18 Amendments of Rosa D'AMATO related to 2015/0310(COD)
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The European Border and Coast Guard Agency should organise the appropriate technical and operational assistance to Member States so as to reinforce their capacity to implement their obligations with regard to the control of the external borders, and to face challenges at the external border resulting from irregular immigration or cross-border crime and to bring to light the activities of the smugglers who are making money by playing with the lives of so many innocent people and determine who is responsible. In this respect, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency should, at the request of a Member State or on its own initiative, organise and coordinate joint operations for one or more Member States and deploy European Border and Coast Guard Teams as well as the necessary technical equipment, and it may deploy experts from its own staff.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) The European Border and Coast Guard Agency should step up search and rescue operations in support of national authorities, and should provide assistance to merchant vessels engaged in rescue operations, many of which do not have the necessary equipment or crew members with the necessary training; this should reduce the burden on commercial vessels, as it will mean that they will not be obliged to take part in systematic rescue operations, which should not form part of their normal activities.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) The establishment of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency should go hand in hand with the introduction of further measures to regulate migration flows, involving the opening of legal and regulated immigration channels, responsibility for which would be shared among the 28 Member States.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The European Border and Coast Guard Agency should facilitate and encourage operational cooperation between Member States and third countries in the framework of the external relations policy of the Union and ensure that information is shared more effectively, including by coordinating operational cooperation between Member States and third countries in the field of management of external borders and by deploying liaison officers to third countries, as well as by cooperating with the authorities of third countries on return, including as regards the acquisition of travel documents. In their cooperation with third countries, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency and Member States should comply with norms and standards at least equivalent to those set by Union legislation also when the cooperation with third countries takes place on the territory of those countries.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33 a (new)
Recital 33 a (new)
(33a) The European Border and Coast Guard Agency should be subject to decision-making and scrutiny procedures which ensure that its activities and use of financial resources are transparent at all times. A European Parliament oversight body should be set up to that end.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h a (new)
(ha) maritime search and rescue operations;
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h b (new)
(hb) support for commercial vessels engaged in the rescue of vessels and migrants in difficulty at sea;
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Regulated distribution among all 28 Member States, on a shared responsibility basis, of migrants coming into the EU.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The European Border and Coast Guard Agency shall facilitate the application of Union measures relating to the management of external borders by reinforcing, assessing and coordinating the actions of Member States in the implementation of those measures, and in return. Member States shall ensure the management of their section of the external borders, in their interests and in interest of all Member States which have abolished internal border control, in full compliance with Union law and in accordance with the technical and operational strategy referred to in Article 3(2), and in close cooperation with the Agency, and shall supplement this Regulation with measures to set up legal and regulated migration channels shared fairly among the 28 Member States.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) carry out maritime search and rescue operations;
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point i
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) deploy the necessary equipment and staff for the rapid reserve pool for the practical execution of the measures needed to be taken in a situation requiring urgent action at the external borders, including operations in which merchant vessels take part in the rescue of other vessels;
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) provide equipment and properly trained staff in all critical situations involving reception points, ports, commercial vessels and all other migration-related structures in the EU;
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. Member States may continueshall cooperatione at an operational level with other Member States and/or third countries at external borders, including military operations on a law enforcement mission and in the field of return, where such cooperation is compatible with the action of the Agency. Member States shall refrain from any activity which could jeopardise the functioning of the Agency or the attainment of its objectives' activities shall be compatible with those of the Agency.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall report toshare with the Agency information on that operational cooperation with other Member States and/or third countries at the external borders and in the field of return. The Executive Director of the Agency (‘the Executive Director’) shall inform the Management Board of the Agency (‘the Management Board’) on those matters on a regular basis and at least once a year.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Agency's Management Board shall ensure cost transparency by breaking down the costs incurred for each individual task by expenditure item.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2
Article 33 – paragraph 2
2. In the performance of its tasks the European Border and Coast Guard shall ensure that no person is disembarked in, forced to enter, conducted to or otherwise handed over or returned to the authorities of a country in contravention of the principle of non-refoulement, or fromin which there is a risk of serious human rights violations or expulsion or return to another country in contravention of that principle.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) providing staff and services for the purpose of coordinating reception operations at locations of crucial importance to the smooth flow of goods and passengers, such as ports and adjoining areas;
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 52 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) deploying qualified staff and appropriate equipment in support of merchant vessels engaged in maritime rescue operations;