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4 Amendments of Timothy KIRKHOPE related to 2010/2154(INI)

Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the importance of the fight against terrorism, and supports in this only the use of legitimate means, which are necessary inthe importance of the use of proportionate and lawful security measures which are essential in the prevention of terrorist incidents, and stresses that any methods used must respect the fundamental rights of passengers and be reflective of a free and open democratic society;
2011/03/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for every body scanner to meet a minimum set of technical requirements before it can be placed on a permissible screening methods list; these requirements should inter alia ensure the prevention of any possible health risk to the passenger, including long- term risks; calls in this regard for any form of x-ray technology to be explicitly excluded from the permissible screening methods listthe use of those scanners which use ionizing radiation, for example x-rays, which can have a cumulative effect to be restricted and to ask for further research as to their effects;
2011/03/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that refusal to undergo a body scan should not constitute ipso facto any suspicion of the person concerned and that, in the procedure before being submitted to a body scan or related to the refusal of a body scan, any forms of profiling based on, for example, sex, race, colour, ethnicity, genetic features, language, religion or belief is unacceptable;
2011/03/25
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for people who are willing to be submitted to a body scan to be properly and comprehensibly informed about theinformation to be made available in order for passengers to properly and comprehensibly understand the procedure of being checked by a body scanner, including their right to refuse to be submitted to a body scan and their right to complain and seek redress in case of perceived irregularities related to the body scan or their refusal to be submitted to it and the subsequent standard security check;
2011/03/25
Committee: LIBE