9 Amendments of Luke Ming FLANAGAN related to 2018/0258(COD)
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The 2 140ALL customs offices17 that are present over the external borders of the European Union need to be properly equipped to ensure the operation of the customs union. The need for adequate and equivalent customs controls is ever more pressing not only by reason of the traditional function of customs to collect revenue but also increasingly by the necessity to significantly reinforce the control of goods entering and exiting Union’s external borders in order to ensure both safety and security. However, at the same time, those controls on the movement of goods across the external borders should not impair but rather facilitate legitimate trade with third countries. _________________ 17 Annex of the Annual 2016 Report of the Customs Union Performance available on: https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/annu al-activity-report-2016-taxation-and- customs-union_en.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) There is currently an understandable imbalance in the performance of customs control by Member States. This imbalance is due both to geographic differences between Member States and in their respective capacities and resources. The ability of Member States to react to challenges generated by the constantly evolving global business models and supply chains depend not only on the human component but also on the availability of modern and reliable customs control equipment. The provision of equivalent customs control equipment is therefore an important element in addressing the existing imbalance. It will improve equivalence in the performance of customs controls throughout Member States and thereby avoid the diversion of the flows of goods towards the weakest points.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Supporting the creation of an uniform, adequate and equivalent level of customs controls at the Union’s external borders allows maximising the benefits of the customs union. A dedicated Union intervention for customs control equipment correcting current imbalances would moreover contribute to the overall cohesion between Member States. In view of the challenges facing the world, in particular the continued need to protect the financial and economic interests of the Union and its Member States while easing the flow of legitimate trade, the availability of modern and reliable control equipment at the external borders is indispensable.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The Fund should therefore be established as a comprehensive framework for Union financial support in the field of border management comprising the Instrument for financial support for customs control equipment ('the Instrument') established by this Regulation as well as the instrument for financial support for border management and visa established by Regulation (EU) No …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council20 , with the emphasis on the former. _________________ 20 COM(2018) 473.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In order to respond appropriately to evolving policy priorities, threats and technologies, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the customs control purposes for actions eligible under the Instrument and the list of indicators to measure the achievement of the specific objectives. It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate and fully transparent consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Instrument has the specific objective of contributing to adequate and equivalent customs controls through the fully transparent purchase, maintenance and upgrade of relevant, state-of-the-art and reliable customs control equipment.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, in duly justified cases, the actions may also cover the fully transparent purchase, maintenance and upgrade of customs controls equipment for testing new pieces or new functionalities in operational conditions.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
1. The recipients of Union funding shall acknowledge within reason the origin and ensure the visibility of the Union funding (in particular when promoting the actions and their results) by providing coherent, effective and proportionate targeted information to multiple audiences, including the media and the public, though the spend on this funding acknowledgement should be in proportion to the overall cost.