5 Amendments of Bernadette VERGNAUD related to 2013/0166(COD)
Amendment 6 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 305/2013 of 26 November 2012 supplementing Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the harmonised provision for an interoperable EU-wide eCall21 establishes the specifications for upgrading the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) infrastructure required for the proper receipt and handling of eCalls using the 112 number, in order to ensure the compatibility, interoperability and continuity of the harmonised EU-wide eCall service. ______________________________ 21 OJ L 91, 3.4.2013, p. 1. OJ L 91, 3.4.2013, p. 1.
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) eCall reception centres conforming to standard EN 16102 already exist. Under paragraph (f) of Annex II of Directive 2010/40/EU, the principle of backward compatibility with existing systems must be respected, and it is therefore necessary to take the operation of these centres into account.
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) To ensure equal access to 112 and emergency services for all citizens, procedures for the location of 112 calls from mobile terminals with GNSS applications should be comparable in terms of accuracy and reliability to eCall location procedures. Article 26 of Directive 2009/136/EC provides that the competent regulatory authorities shall lay down criteria for the accuracy and reliability of caller location information and that the Commission may, after consultation with BEREC, adopt technical implementing measures.
Amendment 16 #
Member States shall deploy no later than 1 OctoberJune 20156 the necessary eCall PSAP infrastructure required for the proper receipt and handling of all eCalls, if necessary purged of non-emergency calls, on their territory, in accordance with the specifications laid down by Delegated Regulation (EU) No 305/2013, in order to ensure the compatibility, interoperability and continuity of the interoperable EU- wide eCall service. Member States shall also guarantee that procedures for the location of 112 calls from mobile terminals with GNSS applications are equivalent in terms of accuracy and reliability to eCall location procedures. This is without prejudice to the right of each Member State to organise its emergency services in the way most cost effective and appropriate to its needs, including the possibility to filter calls that are not emergency calls and may not be handled by eCall PSAPs, in particular in the case of manually triggered eCalls.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
A Member State may choose to outsource all or some 112 eCall services, though public service delegation, to assistance providers recognized by that Member State.