Activities of Bergur Løkke RASMUSSEN related to 2022/0288(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on import, export and transit measures for firearms, their essential components and ammunition, implementing Article 10 of the United Nations’ Protocol against the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UN Firearms Protocol) (recast)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Firearms or their essential components shall be imported provided that they are marked prior to their placement on the market in accordance with Article 4 of Directive (EU) 2021/555.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. Competent authorities may only grant export authorisations for firearms of categories A and B of Annex I if the application for such authorisation is accompanied by an end-userxport certificate delivered by the authorities of the country of final destination. Annex IV establishes the content of the end-userxport certificate.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall adopt an implementing act to establish an uniform end-userxport certificate. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 37(2).
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission and competent authorities granting the export authorisation, in case of suspicion, shall carry out post-shipment checks to ensure that the exported firearms, their essential components and ammunition are in line with the commitments made in the end- userxport certificate as set out in Annex IV.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – subheading 1
Annex IV – subheading 1
End-userxport certificate
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The end-userxport certificate is to include at least the following information:
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point b
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) details of the end-usimporter (including name, address, business name and, if available, company registration number). In the case of export to a private company that resells the goods on a local market, that company will be regarded as the end- usimporter for the purposes of this Regulation. This shall not prevent Member States from evaluating licence applications that concern exports to resellers differently from licence applications concerning exports to end-usother importers;
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point f
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) signature, name and title of the end- usimporter;
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point i
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) the date of issue of the end-userxport certificate;
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point j
Annex IV – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) if applicable, a unique identifying number or contract number relating to the end-userxport certificate;