4 Amendments of Zigmantas BALČYTIS related to 2011/2023(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Invites the Commission, when setting up the European disaster response, to take into account the Solidarity Clause and its implementation arrangements, which are due to be adoptedneed to be adopted as a matter of urgency and which will ensure a more effective and coherent response to disasters within and outside the European Union;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Points out that the current ad hoc coordination arrangements cannot guarantee appropriate and sufficient assistance in the event of disasters; considers that a shift is needed to a system of forward planning, entailing the preparation of reference scenarios for the main types of disaster within and outside the EU, and that available and necessary resources need to be identified and their intended use determined;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the recent tragedies, notably the Haiti earthquake and the Pakistan floods, have demonstrated that the main tools available to the EU for responding to disasters (humanitarian aid and the EU Civil Protection Mechanism) proved to be working well for what they were designed for and given the circumstances, but whereas there is a need to further reinforce the coordination of the response to disasters of the European Union, both within and outside its borders, as well as scope for improvement in terms of effectiveness, efficiency, coherence and visibility of the EU assistance as a whole,
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Insists that decisions on deploying assets from the pool of assets be made quickly by the Emergency Response Centre along with Member States, in order to ensure predictable, immediate and effective assistance to victims and avoid delays, duplications and overlaps;