14 Amendments of Pavel POC related to 2016/2076(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas wildlife trafficking is an organised international crime estimated to be worth between EUR 8 and EUR 20 billion annually; whereas it has become the fourth largest black market, after the drugs, people and arms markets; whereas the Internet has come to play a key role in facilitating wildlife trafficking; whereas terrorist groups also use the above types of trafficking to finance their operations; whereas wildlife trafficking offences are not punished severely enough;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Acknowledges that the identification and allocation of appropriate financial and human resources is essential for the implementation of the Action Plan by the Commission, Member States, Europol and other identified actors. This should include dedicated funding for a Wildlife Crime Unit at Europol and for the work of EU-TWIX;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Insists on timely implementation of all elements of the Action Plan; calls on the Commission to provide Parliament and the Council with yearly written implementation updates, and setup a detailed monitoring and evaluation plan to measure the progress;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EU to support initiatives promoting the development of alternative livelihoods forsustainable livelihoods options that increase benefits from and local support for wildlife conservation with full consultation of local communities close to the wildlife concerned and contributing to the recovery and conservation of wildlife populations;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to put in place national enforcementestablish Wildlife Crime Units to facilitate implementation across the various agencies at the national level; to put in place national wildlife trafficking action plans detailing implementation enforcement policies and penalties, and to publish the information on seizures and arrests relating to wildlife crimes, in order to ensure consistency and harmonised approaches between Member States;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Member States to ensure that enforcement agencies, prosecution services and national judiciaries have the necessary financial and human resources to combat wildlife crime; points to the importance of setting up special prosecutors’ offices and specialised police squads to fight wildlife trafficking more effectively;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Member States to ensure that enforcement agencies, prosecution services and national judiciaries as well as Wildlife Crime Units within Europol have the necessary financial and human resources to combat wildlife crime;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that action against wildlife crime requires consistent, effective and dissuasive criminal penalties; urges the Member States to define wildlife trafficking as a serious crime in accordance with UNTOC;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to recognise the scale of online wildlife trafficking and to build capacity within wildlife crime units in order to ensure that channels exist to trigger assistance from cross-border units specialised in cybercrime;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to develop guidelines on how to address the problem of online wildlife crime at EU level as adopted in the Council conclusions in June 2016;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for the EU to support the International Consortium on combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC)and calls on the Commission to use ICCWC indicators to evaluate effectiveness of third countries receiving EU funding support against wildlife trafficking in order to facilitate uniform and credible assessment of development funding;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Notes that CITES, the EU Timber Regulation and the EU IUU regulatory framework are important tools for regulating international wildlife trade; is concerned, however, by the lack of proper enforcement and implementation as well as about regulatory gaps with regard to species and actors; calls, therefore, for the EU to review and amend the existing legislative framework with a view to prohibiting the making available and placing on the market, transport, acquisition and possession of wildlife that has been illegally harvested or traded in third countries; considers that such legislation would harmonise and simplify the existing EU framework and that the transnational impact of such legislation can play a key role in reducing global wildlife trafficking;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Member States to ensure the immediate confiscation of any seized specimens and the care and re- homing of seized or confiscated live specimens at recognised and certified animal welfare centre; calls on the Member States and the Commission to introduce a certification system and a funding mechanism to ensure that wildlife rescue centres used by Member States are of good standard and well-resourced in order to improve the welfare of confiscated animals;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Member States to adopt national plans for the handling of live confiscated specimens in line with CITES Resolution Conference 10.7 (RevCoP15) Annex 3. Member States should report on all seized live specimens to EU-TWIX and annual summary reports should be published. Member States should ensure that the training of enforcement officers includes welfare and safety considerations for the handling of live animals. Calls on the EU and Member States to commit adequate financial support to Wildlife Rescue Centres;