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Activities of Franz OBERMAYR related to 2015/0269(COD)

Plenary speeches (1)

Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (A8-0251/2016 - Vicky Ford) DE
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0269(COD)

Amendments (33)

Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
(2) As a response to recent terrorist acts which demonstratedConsidering some gaps in the implementation of Directive 91/477/EEC especially with regard to deactivation of weapons, convertibility and marking rules, the "European Agenda on Security" adopted in April 2015 and the Declaration of the Home Affairs Ministers Council of 29 August 2015 called forconsiders the revision of that Directive and for a common approach on the deactivation of firearms able to prevent reactivation and use by criminals and terrorists.
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
(4) BCollectors and bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons and recognised as such by the Member State in whose territory they are established and holding in their possession firearms classified in category A acquired before the date of entry into force of this Directive should be able to keep those firearms in their possession subject to authorisation by the Member State concerned and provided that those firearms have been deactivated.
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
(5) Since collectors have been identified as a possible source of traffic of firearms, they should be covered by this Directive.deleted
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a directive
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 Directive. 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.deleted
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
(9) Some semi-automatic firearms can be easily converted to automatic firearms, thus posing a threat to security. Even in the absence of conversion to category "A", certain semi-automatic firearms may be very dangerous when their capacity regarding the number of rounds is high. Such semi-automatic weapons should therefore be banned for civilian use.deleted
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a directive
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 thelike the internet must be secured using national and conventional selling methods, especially as regards the on line verification of the legality of authorisations. It is therefore appropriate to limit the selling of arms and components by means of distance communication, notably internet, to dealers and brokers.
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 281 #
Proposal for a directive
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 converted firearms being used in criminal offences, notably by including them in the scope of the Directive. Technical specifications for alarm and signal weapons as well as for salute and acoustic weapons should be adopted by Member States in order to ensure that they cannot be converted into firearms.
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
(18) Since the objectives of this Directive cannot be suefficiently achieved by the Member StatesEuropean Commission, but can rather, by reason of the scale and effects of the actionnegative consequences of wide opened borders, be better achieved at Unational levels, the Unionmeasures may be adopt measures,ed in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1b
1b. For the purposes of this Directive, "essential component" shall mean the barrel, frame, receiver, slide or cylinder, bolt or breaech block and any device designed or adapted to diminish the sound caused by firing a firearm which, being. Such separate objects, ar must be included in the same category ofas the firearms on which they are or are intended to be mountat from which the weapons are classified.
2016/04/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 352 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1g
1g. For the purposes of this Directive, "salute and acoustic weapons" shall mean firearms specifically converted for the sole use of firing blanks, for use in theatre performances, photographic sessions, movies and television recordings.deleted
2016/04/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 359 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1 h
1h. For the purposes of this Directive, "replica firearms" shall mean objects that have the physical appearance of a firearm, but are manufactured in such a way that they cannot be converted to firing a shot or expelling a bullet or projectile by the action of a combustible propellant.deleted
2016/04/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 383 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point d
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – Paragraph 2 – point i
(i) the manufacture, trade, exchange, hiring out, and repair or conversion of firearms;
2016/04/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 393 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point d
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point ii
(ii) the manufacture, trade, exchange, hiring out, and repair or conversion of parts of firearms;
2016/04/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 398 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point d
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point iii
(iii) the manufacture, trade, and exchange or conversion of ammunition.
2016/04/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 407 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall not apply to the acquisition or possession of weapons and ammunition, in accordance with national law, by the armed forcesnational defence forces, including the army, the police, the or public authorities or by collectors and bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons. Nor shall it apply to commercial transfers of weapons and ammunition of warproducts of the defence industry.
2016/04/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 458 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The marking shall be affixed to the receiver of the firearm.deleted
2016/04/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 518 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Without prejudice to Article 3, Member States shall authorise the acquisition and possession of firearms tonly by persons who have good cause and who:
2016/04/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 551 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
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 and shall withdraw authorisationsthem if any of the conditions on the basis of which it wasthey were granted is no longer met.
2016/04/28
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 597 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take all appropriate steps to prohibit the acquisition and the possession of the firearms and ammunition classified in category A and to destroy those firearms and ammunition held in violation of this provison and seized, except in some cases permitted by Member States' authorities.
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 616 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Member States may authorise collectors as well as bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons 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 have been deactivated in accordance with the provisions that implement Article 10(b).
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 626 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 3
The acquisition of firearms and their parts and ammunition concerning categories A, B and C by means of distance communication, as defined in Article 2 of Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(*), shall be authorised only with respect to dealers and brokers and shall be subject to the strict control of the Member States. (*) Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).deleted
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 655 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 7
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 (new)
(7) In Article 7, the following subparagraph is added to paragraph 4: "The maximum limits shall not exceed five years. The authorisation may be renewed if the conditions on the basis of which it was granted are still fulfilled."deleted
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 683 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 10 a
Article 10a Member States shall take measures to ensure that alarm and signal weapons as well as salute and acoustic weapons cannot be converted into firearms. The Commission shall adopt technical specifications for alarm and signal weapons as well as for salute and acoustic weapons to ensure they cannot be converted into firearms. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 13b(2).deleted
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 685 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 10 a – paragraph 1
Member States shall take measures to ensure that alarm and signal weapons as well as salute and acoustic weapons cannot be converted into firearms.
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 689 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 10 b
Article 10b 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 or the apposition of a clearly visible mark to that effect on the firearm. The Commission shall adopt deactivation standards and techniques to ensure that deactivated firearms are rendered irreversibly inoperable. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 13b(2).deleted
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 722 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 13 a – paragraph 2
2. The delegation of power referred to in Article 13 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from the date of entry into force of this Directive.deleted
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 728 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 17 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall submit every five years submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Directive, accompanied, if appropriate, by proposals in particular as regards the categories of firearms of Annex I and the issues related to new technologies such as 3D printing. The first report shall be submitted by ... [two years after the date of entry into force of this Directive].
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 735 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 17 – paragraph 2
The Commission shall, by [date], assess the necessary elements of a system for the exchange of information contained in the computerised data-filing systems referred to in Article 4(4) between the Member States. The Commission's assessment shall be accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal taking into account existing instruments regarding exchange of information.
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 742 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – points 6 – 8
(i) in Category A, the following points are added: "6. Automatic firearms which have been converted into semi-automatic firearms; 7. civilian use which resemble weapons with automatic mechanisms; 8. having been deactivated."deleted Semi-automatic firearms for Firearms under points 1 to 7 after
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 789 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point ii
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category B – point 7
(ii) in category B, point 7 is deleted.
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 810 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point iii
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category C – point 5
5. Alarm and signal weapons, salute and acoustic weapons as well as replicas;deleted
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 840 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 14 – point c a (new)
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – Part III – paragraph 3
(ca) the third paragraph is replaced by the following: "The Member States must apply their national laws to the firearms listed in this Part."
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 841 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 14 a (new)
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I a (new)
(14a) The following Annex is inserted: "Annex Ia Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2403 is repealed."
2016/04/29
Committee: IMCO