2 Amendments of Nils TORVALDS related to 2013/2174(INI)
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Commission's efforts to raise awareness regarding disasters, but notes that natural and man-made disasters need different types of insurance and are covered by two different insurance markets, since a man-made disaster unlike a natural disaster has no liable part, and therefore cannot be treated together even if there are cases of man- made decisions affecting a natural catastrophe risk;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines that the EU should not create overlapping and contradicting liability rules; points out that the commission also works on, or has in place, a natural environmental liability directive, a nuclear liability directive and a safety of offshore oil and gas operations directive that partly already addresses some potential man-made disasters;