11 Amendments of Arnaud DANJEAN related to 2017/2029(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the latest figures15 show that exports from the EU28 amounted to 26 % of the global total in 2012-2016, which makes the EU28 collectively the second largest arms supplier in the world, after the USA (33 %) and before Russia (23 %); _________________ 15 ibid.
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas some arms transfers from EU Member States to unstable and crisis- prone regions and countries wercould be used in armed conflict or for the purposes of internal repression; whereas some of these transfers were reportedly diverted into the hands of terrorist groups, for example in Syria and Iraq;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. StressNotes, however, that military technology is sometimes being exported to non- eligible destinations and end users; is alarmed at arms races and at the fact that military approaches to solve political conflict and turmoil are increasingly prioritised over diplomatic and other non- violent approaches, such as conflict prevention;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that the development of defence equipment is an important tool for strengthening the industrial and technological base of European defence and believes that the defence industry should serve as an instrument for implementing a strengthened CSDP;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that according to the Annual Reports, criterion 4 was invoked 57 times for denials in 2014 and 85 times in 2015; deplores the fact that military technology exported by the Member States is being used in the conflict in Yemen; urges the Member States to comply with the Common Position in a consistent manner on the basis of a thorough long- term risk assessment;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – point a
Paragraph 13 – point a
a) providing more information on export licences and actual exports shared systematically and in a timely manner, including on end users of concern, cases of diversion, end-user certificates that are forged or otherwise of concern, and suspect brokers or transport companies, in accordance with domestic laws and administrative procedure;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – point d
Paragraph 13 – point d
d) developing a secure IT system for sharing information on export license denials in real time;eleted
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that according to Article 8(2) of the Common Position, all Member States are obliged to report on their arms exports, and calls on all Member States to comply with their obligations; regrets that the number of Member States making full submissions to the EU Annual Report via disaggregated data on licences and actual exports was 21 for the 17th Annual Report and only 20 for the 18th; regrets the fact that the three main arms-exporting Member States, France, Germany and the UK, have not made full submissions;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the need to guarantee a more standardised and timely reporting and submission procedure, for example by setting a deadline for submitting data of no later than January following the year in which the exports took place, and by setting a fixed publication date of no later than February following the year of exports;