Activities of Emmanuel MAUREL related to 2022/0288(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT 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 (10)
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 a (new)
Recital 25 a (new)
(25a) Due to the return of armed conflict to the European continent and the risks of the proliferation of illegal weapons that this kind of conflict inevitably causes;
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) To enable the risk-based approach referred to in Article 22(6) for the firearms, their essential components, ammunition, and alarm and signal weapons listed in Annex I entering or leaving the Union market, and to ensure that checks are effective and performed in accordance with the requirements of this Regulation, the Commission, competent authorities and customs authorities shall cooperate closely and exchange information. To that end, it is vital for the competent authorities, at both EU and Member State level, to have the necessary means to fulfil their public service mission as effectively as possible.
Amendment 41 #
(35) To enable the risk-based approach referred to in Article 22(6) for the firearms, their essential components, ammunition, and alarm and signal weapons listed in Annex I entering or leaving the Union market, and to ensure that checks are effective and performed in accordance with the requirements of this Regulation, the Commission, competent authorities and customs authorities shall cooperate closely and exchange information. To that end, it is vital that they have the necessary means to fulfil their public service mission as effectively as possible
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Personal data is to be processed with the utmost vigilance and in accordance with the rules laid down in Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council38 and Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council39. _________________ 38 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1). 39 Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39).
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the applicant has a criminal record concerning conduct constituting an offence listed in Article 2(2) of Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA, or concerning any other conduct provided that it constituted an offence punishable by a maximum penalty of at least four yearspenalty of imprisonment;
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6
Article 9 – paragraph 6
6. Competent authorities shall annul, suspend, modify or revoke an import authorisation if the conditions for granting it are not met or are no longer met. Where competent authorities take these decisions, they shall make this information immediately available to the customs authorities through the electronic licensing system referred to in Article 28.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 7
Article 9 – paragraph 7
7. For the purpose of the paragraph 5, Member States shall check in advance the absence of a criminal record in the European Criminal Record Information System ‘ECRIS’ and if the firearm is reported as lost, stolen or under investigation in the relevant EU, national or international databases.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 8
Article 9 – paragraph 8
8. The Commission shall adopt an implementing delegated act to establish an Union general import authorisation and setting out the conditions for the import of firearms, their essential components and ammunitions by authorised economic operators for security and safety pursuant to Article 38(2), point (b), of Regulation (EU) 952/2013. Those implementingdelegated acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 37(2).
Amendment 186 #
Without prejudice to any powers conferred on them under Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, customs authorities shall, for a period not exceeding 105 working days, suspend the process of import to or export from their territory or, if necessary, otherwise prevent firearms, their essential components or ammunition which are covered by a valid import or export authorisation from leaving or entering the customs territory of the Union through their territory, where they have grounds for suspicion that:
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 2
Article 28 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall, by means of implementingdelegated acts, establish rules for the functioning of the electronic licensing system, including rules relating to processing of personal data and exchange of data with other IT systems. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 37.