Activities of Jean-Marie CAVADA related to 2015/2086(INL)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas in the area of adoption, the basic principle must always beit is essential that any decision should be takentaken is always in the interest of the child;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the adoption procedure concerns children who at the time adoption is applied for have not yet attained 18 years of age or the age of majority in their country of origin;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the placement of siblings in the same adoptive family should be encouraged as far as possible, in order to spare them further trauma arising from their separation;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas a good balance needs to be struck between the right of the adopted child to know its true identity and the right of the biological parents to protect theirs;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas obtaining the child’s consent to adoption should be considered whenever possible where, under the laws of the country of origin, the child has sufficient understanding;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the European Union does not have competence to take decisions affecting the substantive law on adoptions ofmeasures aimed at enhancing judicial cooperation between the Member States;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
U. whereas greater efficiency and greater transparency will enable improvements in domestic adoption procedures and make international adoption easier; whereas it is therefore of the utmost importance to adopt legislation providing for the automatic recognition in a Member State of a domestic adoption order granted in another Member State,
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the utmost importance of ensuring that adoption provides a child with a stable and happy home;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls therefore on the authorities in the Member States to take all necessary measures for the well-being of the child while legal remedies are being exhausted, and throughout all the legal proceedings involved in the adoption, providing the child with protection and care appropriate to his or her harmonious development;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls moreover on the Member States to pay very particular attention to unaccompanied minors who have applied for or have refugee status, ensuring they receive the protection, assistance and care that Member States are required to furnish by virtue of their international obligations, preferably by placing them in foster families in the interim period;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses that Member States, in cooperation with the Hague Conference, need to set up a framework enabling guaranteed transparency in procedures and an active role in combating child trafficking for the purposes of adoption;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Stresses that a reliable birth registration system will ensure that a child receives an identity from birth and may prevent child trafficking for adoption purposes;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to publish on the European e-Justice Portal relevant legal and procedural information on adoption law and practice in all the Member States;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the need to cooperate closely, through European authorities such as Europol, to prevent the cross- border trafficking of children for adoption purposes;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. States that there is a clear need for European legislation to provide for the automatic cross-border recognition of domestic adoption orders;