Activities of Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER related to 2018/2157(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Arms export: implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP (debate) FR
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on arms exports: implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP PDF (385 KB) DOC (71 KB)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with concern that the eight criteria are applied and interpreted with varying degrees of rigour in the Member States; calls, therefore, for a standard, uniformly strict interpretation and full implementation of the Common Position with all its obligatinot appropriate for the diversity of sometimes opposite interests in both the commercial and strategic domains; calls for this common position to be abandoned in favour of the principle that arms exports should be controlled by Member States alonse;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that one of the reasons for establishing the Common Position was to prevent European weaponry from being used against Member States’ armed forces and to prevent human rights abuses and the prolongation of armed conflict; reiterates that the Common Position includes the obligation to assess a request for an export licence against all eight criteria listed in itis a matter for the Member States to decide;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is alarmed by the fact that 97.2 % of licence requests for exports to Egypt and Saudi Arabia were granted even though exports into both countries violate at least criteria 1 to 6 of the Common Position, and bearing in mind that failure to meet criteria 1 to 4 must lead to a denial of the licence; rRegrets that almost all licence applications (95 %) for exports to Saudi Arabia have been granted as regards category ML919 (i.e. vessels of war) exports, which are used to enforce the naval blockade on Yemen, contributing to the deterioration of the humanitarian situation and to the ongoing suffering of the population of Yemen; _________________ 19 Vessels of war (surface or underwater), special naval equipment, accessories, components and other surface vessels http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52016 XG0406(01)&from=EN
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the ambition to increase the competitiveness of the European defence sector must not undermine the application of the Common Position’s eight criteria as they take pris a priority whose goal is to maintain the strategic autonomy, and therefore independence, of those member states which possess it, an autonomy which is the result of deceadence over any economic social, commercials of investment in research and development and orf industrial interests of Member Statesactivity;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates the detrimental effect that the uncontrolled export of cyber- surveillance technologies by EU companies can have on the security of the EU’s digital infrastructure and on human rights; stresses, in this connection, the importance of a rapid, effective and comprehensive update of the EU’s Dual- Use Regulation, recalls Parliament’s position regarding the Commission’s proposal as endorsed by an overwhelming majority in January 2018, and calls on the Council to rapidly establish an ambitious position with a view to enabling the co- legislators to reach an agreement before the end of this legislative term; calls on the Member States, with regard to export controls and application of the eight criteria, to pay greater attention to goods which may be used for both civilian and military purposes, such as surveillance technology and, similarly, to spare parts and products that may be used in cyber warfare or to perpetrate non-lethal human rights abuses;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Encourages the Member States to undertake a more detailed examination of licensed production by third countries and to ensure stronger safeguards against undesired uses; demands the strict application of the Common Position with regard to licensed production in third countries;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Pays tribute to the efforts of COARM in connection with cooperation and coordination and with bolstering and implementing the Common Position, especially as regards awareness-raising campaigns and approximation or harmonisation processes within the EU and involving third countries;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recalls that according to Article 8(2) of the Common Positionit is desirable that all Member States are obliged to report on their arms exports, and urges all Member States to comply fully with their obligations, as set out in the Common Position; stresses that high-quality data on actual deliveries is essential for understanding how the eight criteria are applied;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Criticises the fact that a number of Member States did not make full submissions to the nineteenth annual report on the basis of detailed, country-specific data; notes that Cyprus submitted a ‘nil’ report; criticises the fact that Greece did not submit a report at all, Italy and France only reported total data on the value of actual exports and Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Malta and the United Kingdom did not report values of actual exports; is concerned that, as a result, important information is missing from the COARM annual report, which is therefore not up to date or able to present a complete picture of Member States’ export activities; considers that a standardised verification and reporting system should be established to provide more detailed and exhaustive information; reiterates its request that all Member States, especially the main arms- exporting ones which have not made full submissions, provide a full set of data regarding their past exports with a view to the next annual report;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Suggests that additional information be collected from those Member States and published both at national level and in the COARM annual report; suggests that an overview setting out a trend comparison with previous years, together with aggregated figures, be added to the COARM annual reporwho freely decide to provide it;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that not all EU national parliaments scrutinise governmental licensing decisions by, inter alia, producing annual arms export reports; callsuggests, therefore, for a general increase in parliamentary and public oversight; points to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, which provide for the possibility of regular responses to the EU Annual Reports on Arms Exports;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Takes the view that the EUMember States should meet itstheir increased responsibility for peace and security in Europe and in the world by means of further arms limitation and disarmament initiatives and that, as a responsible global player, it should lead the way, i.e. that it should play an active role in the areas of non-proliferation of arms, global disarmament and arms transfer control the EU, which has not achieved the rank of a responsible global player must respect and support initiatives taken to this end by the Member States;