8 Amendments of Caroline NAGTEGAAL related to 2020/2071(INI)
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States to enhance their cooperation in order to improve the medical supply and distribution chain through better visibility and efficient monitoring, particularly on cross-especially on "green lane" border croutessings, and to establish corridors where medical supplies have priority of deliverycalls on Member States to implement the Green Lanes under the Guidelines for border management measures to protect health and ensure the availability of goods and essential services without unnecessary restrictions across borders;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights that the air freight is a crucial part of the pharmaceutical supply chain; and therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to create dedicated hubs in the Union to build receiving points of air freight of medicines, active pharmaceutical ingredients and medical equipment insufficient capacity in order to cover needs of the supply chain as well as creating open routes between the Union and third countries for these essential goods; calls on the Member States to encourage cargo and express airlines to apply reasonable shipping rates for medical and emergency supplies;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to adopt strategic plans to upgrade their existing infrastructure for an efficient supply of medicines; deems it necessary to remove bottlenecks, boost intermodality (while favouring the shift to rail), finance the main hubs (ports, airports and intermodal platforms), and enhance the delivery of various types of goods, including dangerous goods crucial for the production of the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, in close cooperation with the Commission and with all interested stakeholders involved, to take coordinated measures and to adopt strategic plans to upgrade their existing infrastructure for an efficient supply of medicines; including by foreseeing the creation of European common strategic reserves, building on rescEU stockpile's initiative; deems it necessary to remove bottlenecks, boost intermodality, finance the main hubs, and enhance the delivery of various types of goods, including dangerous goods crucial for the production of the chemical and pharmaceutical industry; calls on the Member States to ensure that medical facilities and medical staff in place are reinforced, in order tobe able to carry out the increasing traffic volumes while restrictions are lifted;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Welcomes the contribution of the armed forces of Member States to the supply chain of medicines and protective equipment during the COVID-19 outbreak; therefore, calls on the Commission and the Member States, in close cooperation with the European Medicines Agency, to enhance the cooperation for the use of national military resources, where available and necessary, to assist the supply chain of medicines and protective equipments among Member States, as part of PESCO cooperation framework;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the importance of IT systems in facilitating the exchange of information between the various actors involved in the transport logistics chain, including the customs authorities, with a view to optimising the distribution of medicines in the Member States and planning supply times more efficiently; calls on the Commission to carefully evaluate the benefits as well as the risks that artificial intelligence may bring for the fast and reliable delivery of medical supplies;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes the importance of guaranteeing high safety standards for both transport infrastructure, for transport workers and employees, making it possible to manage significant volumes in the supply chain without disruptions or posing risks to healthf the supply chains and without prejudice for the competent authorities to take proportionate and adapted measures to minimise the risks of contagion; furthermore, notes the importance of the careful management of the ambient and cold-chain warehouse capacity in inbound and outbound transport infrastructure and, if necessary, the introduction of emergency or self- certification of additional capacity of pharmaceutical products;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of catering to specific transport needs at local and regional levels, particularly in rural, mountain, sparsely populated and insular areas that are more difficult to access and involve higher delivery costs; notes that there are new automated delivery tools, such as via drones, available on the market that could help operators to access these areas; e importance of their inclusion to the digital transition and also the need to accelerating the uptake of new solutions adapted to the needs of these areas, allowing connectivity, accessibility and affordability; stresses that the access to medicines in these areas should not in any case be hampered;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the COVID-19 outbreak has laid bare the weaknessighlighted the importance of cooperation and solidarity between Member States ofin the Europeanfield of medical production systemand supply, highlighting the importance of delivering medicines swiftly in urgent and exceptional circumstances that could arise in the future.