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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls th~~at an operational Common Security and Defence Policy needs~~e importance of a strong European defence technological and industrial base (EDTIB), constituting a key element ~~for Europe's capacity~~in the capacity of European Nations to ensure the security of ~~its~~their citizens~~, protect its values and promote its interests~~;

2013/09/25
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Draws attention to the changing strategic global landscape, and reduced defence budgets and welcomes the fact that European defence companies are adjusting to this situation by putting an emphasis on exports to third countries, ~~at the cost of transferring~~but cautions the need to protect sensitive technologies, and intellectual property rights, and moving production outside the EU; is concerned about the reductions in defence investment which will increasingly expose the EDTIB to the risk of being controlled and constrained in its activities by third powers with different strategic interests;

2013/09/25
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that with the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty the EU's industrial, space and research policies extend to the defence remit; points out that Union programmes in other areas such as internal and border security, disaster management and development offer a significant prospect of jointly developing capabilities relevant to those policies ~~and to the conduct of CSDP missions~~;

2013/09/25
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Recalls the need to make progress in consolidating the EDTIB, ~~given~~notes that – in the face of the increasing sophistication and costs of technologies, growing international competition and decreasing defence budgets and production volumes – it is no longer possible in any of the Member States for the defence industry to be sustainable on a strictly national basis; regrets the fact that, while a certain level of concentration has been achieved in the European aerospace industries, the land and naval equipment sectors are still overwhelmingly fragmented along national lines, there is continued scope for multi- national defence projects, ideally involving a small number of partners and without any need for involvement of the institutions of the EU;

2013/09/25
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Notes the Commission Communication of 24 July 2013 and the EEAS draft report; considers it regrettable that the Commission and the EEAS did not issue a joint European declaration in preparation for the European Council's defence summit in December of this year;deleted

2013/09/25
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Recalls that the Commission and EU defence ministers already underlined the need for urgent action in this field in 2007 with a dedicated Commission Communication and the EDA's EDTIB strategy; regrets the lost opportunities regularly to submit implementation reports and update strategies following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty; considers it regrettable that the new communication does not take stock of previous strategies; calls for the Commission and the EDA to develop a joint EDTIB strategy in the future, based on past experiences;deleted

2013/09/25
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Considers it regrettable that past efforts to consolidate demand have not improved the fragmentation of demand in the EU, with 28 national defence customers and an even higher number of customers of products for civilian and military use; ~~regret~~notes the limited results of the EDA's Capability Development Plan; calls, therefore, on the European Council to launch a European defence review process and make the coordination of national defence planning processes at EU level a reality; based on this assessment, calls on the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to initiate a wide-ranging process to develop a White Paper on Security and Defence in order to streamline the EU's strategic ambitions and capability development processes;

2013/09/25
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 - subparagraph 1 (new)

Notes the work of the NATO defence planning process, through which members of the Alliance, including 26 European Allies, coordinate - where appropriate - to ensure the right defence capabilities are developed and maintained to address future challenges; notes that NATO has long recognised the need for close cooperation with industry, not least to assist the development of military capability requirements, especially regarding standardisation and interoperability, while fostering transatlantic defence technological and industrial cooperation;

2013/09/25
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Member States to synchronise and jointly plan the life-cycle management of their defence capabilities; considers that a common European capabilities and armaments policy would be a prerequisite for turning the harmonisation of military requirements into harmonised equipment acquisition among Member States, thus creating the conditions for a successful demand driven transnational restructuring of the defence industry in the EU;deleted

2013/09/25
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Recalls that there is a proliferation of competing industrial standards for civilian and military products; calls on the Commission to develop more industrial standards with the early integration of military aspects provided by the EDA; calls on the Member States to ensure that their future steps to set defence standards are based on the civilian suggestions made by the Commission and European standardisation organisations;deleted

2013/09/25
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Highlights, in the context of thany defence industr~~y's~~ial restructuring, the importance of ensuring that security of supply is not put at risk; calls on the Member States and the Commission rapidly to develop a comprehensive and ambitious EU-wide security-of-supply regime based on a system of mutual guarantees, possibly using the legal basis of permanent structured cooperation;

2013/09/25
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the European Council to enable the EDA fully to assume its institutional role; reiterates the urgent need for Member States to provide the EDA with adequate funding for the full range of its missions and tasks; takes the view that this would best be done by financing the Agency's staffing and running costs from the Union budget, starting with the forthcoming multiannual financial framework;deleted

2013/09/25
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Welcomes the Commission's intention to launch a preparatory action for EU- funded research in support of CSDP missions and invites the Commission to make a specific proposal as a precursor to such programmes early in the forthcoming multiannual financial framework;deleted

2013/09/25
Committee: AFET

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Considers that EDTIB-related defence research and innovation remains on a valid ethical basis; notes that a whole chapter of the Treaty of Lisbon is devoted to the common security and defence policy, which includes defence technology research and the framing of a common Union defence;deleted

2013/09/25
Committee: AFET

14 Amendments of Geoffrey VAN ORDEN related to 2013/2125(INI)

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