Activities of Catherine SOULLIE related to 2010/2114(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on Strengthening Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Security in the European Union – an EU CBRN Action Plan
Amendments (8)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Shares the view that such substances are extremely difficult to handle and "that the probability of such attacks occurring is therefore rather low"; therefore stresses that all measures taken should be proportional to the probable risks; points out that the securisation of both transport and storage of CBRN materials is an undeniable and inevitable part of the EU process to make access to these materials as difficult as possible hence tackling CBRN materials related insecurity;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – indent 1
Paragraph 4 – indent 1
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – indent 3
Paragraph 4 – indent 3
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – indent 4
Paragraph 4 – indent 4
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to urge all states to sign and to meet their commitments under the Chemical andRecognises that the enforcement of measures like the Biological Weapons Conventions and to do their utmost to promote the additional Verification Protocol to the Biological Weapons Convention, which includes lists of dangerous biological agents and pathogens and provisions on disclosure statements and monitoring inspectionare insufficient to tackle the risks derived from non-state actors; therefore calls upon the European Commission to assess the current scope of defence and medical counter measures available to respond in an adequate manner to the most dangerous agents that could be acquired and used by non-state actors;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. While admitting that CBRN preparedness is mainly a national competence, strongly encourages member States to set up regional frameworks of cooperation that also include common force training and logistical capabilities such as medical counter-measures, in order to reach better coordination and cost effectiveness; consider that regional models would strike the proper balance between national competence and equal access to resources by the Member States;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the intention to strengthen the EU's civil protection capacity; calls in this regard on the Member States and the Commission to understand disaster response as a strictly civilian task and to conduct it accordinglynotes, however, that in many EU Member States military defence departments obtain proficient practical experience in tackling CBRN disasters; calls in this regard on the Member States and the Commission to share best practices and invest more in a thorough coordination between both civilian and military expertise; calls the Commission to propose a mutualisation of civil national forces and create a European protection civil force in order to improve the efficiency of the Community prevention and action mechanisms; notes that in many EU Member States military defence departments obtain proficient practical experience in tackling CBRN disasters; calls in this regard on the Member States and the Commission to share best practices and invest more in a thorough coordination between both civilian and military expertise;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Insists that disasters must notalways lead to the use or/and deployment of military forces, either inside or outside the EU; instead, the necessary resources should be provided for civil protection forces so that they can handle the task appropriately and alonethe most adequate communitarian, regional or national forces.