2 Amendments of Jiří MAŠTÁLKA related to 2015/2037(INI)
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission to step up its efforts to achieve a level playing field in European defence markets, limiting the use of justified exclusions to a strict minimum; points to the danger that the resulting mergers and acquisitions could lead to a concentration of the EU´s defence industry that will lead to reduced competition and therefore rising costs;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls, especially in light of the Intra- Community Transfer Directive 2009/43/EC, that the eight criteria of Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP on arms exports are unrestricted in scope and, accordingly, also apply for exports within the EU, stresses that this especially has been the case for criterion eight that an arms export licence should not be granted if the recipient country´s development prospects would be adversely affected,