8 Amendments of Matthias GROOTE related to 2011/2072(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission and the Members States to strengthenintensify effective mutual cooperation and to establish an EU 'Control the controllers' system to guarantee the independence of monitoring, whereby ultimate oversight should rest with the EU;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges the Commission, together with the Member States, to harmonise the various safety standards at the highest possible minimum level so that the greatest possible protection can be guaranteed in the event of an accident whilst at the same time providing legal certainty for undertakings;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates its calls to the Commission to bring forward proposals as soon as possible for establishing an EU Civil Protection Force based on the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, integrating specific mechanisms which enable the EU to face and to draw up a European action plan, together with the Member States, that integrates specific mechanisms setting out how the EU can respond to massive pollutions caused by oil offshore installations;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission, under the ELD, to lower damage thresholds and to avoid ceilings leading to exoneration of polluters from a strict liability regime for marine water damage, and proposes entering into a dialogue with insurers on binding EU-wide insurance schemes in order to guarantee that liability is enforced;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Suggests that, in addition to the withdrawal of the permit for installations as the most serious measure, Member States adopt a set offurther suitable measures to penalise negligence in the implementation of safety rules and order regular inspections based on uniform methods across the EU;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Common commitments with third countries and at international level 13a. Calls on the Commission to seek to ensure that European undertakings enter into binding, transparent commitments which must also apply outside European territorial waters;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Supports the Commission in its aim of creating a global system fixing common targets for safety and sustainability in offshore exploration and production, and calls on it to promote high common safety standards both at international level and with neighbouring states;