12 Amendments of Peter van DALEN related to 2010/2154(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas health represents an asset to be preserved and the exposure of passengers to ionising radiation from certain types of scanners, such as those emitting X-rays with cumulative effects, needs to be analysed; whereas this represents a risk that should be avoided,prohibited;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas both EU legislation and the laws of the Member States already lay down rules on protection against health hazards that may arise from the use of technologies emitting ionising radiation and on limits for exposure to such radiation, whereas, therefore, scanners using ionising radiation should be prohibited in the European Union;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop an integrated risk- analysis system, making use in particular of profiling, for suspicious passengers and for checks on luggage and cargo, based on all available information, in particular the information provided by the police, intelligence services, customs and transport undertakings; takes the view that the entire system should be informed by the search for effectiveness, but based on respect for the principle of non-discrimination;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Proposes, more specifically, that the Commission should revise the rules on the use of security scanners to ensure that the provisions on the protection of health and fundamental rights are adapted to technological progress, with the proviso that the use of scanners using ionising radiation should be prohibited;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Takes the view that exposure to doses of ionising radiation above the recommended annual limits cannot be acceptable; believes, therefore, that X-ray transmission imaging should not be used in systematic security screening and therefore calls for scanners using ionising radiation to be prohibited in the European Union;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Takes the view that operating rules must guarantee protection for images of passengersmake clear that the use of images of passengers is unnecessary and prohibited for reasons of data protection and to protect the right to human dignity, privacy and intimacy;
Amendment 116 #
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 theno use of body images should be permitted only with the appropriate guarantees and on an exceptional basishould be made of body images when scanning passengers;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses that images should not be stored for longer than is necessary to ensure aviation security, that they should 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 objects;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Takes the view that the operating rules must ensure that people are not selected to pass through a security scanner on the basis of discriminatory criteria; further takes the view that, in line with this non- discriminatory approach, every passenger who refuses to go through the body scan must undergo a security check which is at least as thorough as a security check by a security scanner;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Takes the view that some form of passenger profiling is necessary to determine whether a passenger should be subjected to more detailed checks;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Takes the view that, when images are used, they should not be linked to the passenger's identity and measures should be taken to ensure that passengers cannot be identified with images of any part of the body unless this is necessary no security scanner at a European airport should make use of body images and that all security scanners should make use of a standard figure;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Calls on the Commission and Member States to strengthen checks on air cargo; stresses the need, to this end, to have more inspectors available both at national level and within the Commission;