Activities of Sabine LÖSING related to 2011/0461(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism
Amendments (26)
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The development of non-military civil protection assistance intervention modules, consisting of resources of one or more Member States which aim to be fully interoperable, is pursued at Union level in order to contribute to the development of a civil protection rapid response capabilityshould be pursued. Modules should be organised at the level of the Member States and subject to their direction and command.
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In order to improve the planning of disaster response operations and to ensure the availability of key capacities, it is necessary to develop reference scenarios for the main types of disasters, map key existing civilian capacities available in Member States, develop contingency plans for the deployment of the capacities and develop a European Emergency Response Capacity in the form of a voluntary pool of pre- committed capacities of Member States. The contingency planning exercise could also be used to determine whether there are gaps in the emergency response capacities available in the Member States that may be filled with capacities to be developed with Union support, which would be shared across the Union.
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The availability of adequate means of transport needs to be improved to support the development of a rapid response capability at the Union level. The Union should support and supplement the efforts of Member States by facilitating the pooling of transport resources of Member States and contributing, where necessary, to the financing of additional means of transport subject to certain criteria; consideration should be also be given to building civilian capacities at Union level in the area of high-cost means of transport and equipment with a view to providing – both within and outside the EU – immediate, and most importantly civilian, aid, which will save money in the long term.
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) As regards disasters caused by terrorist action, nuclear or radiological accidents, the Mechanism should cover only the preparedness and response actions within the remit of non-military civil protection.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. The Union Civil Protection Mechanism (hereinafter referred to as 'the Mechanism') shall aim to support, coordinate and supplement the actions of the Member States in the field of non-military civil protection in improving the effectiveness of systems for preventing, preparing for and responding to natural and man-made disasters.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. The Union intervention enhances prevention, preparedness and response capacity of Member States to face major disasters minimising human andespecially human but also material loss. The objective of this Decision cannot be sufficiently achieved by Member States operating alone and can be better achieved at Union level by reason of the scale or effects of the proposed action.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1
1. "disaster" means any situation, which has or may have an adverse impact particularly on people, and the environment or properbut also on property; this Decision does not cover the maintenance of law and order or measures in connection with the protection of internal security;
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2
2. "major disaster" means any situation, which has or may have an adverse impact particularly on people, and the environment orbut also on property and which may result in a call for assistance under the Mechanism; this Decision does not cover the maintenance of law and order or measures in connection with the protection of internal security;
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3
3. "response" means any civilian action taken under the Mechanism during or after a major disaster to address its immediate adverse consequences;
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4
4. "preparedness" means a state of readiness and capability of human and material means enabling them to ensure an effective rapid response to an emergency, obtained as a result of civilian action taken in advance;
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 5
5. "prevention" means any civilian action aimed at reducing risks or prevent harm particularly to people, and the environment but also tor property resulting from disasters;
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 7
7. "module" means a self-sufficient and autonomous predefined task- and needs- driven arrangement of Member States’ civilian capabilities or a mobile operational team of the Member States, representing a combination of civilian human and material means that can be described in terms of its capacity for intervention or by the task(s) it is able to undertake;
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d – indent 2
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d – indent 2
– facilitating, when necessary, the coordination of emergency assistance operations on site and liaising, when necessary and appropriate, with the competent authorities of the state requesting assistance,
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall work towards developing civilian modules, in particular to meet priority intervention or support needs under the Mechanism.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall identify in advance modules or other civilian capacities within their competent services, in particular their civil protection or other emergency services, which might be available for intervention or could be established at very short notice and be dispatched, generally within 12 hours following a request for assistance. They shall take into account that the composition of modules or other civilian capacities may depend on the type of major disaster and on its particular needs.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall consider providing, as required, other intervention support, which might be available from the competent services, such as specialised personnel and equipment to deal with a particular disaster, means of transport, logistical or medical support, including for the purpose of Article 16(.7), and of calling upon resources, which may be provided by non-governmental organisations and other relevant entities.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 9 – paragraph 5
Article 9 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall provide relevant information on the experts, modules and other intervention support referred to in paragraphs 1 to 43 to the Commission and promptly update this information when necessary.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 11 – title
Article 11 – title
European Civilian Emergency Response Capacity
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall, in agreement with the Member States, define quality requirements for the capacities tohat may be committed to the European Emergency Response Capacity. Member States shall be responsible for ensuring their quality.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall establish and manage a process for certification and registration of capacities that Member States can make available to the European Emergency Response Capacity.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 11 – paragraph 6
Article 11 – paragraph 6
6. The capacities registered in the European Emergency Response Capacity shall be available for emergency response operations under the Mechanism at the request of the Commission through the ERC. Member States shall inform the Commission as soon as possible of any compelling reasons that prevent them from making these capacities available in a specific emergency.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) facilitate the mobilisation of teams, experts, modules and other intervention support other than that from the European Civilian Emergency Response Capacity;
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. Without prejudice to the Commission's role, as defined in paragraph 2, and respecting the imperative for an immediate operational response through the Mechanism, upon activation the Commission shall inform the European External Action ServiceUnion delegations to allow for consistency between the civil protection operation and the overall Union relations with the affected country.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 16 – paragraph 10
Article 16 – paragraph 10
10. The role of the Commission referred to in this Article shall not affect the Member States’ competences and responsibility for their teams, modules and other support, including militarycivilian support capacities. In particular, the support for consistency offered by the Commission shall not entail giving orders to Member States’ teams, modules and other support, which shall be deployed on a voluntary basis in accordance with the coordination at headquarters level and on site.