11 Amendments of Traian BĂSESCU related to 2020/2003(INI)
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the EU has been implementing a number of arms embargoes25 ; through the promotion of the Common Position and its principles, not only in its immediate neighbourhood, but also on a global level through the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)framework, the EU could contribute to its overarching foreign policy goals of preventing conflict and promoting respect for human rights and International humanitarian law; _________________ 25 https://www.sanctionsmap.eu/#/main?chec ked=
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Council’s intention to increase convergence and transparency – the main objectives of its last review of the Common Position; and the Council conclusions on the review of the Common Position that “the strengthening of a European defence technological and industrial base should be accompanied by closer cooperation and convergence in the field of export control of military technology and equipment”1a _________________ 1aConclusion 11 of the Council Conclusions on the review of Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 on the control of arms exports, as adopted by the Council (“General affairs”),Council of the European Union, 12195/19, COARM 154, Brussels, 16 September 2019
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
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; While the European Defence Fund (EDF) as part of the EU’s industrial policy and a funding tool for joint defence R&D projects does not deal with arms transfers, yet future EDF- funded programmes will inevitably produce new and innovative military technologies and equipment that, given the strong export orientation of European defence companies, will also be exported to third countries;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that bilateral and multilateral agreements may further reduce convergence at EU levelfacilitate the move towards a further convergence of member states’ arms export policies through information sharing among member states, a shared interpretation of the common criteria, increased availability of qualitative information that could strengthen national export control practices; and the inclusion of additional grounds for the refusal of licences that would decrease the space for national interpretation; 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;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
The Europeanisationstrengthening of cooperation on arms productionat EU level on defence capability development, including through wide convergence
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that more restrictive export policies that continue to push for further European convergence, shall not result in the lowering of national standards; and 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 EU collaborative approach for an increasing Europeanisation of arms production and capability development; the existence of different national approaches should be taken into consideration when efforts are made to construct a consolidated European defence industrial base that should be spread around the EU to ensure additional cohesion within the Union;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the fact that the interinstitutional agreement on the establishment of the EDF authorises the Commission to assess whether the transfer of ownership or the granting of an exclusive licence for research actions of EDF-co-funded military technology contravenes the security and defence interests of the EU and its Member States or the objectives of the fund as set out in Article 3 of the proposed regulation; notes that this new legislation establishes a specific type of control function for the Commission with regard to a specific category of exports of military technology to third countries;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Implementing the Common Position in the light of Europeanisedconsolidating the EU cooperation on arms production
Amendment 201 #
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 Europeanisstrengthening the EU cooperation of arms production and the stated ambitions and plans to increase this further;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – introductory part
Paragraph 19 – introductory part
19. Believes that the Europeanisation ofenhancing of cooperation at EU level on arms production needs to go hand in hand with increased transparency and coherence within the Euro-Atlantic area; 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):;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that the increasing EuropeanisU cooperation ofor 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 controlpromoting the quality of policy monitoring and evaluation, through developing guidelines, investing in capacity building, and ex post review and control mechanisms based on strict compliance with the eight criteria;