11 Amendments of Ágnes HANKISS related to 2010/2114(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
– having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items1, 1 OJ L 134, 29.5.2009, p. 1.
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for EU quality and security standards, as well as an EU system and network of laboratories for the certification of CBRN security equipment and technologies, to be developed; underlines that strict security standards and hiring procedures also need to apply to personnel employed at facilities with access to harmful agents; stresses that the necessary research and development funding should be provided to ensure that applied research and major demonstration programmes with an EU dimension are carried out, and that an EU industrial policy in the field of civil security is needed, stimulating cooperation between enterprises in the EU and with specific support for small and medium-sized enterprises/small and medium-sized industries (SMEs/SMIs);
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that preventing terrorist access to CBRN materials is a key priority under both the current 2005 EU Counter- Terrorism Strategy and the future one, as well as under the 2003 EU Strategy against Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Means of Delivery; requests, therefore, that the EU Counter- Terrorism Coordinator report regularly to Parliament on any potential CBRN risks or threats within the Union or against EU citizens and interests elsewhere; insists that further clarification is needed on the appropriate roles of the various EU and national bodies involved in the fight against terrorism; acknowledges in that connection the coordination and information-gathering role of the Standing Committee on Operational Cooperation on Internal Security (COSI) and the SitCen; is nevertheless concerned at the lack of democratic oversight of both bodies; calls for Parliament, as the only directly democratically elected body in the EU, to be kept promptly and fully informed about the actions of both of these bodies in a way which their secure functioning can be maintained and does not risk the successful outcome of their activities;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers it crucial that the ‘Prevention’ part of the EU CBRN Action Plan should be amended in such a way as to force the chemicals industry to replace the use of high-risk chemicals with suitable lower-risk alternatives, where such replacement is possible, regardless oftaking into account the economic costs; suggests that a specific link should be established with the existing REACH Regulation1, something which the version of the Action Plan proposed by the Commission rightly sought to do;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Considers that it is of the utmost importance to keep a close track of all transactions involving high-risk CBRN materials in the EU, and that instead of merely ‘urging’ the industry to report on transactions, as stated in the adopted Action Plan, the Commission and the Member States should work on a proper legal framework to regulate and monitor transactions, thus ensuring proper and rapid reporting of all suspicious transactions as well as the loss or theft of CBRN materials; emphasises that these regulations should establish a proper basis for full transparency in all sectors dealing with CBRN agents, thus holding industries accountable for such transactions; considers that special attention shall be made to the actors of the private sector in terms of the ability to enforce the relevant laws and rules regarding the monitoring of their reporting obligations in order to properly supervise them;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Requests the Commission to monitor, assess and report on Member States‘ compliance on an annual basis to the Parliament, and requests national authorities to ensure that regulations and guidelines are being followed and complied with by the relevant industries and organisations dealing with high-risk CBRN materials;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Considers it essential to carry out proper studies with a view to involving all relevant national and EU bodies and stakeholders on an obligatory basis, including an assessment of ways to make exchanges and cooperation faster and easier, thus making the response to a public safety threat more effective;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Stresses the need to create regional/EU- wide stockpiles of response resources, whether medical or other types of relevant equipment, under the coordination of the European Civil Protection Mechanism; urges that until such time as this EU/regional pooling of resources comes into effect, the EU CBRN Action Plan should point to a possible way in which Member States would share counter- measures and resources in the event of a CBRN accident or terrorist attack, so as to put the new Solidarity Clause into practice without interfering into the national obligations of Member States to protect their own citizens;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Stresses the need to create regional/EU- wide stockpiles of response resources, whether medical or other types of relevant equipment, under the coordination of the European Civil Protection Mechanism and funded by the European Union; urges that until such time as this EU/regional pooling of resources comes into effect, the EU CBRN Action Plan should point to a possible way in which Member States would share counter- measures and resources in the event of a CBRN accident or terrorist attack, so as to put the new Solidarity Clause into practice;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. In order to prepare for the unfortunate event of an accident, outbreak or deliberate use of CBRN, calls on the Commission to establish reporting mechanisms to provide a link between the work of the European Civil Protection Mechanism and other EU early-warning systems in the relevant areas of health, environment, food production and animal welfare; calls also on the Commission to establish mechanisms for exchanges of information and analyses with international bodies such as the World Health Organisation, the World Meteorological Organisation and the Food and Agriculture Organisation;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Calls on the Commission to provide sufficient funding to develop improved equipment for the detection and identification of biological agents in the event of an attack or incident; regrets that existing detection equipment has limitations of capacity and speed resulting in the loss of valuable time in case of an emergency; underlines that emergency personnel must be properly equipped and medically protected in advance in order to work with maximum personal safety in a disaster area where harmful pathogens may be present; stresses that improved equipment for identification of agents and diagnostics are also required in hospitals and other facilities receiving victims from an incident;