Activities of Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU related to 2022/0288(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on import, export and transit measures for firearms, their essential components and ammunition, implementing Article 10 of the United Nations’ Protocol against the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UN Firearms Protocol) (recast)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 31 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 31 – point c
(c) an Union general import authorisation for importers to the customs territory of the Union that is available to all importers who respect the conditions and requirements listed in chapter II of this Regulation and in the implementingdelegated act referred to in Article 9(8) of this Regulation;
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a – point a
(a) the rules on marking referred to in Article 48 of Directive (EU) 2021/555the United Nations Protocol;
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Firearms or their essential components shall be imported provided that they are marked in accordance with Article 48 of Directive (EU) 2021/555the United Nations Protocol.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The economic operator shall also verify if the imported firearms and their essential components comply with the required marking according to Article 4 of Directive (EU) 2021/555. In the absence of marking in accordance with these requirements, the economic operator shall arrange for the firearms and their essential components to be marked, without delay, after importation.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. The Commission and competent authorities granting the export authorisation, in case of suspicion, shall carry out post-shipment checks to ensure that the exported firearms and their essential components have been marked in accordance with Article 4 of Directive (EU) 2021/555.
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. Competent authorities shall process applications for import authorisations within a period of time, which shall not exceed 640 working days, from the date on which all required information has been provided to the competent authorities. Under exceptional circumstances and for duly justified reasons, that period may be extended to 960 working days.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 8
Article 9 – paragraph 8
8. The Commission shall adopt an implementing delegated act to establish an Union general import authorisation and setting out the conditions for the import of firearms, their essential components and ammunitions by authorised economic operators for security and safety pursuant to Article 38(2), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 952/2013.Those implementingdelegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 37(2).
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall adopt an implementing delegated act to establish an uniform end- user certificate. Those implementingdelegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 37(2).
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall process applications for export authorisations within a period of time , which shall not exceed 640 working days, from the date on which all required information has been provided to the competent authorities. Under exceptional circumstances and for duly justified reasons, that period may be extended by the competent authorities to 960 working days.
Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3
Article 27 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall adopt implementingdelegated acts establishing the rules and format to be used by Member States for providing the Commission with anonymised statistical data as referred to in paragraph 1 and 2 of this Article. Those implementingdelegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 37.