9 Amendments of Louis MICHEL related to 2013/2125(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that the defence sector is a major source of jobs, growth and innovation at European level; stresses the importance of adopting an ambitious EDTIB policy;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the European Council’s decision to put the strengthening of Europe’s defence on the agenda for its December summit; calls on the European Council to provide the necessary fresh and ambitious impetus for supporting a truly European defence technological and industrial base, which will be capability- driven and will promote synergies, provide for the efficient use of resources, avoid duplication and be integrated and competitive on the global market;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers it regrettable that past efforts to consolidate demand have not improved the fragmentation of demand in the EU, with 28 national defence customers and an even higher number of customers of products for civilian and military use; regrets the limited results of the EDA’s Capability Development Plan; calls, therefore, on the European Council to launch a European defence review process and make the coordination of national defence planning processes at EU level a reality; based on this assessment, calls on the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to initiate a wide-ranging process to develop a White Paper on European Security and Defence in order to streamline the EU’s strategic ambitions and capability development processes;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States to synchronise and jointly plan the life-cycle management of their defence capabilities in cooperation with the EDA; considers that a common European capabilities and armaments policy would be a prerequisite for turning the harmonisation of military requirements into harmonised equipment acquisition among Member States, thus creating the conditions for a successful demand driven transnational restructuring of the defence industry in the EU;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Supports the EDA in its endeavour to promote regional clusters;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that there is a proliferation of competing industrial standards for civilian and military products; calls on the Commission to develop more industrial standards withCalls on the Commission to develop a coherent set of framework standards facilitating the early integration of military aspects provided by the EDA; calls on the Member States to ensure that their future steps to set defence standards are based on the civilian suggestions made by the Commission and European standardisation organisations;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to streamline European certification procedures with the mutual recognition of certificates and the future development of common civilian and military European certification procedures;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the European Council to enable the EDA fully to assume its institutional role by giving it the necessary resources; reiterates the urgent need for Member States to provide the EDA with adequate funding for the full range of its missions and tasks; takes the view that this would best be done by financing the Agency’s staffing and running costs from the Union budget, starting with the forthcoming multiannual financial framework;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Member States, the EDA and the Commission to devote particular attention to the development of SMEs in the field of defence technology and industrial development;