35 Amendments of Lorenzo FONTANA related to 2015/0269(COD)
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Reject the proposal of the commission on the Council Directive 91/477/EC on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) As a response to recent terrorist acts which demonstratedConsidering some gaps in the implementation of Directive 91/477/EEC especially with regard to deactivation of weapons, convertibility and marking rules, the "European Agenda on Security" adopted in April 2015 and the Declaration of the Home Affairs Ministers Council of 29 August 2015 called forconsiders the revision of that Directive and for a common approach on the deactivation of firearms able to prevent reactivation and use by criminals and terrorists.
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) BCollectors and bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons and recognised as such by the Member State in whose territory they are established and holding in their possession firearms classified in category A acquired before the date of entry into force of this Directive should be able to keep those firearms in their possession subject to authorisation by the Member State concerned and provided that those firearms have been deactivated.
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Selling arrangements of firearms and their components by means of distance communication may pose a serious threat to security as they are more difficult to control than thelike the internet must be secured using national and conventional selling methods, especially as regards the on line verification of the legality of authorisations. It is therefore appropriate to limit the selling of arms and components by means of distance communication, notably internet, to dealers and brokers.
Amendment 281 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Furthermore, the risk of alarm weapons and other types of blank firing weapons being converted to real firearms is high, and in some of the terrorist acts converted arms were used. It is therefore essential to address the problem of converted firearms being used in criminal offences, notably by including them in the scope of the Directive. Technical specifications for alarm and signal weapons as well as for salute and acoustic weapons should be adopted by Member States in order to ensure that they cannot be converted into firearms.
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Since the objectives of this Directive cannot be suefficiently achieved by the Member StatesEuropean Commission, but can rather, by reason of the scale and effects of the actionnegative consequences of wide opened borders, be better achieved at Unational levels, the Unionmeasures may be adopt measures,ed in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.
Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1b
Article 1 – paragraph 1b
1b. For the purposes of this Directive, "essential component" shall mean the barrel, frame, receiver, slide or cylinder, bolt or breaech block and any device designed or adapted to diminish the sound caused by firing a firearm which, being. Such separate objects, ar must be included in the same category ofas the firearms on which they are or are intended to be mountat from which the weapons are classified.
Amendment 352 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1g
Article 1 – paragraph 1g
Amendment 359 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1 h
Article 1 – paragraph 1 h
Amendment 383 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point d
Article 1 – point 1 – point d
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – Paragraph 2 – point i
Article 1 – Paragraph 2 – point i
(i) the manufacture, trade, exchange, hiring out, and repair or conversion of firearms;
Amendment 393 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point d
Article 1 – point 1 – point d
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point ii
(ii) the manufacture, trade, exchange, hiring out, and repair or conversion of parts of firearms;
Amendment 398 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point d
Article 1 – point 1 – point d
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point iii
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point iii
(iii) the manufacture, trade, and exchange or conversion of ammunition.
Amendment 407 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall not apply to the acquisition or possession of weapons and ammunition, in accordance with national law, by the armed forcesnational defence forces, including the army, the police, the or public authorities or by collectors and bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons. Nor shall it apply to commercial transfers of weapons and ammunition of warproducts of the defence industry.
Amendment 458 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 518 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Without prejudice to Article 3, Member States shall authorise the acquisition and possession of firearms tonly by persons who have good cause and who:
Amendment 551 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall provide for standard medical tests for issuing or renewing authorisations as referred to in paragraph 1 and shall withdraw authorisationsthem if any of the conditions on the basis of which it wasthey were granted is no longer met.
Amendment 597 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take all appropriate steps to prohibit the acquisition and the possession of the firearms and ammunition classified in category A and to destroy those firearms and ammunition held in violation of this provison and seized, except in some cases permitted by Member States' authorities.
Amendment 616 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Member States may authorise collectors as well as bodies concerned with the cultural and historical aspects of weapons and recognised as such by the Member State in whose territory they are established to keep in their possession firearms classified in category A acquired before [the date of entry into force of this Directive] provided they have been deactivated in accordance with the provisions that implement Article 10(b).
Amendment 626 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 6
Article 1 – point 6
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Amendment 655 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 7
Article 1 – point 7
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 (new)
Amendment 683 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 10 a
Article 10 a
Amendment 685 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 10 a – paragraph 1
Article 10 a – paragraph 1
Member States shall take measures to ensure that alarm and signal weapons as well as salute and acoustic weapons cannot be converted into firearms.
Amendment 689 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 10 b
Article 10 b
Amendment 722 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 13 a – paragraph 2
Article 13 a – paragraph 2
Amendment 728 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall submit every five years submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Directive, accompanied, if appropriate, by proposals in particular as regards the categories of firearms of Annex I and the issues related to new technologies such as 3D printing. The first report shall be submitted by ... [two years after the date of entry into force of this Directive].
Amendment 735 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
The Commission shall, by [date], assess the necessary elements of a system for the exchange of information contained in the computerised data-filing systems referred to in Article 4(4) between the Member States. The Commission's assessment shall be accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal taking into account existing instruments regarding exchange of information.
Amendment 742 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – points 6 – 8
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – points 6 – 8
Amendment 789 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point ii
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point ii
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category B – point 7
Annex I – part II – point A – category B – point 7
Amendment 810 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point iii
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point iii
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category C – point 5
Annex I – part II – point A – category C – point 5
Amendment 840 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 14 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – point 14 – point c a (new)
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – Part III – paragraph 3
Annex I – Part III – paragraph 3
(ca) the third paragraph is replaced by the following: "The Member States must apply their national laws to the firearms listed in this Part."
Amendment 841 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 14 a (new)
Article 1 – point 14 a (new)
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I a (new)
Annex I a (new)
(14a) The following Annex is inserted: "Annex Ia Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2403 is repealed."