Activities of Iosif MATULA related to 2011/0461(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Civil protection mechanism (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism
Amendments (12)
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) By contributing to the further development of detection and early warning systems, the Union should assist Member States in minimising the lead time to respond to disasters and to alert Union citizens. These systems should take into account and build upon existing and future information sources and systems; stresses the importance of closer cooperation between the Commission’s Directorate- General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection and national civil protection services.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) . The reinforced cooperation should be based on a Union structure consisting of an emergency response centre, a European emergency response capacity in the form of a voluntary pool of pre-committed capacities from the Member States, trained experts, a common emergency communication and information system managed by the Commission and contact points in the Member States. It should provide a framework for collecting validated emergency information, for disseminating that information to the Member States, for standardising Member State alert systems and for sharing lessons learnt from interventions.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The Mechanism should make it possible to mobilise and facilitate coordination of assistance interventions. The reinforced cooperation should be based on a Union structure consisting of an emergency response centre coordinated with existing national, regional and local structures, a European emergency response capacity in the form of a voluntary pool of pre-committed capacities from the Member States, trained experts, a common emergency communication and information system managed by the Commission and contact points in the Member States. It should provide a framework for collecting validated emergency information, for disseminating that information to the Member States and for sharing lessons learnt from interventions.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In order to improve the planning of disaster response operations and to ensure the availability of key capacities, it is necessary to develop reference scenarios for the main types of disasters, map key existing capacities available in Member States, develop contingency plans for the deployment of the capacities and develop a European Emergency Response Capacity in the form of a voluntary pool of pre- committed capacities of Member States. The contingency planning exercise could also be used to determine whether there are gaps in the emergency response capacities available in the Member States regarding coordination between cross-border regions that may be filled with capacities to be developed with Union support, which would be shared across the Union.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Assistance interventions should be subject to full coordination in situ so as to maximise the effectiveness and ensure access to suffering populations. The Commission should provide appropriate logistical support for the dispatched expert teams and for the logistical deployment of volunteer teams in response to emergency situations in isolated or inaccessible locations.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) take action to improve the knowledge base on disaster risks and facilitate cooperation and the sharing of knowledge, best practices and information;
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) promote and support the development, coordination between Member States and implementation of Members States' risk management plans including guidelines on their content and provide for adequate incentives, where needed;
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) raise awareness about the importance of risk prevention and support Member States in public information, education and sensitivity and awareness-raising;.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The risk management plans shall take into account the national risk assessments and other relevant risk assessment and shall be coherent with other relevant plans in force in that Member State. Member States must develop a strategy for coordinating risk management planning in crossborder regions.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) contribute to the development of detection and early warning and alert systems for disasters and alert code standardisation in order to enable a rapid response, and to promote their inter- linkage and their linkage to the ERC and the CECIS. Those systems shall take into account and build upon existing and future information, monitoring and detection sources and systems;
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) establish and maintain a capability to provide logistical support and assistance for expert teams, modules and other response capacities deployed under the Mechanism, as well as other actors on the ground and volunteer groups in isolated or inaccessible areas;
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) setting up a training programme and training network for local and regional civil protection and other emergency management personnel on disaster prevention, preparedness, and response, with a view to enhance the coordination, compatibility and complementarity between the modules and other capacities referred to in Articles 8, 9 and 11, and by improving the competence of the experts referred to in point (d) of Article 7. The programme shall include joint courses, exercises and exchange of experts system, whereby individuals may be seconded to other Member States;