7 Amendments of Peter LIESE related to 2016/2076(INI)
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the EU and each Member State to address wildlife crime with the greatest political urgency; highlights the need for comprehensive and coordinated approaches across policy areas including trade, development, foreign affairs, and justice and home affairs; calls on the EU and Member States to ensure adequate financial resources within the EU budget and national budgets to effectively tackle wildlife trafficking;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for awareness-raising campaigns by the EU, third countries, stakeholders and civil society with the aim of reducing the market demand for illegal wildlife products through real and long- term social and behavioural change; recognises the role civil society organisations can play in supporting the action plan;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Member States to ensure that enforcement agencies, prosecution services and national judiciaries have the necessary financial and human resources to combat wildlife crime; strongly encourages Member States to upscale their efforts for training and sensitising all mentioned stakeholders;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to reviewmake an assessment on the current implementation of Directive 2008/99/EC on the protection of the environment through criminal law throughout Member States, especially in terms of foreseen and imposed penalties, creating appropriate guidelines and recommendations for its better use, and if necessary to review this directive, in particular with regard to its effectiveness in combating wildlife crime;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to develop guidelines on how to address the problem of online wildlife crime at EU level as adopted in the Council conclusions in June 2016;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to engage with social media platforms, search engines and e- commerce platforms on illegal internet trade in CITES listed species; calls in the Commission and Member States to develop policies to address potential illegal activity on internet;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Notes that CITES, the EU Timber Regulation and the EU IUU regulatory framework are important tools for regulating international wildlife trade; is concerned, however, about regulatory gaps with regard to species and actors; calls, therefore,by the lack of proper enforcement and implementation; calls on the Member States to increase efforts to ensure effective implementation and enforcement of this legislation and for the EU to review and amend the existing legislative framework with a view to possibly prohibiting the making available and placing on the market, transport, acquisition and possession of wildlife that has been illegally harvested or traded in third countries; considers that such legislation wcould under certain conditions harmonise and simplify the existing EU framework and that the transnational impact of such legislation canould play a key role in reducing global wildlife trafficking;