13 Amendments of Sylvie GUILLAUME related to 2015/0269(COD)
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point -a (new)
-a) Paragraph 1a of Article 1 of Directive No 91/477/EEC is deleted.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b
1b. For the purposes of this Directive, "essential component" shall mean any part essential to its operation, including the barrel, frame, receiver, slide or cylinder, bolt or breach block and any device designed or adapted to diminish the sound caused by firing a firearm which, being separate objects, are included in the category of the firearms on which they are or are intended to be mounted."
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1 f
Article 1 – paragraph 1 f
1f. For the purposes of this Directive, "alarm and signal weapons" shall mean portable devices with a cartridge holder having a gas exit to the front, aside or on the top, which are specificnot converted firearms and which are originally designed and constructed for the purpose of raicausing alarm or sending a signal and which are only designed to fire blanks, irritants, other active substanc sound or a flash effect by means of the firing of a charge and whose design is such as to exclude the shooting, or conversion for the purpose of shooting, of any projectile, with the exception of all real firearms that have been modified. The specific calibres of alarm and signal weapons shall exclusively be calibres for pyrotechnic ammunitionwhich a specific weapon exists designed specially and solely for firing blank, gas or tear gas cartridges with C.I.P. calibres only.
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point a
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
"This filing system shall record each firearm's type, make, model, calibre and serial number, as well as the names and addresses of the supplier and the person acquiring or possessing the firearm. The record of firearms, including deactivated firearms, shall be maintaine shall be maintained for an indefinite period until destruction of the firearm has been certified by the competent authorities."
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Each Member State shall ensure that the registries of the dealers and brokers established in their territory are connected to the single, central computerised data- filing system of firearms." The registration of a firearm's deactivation must include the date of deactivation, the firearm's type, manufacturer, model, calibre and serial number and the names and addresses of the person on whose behalf the deactivation was carried out.
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall provide for standard medical tests for issuing or renewing authorisations as referred to in paragraph 1 andmake the issuing of the authorisations referred to in paragraph 1 conditional upon a compulsory medical test establishing that a person's state of physical and mental health is not such as to be incompatible with possession of firearms. Renewal of authorisations for firearms classified in category B shall also be subject to the same medical test. Member States shall withdraw authorisations and refuse to renew them if any of the conditions on the basis of which itauthorisation was granted is no longer met.
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Member States may not prohibit persons resident within their territory from possessing a weapon acquired in another Member State unless they prohibit the acquisition of the same type of weapon within their own territory.
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Without prejudice to Article 6(1), Member States may authorise experts and bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons, fulfilling a public mission to conserve them, and recognised as such by the Member State in whose territory they are established, to keep in their possession firearms classified in category A acquired before [the date of entry into force of this Directive] provided they havewhich have been exempted from deactivation on grounds of the conservation of cultural and historical heritage and if it can been deactivated in accordance with the provisions that implement Article 10(b)monstrated that their storage does not put public safety and security or public order at risk.
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)
The acquisition of any device designed or adapted to diminish the sound caused by firing a firearm must be subject to the requirement to present a property title for an arm.
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 10b – paragraph 1
Article 10b – paragraph 1
Member States shall make arrangements for the deactivation of firearms to be verified by a competent authority in order to ensure that the modifications made to a firearm render it irreversibly inoperable. Member States shall, in the context of this verification, provide for the issuance of a certificate or record attesting to the deactivation of the firearm orand the apposition of a clearly visible mark to that effect on theeach essential component of the deactivated firearm.
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. The competent authorities of the Member States shall exchange information electronically on the authorisations granted for the transfers of firearms to another Member State as well as information with regard to refusals to grant authorisations as defined in Article 7and refusals referred to in the above paragraphs 1 and 2 by way of a paperless and automated information exchange system at European level by [date] at the latest, and in conformity with Regulation (EU) 2016/... of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Amendment 598 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
In some strictly limited cases, Member States may, for the purposes of national defence, authorise certain reserve soldiers to hold such weapons. Such authorisations shall be accompanied with a retention obligation as defined in Article 10(b) and Member States shall impose a strict limit on the quantity of ammunition held.
Amendment 679 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 1 – point 7 a (new)
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
7a) In Article 10, the following paragraph is added: 'Brokers and dealers may refuse any transaction for the acquisition of complete rounds of ammunition, or components of ammunition, which they reasonably consider suspicious owing to its nature or scale, and shall report it to the relevant authorities immediately.'