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Shadow reports (1)

REPORT on Arms export: implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP
2020/07/17
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2020/2003(INI)
Documents: PDF(195 KB) DOC(66 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Hannah NEUMANN', 'mepid': 197464}]

Amendments (22)

Amendment 40 #
Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Lars Patrick BERG, Susanna CECCARDI
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the publication of the 20th and 21st annual reports; deplores the late publication of information about exports during 2017 and 2018;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 54 #
Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Lars Patrick BERG, Susanna CECCARDI
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that ten Member States made full submissions to the 20th annual report, and eleven to the 21st; deplores the fact that two of the main exporting countries – Germany and the UK – did not make full submissions;
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 64 #
Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Lars Patrick BERG, Susanna CECCARDI
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the fact that Member States use very different information in order to generate data on the value of licences, which renders the annual report considerably less usable as a comparative data set and serves to diminish its transparency and accountability before citizens and parliaments; urges France, in particular, to refrain from submitting data on the value of licences at pre-contract stage and broad values for global licences, which undermines the comparabilStresses that research, development, production, distribution and arms export policies must remain the discretion of the Member States as it is a strictly national prerogative; calls on the Commission, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the European External Action Service to consider arms policy from the point of view of exports in particular and acknowledge that defence, in all its aspects, is exclusively the remity of the reportMember States;
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 90 #
Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Lars Patrick BERG, Susanna CECCARDI
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Council’s intention to increase convergence and transparency – the main objectives of its last review of the Common Position;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 104 #
Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Lars Patrick BERG, Susanna CECCARDI
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes with concern the growing divergences between the arms export policies and practices of the Member States and the failure to introduce new instruments to promote convergence towards the strict application of EU rules in this area;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 112 #
Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Lars Patrick BERG, Susanna CECCARDI
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Supports the Council’s decision to introduce a clear reporting deadline for national submissions; welcomes the steps taken towards the online approach and encourages the further development of the latter;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 123 #
Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Lars Patrick BERG, Susanna CECCARDI
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that since the adoption of the legally binding Common Position in 2008, an increasing number of weapon systems produced in Europe are made up of components from multiple countries and involve bi- or multilateral cooperation for technological, industrial and political reasons;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 148 #
Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Lars Patrick BERG, Susanna CECCARDI
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Observes a trend whereby the diverging export policies of the Member States are increasingly considered as obstacles to cooperation projects, which is giving rise to a multitude of bilateral andAffirms its preference for bilateral or multilateral cooperation between EU Member States for the programming of research, development and production in the arms specific agreements on weapon systems that allow for exports to third countries bator; regrets that the cooperation projects proposed onby the least restrictive standards, rCommission exclude bilather than a joint, EU-wide approachal agreements on principle;
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 151 #
Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Lars Patrick BERG, Susanna CECCARDI
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that bilateral and multilateral agreements may further reduce convergence at EU level and that the failure to regulate exports uniformly between the Member States and the lack of convergence in export decisions to third countries have a negative impact on human rights and international law, generate market distortions, and hinder industrial strategic planning, economies of scale and a level playing field;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 168 #
Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Lars Patrick BERG, Susanna CECCARDI
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Notes and deplores the fact 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 heralding an increasing Europeanisation of arms production and capability development;
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 188 #
Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Lars Patrick BERG, Susanna CECCARDI
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that under the EPF,Deplores moves by the Member States and the European External Action Service (EEAS) will work onunder the EPF to creatinge an EU-level system for arms transfers to third countries;
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 199 #
Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Lars Patrick BERG, Susanna CECCARDI
Motion for a resolution
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 Europeanisation of arms production and the stated ambitions and plans to increase this furtherCalls for the continued development of cooperative projects between European countries on a bilateral or multilateral basis, independently of any supranational entity;
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 207 #
Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Lars Patrick BERG, Susanna CECCARDI
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Believes that the Europeanisation of arms production needs to go hand in hand with increased transparency; believes that there is still room for improvement in this area, particularly as regards the quality and uniformity of the data submitted by Member States; calls on the Working Party on Conventional Arms Exports (COARM): a) to add the following additional categories in a revised reporting template in order to implement the recent September 2019 Council conclusions: the exact type of weapon and the quantity exported, denomination of the munitions, the lot size and the specific end-user, revoked licences, and the value and duration of contracts regarding post- delivery services such as training and maintenance; b) to disaggregate data with regard to denial information so as to facilitate the scrutiny of specific shipments or Member States; c) to clarify definitions such as licensed value and actual exports so as to facilitate the comparability of data between Member States;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 226 #
Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Lars Patrick BERG, Susanna CECCARDI
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the decision to transform the annual report into an interactive and searchable online database and expects it to be up and running before publication of the export data for 2019; calls on the EEAS to inform Parliament about the precise date on which this database will go online; urges COARM to chose a solution that enables data to be exported in a structured format;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 238 #
Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Lars Patrick BERG, Susanna CECCARDI
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – introductory part
21. Calls on COARM to work towards amending Article 7 of the Common Position, by calling for an improved exchange of ‘relevant information, including information on denial notifications and arms export policies’ and other ‘measures to further increase convergence’; stresses the need, to this end:
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 239 #
Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Lars Patrick BERG, Susanna CECCARDI
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point a
a) to systematically discuss individual licence requests within COARM, where the receiving destination or recipient has been identified as a risk by one or several Member States or the EEAS; calls on Member States to provide a justification if they decide to grant exports to such destinations;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 249 #
Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Lars Patrick BERG, Susanna CECCARDI
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point c
c) to undertake a joint assessment of country situations or potential export recipients in the light of the principles and criteria of the Common Position within the framework of the CFSP and in consultation with external stakeholders, including Parliament;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 258 #
Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Lars Patrick BERG, Susanna CECCARDI
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that the EU institutions should organise peer reviews with a view to encouraging authorities to share best practices on the collection and processing of data, fostering a better understanding of different national approaches, identifying differences as regards the interpretation of the eight criteria, and discussing ways to improve harmonisation;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 264 #
Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Lars Patrick BERG, Susanna CECCARDI
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Strongly believes that a much higher level of convergence as regards the strict application of the criteria will strengthen human rights, international law and the CFSP, and bolster the EU’s strategic security interests and strategic autonomy;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 271 #
Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Lars Patrick BERG, Susanna CECCARDI
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that effective end-use controls are crucial for a responsible export policy and for lowering the risk of diversion in particular; calls on the Council, the Member States, the EEAS and the Commission to set up a large- scale training and capacity-building programme for national and EU officials on arms export controls; stresses the need to use EU funding to ensure that sufficient staff resources are available at national and EU levels and at delegations and embassies in importing countries for the purposes of implementing viable end- use controls; calls on the EEAS and COARM to report on iTrace any identified diversion of EU-origin goods as part of the annual report;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 280 #
Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Lars Patrick BERG, Susanna CECCARDI
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that the increasing Europeanisation of arms production, the recent Council conclusions on convergence in arms exports and the establishment of the EPF should be complemented by a mechanism for EU- level monitoring and control based on strict compliance with the eight criteria;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 297 #
Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Lars Patrick BERG, Susanna CECCARDI
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Considers that regular consultations with national parliaments, arms export control authorities, industry associations and civil society are central to meaningful transparency; calls on COARM to enhance dialogue with civil society and consultations with Parliament and arms export control authorities; encourages 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;deleted
2020/05/06
Committee: AFET
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