10 Amendments of Javier NART related to 2019/2204(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. HighlightWelcomes the progresses that the directives in the Defence Package aim to promotehave achieved toward the completion of an internal market for Defence goods and services, further integration of the EU defence supply chain and increase mutual trust among Member States, transparency, equal treatment and the overall competitiveness of Europe’s defence industry; emphasises that a competitive, innovative and resilient European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB) is a crucial component of European Strategic Autonomy;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that an overwhelming percentage of contracts are still awarded nationally; regrets the persistently significant degree of opacity in some acquisition practices; deplores the widespread use of exemptions and the persistence of offset requirements; calls for tha more systematic and comprehensive reporting of data by Member States concerning their use of exemptions in order to improve scrutiny; calls for efforts to ensurethe implementation of relevant Commission’s guidelines ; calls the Commission to increase its efforts to enforce the directive, notably by ensuring the effectiveness of infringement procedures;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points to the need to strictly limit the Member States’ use of exemptions, and in particular the potentially abusive use of Article 346 TFEU, in order to increase transparency and equality; calls on the Member States to strictly follow the Commission’s interpretative guidance as to the conditions under which Article 346 can be invoked; calls for a reduction in the use of exemptions and offset requirements in defence acquisitions, thereby enabling a faster and better development of the EDTIB as one of the key strategic aims of both directives;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the provisions of the directive that aim to foster cooperative procurement in the field of defence, and calls on the Member States to make use of all the cooperation possibilities offered by the directive, notably under the European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) and the future European Defence Fund (EDF); calls for enhanced cooperation through common defence R&D projects and acquisitions to support the development of the EDTIB;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls for renewed efforts to tackle persistent technological and innovation gaps and lags in the EDTIB, in order to reduce the growing European dependence on defence imports;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages Member States to systematically follow the Commission’s 2018 recommendation on cross-border market access for sub-suppliers and SMEs, notably on translating tenders, announcing large procurement programmes in advance, or dividing them into smaller lots, when it does not adversely affect the overall balance, the cost and the timeline of programmes;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines that a more coherent interpretation and consistent implementation of the EU Common Position on Arms Exports is needed in order towould limit fragmentation of the EU’s internal defence market and ensure the EU’s credibility as a global actorreinforce the consistency of EU’s external policy; calls for action to address any loopholes, inconsistencies, or contradictions which may exist among the ICT directive, the Common Position and the Dual-Use Regulation; underlines the necessity for prior authorisation before re-exporting products and components, given the discrepancies in the implementation of the Common Positioninsists on the importance of giving full consideration to Article 4.8 of Directive 2009/43/EC, for example by introducing a de minimis rule for components of an end-product in the perspective of its exports;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Deplores the limited use of the general transfer licences (GTLs); calls on Member States to increase transparency by followimplementing more thoroughly the guidelines and recommendations issued by the Commission on which products should be subject to the use of GTLsaligning the scope of and conditions for GTLs; Calls on the Commission to carefully assess the implementation of its recommendations and to report on this point by 31 December 2021;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls on Member States to develop harmonized global and individual transfer licences (GlTLs) for EDIDP and EDF projects in order to lift any obstacle to the fulfilment of these projects; calls on the European Commission to fully support these initiatives and assist Member States;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the importance of ensuring the accessibility of the CERTIDER online database and of making data systematically available on intra-EU arms transfers, in order to provide for meaningful scrutiny and to properly assess the implementation of the directive.; calls on Member States to annually report to the European Commission on the use of GTLs, GlTLs and individual licences; calls the European Commission to maintain the CERTIDER online database’s sections on GTL up-to-date; to that end, calls on Member States to systematically transmit to the European Commission any change brought to their GTLs;