18 Amendments of Željana ZOVKO related to 2020/2003(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
Citation 7
— having regard to the updated Common Military List of the European Union, adopted by the Council on 187 February 2019207 , _________________ 7 OJ C 985, 123.3.201920, p. 1.
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas arms, weapons and equipment exports enhance defence industry’s ability to efficiently research and develop defensive technologies and therefore secure ability of the EU Member States to defend themselves and protect their citizens;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. DeplorNotes the fact that the Member States use veryhave different information in order to generate data on the value of licences, which renders the annual report considerably less usable as a comparative data national legislation, which renders the annual report difficult to uset and serves to diminish its transparency and accountability before citizens and parliaments; urges France, in particular, to refrain from submitting data on the value of licences at pre-contract stage and broad values for global licences, which undermines the comparability of the repors a comparative data set;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, a region of several armed conflicts, remain the foremost regional destination for exports according to the last two annual reports; is concerned that this regional focus undermines the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and specific EU action aimed at regional peace and stability;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the EU has been implementing a number of arms embargoes25 , including all UN embargos; _________________ 25 https://www.sanctionsmap.eu/#/main?chec ked=
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes an increase in the transfer of knowledge and technology, which allows third countries to undertake licensed production of European military technology; highlights that this must not limit the EU’s capacity to control weapons, arms and military equipment production;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that most Member States have not outlined a policy regulating the transfer of weapons components to another Member State which would ensure that any export to third countries from the Member State of assembly is consistent with the export policy of the Member State providing the components; regarminds this as particularly problematic in the context of the increasing divergences between licensing practices across the EU; observes that Directive 2009/43/EC on intra-Community transfers has provat only a Member State can consider that the transfer of a component ill- equipped to achieve the stated goal of setting high common standards for exports to third countries sensitive and impose export limitations;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that bilateral and multilateral agreements may further reduce convergence at EU level and that the failure to regulate exports uniformly between the Member States and the lack of convergence in export decisions to third countries have a negative impact on human rights and international law, generate market distortions, and hinder industrial strategic planning, economies of scale and a level playing field;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Points out that the research and development of weapons, arms and defence equipment is important for securing means for the Member States to defend themselves and for defence industries to achieve technological advancement;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that the lack of convergence of national arms export policies and decision-making is becoming increasingly untenable in the context of the prevailing Europeanisation ofcoherence and convergence of European arms production and the stated ambitions and plans to increasedevelop this further;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – introductory part
Paragraph 21 – introductory part
21. Calls on COARM to work towards amending, as stated under Article 7 of the Common Position, by calling for anto work towards improved exchange of ‘relevant information, including information on denial notifications and arms export policies’ and other ‘measures to further increase convergence’; stresses the need, to this end:
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point a
Paragraph 21 – point a
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point b
Paragraph 21 – point b
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point c
Paragraph 21 – point c
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that the EU institutions should organipropose peer reviews with a view to encouraging authorities to share best practices on the collection and processing of data, fostering a better understanding of different national approaches, identifying differences as regards the interpretation of the eight criteria, and discussing ways to improve harmonisation;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that effective end-use controls are crucial forpart of a responsible export policy and for lowering the risk of diversion in particular; calls on the Council, the Member States, the EEAS and the Commission and the EEAS to set up a large-scale training and capacity-building programme for national and EU officials on arms export controls; stresses the need to use EU funding to ensure that sufficient staff resources are available at national and EU levels and at delegations and embassies in importing countries for the purposes of implementing viable end-use controls; calls on the EEAS and COARM to report on iTrace any identified diversion of EU- origin goods as part of the annual report;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Believes that the increasing Europeanisation ofcoherence and convergence of European arms production, the recent Council conclusions on convergence in arms exports and the establishment of the EPF should be complemented by a mechanism for EU-level monitoring and control based on strict compliance with the eight criteria;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Considers that regular consultations with national parliaments, arms export control authorities, industry associations and civil society are centralone of the ways to mreaningfulch transparency; calls on COARM to enhance dialogue with civil society and consultations with Parliament and arms export control authorities; encourages civil society and academia to exercise independent scrutiny of the arms trade and calls on the Member States and the EEAS to support such activities, including with advice, and possibly by financial means;