12 Amendments of Sabine LÖSING related to 2012/2303(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas arms exports can have inter alia a considerable impact not only on security, but also a negative impact on development, and must therefore be at the very least embedded within a strict arms control system operating with maximum effectiveness;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas arms exports can have inter alia a considerable impact not only on security, but also on socio-economic development, and must therefore be at the very least embedded within a strict arms control system operating with maximum effectiveness;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the criteria are intended inter alia to prevent arms exports as a result of which conflicts would be aggravated (criteria 3 and 4) or human rights violated (criterion 2) or a recipient country’s development prospects would be adversely affected (criterion 8); whereas the Common Position applies to arms exports from EU Member States to non-EU countries, but whereas it is unrestricted in scope and, accordingly, the eight criteria apply also to exports within the EU and to arms transfers to countries closely associated with the EUhave been invoked by Member States in connection with such exports;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that the EU is the only union of states to have a legally binding framework, unique in the world, through which arms export control is being improved, including in crisis regions and countries with a questionable human rights record, and welcomes the fact, in this connection, that European and non- European third countries have joined the arms exports control system on the basis of the Common Position and the international efforts to establish common international standards for the transfer of conventional weapons (Arms Trade Treaty- ATT); notes with concern, however, that the eight criteria are applied and interpreted with varying degrees of rigour in the EU Member States; calls therefore for a standard, uniformly strict interpretation and full implementation of the Common Position with all its obligations;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that, because of the negative impact of arms spending on the development prospects of poorer recipient countries, criterion 8 should be upgraded by making denial of export licences automatic if they are incompatible with development; takes the view, in that connection, that as part of the revision of the ICT Directive the eight criteria should be incorporated into that directive and made binding;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Insists, in the light of the Common Position review process, that support should be voiced for powerful, clear and unambiguous wording in the Common Position in order to prevent the criteria from being interpreted and applied differently; insists in particular that Article 10 of the Common Position be acted on and that, accordingly, application of the criteria not be neutralised or stopped because of political, economic or geostrategic interests, and points out, in that connection, that arms exports must on no account be used to achieve foreign policy or geopolitical objectives, such as the supposed strengthening of ‘strategic partner countries’;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets the fact that there is no possibility of having compliance with the eight criteria independently verified, that there are no mechanisms for sanctions for violation of the eight criteria by a Member State, and that there are no plans to that effect; takes the view that ways and means of carrying out independent verification via parliamentary (supervisory) committees or civil society organisations/initiatives and mechanisms for sanctions for violations of the Common Position should be provided for;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Suggests in this connection that additional information be collected from Member States and published both at national level and in the COARM annual report, in particular a list of countries arms exports to which would violate one or more of the eight criteria, together with a comprehensive list of EU Member States which have exported arms to those countries during the data reporting period and suggests in this regard a post-export- control mechanism as for instance the "Blue Lantern Program" in the USA, in which controls are conducted following a careful selection process to identify transactions that appear most at risk for diversion or misuse;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for the COARM annual report also to include information on the final destination of exports within Europe and, on onward transfers to third countries which may be problematic and on licensed production outside the EU;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underscores the important role of civil society, national parliaments and the European Parliament in both implementing and enforcing the Common Position's agreed standards at national and EU level and of establishing a transparent, accountable control system; calls therefore for a transparent and robust control mechanism which bolsters the role of parliaments and of civil society, for example along the lines of the parliamentary Arms Export Control Committee set up by Sweden;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls for the most comprehensive range of items and activities to be covered in the scope of the future ATT - including i.a. Small Arms and Light Weapons, dual- use technology, parts and components and all forms of transfer and refers in this regard to the full implementation of the UN Programme of Action on combating the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons (UNPoA) under the auspices of the UN; calls also for reasonable collaboration between the UNPoA regime and the forthcoming ATT-regime in order to prevent illegitimate and irresponsible transfers as well as diversion of arms;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the UN Member States to adopt additional binding criteria, as international standards, for guiding arms export decision-makers and, in the process, to take account of, in particular, the destination country's situation as regards human rights, the impact on the country's socio-economic development and the preservation of regional peace and security as well as the risk of diversion of weapons from the licit to illicit market;