4 Amendments of Renate WEBER related to 2013/0304(COD)
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) This Directive respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and notably the right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial, the presumption of innocence and the right of defence, the right not to be tried or punished twice in criminal proceedings for the same criminal offence and, the principles of legality and proportionality of criminal offences, the right of access to preventive healthcare and the right to benefit from medical treatment.
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The Union and its Member States should further develop the European approach based on fundamental rights, prevention, medical care and harm reduction, with the aim of helping drug users to overcome their addiction and at reducing the social, economic and public health negative impact of drugs. The Union and its Member States should review policies and laws providing for imprisonment and criminalization of drugs users, which lead to further marginalisation and stigmatization, as well as to an overload of the justice and prison systems.
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Framework Decision 2004/757/JHA
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
(1a) In Article 2, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: '2. The conducts described in paragraph 1 shall not be included in the scope of this Framework Decision when it is committed by its perpetrators exclusively for their own personal consumptionfor personal use as defined by national law.'
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 b (new)
Article 1 – point 1 b (new)
Framework Decision 2004/757/JHA
Article 2-paragraph 3 (new)
Article 2-paragraph 3 (new)
(1b) In Article 2, the following paragraph is added after paragraph 2: '3. Member States shall remove a substance from their criminal law provisions as soon as it is no longer subject to permanent market restrictions pursuant to Article 13(1) of the Regulation (EU) No .../ ... on new psychoactive substances.'