Activities of Axel VOSS related to 2015/0281(COD)
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Amendments (15)
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Member State should adopt specific measures of protection, support and assistance responding to the specific needs of victims of terrorism, further qualifying and deepening the rights already contained in the Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and the Council28 . Victims of terrorism are those defined in Article 1 of the Directive 2012/29/EU, in relation to terrorist offences as referred to in Article 3. The measures to be taken by Member States should ensure that in the event of a terrorist attack, the victims of terrorism will obtain emotional and psychological support, including trauma support and counselling, and any relevant legal, practical or financial information and advice. Furthermore, each member States shall take into account the risks of intimidation and retaliation to victims and, generally speaking, to persons who may give testimony in criminal proceedings relating to terrorist offences. __________________ 28 Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA of 15 March 2001(OJ L 315, 14.11.2012 p. 37).
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) "Victim" means: (i) a natural person who has suffered harm, including physical, mental or emotional harm or economic loss which was directly caused by a criminal offence; (ii) family members of a person whose death was directly caused by a criminal offence and who have suffered harm as a result of that person's death;
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) "Family members" means the spouse, the person who is living with the victim in a committed intimate relationship, in a joint household and on a stable and continuous basis, the relatives in direct line, the siblings and the dependants of the victim:
Amendment 239 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point i a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point i a (new)
(ia) attacks against information systems as defined in articles 3 to 7 of Directive 2013/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 August 2013 on attacks against information systems and replacing Council Framework Decision 2005/222/JHA.
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the distribution, or otherwise making available, of a message to the public, with the intent to incite the commission of one of the offences listed in points (a) to (h) of Article 3(2), where such conduct, whether directly or not directly (including glorifying of acts of terrorism) advocating terrorist offences, causes a danger that one or more such offences may be committed, is punishable as a criminal offence when committed intentionally.
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5a Measures against websites publicly glorifying terrorist offences In case of glorification or public justification of the offences listed in points (a) to (h) of Article 3(2), the competent judicial authority shall order the withdrawal of the content.
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 b (new)
Article 5 b (new)
Article 5b Aggravating circumstances Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that it is regarded as an aggravating circumstance when a criminal offence referred to in Articles 6 or 7 is committed directed to vulnerable natural persons, including children.
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that carrying out activities which entail discrediting, disparaging, or the humiliation of victims of terrorist offences, is punishable as a criminal offence when committed intentionally.
Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that travelling to another countryinternational travel from their state to another Member State or to a third party state for the purpose of the commission of or contribution to a terrorist offence referred to in Article 3, the participation in the activities of a terrorist group referred to in Article 4 or the providing or receiving of training for terrorism referred to in Articles 7 and 8 is punishable as a criminal offence when committed intentionally.
Amendment 286 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to establish a list, including foreign fighters, terrorists, terrorist groups, people involved in recruiting and radicalisation. Member State shall update and insert their lists into SIS to make them available to all the other Member States and share them with Europol via protected and secured systems.
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that aggravated theft with a view to committing one of the offences listed in Articles 3, 4, 9 and 10 is punishable as a criminal offence when committed intentionally.
Amendment 305 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that extortion with a view to committing one of the offences listed in Articles 3, 4, 9 and 10 is punishable as a criminal offence when committed intentionally.
Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – title
Article 14 – title
Drawing up, detaining and using false administrative documents to committing a terrorist offence
Amendment 314 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that drawing up, detaining and using false administrative documents with a view to committing one of the offences listed in points (a) to (h) of Article 3(2) and point (b) of, Articles 4, 9 and 10 is punishable as a criminal offence when committed intentionally.
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 a (new)
Article 21 a (new)
Article 21a Investigative tools Member States shall also take the necessary measures to ensure that information gathered by the national relevant authority concerning prisoners who are radicalised to violent extremism or are at risk of radicalisation are transmitted to those responsible for preventing, investigating and prosecuting offences referred to in Articles 3 to 14, as well as to intelligence services.