7 Amendments of Sabine LÖSING related to 2016/0295(COD)
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Additional Union general export authorisations should be introduced in order to reduce administrative burden on companies and authorities while ensuring an appropriate level of control of the relevant items to the relevant destinations. A global authorisation for large projects should also be introduced to adapt licensing conditions to the peculiar needs of industry.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In deciding whether or not to grant an individual or global export authorisation or to grant an authorisation for brokering services or technical assistance under this Regulation, or to prohibit a transit, the competent authorities of the Member States shall take into account the following eight criteria of the Common Position 2008/944/CSFP:
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) behaviour of the buyer country with regard to the international community, as regards in particular its attitude to terrorism, the nature of its alliances and respect for international law;
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point f b (new)
(f b) compatibility of the exports of the dual-use items or equipment with the technical and economic capacity of the recipient country, taking into account the desirability that states should meet their legitimate security and defence needs with the least diversion of human and economic resources for armaments;
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. A standardized verification and reporting system shall be established to provide information as to whether, and to what extent, individual Member States' dual-use exports violate the criteria referred to in paragraph 1. Furthermore, the compliance with the criteria referred to in paragraph 1 shall be independently verified and mechanisms for sanctions shall be established in cases of a violation of those criteria by a Member State.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls for the criteria referred to in paragraph 1 to be applied to intra- European dual-use exports.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. The Dual-Use Coordination Group shall, where appropriate, set up technical expert groups composed of experts from Member States to examine specific issues relating to the implementation of controls, including issues relating to the updating of the Union control lists in Annex I. The expert groups shall also comprise actors of civil society and NGOs in order to ensure independent monitoring. Technical expert groups shall, where appropriate, consult exporters, brokers and other relevant stakeholders concerned by this Regulation.