Activities of Jacqueline FOSTER related to 2010/2154(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Aviation security with a special focus on security scanners - Liquids (LAG) ban on aircrafts (debate)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Acknowledges the importance of security scanners as an additional tool to protect the travelling public, but emphasises the fundamental importance of the proper use of cross-border intelligence, the monitoring of Central Reservation Systems and passenger profiling in identifying potential terrorist threats;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on Member States to deploy technology which is the least harmful for human health and which offers acceptable solutions to the public's privacy concerns;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Acknowledges the importance of security scanners as an additional tool to protect the travelling public, but emphasises the fundamental importance of making proper use of cross-border intelligence, monitoring central reservation systems and passenger profiling in identifying potential terrorists threats;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission in conjunction with Member States to produce a Code of Conduct on using security scanners, which requires airports to undertake scanning sensitively, having regard to passengers privacy;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Takes the view that, even though 100% aviation security cannot be guaranteed, the detection performance of security scanners is higher than that offered by current metal detectors, particularly with regard to non- metallic objects and liquids, whilst frisking (full hand-search) causes more irritation and is more likely to be rejected than a scanner;.
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that where an EU Member State decides tos install security scanners, they must meet the minimum standards and requirements set by the EU for all the EU Member States, without prejudice to the right of the Member States to apply more stringent measures;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Takes the view that passengers swhould be given a choice in using security scanners whereby, if they refuse, they would be obliged to submit to alternative screening methods that guarantee security to at least the same levels of effectiveness as security scanners do not wish to pass through a security scanner (notwithstanding the possibility of EU-wide specific exemptions) should not be allowed to board an aircraft;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Member States to deploy technology which is the least harmful for human health and which offers acceptable solutions to the public's privacy concerns;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for account to be taken of specific cases and special treatment to be given to vulnerable passengers (in terms of health), such as pregnant women, children, elderly people and people with disabilities, and people with implanted medical devices (e.g. orthopaedic prostheses and pacemakers);on the Commission to ensure that Member States deploy equipment which is considered to be safe for all the travelling public, including those with specific needs and conditions.
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Believes that such protection can be better achieved when a standard figure is used, and that the use of body images should be not permitted only with the appropriate guarantees and on an exceptional basis;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses that images should not be stored for longer than is necessaryrequired to ensure aviation security, that they shouldand must be destroyed once they are no longer necessary for the intended purposes, and that they should not be used for purposes other than to detect prohibited object person has passed through security unless the image is required for legal purposes;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Takes the view that people undergoing checks should receive all the necessarycomprehensive information ion advance, particularly regarding the operation of the scanner concerned, what images can be seen and by whom, the conditions in place to protect the rights to intimacy, privacy and data protectisecurity scanners should be provided at airports in public view; Recognises that such information can not be given to passengers on, and the possibility of refusing to p individual basis through the scanner;due to time constraints.
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Reiterates and upholds its standpoint that the ban on carrying liquids should come to an end in 2011 and 2013 if the technological effectiveness of the tools provided for the purpose of preserving security is confirmed;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Asks the Commission to demonstrate, based on a risk assessment as well as on the results of operational tests, that the interim step, expected in April 2011, to relax the ban on carrying liquids will neither undermine aviation security nor disturb significantly passenger experience;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Calls on the Commission and Member StatWithout prejudice to Regulation (EC) No 300/2008, calls on the Members States and the airport authorities to strengthen checks on air cargo; stresses the need, to this end, to have morea sufficient number of inspectors available both at national level and within the Commission;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Asks the CommissionCalls on the airport authorities to take all the necessary steps to ensure the safe transport of cargo originating in third countries, identifying the responsibility of each of the various agents;