Progress: Procedure completed
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | AFET | ROMEVA I RUEDA Raül ( Verts/ALE) |
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54
Legal Basis:
RoP 54Events
The European Parliament adopted a resolution based on the own-initiative report drafted by Raül Romeva i Rueda (Greens/EFA, ES) on the Council's 7th and 8th Annual Reports according to Operative Provision 8 of the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports. (Please see the summary of 23/11/2006.) The report was adopted by 504 votes in favour, 24 against and 34 abstentions.
The committee adopted the own-initiative report by Raül Romeva i Rueda (Greens/EFA, ES) on the Council's 7th and 8th Annual Reports according to Operative Provision 8 of the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports.
MEPs in the committee said that it was "unacceptable" that the Code had not yet been transformed into a legally binding Common Position despite the fact that a text was agreed by the relevant Council Working Group (COARM) in June 2005, and they called for an explanation. Member States were urged to "commit themselves once more to the principle that the criteria of the EU Code of Conduct will not be compromised in the pursuit of broader foreign policy objectives". The report stressed that "a clear, efficient and harmonised common arms export control policy, anchored in a legally binding Code of Conduct, can play a decisive role in the fight against terrorism, conflict prevention, regional stability and the promotion of human rights".
MEPs welcomed the clarification in the revised Users' Guide that agreements on licensed production overseas should be treated as export licences but they felt that further provisions were necessary to regulate this area, including regular reviews of licensing contracts. They also said that national export credit agencies should follow a policy of not re-insuring contracts by means of loans or other types of guarantees in the event of non-payment by the recipients for military-related exports to third countries. In other recommendations, the committee urged Member States to pay greater attention to the background of the country receiving arms, to prevent them being used by terrorist groups or being put to improper use, and to agree on a list of countries involved in armed conflicts to which arms exports should be banned in principle.
The report welcomed the Council's objective of developing a "toolbox" and specific mechanisms to regulate arms exports to post-embargoed states, and called for Parliament to be regularly informed of this process. It also urged the Member States to apply equal criteria when evaluating third countries with a view to imposing restrictions on account of human rights violations or growing regional instability. MEPs said that the embargo on China should not be lifted "until there is a clear and lasting improvement in the situation regarding human rights and social and political freedoms". They also expressed deep concern at the blatant violation of the arms embargo by all parties to the Darfur conflict.
The committee welcomed the developments in the Users' Guide, in particular the guidelines for criteria 2 and 7, but it wanted to see further work on the development of criteria 3 and 4 (the internal situation in the country of final destination and the preservation of regional peace, security and stability). It urged that respect for human rights be used as a general criterion.
In other recommendations, the report called for improvements in the quality of national reporting and the adoption of agreed common reporting standards. It also urged EU Member States which do not yet comply with the Common Position on Arms Brokering to "set out a timetable for their compliance" and called on those states which had endorsed the Common Position to improve their record of implementation, for example by setting up national registries of all known arms brokers. In addition, the committee wanted to see common minimum practices on extra-territorial controls, including a ban on brokering activities which violate an arms embargo, whether carried out at home or abroad. Lastly, the report underlined the need for the EU and its Member States to provide active support in the UN for a legally binding International Arms Trade Treaty laying down minimum global standards for arms transfers.
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2007)1016-2
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T6-0008/2007
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Debate in Council: 2771
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A6-0439/2006
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A6-0439/2006
- Committee draft report: PE376.419
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE380.690
- Debate in Council: 2751
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE380.690
- Committee draft report: PE376.419
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A6-0439/2006
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2007)1016-2
Activities
- Jean-Pierre AUDY
Plenary Speeches (5)
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- Pedro GUERREIRO
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- Bruno GOLLNISCH
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- Carl SCHLYTER
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- Proinsias DE ROSSA
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- 2016/11/22 Explanations of vote
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- Ilda FIGUEIREDO
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- Glyn FORD
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- Robert GOEBBELS
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- Nils LUNDGREN
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- Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT
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- Luís QUEIRÓ
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- 2016/11/22 Explanations of vote
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- Bart STAES
Plenary Speeches (2)
- 2016/11/22 Explanations of vote
- 2016/11/22 Seventh and eighth annual reports on arms exports (debate)
- Jim ALLISTER
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- 2016/11/22 Explanations of vote
- Liam AYLWARD
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- Gerard BATTEN
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- Panagiotis BEGLITIS
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- Philip BRADBOURN
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- 2016/11/22 Explanations of vote
- Luigi COCILOVO
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- Christofer FJELLNER
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- Patrick GAUBERT
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- Ana GOMES
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- Lissy GRÖNER
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- Joel HASSE FERREIRA
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- Gunnar HÖKMARK
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- 2016/11/22 Explanations of vote
- Richard HOWITT
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- Anna IBRISAGIC
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- 2016/11/22 Explanations of vote
- Georgios KARATZAFERIS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Jaromír KOHLÍČEK
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Carl LANG
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Explanations of vote
- Jean LAMBERT
Plenary Speeches (1)
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- Marie-Noëlle LIENEMANN
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- Baroness Sarah LUDFORD
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- Marios MATSAKIS
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- Erik MEIJER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Explanations of vote
- Marianne MIKKO
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Joseph MUSCAT
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Explanations of vote
- Annemie NEYTS-UYTTEBROECK
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Tobias PFLÜGER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Józef PINIOR
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Gilles SAVARY
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Explanations of vote
- Lydia SCHENARDI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Explanations of vote
- Olle SCHMIDT
Plenary Speeches (1)
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- Peter SKINNER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Explanations of vote
- Dimitar STOYANOV
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Explanations of vote
- Gary TITLEY
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Explanations of vote
- Evangelia TZAMPAZI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Explanations of vote
- Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Lars WOHLIN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Explanations of vote
- Karl von WOGAU
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Luis YÁÑEZ-BARNUEVO GARCÍA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Anna ZÁBORSKÁ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- 2016/11/22 Explanations of vote
Votes
Rapport Romeva i Rueda A6-0439/2006 - am. 4 #
Rapport Romeva i Rueda A6-0439/2006 - am. 3/1 #
Rapport Romeva i Rueda A6-0439/2006 - am. 3/2 #
Rapport Romeva i Rueda A6-0439/2006 - par. 3 #
Rapport Romeva i Rueda A6-0439/2006 - résolution #
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