4 Amendments of Carlos COELHO related to 2015/0307(COD)
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Control atnd protection of external borders remains one of the main safeguards of the area without controls at internal bordersUnion. It is carried out in the interest of all Member States. One of the purposes of such controls is to prevent any threat to the Member States' internal security and public policy, irrespectively of the origin of such threat.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Member States should exchange data, regularly update their existing relevant databases, make full use of existing information systems and establish the necessary technical connections to all information systems and databases, in accordance with their legal bases and obligations. Member States should, in this regard, exchange best practices with each other.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Since the objective of this Regulation, namely reinforcing the checks against databases at external borders of the European Union in reply in particular to the increase of the terrorist threat concerns one of the safeguards of the area without internal border control and as such concerns the proper functioning of the Schengen area, it cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, but can rather be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) Member States that are not in the Schengen area and whose borders constitute the external borders should be fully integrated into the Schengen Information System in order to conduct better border management and help preserve the security of the Union.