Activities of Georges BACH related to 2010/2154(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Aviation security with a special focus on security scanners - Liquids (LAG) ban on aircrafts (debate)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas initial and further training for security staff is a crucial element that is necessary in order to guarantee a high level of aviation security, which must be compatible with a way of treating passengers that preserves their dignity as individuals,
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop an integrated risk- analysis system for suspicious passengerspassengers who may with good reason be suspected of having a terrorist background and for checks on luggage and cargo, based on all available and reliable information, in particular the information provided by the police, intelligence services, customs and transport undertakings; takes the view that the entire system should be informed by the search for effectiveness, but based on respect for the principle of non-discrimination;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that the use of security scanners must be based on common rules that not only lay down detection performance but also impose the necessary safeguards to protect the health and fundamental rights of passengers and workers, crew and security staff;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Takes the view that concerns and demands regarding privacy and health can be resolved withthere is still no study which provides the necessary guarantees in terms of protection of privacy and health or the detechnology and methods available; considers that the technology now being developed is promising and that the best availabletion performance of security scanners; considers that good progress has been made in scanner technology and that, preferentially, the best-performing technology should be used;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Takes the view that the installation of security scanners, or the decision not to install them, falls within the responsibility and freedom of decision of the EU Member States; considers, however, that further harmonisation of the use of scanners is needed in order to create a coherent European aviation security area;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Takes the view that the rules for the effective operation of security scanners must pay particular attention to vulnerable groups and to people who are frequently exposed to radiation, who could be passengers, crew or security staff;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to adapt Directive 96/29/Euratom to technical progreslaying down basic safety standards for the protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionising radiation to ongoing technical progress; stresses the importance of implementing the arrangements for the radiological protection of exposed workers;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Points out that it is hugely important for accurate and effective data evaluation to have well-trained and trustworthy staff, who should enjoy social and labour conditions that are commensurate to the very high level of responsibility placed upon them;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Takes the view that the level of security for cargo still varies from one Member State to another and that, with a view to achieving one-stop security, the Member States should therefore ensure that the existing measures relating to European cargo and mail are correctly applied and that regulated agents approved by another Member State are recognised;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Believes that the Commission's checks on cargo and mailMember States’ security measures for air cargo and mail and the Commission’s inspection of these measures have been stepped up, and would therefore consider it highly useful to draw up a technical report onwith a view to identifying the weaknesses of the current cargo system and possible ways of remedying them;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Calls on the Commission and Member States to strengthen checkinspections concerning air cargo, including those relating to the validation of regulated agents for known consignors; stresses the need, to this end, to have more inspectors available both at national level and within the Commission;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Asks the Commission to take all the necessary steps to ensure the safe transport of cargo originating in third countries, starting at the airport of origin, and to lay down criteria for determining high-risk cargo, identifying the responsibility of each of the various agents;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Calls on the Commission to propose a harmonised system for the initial and further training of security staff in relation to cargo, in order to remain abreast of the latest technical developments in the field of security;