4 Amendments of Henna VIRKKUNEN related to 2015/0310(COD)
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27a) The European Border and Coast Guard and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency should fulfil their tasks in full compliance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue and the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea ("SOLAS"); regulation 33 of Chapter V of SOLAS provides that the master of a ship at sea which is in a position to be able to provide assistance, on receiving information from any source that persons are in distress at sea, is bound to proceed with all speed to their assistance, if possible informing them or the search and rescue service that the ship is doing so.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point q
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point q
(q) cooperate with the European Fisheries Control Agency and the European Maritime Safety Agency to support the national authorities carrying out coast guard functions by providing services, information, equipment and training, as well as by coordinating multipurpose operations. Together with the European Maritime Safety Agency, the Agency will be able to launch joint surveillance operations, by jointly operating Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (drones);
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2
Article 39 – paragraph 2
2. While performing their tasks and exercising their powers, members of the teams shall comply with Union and international law, and shall observe fundamental rights and the national law of the host Member State. In this regard, special attention shall be paid to the powers of the pilot in command and the extension of criminal law by the country of registration of the aircraft under international aviation law (in particular the Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft, signed at Tokyo on 14 September 1963; "Tokyo Convention").
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 3
Article 52 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission may adopt, in the form of a recommendation, a practical handbook on European cooperation on coast guard functions, containing guidelines, recommendations and best practices for the exchange of information and cooperation at national, Union and international level. This practical handbook shall include a report on the work of coast guard authorities of non-EU countries, highlighting best practices in the exchange of information between agencies.