Activities of Franz OBERMAYR related to 2013/2125(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy - European defence technological and industrial base (debate)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that, in order to increase the competitiveness of the European defence industry, Member States urgently need to increase the transparency and openness of their defence markets; considers that Directive 2009/81/EC on defence and sensitive security procurement strengthens the single market by reducing the complexity of procurement rules in the defence sector; moreover points out that the common security and defence policy has to be further promoted and synchronised, in order to define the level of ambition for the European armed forces, deduce a corresponding composition of forces and allocate the capabilities among the Member States, thereby facilitating the standardisation of equipment and the specification of industrial foci;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that specific, sometimes even useless, technical demands in invitations to tenders are particularly targeted to exclude foreign companies, in order to increase the financial and technical abilities of the national defence industry;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Emphasizes that so far additional formalities have not proven to diminish this effect in the defence industry sector, but rather to increase it as well as the associated costs and time for the contracting parties, therefore effectively reducing the competitiveness of the European defence industry;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Concludes that, based on developments in Lybia, Mali and Syria and despite the existing common security and defence policy, sovereign nations clearly tend to have sovereign defence interests and hence keep their technological know-how and their defence industry also as sovereign as possible; calls on the Commission to take these important aspects into consideration for the proposal of new or the abolishment of existing formalities in order to effectively increase the competitiveness of the European defence industry;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the fragmentation of the European defence market is an obstacle to small and medium-sized enterprises increasing their share in this market; emphasises the importance of possibilities for small and medium-sized enterprises to take part in the process of creating defence equipment sector products; urges the Commission, therefore, to adopt further proposals to facilitate their access to the European defence industry; emphasizes that the creation of additional Union standards and certifications might be detrimental for the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises as they often do not have the ability to invest upfront for years and the costs for qualification and certification already tend to constitute a considerable amount of the overall development costs for new defence products;