds, and the resulting nominal amounts, in accordance with Article 5(2), (4) and (5).deleted
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 623 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall communicate each year to the Commission the list of the professions for which a derogation in accordance with Article 5(4) applies.deleted
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 631 #

2016/0176(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Every three years, and for the first time by [five years after the date of entry into force of this Directive], the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Directive in the Member States, in particular the assessment of the impact of Articles 5, 12, 19 and 20, and the impact of this Directive on the national labour market situations. The Commission shall propose any amendments that are necessary. As part of its assessment the Commission shall evaluate the applicability of similar schemes for labour migration to other employment sectors, in particular low and medium-wage sectors, and, where appropriate, may propose a comprehensive framework for labour migration applicable to all sectors, including for low and medium-skilled workers.
2017/03/03
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 14 #

2016/0142(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) The mechanism for the temporary suspension of the exemption from the visa requirement for the nationals of a third country listed in Annex II of that regulation ("the suspension mechanism") should be strengthened by making it easier for Member States to notify circumstances leading to a possible suspension and by enabling the Commission to trigger the mechanism on its own initiative.deleted
2016/07/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 16 #

2016/0142(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) In particular, the use of the mechanism should be facilitated by shortening reference periods and deadlines allowing for a faster procedure and by extending the possible grounds of suspension, which should include a substantial increase in the number of rejected readmission applications for third-country nationals having transited through the third country concerned, where a readmission agreement concluded between the Union or a Member State and that third country provides for such a readmission obligation. The Commission should also be able to trigger the mechanism in case the third country fails to cooperate on readmission, in particular where a readmission agreement has been concluded between the third country concerned and the Union.deleted
2016/07/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 22 #

2016/0142(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 539/2001
Article 1a – paragraph 1
(1) in paragraph 1 the following is deleted: ‘in emergency situations, as a last resort,’is replaced by the following: “1. By way of derogation from Article 1(2), the exemption from the visa requirement for nationals of a third country listed in Annex II shall be temporarily suspended in emergency situations, which have a serious negative impact on the overall migratory situation in the Union, as a last resort, in accordance with this Article.”
2016/07/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 26 #

2016/0142(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 539/2001
Article 1a – paragraph 2 – introductory part
“2. A Member State may notify the Commission if it is confronted, over a twosix- month period, in comparison with the same period in the previous year or with the last twosix months prior to the implementation of the exemption from the visa requirement for nationals of a third country listed in Annex II, with one or more of the following circumstances which it is unable to remedy on its own, namely:”
2016/07/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 29 #

2016/0142(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 539/2001
Article 1a – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) a substantial increase in the number of asylum applications from the nationals of that third country for which the recognition rate is low;deleted
2016/07/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 31 #

2016/0142(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 539/2001
Article 1a – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) a substantial increase in the number of rejected readmission applications submitted by the Member State to that third country for its own nationals or, where a readmission agreement concluded between the Union or that Member State and that third country provides for such obligation, for third country nationals having transited through that third country.
2016/07/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 40 #

2016/0142(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 539/2001
Article 1a – paragraph 2 a (new)
“2a. Where the Commission has concrete and reliable information of circumstances referred to in points (a), (b) or (c) of paragraph 2, or that the third country is not cooperating on readmission, in particular where a readmission agreement has been concluded between that third country and the Union, for instance: - readmission applications, - documents for the purposes of return within deadlines specified in the agreement or not accepting European travel documents issued following the lapse of deadlines specified in the agreement, - the agreement, the Commission may, on its own initiative, inform the European Parliament and the Council. This information shall be equivalent to a notification made pursuant to paragraph 2.”deleted by rejecting or not replying to by failing to issue travel or by terminating or suspending
2016/07/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 57 #

2016/0142(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 539/2001
Article 1a – paragraph 4
(5) in paragraph 4, "three months" is replaced by "one month".deleted
2016/07/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 10 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) In order to prevent that applicants with inadmissible claims or who are likely not to be in need of international protection, or who represent a security risk are transferred among the Member States, it is necessary to ensure that the Member where an application is first lodged verifies the admissibility of the claim in relation to the first country of asylum and safe third country, examines in accelerated procedures applications made by applicants coming from a safe country of origin designated on the EU list, as well as applicants presenting security concerns.deleted
2017/03/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 63 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall examine any application for international protection by a third-country national or a stateless person who applies on the territory of any one of them, including at the border or in the transit zones. Member States shall instruct their diplomatic representations in third countries to consider applications for international protection in order to avoid excessive pressure on the asylum systems of frontline Member States. The application shall be examined by a single Member State, which shall be the one which the criteria set out in Chapter III indicate is responsible.
2017/03/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 66 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Before applying the criteria for determining a Member State responsible in accordance with Chapters III and IV, the first Member State in which the application for international protection was lodged shall: (a)examine whether the application for international protection is inadmissible pursuant to Article 33(2) letters b) and c) of Directive 2013/32/EU when a country which is not a Member State is considered as a first country of asylum or as a safe third country for the applicant; and (b)examine the application in accelerated procedure pursuant to Article 31(8) of Directive 2013/32/EU when the following grounds apply: (i)the applicant has the nationality of a third country, or he or she is a stateless person and was formerly habitually resident in that country, designated as a safe country of origin in the EU common list of safe countries of origin established under Regulation [Proposal COM (2015) 452 of 9 September 2015]; or (ii) the applicant may, for serious reasons, be considered a danger to the national security or public order of the Member State, or the applicant has been forcibly expelled for serious reasons of public security or public order under national law.deleted
2017/03/28
Committee: AFET
Amendment 155 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) The definition of a family member in this Regulation should include the sibling or siblings, grandparents and uncles or aunts of the applicant. Reuniting siblings, grandparents and uncles or aunts is of particular importance for improving the chances of integration of applicants and hence reducing secondary movements. The scope of the definition of family member should also reflect the reality of current migratory trends, according to which applicants often arrive to the territory of the Member States after a prolonged period of time in transit. The definition should therefore include families formed outside the country of origin, but before their arrival on the territory of the Member State. This limited and targeted enlargement of the scope of the definition is expected to reduce the incentive for some secondary movements of asylum seekers within the EU.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 156 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
(20) In order to ensure full respect for the principle of family unity and for the best interests of the child, the presence of family members should become a binding responsibility criterion. In particular, the existence of a relationship of dependency between an applicant and his or her child, sibling or parent on account of the applicant’s pregnancy or maternity, state of health or old age, should become a binding responsibility criterion. When the applicant is an unaccompanied minor, the presence of a family member or relative on the territory of another Member State who can take care of him or her should also become a binding responsibility criterion. In order to discourage secondary movements of unaccompanied minors, which are not in their best interests, in the absence of a family member or a relative, the Member State responsible should be that where the unaccompanied minor first has lodged his or her application for international protection, unlessis present, provided that, following a multidisciplinary assessment of the child's best interests, it is demonstrated that this would not be in the best interests of the child. Before transferring an unaccompanied minor to another Member State, the transferring Member State should make sure thatobtain individualised guarantees from that Member State that it will take all necessary and appropriate measures to ensure the adequate protection of the child, and in particular the prompt appointment of a representative or representativesguardian tasked with safeguarding respect for all the rights to which they are entitled. Any decision on responsibility or to transfer an unaccompanied minor should be preceded by an multidisciplinary assessment of his/her best interests by staff with the necessary qualifications and expertise and the participation of his or her guardian and legal advisor or counsellor.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 168 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
(21) Assuming responsibility by a Member State Member State should be able to derogate from the responsibility criteria for example on humanitarian grounds, in particular for exfaminly reasons, and examinge an application lodged with it in cases whenfor international protection lodged with it or with another Member State, even if such examination is not its responsibility under the binding criteria laid down in this Regulation may undermine the effectiveness and sustainability of the system and should be exceptional. Therefore, a Member State should be able to derogate from the responsibility criteria only on humanitarian grounds, in particular for family reasons, before a Member State responsible has been determined and examine an application for international protection lodged with it or with another Member State, even if such examination is not its responsibility under the binding criteria laid down in this Regulat. In order to ensure full respect of the applicant's right to private and family life, and in order to improve the prospects of long-term integration of the applicants, the existence of meaningful links with a Member State, including language skills, education, professional skills or cultural ties which would facilitate his or her integration, should become a binding responsibility criterion.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 273 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
(48) In order to provide for supplementary rules, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the identification of family members or, relatives or any other family relativeons of an unaccompanied minor; the criteria for establishing the existence of proven family links; the criteria for assessing the capacity of a relative to take care of an unaccompanied minor, including where family members, siblings or relatives of the unaccompanied minor stay in more than one Member State; the elements for assessing a dependency link; the elements for assessing a private sponsorship; the criteria for assessing the capacity of a person to take care of a dependent person; the criteria for assessing the existence of meaningful links to a certain Member State, including language skills, education, professional skills or cultural ties; standard operating protocols for the determination of the best interests of a child and the elements to be taken into account in order to assess the inability to travel for a significant period of time. In exercising its powers to adopt delegated acts, the Commission shall not exceed the scope of the best interests of the child as provided for under Article 8 of this Regulation. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. .
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 298 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – introductory part
(g) ‘family members’ means, insofar as the family already existed before the applicant arrived on the territory of the Member States , the following members of the applicant’s family who are present on the territory of the Member States:
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 302 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – indent 2
- the minor children of couples referred to in the first indent or of the applicant, on condition that they are unmarried and regardless of whether they were born in or out of wedlock or adopted as defined under national law,
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 313 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – indent 3
- when the applicant is a minor and unmarried, the father, mother or another adult responsible for the applicant, whether by law or by the practice of the Member State where the adult is present,
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 318 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – indent 4
- when the beneficiary of international protection is a minor and unmarried, the father, mother or another adult responsible for him or her whether by law or by the practice of the Member State where the beneficiary is present,
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 326 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point g – indent 5 a (new)
- the father or mother, grandmother, grandfather, aunt or uncle of the applicant, regardless of whether the applicant was born in or out of wedlock or adopted as defined under national law;
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 336 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point n
(n) ‘risk of absconding’ means the proven existence of reasons in an individual case, which are based on specific and objective criteria strictly defined by law, in line with guidelines set up by the EU Fundamental Rights Agency, to believe that an applicant or a third-country national or a stateless person who is subject to a transfer procedure may abscond;
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 437 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) of the objectives of this Regulation and the consequences of making another application in a different Member State as well as the consequences of leaving the Member State where he or she is obliged to be present during the phases in which the Member State responsible under this Regulation is being determined and the application for international protection is being examined , in particular that the applicant shall not be entitled to the reception conditions set out in Articles 14 to 19 of Directive 2013/33/EU in any Member State other than the one where he or she is required to be present, with the exception of emergency health care ;
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 444 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) of the provisions relating to family reunification and of the provisions relating to the possibility to reunite with family members, relatives or sponsors pursuant to Articles 10-13 and 18ANEW of this Regulation;
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 455 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) in the case of unaccompanied minors, of the role and responsibilities of the guardian and of the procedure to file complaints against a guardian in confidence and safety and in full respect of children's right to be heard in this respect;
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 461 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be provided in writing in a language that the applicant understands or is reasonably supposed to understand. Children shall be provided information in a child- friendly manner and in a language they understand by appropriately trained staff. Member States shall use the common leafletinformation material drawn up pursuant to paragraph 3 for that purpose.
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 489 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. The personal interview shall take place under conditions which ensure appropriate confidentiality. It shall be conducted by a qualified person under national law. Children shall be interviewed in a child-friendly manner by appropriately trained and qualified person under national law and in the presence of the guardian and legal representative.
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 503 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Each Member State where an unaccompanied minor is obliged to be present shall ensure that a representativeguardian represents and/or assists the unaccompanied minor with respect to the relevant procedures provided for in this Regulation. The representativeguardian shall have the independence, qualifications and expertise to ensure that the best interests of the minorchild are taken into consideration during the procedures carried out under this Regulation. Such representativeguardian shall have access to the content of the relevant documents in the applicant’s file including the specific leafletinformation material for unaccompanied minors. Guardians shall receive regular training to undertake their tasks.
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 522 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Before transferring an 4. unaccompanied minor toAny decision on the determination of the Member State responsible or, where applicable, to the Member State of allocation, the transferring Member State shall make sure that the Member State responsible or the Member State of allocation takes the measures referred to in Articles 14 and 24 of Directive 2013/33/EU and Article 25 of Directive 2013/32/EU without delay. Any decision to transfer an unaccompanied minor shall be preceded by an assessment of his/her shall be preceded by an assessment of the minor’s best interests. The assessment shall be based on the factors listed in paragraph 3. The assessment shall be done swiftly by staff with the qualifications and expertise in child rights to ensure that the best interests of the minor are taken into considerationchild are taken into consideration, it shall involve at least the guardian and legal advisor or counsellor and the child's right to be heard must be guaranteed. The transferring Member States shall obtain individual guarantees that the Member State responsible or the Member State of allocation takes the measures referred to in Articles 14 and 24 of Directive 2013/33/EU and Article 25 of Directive 2013/32/EU without delay.
2017/04/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 551 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. In the absence of a family member or a relative as referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3, the Member State responsible shall be that where the unaccompanied minor first has lodghas registered his or her application for international protection and is present, unless it is demonstrated that this is not in the best interests of the minorchild. A multidisciplinary best interests assessment shall be carried out in accordance with Article 8 in the Member State where the minor is present and shall determine whether the Member State responsible in line with an assessment of the child's best interests is the Member State where the minor has made an application, the Member State where the minor is present or another Member State based on Article 14A NEW.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 560 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Where a minor is accompanied by one parent, adult sibling or other adult responsible for the minor, whether by law or by the practice of a Member State, and one parent or other adult responsible for the minor, whether by law or the practice of a Member State, is legally present in the territory of a Member State, the Member State responsible shall be that where the parent or other adult responsible for the minor is legally present, provided that this is in the best interests of the child.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 566 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – title
Family members who are beneficiaries of international protection
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 567 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Where the applicant has a family member, regardless of whether the family was previously formed in the country of origin, who has been allowed to reside as a beneficiary of international protectionis legally residing in a Member State, that Member State shall be responsible for examining the application for international protection, provided that the persons concerned expressed their desire in writing.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 765 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. For the purpose of the implementation of this Regulation, Member States shall not hold children in detention.
2017/04/04
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 958 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 2
2. Family members and relatives to whom the procedure for allocation applies shall be allocated to the same Member State.
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 1010 #

2016/0133(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The European Union Agency for Asylum, in consultation with appropriate expert bodies and organisations, shall conduct a qualitative and quantitative stocktaking of the capacity for the reception of unaccompanied minors in all Member States during the transitional period referred to in Article 53(2a) in order to identify deficiencies and offer assistance to Member States in order to address those deficiencies.
2017/05/05
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 46 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) The European Union Agency for Asylum should ensure a more structured and streamlined production of information on countries of origin at the level of the European Union. It is necessary for the Agency to gather information and draw up reports providing for country of origin information by making use of European networks on country of origin information and UNHCR country/situation specific position papers, where available, as well as other relevant reports and information provided by international and national organisations and academics, so as to avoid duplication and create synergies with national and other existing reports. Furthermore, to ensure convergence in the assessment of applications for international protection and the nature and quality of protection granted, the Agency should, together with Member States, engage in and develop a common analysis providing guidance on the situation in specific countries of origin. Such common analysis should be developed in consultation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), as well as in full respect of and in accordance with the most recent UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Asylum Seekers from specific countries of origin.
2016/10/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 64 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) The European Union Agency for Asylum, in close cooperation with the Commission and without prejudice to the Commission's responsibility as guardian of the Treaties, should establish a mechanism to monitor and assess the implementation of the CEAS, the compliance by Member States with operational standards, guidelines and best practices on asylum and to verify the functioning of the asylum and reception systems of Member States. The monitoring and assessment should be comprehensive and should be based, in particular, on information provided by Member States, international and non- governmental organisations at national or Union level and relevant United Nations (UN) human rights treaty monitoring bodies and Council of Europe human rights monitoring mechanisms, information analysis on the situation of asylum developed by the Agency, on-site visits and case sampling. The Agency should report its findings to the Management Board which in turn should adopt the report. The Executive Director should, after consultation with the Commission, make draft recommendations to the Member State concerned outlining the necessary measures to address serious shortcomings, which in turn shall be adopted by the Management Board as recommendations.
2016/10/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 94 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) The European Union Agency for Asylum should facilitate operational cooperation between Member States in matters covered by this Regulation. It should also cooperate with authorities of third-countries on issues relating to asylum, protection and resettlement in the framework of working arrangements which should receive the Commission's prior approval. The Agency should act in accordance with the Union's external relations policy and under no circumstances should it formulate any independent external policy. In their cooperation with third countries, the Agency and the Member States should comply with norms and standards at least equivalent to those set by Union legislation also when the cooperation with third countries takes place on the territory of those countries.
2016/10/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 118 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) coordinate efforts among Member States to engage in and develop a common analysis of the situation in third countries of origin;
2016/10/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 126 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency shall support Member States in relation to the external dimension of the CEAS. In this regard, and in agreement with the Commission, the Agency shall coordinate the exchange of information and other action taken on issues arising from the implementation of instruments and mechanisms relating to the external dimension of the CEAS and with relevant international and non- governmental organisations, researchers and academics.
2016/10/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 141 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency shall create factual, legal and case law databases on the application and interpretation of Union, national and international asylum instruments making use, in particular, of existing arrangements and in cooperation with relevant international organisations, non-governmental organisations, researchers and academics. No personal data shall be stored in such databases, unless such data has been obtained by the Agency from documents that are publicly accessible.
2016/10/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 149 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – point g
(g) reception conditions, including special attention and protection given to unaccompanied children and children with their families, vulnerable groups and victims of torture and victims of trafficking in human beings.
2016/10/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 151 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 8
8. The Agency may organise training activities related to asylum and resettlement in cooperation with Member States or third countries on their territory.
2016/10/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 157 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The Agency shall be a centre for gathering relevant, reliable, accurate and up-to date information on countries of origin of persons applying for international protection, including child-specific information and targeted information on persons belonging to vulnerable groups. It shall draw up and regularly update reports and other products providing for information on countries of origin at the level of the Union including on thematic issues specific to countries of origin, including torture and ill-treatment in places of detention.
2016/10/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 171 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. To foster convergence in applying the assessment criteria established in Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council,22 the Agency shall coordinate efforts among Member States to engage in and develop a common analysis providing guidance on the situation in specific countries of origin. The Agency shall ensure that such common analysis takes full account of the most recent UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from specific countries of origin and of UNHCR country/situation specific position papers, if available. __________________ 22 Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection granted (recast) (OJ L 337, 20.12.2011, p. 9).
2016/10/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 182 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency shall, at the request of the Commission, provide it with information on specific third countries which could be considered for inclusion in, suspension or deletion from the common EU list of safe countries of origin in accordance with Regulation (EU) No XXX/XXX.
2016/10/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 183 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Information provided by the Agency in the context of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall be compiled in accordance with the general principles provided for in Article 8 of this Regulation and shall take into account information received from the UNHCR, United Nations human rights treaty monitoring bodies and Special Procedures, Council of Europe human rights monitoring mechanisms, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), relevant non-governmental organisations and other relevant independent and reliable sources.
2016/10/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 188 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency shall, on its own initiative or at the request of the Commission, and in consultation with the Commission, UNHCR and other relevant international and non-governmental organisations, develop operational standards on the implementation of the instruments of Union law on asylum and indicators for monitoring compliance with those operational standards as well as guidelines and best practices related to the implementation of the instruments of Union law on asylum. The Agency shall, following consultation with the Commission and after adoption by the Management Board, communicate those standards, indicators, guidelines or best practices to the Member States.
2016/10/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 191 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Agency, in close cooperation with the Commission and relevant international and non-governmental organisations, shall establish a mechanism to:
2016/10/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 204 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Agency may, in particular, base its assessment on information provided by Member States, information analysis on the situation of asylum developed by the Agency, on-site visits and case sampling, case sampling and information provided by UNHCR and other relevant United Nations human rights treaty monitoring bodies and Special Procedures or Council of Europe human rights monitoring mechanisms and other relevant international and non- governmental organisations.
2016/10/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 281 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 3
3. The Agency may, with the agreement of the host Member State, invite officials from third countries to observe the operational and technical measures outlined in Article 16(3), where their presence does not jeopardise the achievement of objectives of those measures, and where it may contribute to improving cooperation and the exchange of best practices.deleted
2016/10/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 284 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 4
4. The Agency shall coordinate actions on resettlement taken by Member States or by the Union, including the exchange of information, in full compliance with the standards and guidance set by UNHCR, so as to meet the international protection needs of refugees in third countries and show solidarity with their host countries. The Agency shall gather information, monitor resettlement to Member States and support Member States with capacity building on resettlement. The Agency may also, subject to the agreement of the third country and in agreement with the Commission, coordinate any such exchange of information or other action between Member States and a third country, in the territory of that third country.
2016/10/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 285 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. The confidentiality of information relating to individual resettlement cases shall be guaranteed at all times. Any exchange of information shall be carried out in full compliance with the relevant rules established in the UNHCR Resettlement Handbook, without jeopardising eligibility and selection of refugees for resettlement. Any Agency activity in the field of resettlement shall be carried out in close cooperation with UNHCR and expert non-governmental organisations and include support for resettled refugees on the territory of Member States post arrival as relevant and necessary.
2016/10/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 290 #

2016/0131(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1
The Agency shall cooperate with international organisations, in particular UNHCR, in areas governed by this Regulation, within the framework of working arrangements concluded with those bodies, in accordance with the Treaty and the provisions on the competence of those bodies. The Management Board shall decide on the working arrangements which shall be subject to prior approval of the Commission. The Agency shall inform the European Parliament of any such arrangements.
2016/10/31
Committee: AFET
Amendment 7 #

2015/2340(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B (new)
B. Whereas the closing of the external borders of the European Union makes people more vulnerable to traffickers and exploitation;
2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 10 #

2015/2340(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
1a. Calls for Member States to implement Directive 2011/36/EC, as well as all relevant legal frameworks on THB, without any delay; urges the Commission to take legal actions against neglecting Member States;
2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 41 #

2015/2340(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the importance of the principle of mutual recognition as a fundamental pillar in the proper functioning of the EU; Calls on the Commission and Member States to strengthen the status of victims of trafficking through mutual recognition of judicial and administrative decisions and legislative measures;
2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 58 #

2015/2340(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Encourages the Commission and the Member States law enforcement agencies to explore other ways, such as special technical devices allowing victims to testify from secure locations, or concealing their identity when necessary. This would encourage victims to testify and thus secure increased prosecutions and lawful convictions.
2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 61 #

2015/2340(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Denounces the recent disappearance of 10.000 unaccompanied child refugees recently disappeared who, according to Europol, might be now victims of organised trafficking mafias and forced into sex and labour slavery;
2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 69 #

2015/2340(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Encourages Member States to strengthen the protection and rights of victims of THB before, during and after the criminal proceedings; Urges the Members States to take into account specific needs, cultural context and other relevant factors when determining assistance; calls for Member States to strengthen their family reunification policy for victims of THB, particularly where this is required for their protection;
2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 70 #

2015/2340(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that trafficking in human beings is a transnational crime of global nature and that any measures aiming at fighting it should take into account the root causes and global trends; underlines in this respect the importance of a consistent approach of the internal and external dimensions of the EU's policies to fight THB;
2016/03/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 75 #

2015/2340(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls for Member States to pay special attention to vulnerable groups exposed to forced begging, such as Roma, and take this into consideration in the national context of the Roma integration strategies;
2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 81 #

2015/2340(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Stresses that NGOs and individuals working to protect and help victims of THB should not be held responsible of any crime;
2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 84 #

2015/2340(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Calls for Member States to educate their citizens on THB and victim identification through information campaigns, including raising awareness on the impact and consequences of "sex tourism" and the fact that many of the women and children who serve the sex tourism industry engage in "survival sex";
2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 85 #

2015/2340(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Deems it necessary to harmonise and strengthen guardianship system in EU Member States to prevent unaccompanied and separated children from falling into the hands of organised trafficking organisations; calls the Commission to fully implement the action plan on unaccompanied minors for 2010-2014 and to propose specific tools in collaboration with Member States to introduce minimum common standards based on best practices regarding the mandate, functions, quality and skills of the guardians;
2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 88 #

2015/2340(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take targeted and appropriate prevention measures aimed at reducing the risk of people becoming victims on trafficking, such as education and training, awareness-raising campaigns and research programmes;
2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 89 #

2015/2340(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Considers that safe and legal ways of entry to the EU would decrease vulnerability and trafficking in human beings;
2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 91 #

2015/2340(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Recommends to the international community to give particular attention to the issue of THB in crisis environments, such as environmental disasters and armed conflicts, as well as in countries where human rights are severely violated and where people have no choice but to leave the country, in order to decrease victims' vulnerability to traffickers and other criminal networks;
2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 177 #

2015/2340(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls for enhanced coordination and cooperation among key actors, such as Member States, third countries, international and EU agencies, NGOs and public and private social services when addressing the root causes and setting up strategies to eradicate THB;
2016/03/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 2 #

2015/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the declaration made at the 28 September 2015 Leader's Summit on Peace-Keeping convened by President Barack Obama of the United States,
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 4 #

2015/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to the "Oslo" Guidelines on the Use of Foreign Military and Civil Defence Assets in Disaster Relief of November 2007,
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 8 #

2015/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 25 November 2010 on the 10th anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women and peace and security,
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 9 #

2015/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 c (new)
- having regard to the Council conclusions of 15 October 2012 on the roots of democracy and sustainable development: Europe's engagement with civil society in external relations,
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 10 #

2015/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas Peace Support Operations (PSOs) are a form of crisis response, normally in support of an internationally recognised organisation such as the UN or the African Union (AU), with a UN mandate, and designed to prestore or maintainvent armed conflict, restore, maintain or build peace and tackle the complex emergencies and challenges posed by failing or weak states including humanitarian operations;
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 21 #

2015/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas appropriately experienced and equipped organisations and nations should provide those military and civilian resources necessary for a successful PSO, in order to help create the conditions for civil organisations to do their work;
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 35 #

2015/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas only 11 of the 28 EU Member States have made very modest pledges at the 28th September 2015 Leaders' Summit on Peacekeeping; whereas at this summit China has pledged a 8000 standby force and Colombia 5000 troops;
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 37 #

2015/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
J b. whereas in the 15 May 2015 UN Evaluation Report on Enforcement and Remedial Assistance Efforts for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse 480 allegations between 2008 and 2013 were listed;
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 40 #

2015/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas, in addition to the role of individual European countries, the EU has a distinctive contribution to make in PSOs with financial and other resources, in particular via the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace and in full compliance with the Oslo Guidelines;
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 42 #

2015/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
N a. whereas when APF was established in 2003, its financing via EDF funds was meant to be provisional, only for the time necessary to find alternative funding sources; whereas 12 years later EDF remains the main source of funding for APF;
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 43 #

2015/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O
O. whereas the European Council has requested that the EU and its Member States enhance their support to partner countries and organisations, through the provision of training, advice, equipment and resources, so that they can increasingly prevent or manage crises by themselves; whereas there is a clear need for mutually reinforcing interventions in the areas of security and development in order to achieve this goal;
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 55 #

2015/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital R
R. whereas, and above all, the needs of the countries concerned, rather than any institutional ambition or the desire prematurely to impose values which may have little relevance to the immediate crisis, should be the guiding principle for EU involvement;
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 69 #

2015/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Notes the UN-EU Strategic Partnership on Peacekeeping and Crisis Management and its priorities for 2015-2018 as agreed in March 2015; encourages further work by the EU in order to take account of the key role of other organisations and countries and facilitate Member State contributions; deplores that only 11 of 28 EU Member States made pledges at the 28th September 2015 Leader's Summit on Peacekeeping; calls on the EU Member States to significantly increase their military and police contributions to UN peacekeeping missions;
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 80 #

2015/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that the African Peace Facility provides both an entry point and a potential lever for creating a stronger partnership between the EU and the AU; considers it vital that the EU institutions and Member States should remain closely engaged if the Facility is to be fully exploitutilized; acknowledges that there are other funding mechanisms in use, but believes that given the Facility's singular focus on Africa, as well as its clear goals, it is especially important with regard to PSOs in Africa; considers that Civil Society Organisations should be involved in the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) of the APF discussions on the design and the implementation of the APF; furthermore CSOs working on peace-building in Africa should be given the opportunity to participate in APF multi-stakeholder projects;
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 85 #

2015/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Regrets that the APF is still mainly financed via the EDF, whereas EDF financing was clearly meant to be provisional back in 2003; calls on the Commission to make a proposal during the mid-term review of the EU Multiannual Financial Framework aiming at integrating the financing of the APF into the EU budget; considers that this way of financing would solve the ongoing problems related to the eligibility of some APF expenditures;
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 90 #

2015/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the EU and its Member States, as well as on other members of the international community, to assist with training, non-lethal equipment, logistic support and development of rules of engagement (RoE), encouraging and facilitating African states in full and continuing their commitment to the ASF; urges, in this regard, more active advocacy of the ASF in African capitals by Member State embassies and EU delegations;
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 109 #

2015/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Recognises that the problem is often not lack of funding but, rather, how funds are spent and what other resources are utilised; questions whether the Court of Auditors' recommendations have been fully implemented; calls for regular reviews of how funding from national governments through the EU and UN is spent; believes it is vital to utilise funds effectively, given their finite nature and the scale of the problems being faced; believes accountability is an essential part of this process; insists on a more thorough and transparent evaluation of PSOs supported by the EU; stresses the need for the EEAS to develop a much more efficient and strategic approach to the UN agencies in particular regarding programming of the external financial instruments; calls on the HR and relevant EU Delegations in instable regions to ensure stronger visibility of EU aid on the ground;
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 112 #

2015/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Notes the 15 May 2015 UN Evaluation Report on Enforcement and Remedial Assistance Efforts for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by the United Nations and Related Personnel in Peacekeeping Operations; is deeply shocked by the alarming scope of these crimes, and the failure to hold perpetrators to account; is equally shocked by recent sexual child abuse allegations against French and UN troops in the Central African Republic and calls for strong, transparent and swift responses by the UN and relevant French authorities; urges the UN, EU Member States and the EU's CSDP organs to investigate, prosecute and sentence any UN, national and EU personnel who committed acts of sexual violence without delay and with firmest resolve;
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 116 #

2015/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Stresses the urgent need to reform relevant structures in a way to end impunity of UN and EU personnel and by establishing functioning and transparent oversight and accountability mechanisms; finds it unacceptable that currently legal actions regarding alleged abuses remain purely voluntary and depended of the troop-contributing country; is convinced that also via training and education such grave crimes could be reduced and prevented; strongly welcomes the 28th September 2015 declaration of Leaders' Summit on Peacekeeping on the matter;
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 117 #

2015/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14 c. Welcomes the EU Guidelines on violence against women and girls and the EU guidelines on children and armed conflict; urges the adoption of a code of conduct for EU personnel serving in military and civil missions which makes it clear that sexual exploitation constitutes unjustifiable and criminal behaviour;
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 118 #

2015/2275(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)
14 e. Stresses that it is important that the EU and the UN should appoint more female police officers and soldiers to missions and operations; recalls the experience made with the contingent of female police officers within the UN peace-keeping force in Liberia; stresses the need for gender advisors for individual missions and operations and specific actions plans which design how UNSCR 1325 is being implemented at the level of each mission and operation; calls on the relevant EU and UN actors to make sure that also at the HQ level more women are being appointed at senior management level;
2016/02/25
Committee: AFET
Amendment 98 #

2015/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Insists on the importance of ensuring coherence of EU policy towards situations of occupation or annexation of territory; recalls that international humanitarian law should guide EU policy towards all such situations;
2015/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 378 #

2015/2229(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74 a (new)
74a. Calls for the fundamental rights of the people of Western Sahara, including freedom of association, freedom of expression and the right to assembly, to be respected; demands the release of all Sahrawi political prisoners; demands access to the territories of Western Sahara to members of parliament, independent observers, NGOs, and the press; urges the United Nations to provide the MINURSO with a human rights mandate, in line with all other UN peacekeeping missions around the world; supports a fair and lasting settlement of the Western Sahara conflict, on the basis of the right to self- determination of the Sahrawi people, in accordance with the relevant United Nations resolutions;
2015/10/16
Committee: AFET
Amendment 23 #

2015/2155(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses that the Court of Auditors report adopted on 11.07.2014 states that the potential saving for the EU budget would be about 114 million EUR per year if the European Parliament centralised its activities; reiterates the call on Parliament and the Council to address, in order to create long term savings, the need for a roadmap to a single seat, as stated by Parliament in several previous resolutions;
2016/03/14
Committee: CONT
Amendment 1 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 1 (new)
– having regard to Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA,
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 2 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 2 (new)
– having regard to the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 3 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 3 (new)
– having regard to the 1979 UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW),
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 4 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 4 (new)
– having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1989,
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 5 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 5 (new)
– having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention),
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 6 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 6 (new)
– having regard to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women on 15 September 1995, and to the subsequent outcome documents adopted at the United Nations Beijing +5, Beijing +10 and Beijing +15 special sessions and the Beijing +20 review conference,
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 7 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Citation 7 (new)
– having regard to Article 5 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 17 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the demand for women, girls, men and boys in the prostitution industries is a decisive pull factor for THB for sexual exploitation; and whereas the demand for cheap labour and incapacity to uphold labour rights are pull factors for THB for labour exploitation;
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 21 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the closing of borders makes people more vulnerable to traffickers and exploitation;
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 32 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas women and children may be compelled to exchange sex for protection, in order to survive, in order to advance along their migratory route, and for basic sustenance. Survival sex is frequently a direct consequence of gaps in assistance, failures of registration systems, family separations, and absence of safe and legal entry ways into the EU;
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 34 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that migrant smuggling and THB are different phenomena but that they often overlap and need to be tackled in a consistent manner; recalls the role of Frontex and other EU agencies in the early identification of victims at EU borders;
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 42 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Member States and intergovernmental organizations to ensure that their interventions address the factors that increase vulnerability to trafficking, including inequality, poverty and all forms of discrimination;
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 55 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States and the European Commission to develop concrete measures to decrease the demand for women, girls, men, and boys in prostitution as a key strategy to prevent and decrease THB, in this context urges the Member States to fully implement Art. 18.4 and the European Commission to report back on the outcome;
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 60 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Member States to make legal aid available to victims of trafficking not only in criminal proceedings, but also in civil, labour or immigration/asylum proceedings in which they are involved;
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 63 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses the importance of 'following the money' as a key strategy to investigate and prosecute the organised crime networks that profit from THB, and calls on Europol and Eurojust to reinforce its capacities in the field of combating THB; Member States should freeze and confiscate the assets of individuals involved in trafficking, the confiscated assets of persons convicted of trafficking offences should be used to support and compensate victims of trafficking;
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 95 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Insists on the need for member states to enhance their police and judicial cooperation, particular via Europol and Eurojust, including information sharing and combating recruitment of people for THB through internet;
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 96 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure that law enforcement personnel, including border agencies such as Frontex, are provided with adequate training in THB, with emphasise on the gender dimension, special needs of trafficked women, children and other vulnerable groups and how to provide incentives for victims of THB and others to report traffickers;
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 97 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c Calls for Member States to implement Directive 2011/36/EC, as well as all other relevant legal frameworks on THB, without any delay; Urges the Commission to take legal actions against neglecting Member States;
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 98 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Stresses that NGOs and individuals working to protect and help victims of THB should not be held responsible of any crime;
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 99 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Calls for Member States to educate their citizens on THB and victim identification through information campaigns; Calls on the Member States and the EU to target funding to NGOs supporting victims of THB;
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 104 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to implement the principle of non- refoulement in their anti-trafficking directives as is the case in the UN Trafficking Protocol and the CoE Trafficking Convention and in accordance with States obligations under international refugee law and international human rights law;
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 112 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Highlights that third country nationals victims of trafficking should be given the possibility to safe return, but also be entitled to residence permits, in order to ensure their proper access to justice, support and assistance;
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 115 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Considers that safe and legal ways of entry to the EU would decrease vulnerability and trafficking in human beings;
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 117 #

2015/2118(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Recalls the obligation of Member States to pay special attention to child victims of trafficking including unaccompanied minors coming from third countries, and to provide special protection to children in criminal procedures, the best interests of the child must be considered paramount at all times (Art 13, 14,15,16);
2016/02/24
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 16 #

2015/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas, specifically in the context of the development of a European defence market and a European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB) and the Common Security and Defence Policy CSDP), there needs to be a strengthened EU arms export control regime;
2015/09/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 19 #

2015/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the third countries Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Canada, Croatia, Montenegro and Norway have officially aligned themselves with the Common Position’s criteria and principles;
2015/09/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 38 #

2015/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that EU Member States are major global arms exporters, accounting for EUR 36.7 billion in exports in 2013, of which EUR 26.7 billion is to non-EU countries; considers that the defence industry should aim to primarily ensure defence and security of EU Member States; warns that European defence companies are increasingly compensating for their reduced turnover in Europe through exports to fragile third countries; is seriously concerned by the consequences for the security and defence of the EU caused by the transfer of sensitive knowledge and technology to third countries;
2015/09/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 53 #

2015/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that according to Article 10 of the Common Position considerations of economic, commercial and industrial interests by the Member States shall not affect the application of the criteria regulating arms exports;
2015/09/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 62 #

2015/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the risks deriving from diversions, smuggling and the stockpiling of arms are increasing; stresses the risks that arms exported to third countries might be re-introduced into Europe with unprecedented ease and speed owing to increased arms smuggling and enhanced mobility, thus compromising the security of citizens as was highlighted in a recent EUROPOL report16 ; welcomes the review of the EU legislation on firearms (including on de-activation, administrative sanctions and signal weapons) and the intention to strengthen police cooperation with neighbouring countries on arms smuggling; __________________ 16 Exploring Tomorrow’s Organised Crime, 2015, Europol
2015/09/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 68 #

2015/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that arms export controls are an integral part of EU foreign and security policy and shall be guided by the principles enshrined in Article 21 of TEU, notably the promotion of democracy and the rule of law and preservation of peace, prevention of conflicts and the strengthening of international security; recalls that arms exports mightcan affect the credibility of the EU as a global human rights advocate; is deeply convinced a more effective implementation including the stricter interpretation of the eight criteria of the Common Position would represent an important contribution to the development of both CFSP and CSDP, and would also contribute to a stronger, more coherent, and common approach to foreign policy by Member States; calls for the new EU global strategy on foreign and security policy to properly consider arms export issues in view of the changed security environment and associated risks and threats;
2015/09/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 76 #

2015/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Deplores that irresponsible arms transfers continue to hinder democratic, economic and socialsocial and/or economic development in many parts of the world; recognises that the effective implementation of Criterion Eight would be a decisive contribution to the EU’s Policy Coherence on Development objectives;
2015/09/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 113 #

2015/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Is concerned about the effect that threats of legal action by companies in some Member States, whether real or perceived, might be having on the consideration of export licence applications; reminds Member States that rigorous and scrupulous application of the eight criteria creates the necessary grounds for licence refusals;
2015/09/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 116 #

2015/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Urges every Member State to treat the concept of risk in arms transfer licensing processes on a precautionary basis, as is standard when addressing other issues areas such as inter alia terrorism, money-laundering and environmental concerns;
2015/09/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 127 #

2015/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Suggests exploring the possibility of applying and extending the eight criteria, also to the transfer of military and security personnel, to arms-export-related services and to private military services; calls for a unified EU approach to the issue of floating armouries;
2015/09/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 128 #

2015/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on all Member States that are not yet in full compliance with Council Common Position 2003/468/CFSP of 23 June 2003 on the control of arms brokering to explain why they are not in compliance and what steps they propose to take and when in order to honour their obligations under this Common Position; encourages Member States to include arms transporting and arms financing services into their arms brokering legislation;
2015/09/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 134 #

2015/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for increased coordination at working level within the Council and the EEAS in order to ensure that aspects related to conflict prevention, development and human rights are duly taken into account; calls for regular consultations between COARM and COHOM as well as for COARM to liaise with all relevant EU actors such as Intcen, EU Counter Terrorism Coordinator and the EU Delegations in order to better improve coherence and share information that might be relevant to arms transfer licensing decisions, in particular with regard to risks in proposed recipient countries, so as to improve the quality of decision made in the context of the Common Position;
2015/09/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 138 #

2015/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Finds regrettable that only 21 Member States made full submissions to the 16th Annual Report; deplores that Greece has not provided any data and that Germany and the UK did not submit any data on actual arms exports and that France provided a total figure for arms exports which was not disaggregated; notes that full submission means data on the financial value of both arms export licences issued and actual exports, broken down by both destination and EU Military List category;
2015/09/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 145 #

2015/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for the introduction of a standardised reporting and submission procedure, including a deadline, for information on actual exports and licence data to be applied uniformly in all Member States; calls on the Member States to report more comprehensively on licences denied, including licence-specific information regarding recipient state and specific authority, description and quantity of items to be transferred with regard to the subcategories of the Military List, and the reason for the denial; proposes to change the format of the annual report and to launch a public, interactive and searchable online data base;
2015/09/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 154 #

2015/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Member States to explore the issue of loans and export credit guarantees and to evaluate compatibility with national and European development policies;
2015/09/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 172 #

2015/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
30. Welcomes the on-going workinitiative of the Commission to modernise EU dual- use export controls and its intention to present a new legislative proposal on dual-use exports in the first half of 2016; recalls the urgent need to address potentially harmful exports of ICT products and services to third countries;
2015/09/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 176 #

2015/2114(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls on the Member States to make sufficient resources available to effectively implement and enforce dual- use export, brokering and transit controls; welcomes the on-going EU funded capacity-building programmes in support of third countries’ dual-use export control systems; calls on the Member States to mobilise training capacities within the EU as well;
2015/09/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 29 #

2015/2112(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of maintaining human rights at the core of climate action, and insists that the Commission and the Member States must ensure that the Paris Agreement recognises that respect for, and protection and promotion of, human rights, encompassing inter alia gender equality, full and equal participation of women, and the active promotion of a just transition of the workforce creating decent work and quality jobs for all, are a prerequisite for effective global climate action;
2015/07/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 30 #

2015/2112(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Observes that Parties to the UNFCCC decided at COP18 (Decision 23/CP.18) to adopt a goal of gender balance in bodies established pursuant to the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol, in order to improve women’s participation and inform a more effective climate change policy that addresses the needs of women and men equally and to keep track of progress made towards the goal of gender balance in advancing gender-sensitive climate policy;
2015/07/14
Committee: AFET
Amendment 17 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the Commission's commitment to take measures to improve the EU's migration policy in all its aspects by adopting a strategic European Agenda on Migration, which is a good first step; calls on the Commission to actively involve and take into account the recommendations of all relevant stakeholders and organisations when implementing the European Agenda on Migration and developing its future migration policies; Insists that any measure or decision adopted within the European migration and asylum policy should be based on respect for human rights and dignity, international standards and the values on which the EU is built;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 22 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the EU and its Member States to halt the construction of walls at the EU's external borders and to stop preventing refugees and migrants from reaching EU territory;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 23 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Expresses concern about the increased trend of illegal on-the-spot deportations, and rejects these practices as contrary to human rights and the rule of law; expresses deep concern about the fate of third country nationals and stateless persons readmitted under EU readmission agreements, including cases of indefinite detention, legal limbo or refoulement to their country of origin;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 36 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the persistent instability and conflicts in the EU's neighbourhood have a serious impact on the mass influx ofincreasing number of refugees and migrants; believes that a genuinelong-term response to the migration crisis in the Mediterranean will come only from tackling the root causes, namely ill- governance, poverty, instability, wars, persecution, violations of human rights, climate change and natural disasters; is convinced that tackling these root causes implies wide-ranging reforms on the European level, including of the EU's trade and foreign policies;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 47 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reiterates that legal immigration is not a socioeconomic burden for the EU but rather an opportunity, and as such furthermore a fair and proportional distribution among all Members States of the incoming flows is desirable;
2015/07/24
Committee: PETI
Amendment 53 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges the EU and its Member States to substantially step up their diplomatic efforts to settle the ongoing conflicts in the EU's immediate neighbourhood from which many refugees are fleeing, namely Syria, Iraq and Libya;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 55 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Warns about the increased trend of the illegal on-the-spot deportations, such as in the fences bordering Morocco in the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, and frontally rejects these practices as contrary to human rights and rule of law; draws attention also to the cases of unwilling deportations to non-EU countries other than the origin countries, which leaves undocumented people without the possibility to exit these third countries;
2015/07/24
Committee: PETI
Amendment 60 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. AStresses that any agreement with a third country, including in the South Mediterranean region, in the field of migration should be concluded after a careful human rights impact assessment and include a suspension clause in relation to human rights; advocates broader and intensified EU cooperation with third countries of origin and transit, through bilateral agreements, in order to clamp down on smuggling and trafficking networks, to ensure capacity building in the fields of asylum systems and border control, to provide protection for people in need, and to develop frameworks for regular migration and mobility, and to put into force a humane and effective return policy for irregular migrant; calls on the Commission to develop monitoring mechanisms, which allow for public scrutiny of migration policies, including by involving civil society in third countries;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 63 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Considers the important preventive measures contained in the Commission’s agenda for fighting smuggling networks and tackling the root causes of migration to be long-term objectives, but recalls that, meanwhile, flows of people will continue and that a permanent relocation mechanism for people in need of international protection based on fair objective criteria, and as far as possible on asylum seekers’ own preferences, is needed as a matter of urgency;
2015/07/24
Committee: PETI
Amendment 76 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure a meaningful revision of the Dublin Regulation in order to alleviate sudden and disproportionate migration pressure on Member States such as Italy and Malta, which are more directly exposed to migrant flows, without undermining the security of the Union’s external borders;
2015/07/24
Committee: PETI
Amendment 86 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the EU and the Member States to provide an international framework for dialogue and a comprehensive debate on migration with third countries of origin and transit in order to ensure closer solidarity and cooperation with the EU, and address the root causes of migration and ensure progress on negotiations and full implementation of readmission agreemen; urges to pay particular attention to cases linked to requests for political asylum so as to prevent any return potentially entailing a violation of human rights;
2015/07/24
Committee: PETI
Amendment 89 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on key origin and transit countries for irregular migration to the EU to implement the existing bilateral readmission agreements fully and effectively; highlights, furthermore, the need to improve cross-border cooperation with neighbouring EU Member States in this respect, including through enhanced operational and technical cooperation with FRONTEX; believes, at the same time, that the EU should establish a binding resettlement programme with yearly quotas and a permanent mandatory and automatically triggered relocatiBelieves that the EU should establish a binding resettlement programme with yearly quotas and a permanent mandatory and flexible relocation system across the EU based on fair objective criteria, such as family and cultural ties, and as far as possible on asystem across the EUlum seekers own preferences;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 92 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses the need to develop a structured mechanism, as well as accessible and transparent procedures to enter the EU for both asylum seekers and labour migration;
2015/07/24
Committee: PETI
Amendment 99 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes furthermore that the single- most effective means to save lives in the Mediterranean region and to prevent life- threatening transport by traffickers is to establish regular, legal and safe routes towards the EU for both labour migrants and asylum seekers; calls on Member States to make use of the existing possibilities to provide for humanitarian visas at EU embassies and consular offices in countries of origin, transit countries or so called ‘hot spots' in third countries;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 104 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the European Union to abolish directive 2001/51/EC that forces carriers, that transport foreign nationals into the EU, to pay for the return of those nationals, should they not have the proper documentation, and in doing so effectively deny refugees of their human right to seek asylum, while also handing over the responsibility to ask for documentation from border control on to the carriers;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 115 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomNotes the launch of the EUNAVFOR Med operation against smugglers and traffickers in the Mediterranean and supports the reinforcement of the management of the Union's external borders; insists, however, on the need for sustained; stresses the need to transform this operation into a purely and permanent, coordinated European search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean to save lives and; rejects VP/HR Mogherini's initiative to launch phase two of the operation which could lead to the unintentional use of lethal force against unarmed migrants and refugees; calls for an EU policy on asylum, subsidiary protection and temporary protection which fully comply with binding obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and respect the non-refoulement principle;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 138 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that fairer trade and development assistance plays a crucial role in tackling the root causes of migration; calls, therefore, on all EU Member States to fulfil their promises in terms of development assistance, including the 0,7- percent target; stresses the need for continuous EU support to international efforts towards poverty reduction, as well as to peace-building, promotion of democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms, regional, political and economic stability, security and prosperity.;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 146 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and EU Member States to take the necessary legislative and administrative steps to allow for the provision of emergency visas and facilitating temporary shelter for human rights defenders at risk in the Mediterranean region; urges Member States to pay particular attention to cases linked to requests for political asylum so as to prevent any return potentially entailing a violation of human rights;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 154 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Underlines that the continued refusal of Member States to accede to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, which is a core international human rights convention, undermines the fundamental principle of indivisibility of human rights and diminishes the credibility of the EU when engaging with third countries on human rights issues, notably from the Southern Mediterranean region; calls on all Member States to urgently ratify this Convention;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 158 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Expresses concern with the increasing demands being placed on neighbourhood countries in relation to EU's migration and border management policies; calls for a human rights-based approach to EU migration and border management, which ensures that the rights of regular and irregular migrants, refugees and other vulnerable groups are always the first consideration; recalls the extra-territorial application of the European Convention on Human Rights in the implementation of EU migration policy, as ruled by the European Court of Human Rights;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 162 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Expresses concern at the reports of widespread ill-treatment and arbitrary detention of refugees and migrants by countries from the Southern Mediterranean region; urges the EU to raise this issue in the course of its human rights dialogues and justice, freedom and security subcommittees with these countries and to step up its assistance in this field;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 166 #

2015/2095(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Requests that the Commission consults the European Parliament prior to the conclusion of any agreement between Frontex and a third country; insists that these agreements must provide for adequate safeguards for ensuring that human rights standards are fully respected, including with regards to return, joint patrolling, search and rescue or interception operations;
2015/09/08
Committee: AFET
Amendment 339 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that full use should be made of existing instruments, such as the agencies’ risk analyses; observes that Union agencies should cooperate fully, but that they also need to step up cooperation with Member States; notes that better coordination of efforts should allow for the collection of relevant data at national level and its onward communication to the Agencies;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 592 #

2015/2095(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
35. Points out that one option for a fundamental overhaul of the Dublin system would be to establish a central collection of applications at Union level – viewing each asylum seeker as someone seeking asylum in the Union as a whole and not in an individual Member State – and to establish a central system for the allocation of responsibility for any persons seeking asylum in the Union; suggests that such a system could provide for certain relative thresholds per Member State, above which no further allocation of responsibility could be made until all other Member States have met their own thresholds, which could conceivably help in deterring secondary movements, as all Member States would be fully involved in the centralised system and no longer have individual responsibility for allocation of applicants to other Member States; believes that such a system could function on the basis of a number of Union ‘hotspots’ from where Union distribution should take place; underlines that any new system for allocation of responsibility must incorporate the key concepts of family unity and the best interests of the child;
2016/02/22
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 76 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) The tasks of Frontex should therefore be expanded and to reflect those changes, it should be renamed European Border and Coast Guard Agency. The key role of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency should be to establish an operational and technical strategy for the implementation of an integrated border management at Union level, to oversee the effective functioning of border control at the external borders, to provide increased operational and technical assistance to Member States through joint operations and rapid border interventions, and to ensure the practical execution of measures in case of a situation requiring urgent action at the external borders, including search and rescue operations at sea, as well as to organise, coordinate and conduct return operations and return interventions.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 77 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
(10 a) The European Border and Coast Guard Agency should engage with civil society organisations and initiatives conducting search and rescue operations at sea, by, inter alia, exchanging information on people in distress at sea.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 83 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) The European Border and Coast Guard Agency should organise the appropriate technical and operational assistance to Member States so as to reinforce their capacity to implement their obligations with regard to the control of the external borders, and to face challenges at the external border resulting from irregular immigration or cross-border crime, including through search and rescue operations at sea. In this respect, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency should, at the request of a Member State or on its own initiative, organise and coordinate joint operations for one or more Member States and deploy European Border and Coast Guard Teams as well as the necessary technical equipment, and it may deploy experts from its own staff.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 104 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
A European Border and Coast Guard is hereby set up to ensure a European integrated border management at the external borders with a view to managing migration effectively and ensuring a high, to protecting and saving the leivels of internal securitymigrants and refugees , in full compliance within the Unionprinciple of non-refoulement and fundamental rights, while safeguarding the free movement of persons therein.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 119 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) border control, including measures related to the prevention, detection and investiga and detection of cross-border crime, where appropriate, without prejudice to the rights of persons subject to border control, in particular as regards non-refoulement, and in full respect of human dignity;
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 120 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) conduct and coordination of search and rescue operations at sea and support to civil society organisations and initiatives conducting search and rescue operations at sea;
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 134 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency shall facilitate the application of Union measures relating to the management of external borders by reinforcing, assessing and coordinating the actions of Member States in the implementation of those measures, as well as in search and rescue operations at sea and in return. Member States shall ensure the management of their section of the external borders, in their interests and in interest of all Member States which have abolished internal border control, in full compliance with Union law and in accordance with the technical and operational strategy referred to in Article 3(2), and in close cooperation with the Agency.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 138 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Member States hold primary responsibility for the implementation of the relevant international, EU and national legislation and law enforcement actions undertaken in the context of joint operations coordinated by the European Border and Coast Guard and therefore also for the respect of fundamental rights during these activities. The European Border and Coast Guard is also responsible, as the coordinator, and remains fully accountable for all actions and decisions under its mandate. The Commission, in cooperation with the Agency, the Council and relevant stakeholders, shall further analyse provisions related to accountability and liability and redress any potential or actual gaps connected to activities of the Agency.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 149 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) assist Member States in protecting and saving the lives of migrants and refugees in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 656/2014;
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 151 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) set up a technical equipment pool to be deployed in joint operations, rapid border interventions, search and rescue operations, and in the framework of migration management support teams, as well as in return operations and return interventions;
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 157 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point o
(o) develop and operate, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/200140 and Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA, information systems that enable swift and reliable exchanges of information regarding emerging risks at the management of the external borders, irregular immigration and return, return and humanitarian emergencies at sea, in close cooperation with the Commission, Union agencies, bodies and offices as well as the European Migration Network established by Council Decision 2008/381/EC;41 __________________ 40 Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1). 41 Council Decision 2008/381/EC of 14 May 2008 establishing a European Migration Network (OJ L 131, 21.5.2008, p. 7).
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 158 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
(o a) Conduct and coordinate search and rescue operations at sea, in close coordination with member states, third countries and civil society organisations;
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 167 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States may continue cooperation at an operational level with other Member States and/or third countries at external borders, including military operations on a law enforcement mission and in the field of return, where such cooperation is compatible with the action of the Agency. Member States shall refrain from any activity which could jeopardise the functioning of the Agency or the attainment of its objectives.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 175 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The Agency shall prepare general and tailored risk analyses and submit it to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 176 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. The risk analysis prepared by the Agency shall cover all aspects relevant to the European integrated border management, in particular border control, the protection of fundamental rights, return, irregular secondary movements of third-country nationals within the Union, the prevention of cross-border crime including facilitation of irregular immigration, trafficking in human being and terrorism, as well as the situation in neighbouring third countries with a view to developing a pre-warning mechanism which analyses the migratory flows towards the Union as well as the respect for fundamental rights.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 178 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The Agency shall make its methodology and criteria for the risk analysis public.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 180 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall take results of the risk analysis into account when planning their operations and activities at the external borders as well as their activities with regard to return. An operational engagement of the Agency shall require a prior assessment, drawing on a broad range of sources, to identify if there are risks of fundamental rights violations or deficiences in relevant civil and criminal laws and procedures that would make the cooperation incompatible with legal obligations, in particular to ensure protection from refoulement and the right to an effective remedy.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 189 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point f
(f) monitor the measures taken by the Member State with regard to a situation requiring urgent action at the external borders as referred to in Article 18;deleted
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 192 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The Agency shall assess the technical equipment, systems, capabilities, resources and contingency plans of the Member States regarding border control, and respect for fundamental rights. That assessment shall be based on information provided by the Member State and by the liaison officer, on information derived from Eurosur, in particular the impact levels attributed to the external land and sea border sections of each Member State in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1052/2013, and on the reports and evaluations of joint operations, pilot projects, rapid border interventions and other activities of the Agency. Assessment of respect for fundamental rights shall include the presence and effectiveness of the instruments in place to ensure access to information and quality legal assistance, referral to relevant procedures and access to effective remedies, for persons arriving at the border. The methodology for this aspect of the vulnerability assessment shall be established in consultation with the Fundamental Rights Agency, EASO, the Fundamental Rights Officer and the Consultative Forum.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 201 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 6
6. Where a Member State does not adopt the necessary corrective measures within the time-limit set, the Executive Director shall refer the matter to the Management Board and notify the Commission. The Management Board shall adopt a decision setting out the necessary corrective measures to be taken by the Member State concerned, including the time-limit within which such measures shall be taken. If the Member State does not take the measures within the time-limit foreseen in that decision, further action may be taken by the Commission in accordance with Article 18258 TFEU.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 205 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may request the Agency for assistance in implementing their obligations with regard to the control of the external borders. The Agency shall also carry out measures as referred to in Article 18.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 206 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(a a) exchange information on migration flows with civil society organisations and initiatives conducting search and rescue operations;
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 209 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) coordinate activities for one or more Member States and third countries at the external borders, including joint operations with neighbouring third countries which share a common land border with one or more Member States and which have ratified and implement in full the European Convention on Human Rights and the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereto;
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 214 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may request the Agency to launch joint operations to face upcoming challenges, including present or future threats at the external borders resulting from irregular immigration or cross- border crime, or to provide increased technical and operational assistance when implementing their obligations with regard to the control of the external borders.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 229 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) supporting the European Asylum Support Office in the provision of information on to persons in clear need of international protection or to applicants or potential applicants for relocationhe asylum procedure, procedural rights and other fundamental rights, to all persons in accordance with Articles 6, 8 and 12 of the Directive 2013/32/EU;
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 230 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) technical and operational assistance in the field of return, including the preparation and organisation of return operations.deleted
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 231 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) technical and operational assistance in the field of return, including the preparation and organisation of return operations in full respect of fundamental rights, due process and the principle of non-refoulement.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 232 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Agency in cooperation with the European Asylum Support Office, the Fundamental Rights Agency and other relevant Union Agencies and under the coordination of the Commission shall ensure the compliance of these activities with the Common European Asylum System and fundamental rights. This includes the provision of shelter, hygienic conditions and facilities respecting gender based and children's needs in the hotspot areas.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 233 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18
[...]deleted
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 239 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(e a) conduct and coordinate search and rescue operations at sea, in coordination with member states, third countries and civil society organisations.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 245 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. The Executive Director shall withdraw the financing of a joint operation or, a rapid border intervention, a pilot project, migration management support teams, return operation, return intervention or working arrangement or suspend or terminate, in whole or in part, a joint operation or rapid border intervention, rapid border intervention, a pilot project, migration management support teams, return operation, return intervention or working arrangement if he or she considers that there are violations of fundamental rights or international protection obligations that are of a serious nature or are likely to persist. Based on recommendations by the Fundamental Rights Officer, after consultation with the Consultative Forum and other relevant actors, the Executive Director shall adopt criteria for withdrawing the financing, the suspension or the termination of an activity by the Agency. The Fundamental Rights Officer may recommend the withdrawing the financing, the suspension or the termination of an activity.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 248 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) assistance on measures that are legitimate, proportionate and necessary to ensure the availability of returnees for return purposes and avoid that returnees abscond and advice on alternatives to immigration detention in line with the EU Return Directive, in line with Directive 2008/115/EC and international law.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 250 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The Agency shall not coordinate, organise or propose return operations to any third country where risks of fundamental rights violations or serious deficiencies in relevant civil and criminal laws and procedures have been identified through risk analyses, or reports from the Fundamental Rights Officer, EU agencies, human rights bodies, intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 252 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3
3. The Agency may provide the necessary assistance and ensure, at the request of the participating Member States, or propose on its own initiative, the coordination or the organisation of return operations, for which the means of transport and forced return escorts are made available by a third country of return (‘collecting return operations’). The participating Member States and the Agency shall ensure that the respect of fundamental rights and the proportionate use of means of constraints are guaranteed during the entire removal operation. At least a Member State representative and a forced return monitor from the pool established under Article 28 shall be present throughout the entire return operation until arrival at the third country of return.deleted
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 253 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3
3. The Agency may provide the necessary assistance and ensure, at the request of the participating Member States, or propose on its own initiative, the coordination or the organisation of return operations, for which the means of transport and forced return escorts are made available by a third country of return ('collecting return operations'). The participating Member States and the Agency shall ensure that the respecte promotion and guarantee of fundamental rights and the proporhibitionate of use of disproportionate means of constraints are guaranteby Agency, Member States, third-country of return and all other actors involved, during the entire removal operation. At least a Member State representative and a forced return monitor from the pool established under Article 28 shall be present throughout the entire return operation until arrival at the third country of return. Forced return monitors shall have a duty to report to the Agency and Fundamental Rights Officer.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 254 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4
4. The Agency may provide the necessary assistance and ensure, at the request of the participating Member States or a third country, or propose on its own initiative, the coordination or the organisation of return operations, during which a number of returnees subject to a third-country return decision are passed from this third country to another third country of return (‘mixed return operations’), provided that the third country that issued the return decision is bound by the European Convention on Human Rights. The participating Member States and the Agency must ensure that the respect of fundamental rights and the proportionate use of means of constraints are guaranteed during the whole removal operation, notably with the presence of forced return monitors and of third- country forced return escorts.deleted
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 256 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. In circumstances where Member States are facing a heavy burden when implementing the obligation to return illegally staying third-country nationals in accordance with Directive 2008/115/EC, the Agency shall, upon request of one or more Member States, provide the appropriate technical and operational assistance in the form of a return intervention. Such intervention may consist in the deployment of European Return Intervention Teams to the host Member States and the organisation of return operations from the host Member States. Member States shall regularly inform the Agency of their needs for technical and operational assistance, and the Agency shall draw up a rolling plan for return interventions on this basis.deleted
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 259 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1
1. The European Border and Coast Guard shall guarantee the protection of fundamental rights in the performance of its tasks under this Regulation in accordance with relevant Union law, in particular the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and relevant international law, including the European Convention on Human Rights, the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the Convention on the Rights of the Child and obligations related to access to international protection, in particular with regards to the principle of non-refoulement. For that purpose, the Agency shall draw up and further develop and implement a Fundamental Rights Strategy, including effective mechanisms to both monitor and ensure the respect for fundamental rights and rule of law in all the activities of the Agency.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 262 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2
2. In the performance of its tasks the European Border and Coast Guard shall ensure that no person is disembarked in, forced to enter, conducted to or otherwise handed over or returned to the authorities of a country where, inter alia, there is a serious risk that he or she would be subjected to the death penalty, torture, persecution, or other inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, or where his or her life or freedom would be threatened on account of his or her race, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, membership of a particular social group or political opinion in contravention of the principle of non-refoulement, or from which there is a risk of expulsion, removal, extradition or return to another country in contravention of that principle. For this purpose, safeguards shall be included before initiating operational cooperation with third countries, and in all operational plans.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 265 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 4
4. In the performance of all its tasks, including the further development and implementation of an effective mechanism to monitor the respect for fundamental rights, in its relations with Member States and in its cooperation with third countries, the Agency shall take into account the reports of the Consultative Forum and the Fundamental Rights Officer. The Agency shall inform the Consultative Forum and Fundamental Rights Officer how it has altered or not its activities as a response to reports and recommendations of these bodies, and include details in its annual report.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 286 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 6
6. While performing their tasks and exercising their powers, members of the teams shall be authorised to use force, including service weapons, ammunition and equipment, with the consent of the home Member State and the host Member State, in the presence of border guards of the host Member State and in accordance with the national law of the host Member State, as well as with international human rights law, including the UN Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials and the UN Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials, and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. The host Member State may, with the consent of the home Member State, authorise members of the teams to use force in the absence of border guards of the host Member State.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 291 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) The Agency shall develop and operate an information system capable of exchanging non-classified information with civil society organisations and initiatives conducting search and rescue operations at sea.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 305 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) conducting search and rescue operations, in close coordination with search and rescue operations conducted by member states, third countries and civil society organisations and initiatives.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 310 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – title
Cooperation with third countries and Non Governmental Organisations
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 313 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1
1. In matters covered by its activities and to the extent required for the fulfilment of its tasks, the Agency shall facilitate and encourage operational cooperation between Member States and third countries, within the framework of the external relations policy of the Union, including with regard to the protection of fundamental rights and the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereto. The Agency and the Member States shall comply with norms and standards at least equivalent to those set by Union legislation also when cooperation with third countries takes place on the territory of those countries. The establishment of cooperation with third countries shall serve to promote European border management and return standards, especially with regards to respect for fundamental rights and human dignity. An engagement of the Agency in any operational cooperation with a third country shall require a prior assessment, drawing on a broad range of sources, to identify if there are risks of fundamental rights violations or deficiencies in relevant civil and criminal laws and procedures that would make the cooperation incompatible with legal obligations, in particular to ensure protection from refoulement and the right to an effective remedy.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 319 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 3
3. In circumstances requiring increased technical and operational assistance, the Agency may coordinate operational cooperation between Member States and neighbouring third countries in the field of management of external borders, and it shall have the possibility of carrying out joint operations at the external borders involving one or more Member States and a neighbouring third country neighbouringwhich shares a land border to at least one of those Member States, subject to the agreement of that neighbouring third country, including on the territory of that third country. The Commission shall be informed of such activities. and which ratified and implemented in full the European Convention on Human Rights and the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereto, subject to the agreement of that neighbouring third country, including on the territory of that third country. During such operation, no person shall, in contravention of the principle of non- refoulement, be conducted to or otherwise handed over to the authorities of a third country where, inter alia, there is a serious risk that he or she would be subjected to the death penalty, torture, persecution or other inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, or where his or her life or freedom would be threatened on account of his or her race, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, or from which there is a serious risk of an expulsion, removal or extradition to another country in contravention of the principle of non- refoulement.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 322 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 4
4. The Agency shall cooperate with the competent authorities of third countries on return, including on the acquisition of travel documents.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 326 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 5
5. The Agency may also, with the agreement of the Member States concerned invite observers from third countries to participate in its activities at the external borders referred to in Article 13, return operations referred to in Article 27, return interventions referred to in Article 32 and training referred to in Article 35, to the extent that their presence is in accordance with the objectives of those activities, may contribute to improving cooperation and the exchange of best practices, and does not affect the overall safety of those activities or the security of the persons to be returned. The participation of those observers may take place only with the agreement of the Member States concerned regarding the activities referred to in Articles 13, 27 and 35 and only with the agreement of the host Member State regarding those referred to in Article 13 and 32. Detailed rules on the participation of observers shall be included in the operational plan. Those observers shall receive the appropriate training from the Agency prior to their participation.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 330 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Before any agreement referred to in this article is concluded, the Commission shall verify that its provisions comply with this Regulation as well as with the relevant Union and international law on fundamental rights and on international protection, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the European Convention on Human Rights, the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in particular the principle of non- refoulement and the right to an effective remedy, and with the provisions on information exchange and data protection in this regulation. The assessment shall be based on information derived from a broad range of sources, which include Member States, Union bodies, offices and agencies, relevant international organisations and NGOs. The Commission shall forward its assessment to the European Parliament and the Council.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 331 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. The Agency shall cooperate with non governmental organisations, in particular civil society organisations and initiatives conducting search and rescue operations at sea.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 332 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. The Agency shall cooperate with non governmental organisations, in particular civil society organisations and initiatives conducting search and rescue operations at sea;
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 333 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 9
9. The Agency shall inform the European Parliament of the activities referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3. publish its agreements and working arrangements with third countries on its website. The Agency shall report to the European Parliament at least every three months on its cooperation with third countries. A detailed assessment of the cooperation with third countries, including detailed information on compliance with fundamental rights and international protection, shall be included into the annual report of the Agency.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 345 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 67 – paragraph 3 – point k
(k) to ensure the implementation of the Commission decision referred to in Article 18;deleted
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 352 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) on the measures needed to be taken for the practical execution of the Commission decision related to a situation requiring urgent action at the external borders, including the technical equipment and staff needed to meet the objectives of that decision in accordance with Article 18(3).deleted
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 355 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 3
3. The Fundamental Rights Officer shall be consulted, inter alia, on the operational plans drawn up in accordance with Articles 15, 16, 27 and 32(4) and shall have access to all information concerning respect for fundamental rights, in relation to all the activities of the Agency, on the operations of the Agency in the context of Migration Management Support Teams, on vulnerability assessments, Codes of Conduct and training curricula and shall have access to all information concerning respect for fundamental rights, in relation to all the activities of the Agency, including by carrying out on spot visits to any joint operation, rapid border intervention, pilot project, migration management support teams, return operation or return intervention, including in third countries. The Fundamental Rights Officer shall be responsible for establishing, further developing and implementing the Complaint Mechanism.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 359 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 3
3. Only substantiated complaints involving concrete fundamental rights violations shall be admissible. Complaints which are anonymous, malicious, frivolous, vexatious, hypothetical or inaccurate shall be excluded from the complaint mechanism. Anonymous complaints shall be admissible if they are submitted by third parties acting in good faith in the interest of a complainant.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 363 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
The Agency shall ensure that people are informed about the possibility and procedure to make complaint, that the standardized complaint form is available in most common languages and that it shall be made availableasylum seekers and migrants understand or may be reasonably supposed to understand on the Agency's website and in hardcopy during all activities of the Agency. Complaints shall be considered by the Fundamental Rights Officer even when they are not submitted in the standardized complaint form. Further guidance and assistance on the complaints procedure is provided to alleged victims and on request. Information tailored to children shall be provided to facilitate their access to the complaints mechanism.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 365 #

2015/0310(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 74 a (new)
Article 74 a Reports and information to the European Parliament 1. The European Parliament or the Council may invite the Executive Director to report on the carrying out of his or her tasks, including on the implementation and monitoring of the Fundamental Rights Strategy, the consolidated annual activity report of the Agency for the previous year, the work programme for the following year and the Agency's multiannual programming. The Executive Director shall report to the European Parliament and answer any questions put by its members, whenever so requested. 2. In addition to information referred to in paragraph 1 the report shall also include any relevant information requested by the European Parliament on an ad-hoc basis.
2016/04/22
Committee: AFET
Amendment 1 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
– having regard to the Council conclusions of 19 November 2018 and of 16 October 2017 on Afghanistan,
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 3 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons of 12 April 2017 on his mission to Afghanistan,
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 5 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
– having regard to the request of the ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda of 3 November 2017 to start an investigation on the war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Afghanistan since May 2003,
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 6 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 c (new)
– having regard to the UN convention on the rights of children,
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 9 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas on 10 November 2011, the Council adopted a decision authorising the European Commission to negotiate a CAPD between the European Union and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan13 ; whereas the CAPD has been provisionally applied since 1 December 2017, before the European Parliament gave its consent to it; __________________ 13 Council Decisions of 10 November 2011 (16146/11 and 16147/11).
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 14 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas Afghanistan is at a crucial point, meaning that if further efforts are not taken, then all of the effort, progress, and sacrifice so far put into the development of Afghanistan will be losteeded to achieve peace, sustainable development and the respect of human rights and rule of law; whereas according to the United Nations, the number of civilians killed in 2018 has been the highest since 2014;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 21 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas according to the UN, corruption in Afghanistan undermines the legitimacy of the state, posing a serious threat to good governance and sustainable development by preventing ‘a real economy from emerging’;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 23 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas according to the Global Adaptation Index Afghanistan is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 27 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas according to the European Asylum Support Office only one of the thirty-three provinces of Afghanistan is completely spared from armed conflicts;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 28 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas more than 450 000 Afghan people have returned or been deported from Iran since the start of 2018; whereas the Government of Pakistan has announced that the 1.7 million Afghan refugees registered in the country will need to forcibly return to Afghanistan; whereas the United Nations High Commission for Refugees has expressed its concerns about the compulsory repatriation of refugees, which violates the international law principle of non-refoulement;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 30 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Ce. whereas there are more than two million internally displaced persons in Afghanistan as a result of the conflict; whereas according to OCHA, more than 301 000 individuals have been internally displaced in 2018 in Afghanistan due to the ongoing conflict in the country; whereas many of these individuals suffer from food insecurity, inadequate shelter, insufficient access to sanitation and health facilities and lack of protection;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 32 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C f (new)
Cf. whereas many children and young people have been forcibly sent back to Afghanistan, where they are at a particular vulnerable situation and at risk of being subject to sexual abuse, child labour or potential recruitment from Talibans and other criminal groups;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 35 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C g (new)
Cg. whereas an estimated 87% of Afghan women suffer from gender- related violence; whereas Afghanistan ranks 154 out of 159 countries on the UN Gender Inequality Index;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 36 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C h (new)
Ch. whereas in 2017 opium cultivation in Afghanistan reached a record high, with a 63% increase in comparison with 2016; whereas illicit trafficking of opiates further fuels instability, insurgency and increases funding to terrorist groups in Afghanistan;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 53 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Remains committed to supporting the Afghan Government in its efforts to build a secure and stable future for the people of Afghanistan by undertaking key reforms in order to further improve governance and the rule of law, to build legitimate, democratic institutions, to promotensure the respect of human rights, including women’s rights, to fight corruption, to counter narcotics, to improve fiscal sustainability and to foster inclusive and sustainable economic growth;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 58 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Underscores that the long-term development of Afghanistan will depend on good governance, accountability of governance, the sustainable provision of human security and the achievement of human development, the protection of fundamental freedoms and human rights, and the creation by the country’s government of an environment that enables further sustainable foreign investment; stresses the need to conserve and manage in a sustainable manner natural resources and biological diversity;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 85 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises that support and positive co-operation from neighbouring countries and regional powers, in particular China, Iran, India, Russia and Pakistan, are essential to the stabilisation and development of Afghanistan; regrets that a stable and successful Afghanistan is not always thestresses that peace and stability in Afghanistan should be an end goal for these regional actors;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 94 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the EU to increase its efforts at pressuringnd work together with regional partners to combat drug trafficking, money laundering, terrorist financing and human smuggling;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 110 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises the EU’s continued support for the Afghan-led and Afghan- owned peace process; calls on the Taliban to denounce violence and join the peace process; recognises that a military presence will be required in the long term in order to assist the Afghan security forces in the suppression of violent extremists or terrorist groups that refuse to join the peace process;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 125 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Further encourages NATO’s Resolute Support mission to continue its training of the Afghan army with the objective of increasing democratic and civiliand oversight ofand the Afghan army; encourages the Member States to offer civilian crisis management trainingrespect for international human rights law and international humanitarian law; encourages the Member States to offer capacity building in the areas of rule of law and security sector reform to the national and local governments of Afghanistan;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 130 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that in the future conflict prevention and addressing security challenges as well as the need of reconciliation, mediation and dialogue initiatives will make it necessary to significantly increase funds available for such initiatives, mainly through the use of the IcSP;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 133 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the Government of Afghanistan to fully implement the UN Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security, and to ensure women´s participation, protection and rights across the conflict cycle, from conflict prevention to post-conflict reconstruction;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 139 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. EncouragesStresses the need for the Government of Afghanistan and the international community to step up efforts to stamp out corruption in the country and calls on the Afghan Government to enhance national capacity to recover stolen assets through programmes such as the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative run by the World Bank Group and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 145 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the EU to continue its phasing-out plan following the closure of the EUPOL mission, which includes ensuring a sustainable transition of activities to EUPOL’s local and international partners; urges all parties to continue their efforts to strengthen all law enforcement institutions, with a particular focus on the judicial and penitential systemindependence of the judicial system and on improving the state of Afghan prisons as well as respecting the rights of inmates;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 154 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the EU to ensure that EU funds are invested in projects that help the Afghan population and that adequate support is provided to municipalities in their provision of essential services and in building local governance, so as to ensure basic living standards for the population; to ensure coordination between central authorities and local municipalities in order to identify the priorities to invest in; to enhance support to civil society, notably human rights defenders; in particular, to prioritize funding for projects that support actors promoting accountability, human rights and democratic principles and that foster locally embedded dialogue and conflict-resolution mechanisms;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 157 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Supports the efforts of the ICC to ensure accountability for the war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed since May 2003;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 159 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls that the EU is particularly focused on improving the conditions of women, children, poor and disabled persons and people living in poverty, and that these groups are in special need of assistance, including in the areas of health and education;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 163 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the fact that the EU- Afghanistan CAPD proposes dialogues on human rights issues, including the rights of women and childrenchildren; welcomes the inclusion of gender equality in the CAPD, in particular the focus on women´s access to resources and their full exercise of their fundamental rights; stresses the need to recruit more women as part of Afghanistan's security and judicial systems;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 168 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Afghan authorities to prioritise gender equality and the eradication of all violence and discrimination against women and girls, where important challenges remain, particularly in the field of implementation;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 169 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Insists that the EU maintain a strong stance on implementing human rights and that it take punitivestresses that respect for democratic principles, human rights and rule of law are essential elements of the agreement; insists that the EU should take specific measures such as revoking funds if the Government of Afghanistan violates the essential elements of the agreement or if it backtracks on its commitments to human rights in any agreement with the Taliban or any other organisation or government;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 172 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Regrets the systematic discrimination of minority groups, including the Hazars, and condemns the increasing violence they have suffered during the last years;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 175 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on the Afghan government to introduce an immediate moratorium on the use of the death penalty as a step towards abolition;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 185 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Recognises that the end goal of EU aid to Afghanistan is to help the country’s government and economy develop to a state of independence and growth with internal development and through external trade and investment, as opposed to a reliance on aid that supports the state over the people; stresses that trade and investment should contribute to the social, economic and environmental development of Afghanistan;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 193 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes Afghanistan’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2016 and recognises the added value that trade and foreign direct investment willcould bring to Afghanistan’s future; recognises the positive role that WTO membership could have on the integration of Afghanistan into the world economy;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 195 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses that Afghan authorities should develop a sustainable economic model with the principle of redistribution at its core; calls on the EU to support Afghanistan in its environmental development and energy transition, since provisions for clean and sustainable energy are essential to accelerate the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 200 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Regrets the fact that despite the important injections of foreign aid the impact has been limited; invites the Court of Auditors to draw up a special report on the effectiveness of EU assistance to Afghanistan over the last decade;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 209 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Regrets the strong focus in the Agreement on the prevention of irregular migration, especially article 28.4, which imposes the obligation to conclude a readmission agreement when one of the parties requests to do so; opposes the Joint Way Forward on migration issues, which contains arrangements on readmission that have not been subject to the EP´s consent; deeply deplores that returns from EU Member States are continuing despite a highly unstable security situation and serious reintegration challenges and urges them to immediately halt returns to Afghanistan;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 212 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Strongly deplores that EU Member States have not put in place sufficient preventive measures to ensure that people who have forcibly returned to Afghanistan, including children and young people, have not been subject to violence or coercion throughout the return procedures;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 215 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Stresses that the main focus of action against narcotics should be on supporting income alternatives for farmers; highlights the need for a broader strategy in relation to sustainable rural development and water management;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 226 #

2015/0302M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy and the European Commission to evaluate all EU measures in Afghanistan on a regular basis by using explicit qualitative and quantitative indicators especially with regard to development aid, good governance, including the justice sector, respect for human rights and security; calls in this context also for an evaluation of the relative impact of EU measures on the overall situation in the country and the level of coordination and cooperation between EU actors and other international missions and measures, to publish the findings and recommendations and to report back to the European Parliament;
2018/12/04
Committee: AFET
Amendment 118 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 (new)
(2a) Where a person has lawfully acquired magazines or essential components of firearms prior to the entry into force of this Directive, and such magazines or essential components become subject to a licence requirement by virtue of this Directive, Member States shall ensure that the person concerned can register those magazines or essential components in an easy way with the competent authorities by [ ]*at the latest. ____________ *two years after the date of entry into force of this Directive.
2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 124 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that any firearm or partessential component thereof, as well as magazines manufactured after the date of entry into force of this Directive placed on the market has been marked in a durable way and registered in compliance with this Directive.
2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 157 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) are not likely to be a danger to themselves or others, to public order or to public safety; having been convicted of a violent intentional crime shall be considered as indicative of such danger.
2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 161 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 –point b a new
(b a) In case not covered by other national systems, enclose a proof of liability insurance covering victim indemnisation for personal injury and property damage when applying for a firearms license. The competent authorities shall require proof of liability insurance at regular intervals.
2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 179 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take all appropriate steps to prohibit the acquisition and the possession of the firearms and, ammunition and magazines classified in category A and to destroy those firearms and ammunition held in violation of this provision and seized. In special cases, the competent authorities may grant authorisations for such firearms, ammunition and magazines where this is not contrary to public security or public order.
2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 209 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 10
(7a) Article 10 is replaced by the following: "The arrangements for the acquisition and possession of ammunition and magazines shall be the same as those for the possession of the firearms for which the ammunition is intended" (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:31991L0477&from=and magazines is intended. The acquisition and possession of ammunition and magazines shall be allowed only by persons who are allowed to possess a firearm." Or. en)
2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 223 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 10c Duty surplus stock weapons in category A from police, customs and military are irreversibly deactivated in accordance with Commission Implementing regulation (EU) 2015/2403 of 15 December 2015, except for transfers in accordance with authorisations granted under Article 6(1) or (2)
2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 2 #

2015/0211(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
The Committee on Foreign Affairs calls on the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the Commission proposal.
2016/05/18
Committee: AFET
Amendment 46 #

2015/0211(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) As regards Turkey, the legal basis for protection against persecution and mistreatment is adequately provided by substantive and procedural human rights and anti-discrimination legislation, including membership of all major international human rights treaties. In 2014, the European Court of Human Rights found violations in 94 out of 2899 applications. There are no indications of any incidents of refoulement of its own citizens. In 2014, Member States considered that 23,1 % (310) of asylum applications of citizens of Turkey were well-founded. One Member State has designated Turkey as a safe country of origin. Turkey has been designated as a candidate country by the European Council and negotiations have been opened. At that time the assessment was that Turkey fulfilled the criteria established by the Copenhagen European Council of 21-22 June 1993 relating to stability of institutions guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, human rights and respect for and protection of minorities and Turkey will have to continue to fulfil these criteria for becoming a member in line with the recommendations provided in the Annual Progress Report.deleted
2016/05/18
Committee: AFET
Amendment 100 #

2015/0211(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 7
Turkey.deleted
2016/05/18
Committee: AFET
Amendment 891 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
38a. Reiterates its commitment to initiating an ordinary treaty revision procedure under Article 48 TEU with a view to proposing the changes to Article 341 TEU and Protocol 6 necessary to allow Parliament to decide on the location of its seat and its internal organisation;
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 901 #

2014/2248(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
39. Reiterates its call for a single seat for the European Parliament; proposes that Parliament and the Council each decide the location of their own seat after having obtained the consent of the other; further proposes that the seats of all the other EU institutions, agencies and bodies be determined by Parliament and the Council on a proposal by the European executive, acting in accordance with a special legislative procedure;
2016/11/09
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 153 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Frontex Executive Director to consider the exclusion of any officer who has been found to be in breach of fundamental rights from participating in any Frontex operation or pilot project; considers that the suspension of participation of those Member States, which fail to cooperate with Frontex in the framework of the complaints mechanism should be explored;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 179 #

2014/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Takes note that an individual complaints mechanism should be both efficient and cost-effective; calls on Frontex to provide the necessary resources toand additional staff in the Fundamental Rights Office for handlingdevoted only to the complaints rmeceivedhanism;
2015/11/11
Committee: LIBEPETI
Amendment 144 #

2014/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 8
8. A motivated decision on refusal and the detailed reasons on which it is based shall be notified to the applicant by means of the standard form set out in Annex II.
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 152 #

2014/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 12
12. Applicants whose application for an extension has been refused shall have the right to appeal. Appeals shall be introduced against the Member State that has taken the final decision on the application for an extension and in accordance with the national law of that Member State. The deadline for appeal shall be at least 30 calendar days. Member States shall provide applicants with detailed information regarding the procedure to be followed in the event of an appeal, as specified in Annex II, in a language which he or she understands or is reasonably supposed to understand.
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 153 #

2014/0095(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 13
13. A motivated decision on annulment or revocation of a touring visa and the detailed reasons on which it is based shall be notified to the applicant by means of the standard form set out in Annex II.
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 101 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) It should be presumed that applicants who are registered in VIS and have obtained and lawfully used two visas within the 124 months prior to the application fulfil the entry conditions regarding the risk of irregular immigration and the need to possess sufficient means of subsistence. However, this presumption should be rebuttable where the competent authorities establish that one or more of these conditions are not fulfilled in individual cases.
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 108 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) Because of the registration of biometric identifiers in the Visa Information System (VIS) as established by Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council13, the appearance of the applicant in person - at least for the first application - should be one of the basic requirements for the application forissuance of a visa. __________________ 13 Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 concerning Visa Information System (VIS) and the exchange of data between Member States on short-stay visas (VIS Regulation) (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 60).
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 113 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) Applicants should not be required to present travel medical insurance when lodging an application for a short stay visa because it is an disproportionate burden for visa applicants and there is no evidence that holders of short stay visas present a bigger risk in terms of public medical expenditure in Member States than the visa exempted third country nationals.
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 125 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
(31) Arrangements for the reception of applicants should be made with due respect for human dignity. Processing of visa applications should be conducted without discrimination, in a professional and respectful manner and should not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve the objectives pursued.
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 130 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
(39) The general public should be given all relevant information in relation to the application for and the use of a visa and the visibility and uniform image of the common visa policy should be improved. To this end a common Schengen visa Internet site should be established and a common template for Member States' information to the public should be drawn up.
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 143 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
9. 'VIS registered regular traveller' means a visa applicant who is registered in the Visa Information System and who has obtained two visas within the 124 months prior to the application;
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 157 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 6
6. The Member State may prolong the application of the airport transit visa requirement only once where the lifting of the requirement would lead to a substantial influx of irregular immigrants. Paragraph 3 shall apply to such prolongation.
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 163 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 8 – point f a (new)
(fa) persons in need of international protection;
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 174 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Applications may be lodged six12 months before and no later than 15 calendar days before the start of the intended visit. Where this condition is not met, a consulate shall decide on an application when it is necessary on humanitarian grounds, for reasons of national interest or because of international obligations, as well as in justified cases of emergency.
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 232 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Applicants shall pay a visa fee of EUR 6035.
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 248 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. Member States may, in individual cases, waive or reduce the amount of the visa fee to be charged when this serves to promote cultural or sporting interests as well as interests in the field of foreign policy, development policy and other areas of vital public interest or for humanitarian reas. Member States shall waive the visa fee to be charged for humanitarian reasons or because of international obligations.
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 249 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The visa fee shall be charged in euro, in the national currency of the third country or in the currency usually used in the third country where the application is lodged, and shall not be refundable except, inf the cases referred to in Articles 16(2) and 17(3)visa is not issued.
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 250 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The applicant shall be given a receipt for the service fee paid.
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 251 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. If the consulate is not competent, it shall, without delin 3 calendar days, return the application form and any documents submitted by the applicant, reimburse the visa fee, and indicate which consulate is competent.
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 254 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Where the competent consulate finds that the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 have not been fulfilled, it shall notify the applicant, indicate the deficiencies and allow the applicant to correct them. If the deficiencies are not corrected, the application shall be inadmissible and the consulate without delay shall:
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 256 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. By way of derogation, an application that does not meet the requirements set out in paragraph 1 mayshall be considered admissible on humanitarian grounds or, for reasons of national interest or because of international obligations.
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 277 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Applications shall be decided on within 107 calendar days of the date of the lodging of an application which is admissible in accordance with Article 17. Applications shall be decided on without delay on humanitarian grounds, for reasons of national interest or because of international obligations.
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 305 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) when the Member State concerned considers itit is necessary on humanitarian grounds, for reasons of national interest or because of international obligations, in particular in order to ensure the international protection of the person concerned in accordance with the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereof, or another act of EU or international law,
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 321 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) if there are reasonablestrong doubts as to the authenticity of the supporting documents submitted by the applicant or the veracity of their contents, the reliability of the statements made by the applicant or his intention to leave the territory of the Member States before the expiry of the visa applied for.
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 322 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. A motivated decision on refusal and the detailed reasons on which it is based shall be notified to the applicant by means of the standard form set out in Annex V.
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 326 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. Applicants who have been refused a visa shall have the right to appeal. Appeals shall be instituted against the Member State that has taken the final decision on the application and in accordance with the national law of that Member State. The deadline for appeal shall be at least 30 calendar days. Member States shall provide applicants with detailed information regarding the procedure to be followed in the event of an appeal, as specified in Annex V, in a language which he or she understands or is reasonably supposed to understand.
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 330 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. The period of validity and/or the duration of stay of an issued visa mayshall be extended if the visa holder provides proof of serious personal reasons justifying the extension of the period of validity or the duration of stay. A fee of EUR 30 shall be charged for such an extension.
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 332 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 6
6. A motivated decision on annulment or revocation of a visa and the detailed reasons on which it is based shall be notified to the applicant by means of the standard form set out in Annex V.
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 333 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 7
7. A visa holder whose visa has been annulled or revoked shall have the right to appeal, unless the visa was revoked at his request in accordance with paragraph 3. Appeals shall be conducted against the Member State that has taken the decision on the annulment or revocation and in accordance with the national law of that Member State. The deadline for appeal shall be at least 30 calendar days. Member States shall provide applicants with detailed information regarding the procedure to be followed in the event of an appeal, as specified in Annex V, in a language which he or she understands or is reasonably supposed to understand.
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 346 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 3
3. While performing their tasks, consular staff shall not discriminate against persons on grounds of sexnationality, sex, family status, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 348 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. A bilateral arrangement, the text of which shall be made publicly available, shall be established between the representing Member State and the represented Member State. That arrangement:
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 349 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) the amount of the visa fee, applicable waivers and reductions;
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 350 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) the use of a visa, expiry, termination and revocation of a visa;
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 351 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) details of cooperation with external service providers and accredited commercial intermediaries;
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 352 #

2014/0094(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall establish a Schengen visa Internet website containing all relevant information relating to the application for a visa. The website shall be multilingual and be available at least in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian and Chinese with a gradual expansion of other language versions. The website shall provide for a possibility to monitor the progress of the visa application.
2015/09/29
Committee: LIBE