Activities of Lorenzo FONTANA related to 2016/0408(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment, operation and use of the Schengen Information System (SIS) in the field of border checks, amending Regulation (EU) No 515/2014 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 PDF (1 MB) DOC (215 KB)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to maintain theprovide an efficient exchange of supplementary information concerning the action to be taken specified in the alerts, it is appropriate to reinforce the functioning of the SIRENE Bureaux by specifying the requirements concerning available resources, user training and the response time to the inquiries received from other SIRENE Bureaux.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Fingerprints found at a crime scene, with particular attention to the terrorism acts, should be allowed to be checked against the dactylographic data stored in SIS if it can be established to a high degree of probability that they belong to the perpetrator of the serious crime or terrorist offence. Serious crime should be the offences listed in Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA45 and ‘terrorist offence’ should be offences under national law referred to in Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA46 . _________________ 45 Council Framework Decision (2002/584/JHA) of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (0J L 190, 18.07.2002, p. 1). 46 Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA of 13 June 2002 on combating terrorism (OJ L 164, 22.6.2002, p. 3).
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) In order to bridge the gap in information sharing on terrorism, in particular on foreign terrorist fighters – where monitoring of their movement is crucial – Member States should share information on terrorism-related activity with Europol in parallel to introducing an alert in SIS, as well as hits and related information. This should allow Europol's European Counter Terrorism Centre to immediately verify if there is any additional contextual information available in Europol's databases and to deliver high quality analysis contributing to disrupting terrorism networks and, where possible, preventing their attacks.
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36 a (new)
Recital 36 a (new)
(36 a) Takes the view that the open border policy of the European Union is an incentive and encourages more migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea;
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37 a (new)
Recital 37 a (new)
(37 a) Recalls that, since the establishment of the Schengen Area, the EU has become an area without borders; stresses that the current need of Member States is to return to the protection of national borders by sovereign nation states;
Amendment 204 #
(42) This Regulation respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in particular by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In particular, this Regulation seeks to ensure a safe environment for all persons residing on the territory of the European Union and a protection of irregular migrants from exploitation and trafficking by allowing their identification, preferably in third countries, while fully respecting the protection of personal data.