11 Amendments of Renate WEBER related to 2010/2154(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that only few Member States have carried out trials of body scanners1 and many of these have abandoned body scanners subsequently, due to the high costs, delays and inefficacy2, while most of the Member States have not deployed body scanners or have opposed or affirmed that they do not intend to buy, deploy and use of body scanners; 1 UK, NL, DE, DK. 2 IT and FIN.
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Notes that, regardless of the inclusion of body scanners in the list of methods of screening allowed, those Member States already using body scanners are bound to ensure that citizens’ fundamental rights enshrined in the ECHR and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights are respected, protected and promoted, notably the right to privacy and to health, as furthermore requested by the European Parliament;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Highlights that those Member States that used body scanners have excluded some categories of vulnerable persons, such as children, pregnant woman, elderly people and persons with disabilities or with implanted medical devices and workers who are frequently exposed to radiations, and that common rules in this field shall be applied at EU level when Member States deploy and use body scanners;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Believes that body scanners should only be used by those Member States that decided or will decide to deploy them, on an ad hoc basis, and for those flights were there are reasons to believe that security is at stake, for instance on the basis of intelligence information, of specific risks or threats, of the country of destination of the flights (if the country of destination requested body scanning of the passengers for specific security reasons) or of origin (if the country of origin is targeted by terrorist groups); believes that body scanners should not be used for intra-EU flights;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Calls the Commission not to add body scanners to the list of authorised screening methods, as this would create an incentive for the use of body scanners at national level, but calls it to issue instead binding recommendations to Member States in relation to the rules for the use of body scanners, shall they decide to continue trials or apply more stringent measures in relation to the use of body scanners in aviation security;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. Calls for a in depth analysis, evaluation and review of current security situation and procedures at airports, including the liquids regulation, and for an anticipation of the timetable related to the suspension of the ban on liquids and of the conditions foreseen in relation to the availability of screening technologies, while questioning the efficacy and high costs of the future procedures for systematic screening of liquids;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 h (new)
Paragraph 2 h (new)
2h. Believes that the comitology procedure in the aviation security sector, at least for measures having an impact on citizens' rights, is inappropriate and calls for the EP to be fully involved through co- decision;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. PoUnderlintes to the fact that the use of body scanners is not restricted only to airports but also to other public places; urges therefore that the Commission present a proposal coverhat the obligation to respect the fundamental rights to privacy, data protection and health in relation to the use of body scanners applies wherever these are used and also outside of airports and in general in all public places where body scanners are or could be deployed and consequently calls on the Commission to monitor Member States practices ing the deployment and use of security scanners in places other than airportsis respect and ensure that the upcoming rules on the protection of citizens' rights to privacy, data protection, heath, non-discrimination are applied whenever body scanners are used;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Expects that the Commission will base its proposal on extensive independent and objective scientific information gathered among EU experts in the field and without interferences from the industry sector, Member States governments and third countries;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls the Commission, the Council and Committee responsible to substitute the words ‘security scanner(s)’ with the words ‘body scanner(s)’ where the scanners are used to screen persons, including in the title of the report, hereby avoiding inappropriate and unnecessary confusions and ambiguities;