8 Amendments of Javier NART related to 2020/2003(INI)
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the global crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic could have significant geostrategic repercussions and strengthens the need to build a genuine European strategic autonomy;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, a region of several armed conflicts, remain the foremost regional destination for exports according to the last two annual reports; is concernednotes that thisese regional focus undermines the Common Foreign and Security Policy (s face significant and continuing security challenges and that every export has to be assessed on a case by case basis, in the context of the wider CFSP) and EU specific EU actions aimed at regional peace and stability;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the update of the EU common position of 2008 to take into account relevant developments, such as the adoption of the Arms trade treaty, to which all Member States are party;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that most Member States have not outlined a common policy regulating the transfer of weapons components to another Member State which would ensure that any export to third countries from the Member State of assembly is consistent with the export policy of the Member State providing the components; notes that some of them continue to consider intra-EU transfers of arms and defence-related products as exports operations; regards this as particularly problematic in the context of the increasing divergences between licensing practices across the EU; observes thatcalls the Commission to assess the effects of Directive 2009/43/EC on intra- Community transfers has proven ill- equipped to achieveand the stated goal of setting high common standards for exports to third countries;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Notes that despite a correlation between divergences in export policies and difficulties of intra-UE cooperation, the sooner is the consequence of the weakness of the European defence spending, the persistent fragmentation of the internal market for defence-related products and the existence of industrial duplications; calls therefore the European Commission, the Council and Member States to fully implement the European Action Plan for Defence; calls in particular for a swift adoption of the European Defence Fund and for an adequate level of funding enabling the reduction of market fragmentation and industrial consolidation while ensuring the EU and its Member States will dispose of military capabilities they need; calls the Commission to ensure the correct implementation of directive 2009/81/EC and Directive 2009/43/EC;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Notes that bilateral cooperation on industrial defence-related projects between Member States lead to export control agreements which can provide a baseline for the EU as a whole;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that EU funds such as the Preparatory Action on Defence Research (PADR), the European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) and the European Defence Fund (EDF), initiatives such as the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and the European Peace Facility (EPF), legislation such as the intra-Community transfers and defence procurement directives of 2009, and the creation of administrative capacities such as the Commission Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS) are heraldaiming ant increasing Europeanisation of arms production and capability development;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that the lack of convergence of national arms export policies and decision-making is becoming increasingly untenable in the context of the prevailing Europeanisgrowing Europeanisation of arms production and the stated ambitions and plans to increase this further will require in the long run a progressive convergence of national arms export policies and decision-making; recalls the importance of the appropriation by Member States of such a process; regrets the current divergences between nation ofal arms production and the stated ambitions and plans to increase this furtherexport policies and decision-making; calls the Council to continue its efforts to favour the convergence of arms export policies and decision-making;