17 Amendments of Frank ENGEL related to 2015/0269(COD)
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Certain issues in Directive 91/477/EEC need further improvement in a proportionate way to tackle arms trafficking for criminal or terrorist purposes.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Taking into consideration the high risk of reactivating badly deactivated weapons and in order to enhance security across the Union, deactivated firearms should be covered by this Directivethis Directive should lay down common standards for the definitive deactivation of dangerous firearms. Additionally, for the most dangerous firearms stricter rules should be introduced in order to ensure that those firearms are not allowed to be owned or traded. Those rules should also apply to firearms of that category even after they have been deactivated. Where those rules are not respected, Member States should take appropriate measures including the destruction of those firearms.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to ensure the traceability of deactivated firearms, they should be registered in national registrregularly updated national registries accessible by each Member State’s law enforcement authorities.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Selling arrangements of firearms and their components by means of distance communication may pose a serious threat to security as they are more difficult to control than the conventional selling methods, especially as regards the on line verification of the legality of authorisations. It is therefore appropriate to limitmore effectively control the selling of arms and components by means of distance communication, notably internet, to dealers and brokers.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Furthermore, the risk of alarm weapons and other types of blank firing weapons being converted to real firearms is high, and in some of the terrorist acts converted arms were used. It is therefore essential to address the problem of the technical possibility of converteding firearms being used infor criminal offencpurposes, notably by including them in the scope of the Directivemposing stricter standards on the manufacturers of these weapons. Technical specifications for alarm and signal weapons as well as for salute and acoustic weapons should be adopted in order to ensure that they cannot be converted into firearms.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1a) Paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. This Directive is without prejudice to the application of national provisions concerning the carrying of weapons, hunting or target shooting. , or to more stringent legislation on illegal arms sales." Or. fr (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:31991L0477)
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall make the pursuit of the activity of dealer or broker within their territory conditional upon authorisation on the basis of at least a check of the private and professional integrity and of the abilities of the dealer or broker. In the case of a legal person, the check shall be on the legal person and on the person who directs the undertaking. This authorisation must be for a limited period and renewable only after thorough checking of the dealer's or broker's registers of sales and acquisitions.
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4b – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 4b – paragraph 1 – point b
b) licensing or authorisation of the activities of brokers and dealers which shall be for a limited period and renewable subject to thorough checks.
Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 10a – paragraph 1
Article 10a – paragraph 1
Member States shall take measures with regard to arms manufacturers and arms dealers to ensure that alarm and signal weapons as well as salute and acoustic weapons cannot be converted into firearms.
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – Category A – point 6
Annex I – part II – point A – Category A – point 6
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – Category A – point 7
Annex I – part II – point A – Category A – point 7
Amendment 248 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – Category A – point 8
Annex I – part II – point A – Category A – point 8
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 – point a – point ii
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point a
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part III – point b
Annex I – part III – point b
point (ba) is replaced by the following:deleted