7 Amendments of Elena BĂSESCU related to 2012/2303(INI)
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the criteria are intended inter alia to prevent arms exports as a result of which conflicts would be aggravated (criteria 3 and 4) or human rights violated (criterion 2) or international humanitarian law violated (criterion 3) or a recipient country's development prospects would be adversely affected (criterion 8); whereas the Common Position is unrestricted in scope and, accordingly, the eight criteria apply also to exports within the EU and to arms transfers to countries closely associated with the EU;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas the industry is calling for an expansion in arms exports in order to offset the forecast slackening in demand within the EU, and whereas that call is being backed by many politicians and political parties as a contribution towards strengthening Europe's arms industry base and reducing unemployment in some Member States;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls furthermore for the eight criteria to be extended and appliedSuggests to explore the possibility of applying and extending the eight criteria, within the provisions of the Common Position, also to the transfer of military, and security and police personnel, to arms-exports- related services, know-how and training, and to private military and security services; calls for it to be made mandatory - where security technology and, in general, dual-use goodsdual-use goods and technology are to be exported - for compatibility with the eight criteria to be verified, if there are reasons for believing that the exports of such goods and technology would breach one of the eight criteria;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that methods for collecting data on arms exports, as well as practices for publishing data sets recorded, vary in the Member States, as a result of which the COARM annual report does not include important information and therefore is not up to date or reliable; calls accordingly for the introduction of a standardised reporting, collection and submission procedure, to be applied uniformly in all Member States, in order to submit and publish accurate, up-to-date and exhaustive information;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for the COARM annual report also to include information on the final destination of exports within Europe and on onward transfers to third countries which may be problematicviolate one or more of the eight criteria;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Suggests to include in the COARM annual report a follow-up of the issues regarding arms exports identified in the previous reports, as well as measures taken by the Member States to address those issues;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Takes the view that government officials responsible for issuing national export licences and civil society organisations addressing the issue of arms export control should be regularly consulted at COARM meetings, since they can make an important contribution to implementing and enforcing the Common Position and help improve the quality of the information exchanged;