22 Amendments of Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI related to 2012/2303(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas arms exports can have inter alia a considerable impact not only on security, but also on development,an impact on human security and must therefore be at the very least embedded within a strict arms control system operating with maximum effectivenessansparent and effective arms control system;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the EU countries have recognised that the trade in military technology and equipment is no ordinary trade and that, indeed, particular caution invariably has to be exercised as regards exports of items falling into that category;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Article 10 of the Common Position clearly states that compliance with the eight criteria takes precedence over anywhile Member States may take into account the interest of proposed exports from the economic, social, commercial or, and industrial pointerests of Member States of view, such considerations must not affect the application of the criteria underlying the Common Position;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the Common Position containannual reports nto democraticallybe produced aund binding list, together with reasons,er the Common Position contain no list identifying countries arms exports to which would violate one or more of the eight criteria;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas there is no standardised verification and reporting system providing information as to whether, and to what extent, individual Member States’ exports violate the eight criteria, and whereas there are no sanctions mechanisms, either, should a Member State engage in exports which are clearly not compatible with the eight criteria; whereas there is no possibility of having compliance with the eight criteria independently verified; whereas compliance with the Common Position has been the subject of academic research and published contributions from civil society;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas measures on trafficking of small arms and light weapons have been adopted in recent years, with an updated List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies under the Wassenaar Arrangement being adopted in February 2012, and areas such as control of arms brokering, licensed production outside the EU and end-user control have been put on the agenda and, to some extent, incorporated into the Common Position itself, but many products, in particular in the field of dual- use goods, are still not covered by a legally binding arms exports control system; whereas the EU legislation on dual-use goods regulates the export, transfer, brokering, and transit of such goods;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas the industry is calling for an expansion in arms exports in order to offset the forecast slackening in demand within the EU, and whereas that call is being backed by many politicians and political parties as a contribution towards strengthening the Europe’s arms industry basean defence industry, technological know-how, security of supply, and preparedness;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas there has been a process of actively involving committed Member States, NGOs, national parliaments and the European Parliament, too, to varying degrees, in assessing, harmonising, carrying through and monitoring compliance with the Common Position is slow and is not being vigorously pursued; whereas civil society, researchers, and NGOs have been working to bring shortcomings to light;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. AcknowledgNotes that the EU is the only union of states to have a legally binding framework, unique in the world, through which arms export control is being improved, including in crisis regions and countries with a questionable human rights record, and welcomes the fact, in this connection, that European and non- European third countries have joined the arms exports control system on the basis of the Common Position; notes with concern, however, that the eight criteria are not being applied and interpreted with varying degrees of rigourconsistently in the EU Member States; calls therefore for a standard, uniformly strict interpretation and full implementation of the Common Position with all its obligationby the Member States;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that, because of the negative impact of arms spending on arms spending may be incompatible with the development prospectaims of poorer recipient countries, criterion 8 should be upgraded by making denial of export licences automatic if they are incompatible with development;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that, in the interests of transparency, the Common Position should be complemented by a regularly updated, publicly accessible list, with detailed reasons, providing information on the extent to which exports to particular recipient countries are, or are not, in keeping with the eight criteria; considers that the above list should be managed by an independent body, for example the European External Action Service;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that a standardised verification and reporting system should be established to provide information as to whether, and to what extent, individual EU Member States’ exports violate the eight criteria; considers it important that such a system should be based on the principle of transparency;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Insists, in the light of the Common Position review process, that support should be voiced for powerful,the Common Position be made clearer and more unambiguous wording in the Common Position in order to preventduce the criteria from being interpreted and applied differently; insists in particular that Article 10 of the Common Position be acted on and that, accordingly, application of the critsk of divergent interpretations; insists that Article 10 of the Common Position be acted on and that, accordingly, Member States be allowed to consider proposed exports from the point of view of their economic, social, commercia not be neul, and industrialised or stopped because of political, economic or geostrategic interests interests, with the explicit proviso, however, that application of the criteria laid down in the Common Position must not be neutralised on that account;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets the fact that there is no possibility of having compliance with the eight criteria independently verified, that there are no mechanisms for sanctionconsequences for violation of the eight criteria by a Member State, and that there are no plans to that effect; takes the view that ways and means of carrying out independent verification and mechanisms for sanctions forof violations of the Common Position should be provided for;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Maintains that the Common Position and compliance therewith must not be at variance with the EU’s common foreign policy and calls for arms export control to be brought up to date; considers that it is up to the Member States and the High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy to make the Common Position more coherent;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls furthermore for the eight criteria to be extended and applied also to the transfer of military, security and police personnel, to arms-exports-related services, know-how and training, and to private military and securityProposes that the eight criteria be applied also to arms-exports-related services; calls for it to be made mandatory – where security technology and, in general, dual- use goods are to be exported – for compatibility with the eight criteria to be verified;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that the Directive simplifying terms and conditions of transfers of defence-related products within the Community has made arms exports within Europe considerably easier; calls in this connection for the COARM annual report also to include detailed information on arms exports within Europe which violate one or more of the eight criteria;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Regrets the fact that the COARM annual reports for 2010 and 2011 were not published until 30 December 2011 and 14 December 2012 respectively, i.e. after long delays; calls for COARM annual reports to be published promptly, i.e. no later than six months after the relevant reporting period; proposes that COARM’s capacity to analyse arms export control should be strengthened;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Takes the view that government officials responsible for issuing national export licences and civil society organisations addressing the issue of arms export control should be regularly consulted at COARM meetings, since they can make an important contribution to implementing the Common Position and help improve the quality of the information exchanged; considers, furthermore, that consultations should extend to civil society organisations addressing the issue of arms export control and to defence industry representatives;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the UN Member States to adopt additional binding criteria, as international standards, for guiding arms export decision-makers and, in the process, to take account of, in particular, the destination country’s situation as regards human rights, the impact on the country’s socio- economic development and the preservation of regional peace and security;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. TStresses that disarmament is not the object of the Common Position, but takes the view that the European Union shouldmust meet its increasedgrowing responsibility for peace and security in Europe and in the world by means of further arms limitation and disarmament initiatives and that,and act as a responsible global player, it should lead the way, i.e. that it should play an active role in the areas of non-n the areas of preventing the illegal proliferation of arms, and promoting global disarmament and arms transfer controls;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27