9 Amendments of Gaston FRANCO related to 2010/2096(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas disasters causing significant human, economic and environmental damage are on the increase worldwide and whereas, the European Union is making considerable efforo obtain a reliable assessment of the EU’s rapid response to disasters, natural disasters, accidental disasters and man-made disasters (CBRN threats, to respond to these criseserrorism and conflict-related emergencies) all have to be taken into consideration,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas sharing of resources among the 30 states that are members of the Community civil protection mechanism (EU-27, Norway, Lichtenstein, Croatia) or in the context of enhanced cooperation between Member States, can represent an operational and financial asset,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the fact that disasters cross borders means that the EU should coordinate its resources and cooperate with non-EU countries, particularly in its UfM neighbourhood,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the European Union’s response to the earthquake in Haiti triggered not only a rapid, significant and large scale humanitarian aid operation but also the activation of the civil protection mechanism which was able to deploy immediately, and for the first time, two modules (a water purification unit and an advanced medical post) that had been kept on stand-by under arrangements financed through a 2008 Preparatory Action for an EU rapid response capause of the civil protection mechanism during the earthquake in Haiti undoubtedly made it possible to deploy two modules (a water purification unit and an advanced medical post) but also highlighted the weaknesses of the present system where, because it is voluntary and dependent on a variety of national decision-making processes, there is scope for improvements in efficiency, responsiveness and visibility,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the EU’s capacity to protect citizens’ lives and property is a decisive factor for its credibility,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1(e)
Paragraph 1(e)
(e) urges the Council to consider strengthening the EU’s disaster response capacity as a high priority, especially in view of the discussions on setting up an EU Civil Protection Force (which have seen limited progr, and to follow up the European Parliament’s repeated requests sincethat the publication ofroposals put forward in the Barnier report in 2006) should be implemented;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1(g)
Paragraph 1(g)
(g) considers that the EU civil protection force should build on the EU Civil Protection mechanism and should enable the Union to bring together the resources necessary for providing emergency assistancealls on the Council and Commission to share logistical and human resources, with regard both to disaster-response training (for example by setting up a Euro-Mediterranean Forest Fires Institute) and disaster management, by developing initiatives such as the European Tactical Reserve to fight forest fires, with a view to establishing a European civil protection force equipped in the most appropriate way, which may be deployed both inside and outside the EU, and which will provide initial aid within 24 hours of the occurrence of a disaster;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1(k a) (new)
Paragraph 1(k a) (new)
(ka) encourages the development of research budgets and industrial capacity (for example satellite imagery in the GMES programme) to improve disaster management phases;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Council and Commission to review the criteria for grants from the EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) for regional disasters, as it is an instrument intended to assist the population groups affected and to finance reconstruction, and to significantly reduce the time required to examine the validity of a request from the national authorities for activation of the EUSF and to make aid payments;