7 Amendments of Dominique VLASTO related to 2013/0092(COD)
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The Agency should play an active role in maintaining and developing further the satellite imagery service for surveillance, the early detection of pollution and identification of the responsible ships or oil and gas installations. This system should improve the availability of data and the effectiveness of the response to pollution, and should speed up both the initial response and the provision of appropriate support facilities.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Financial security should therefore be provided for the funding of the tasks entrusted to the Agency in the field of pollution response and associated actions on the basis of a multiannual commitment. The size of that multiannual commitment needs to take account of the expansion of the Agency's remit and the extension of the geographical scope of its response activities. The annual amounts of the Union contribution should be determined by the Budgetary Authority in accordance with the annual budgetary procedure.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) Given the need for the Agency to be in a secure financial position, regardless of multiannual funding from the Commission, the Union and the Member States need to look into ways of having the costs incurred by the Agency in connection with the provision of goods and services and the performance of work refunded by third parties responsible for causing pollution or allowing it to spread.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) ‘oil and gas installation’ means a stationary fixed or mobile facility, or a combination of facilities permanently interconnected by bridges or other structures, used for offshore oil or gas operations or in connection with those operations; this includes mobile offshore drilling units only if they are stationed in offshore waters for drilling, production or other activities associated with offshore oil or gas operations, as well as infrastructure and facilities used to bring the oil and gas onshore and to onshore terminals.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)
The Union and the Member States may introduce arrangements under which costs incurred by the Agency in the performance of its duties under this Regulation, as regards the provision of goods and services and the performance of work, may be refunded by third parties responsible for causing pollution or allowing it to spread.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
In accordance with the principle of mutual assistance and in view of the expansion of the Agency’s remit to cover the countries coming under the enlargement policy and the European Neighbourhood Policy, countries bordering on Europe’s sea basins shall also facilitate the pooling of information and cooperate in setting up this list.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
On the basis of this report, the Commission may, if appropriate, propose amendments to this Regulation in particular in order to take account of scientific progress in the field of combating pollution caused by ships and marine pollution caused by oil and gas installations, especially pollution caused by oil or hazardous and noxious substances, as well as of changes to the regional and international commitments entered into by the Union in this area.