59 Amendments of Oreste ROSSI related to 2011/0461(COD)
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) In view of the significant increase in the numbers and severity of natural and man-made disasters in recent years and in a situation where future disasters are likely to be more extreme and more complex with far -reaching and longer-term consequences, resulting, in particular, from climate change and potential interaction between several natural and technological hazards, an integrated approach to disaster management is increasingly important. The Union should support, coordinate and supcomplement actions of Member States’ action at national, regional, and local level in the field of civil protection with a view to improving the effectiveness of systems for preventing, preparing for and responding to natural andor man-made disasters. Or. it (See Article 196(1) TFEU.)
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The protection to be ensured under the Union Civil Protection Mechanism should cover primarily people, but also the environment and property, including cultural heritage, against all natural andor man-made disasters, including acts of terrorism and technological, radiological and environmental accidents, marine pollution and acute health emergencies, occurring inside or outside the Union. Civil protection and other emergency assistance may be required in all of these disasters to complement the response capabilities of the affected country.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Civil Protection Mechanism constitutes a visible expression of European solidarity by ensuring a practical and timely contribution to prevention of and preparedness for disasters and the response to major disasters and imminence thereof. This Decision should therefore not affect the reciprocal rights and obligations of the Member States or their regions under bilateral or multilateral treaties, or agreements which relate to the matters covered by this Decision, nor Member States’ responsibility to protect people, the environment and property on their territory. That being the case, a Member State’s participation in the Mechanism should be on a voluntary basis.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) To supplement the provisions of this Decision, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission for the purposes of laying down arrangements for countries joining, or withdrawing from, the Mechanism.
Amendment 66 #
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 supcomplement the actions of the Member States at national, regional, and local level in the field of civil protection in improving the effectiveness of systems for preventing, preparing for and responding toand protecting against, natural andor man-made disasters. Or. it (See Article 196(1) TFEU.)
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. The protection to be ensured by the Mechanism shall cover primarily people, but also the environment and property, including cultural heritage, against all natural andor man-made disasters, including acts of terrorism, technological, radiological or environmental accidents, marine pollution and acute health emergencies, occurring inside or outside the Union.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. The Union interventionaction shall aim to enhances prevention, preparedness and response capacity of Member States at national, regional, and local level to face major disasters, minimising human and 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. Or. it (See Article 196(1) TFEU.)
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 3
Article 1 – paragraph 3
3. The Mechanism shall not affect obligations under the following: existing relevant legislation of the Union or the European Atomic Energy Community or under existing international agreement; existing international agreements, including agreements between Member States; or existing civil protection agreements between regions of more than one Member State or between regions of Member States and regions of third countries.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1a Participation in the Mechanism 1. Participation in the Mechanism by a Member State or by a third country referred to in Article 28(1) shall be on a voluntary basis. Every Member State or third country participating in the Mechanism shall be entitled to withdraw from it. 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 29a for the purposes of laying down the arrangements for participation in, and withdrawal from, the Mechanism.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. This Decision shall apply to actions to assist with the response to immediate adverse consequences of a major disaster regardless of its nature, inside or outside the Union, where a request is made or the countries referred to in Article 28(1), where a decision to intervene has been taken following a request for assistance in accordance with this Decision.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Mechanism shall support, coordinate or supplement reinforced cooperation between the Union and Member Stat and complement operational cooperation between national civil protection services in pursuit of the following specific objectives:
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to enhance the Union’s state of preparedness to respond to disasters; of civil protection personnel in Member States to respond to disasters; Or. it (See Article 196(1) TFEU.)
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) progress in increasing the level of readiness for disasters measured by the number and the usability of response capacities available for emergency interventions under the Mechanism and the degree of their interoperability;
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – point 1
Article 4 – point 1
1. “disaster” means any situation, which has orevent (including unforeseeable or unavoidable events) which has an adverse impact, or any situation which may have an adverse impact, on people, the environment or property;
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – point 2
Article 4 – point 2
2. “major disaster” means any situation, which has orevent (including unforeseeable or unavoidable events) which has an adverse impact, or any situation which may have an adverse impact, on people, the environment or property and which may result in a call for assistance under the Mechanism;
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – point 6 a (new)
Article 4 – point 6 a (new)
6a. “participating country” means a Member State, or a third country referred to in Article 28(1), which has decided to participate in the Mechanism;
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – point c
Article 5 – point c
(c) establish and regularly update an overview of natural and man-made risks the UnionMember States may face, taking into account the future impact of climate change;
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – point g
Article 5 – point g
(g) undertake, where so requested by participating countries, additional prevention tasks necessary to achieve the objective specified in point (a) of Article 3(1).
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. In order to ensure anthe effective cooperation withinness of the Mechanism, Members States shall communicate to the Commission a summary of their risk management plans.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The risk management plans shall take into account the national risk assessments and other relevant risk assessment and shall be coherent with other relevant plans in force in that Member Statee State concerned.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. When drawing up their risk management plans, Member States and participating third countries shall provide as required by their national law for the involvement of the regional and local authorities concerned and of specialised institutions.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Member States and participating third countries shall ensure by the end of 2016 at the latest that their risk management plans are ready and communicated to the Commission in their most up-to-date form.
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – point d – introductory part
Article 7 – point d – introductory part
(d) establish and maintain a capability to mobilise and dispatch, as quickly as possible, teams of experts responsible for:
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – point e
Article 7 – point e
(e) establish and maintain a capability to provide logistical support and assistance for expert teams, modules and other response capacities deployed under the Mechanism, as well as other actors on the ground;
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member StatParticipating countries shall work towards developing modules, in particular to meet priority intervention or support needs under the Mechanism.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The modules shall be made up of the resources of one or more Member Statparticipating countries.
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 9 – title
Article 9 – title
General preparedness actions of Member States (This amendment replaces ‘Member States’ with ‘participating countries’ in Article 9, Article 10(1), and Articles 11, 12, 18, and 29.)participating countries
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall identify in advance experts that can be dispatched as parts of expert teams, as specified in point (d) of Article 7, and, supported by the Commission, should they so request, shall manage the mobilisation and dispatch of such teams.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 178 #
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 thewhen a request of the Commission through the ERC. Member Statesfor assistance has been addressed to the ERC and forwarded by the ERC to participating countries. Participating countries, through the ERC, 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 181 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 11 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
If the request for assistance involves intervention outside the borders of the Union and participating third countries, the capacities registered in the European Emergency Response Capacity shall be available subject to the formal consent of the participating country managing them, which shall be communicated to the Commission without delay through the ERC.
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 11 – paragraph 8
Article 11 – paragraph 8
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
4. These capacities shall be a part of the European Emergency Response Capacity. They shall be available for emergency response operations under the Mechanism at thewhen a request of the Commission through the ERCfor assistance has been addressed to the ERC and forwarded by the ERC to participating countries. When not in use under the Mechanism, these capacities shall be available for the national purposes of Member Statparticipating countries managing them.
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 12 – paragraph 5
Article 12 – paragraph 5
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. In the event of a major disaster within the Union, or of the imminence thereof, which causes or is capable of causing trans-boundary effects, the Member State in which the disaster has occurred or is likely to occur shall, without delay, notify the Commission, through the ERC, and potentially affected Member States.
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. In the event of a major disaster within the Union, or of the imminence thereof, which may result in a call for assistance from one or more Member States, the Member State in which the emergency has occurred or is likely to occur shall, without delay, notify the Commission, when a possible request for assistance through the ERC can be anticipatedthrough the ERC, in order to enable the CommissionERC, as appropriate, to inform the other Member Statparticipating countries and activate its competent services.
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 14 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. This Article shall apply mutatis mutandis to countries specified in Article 28(1) seeking to benefit from assistance under the Mechanism.
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) forward the request to the contact points of other Member Statparticipating countries;
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) collect validated information on the disaster and disseminate it to the Member Statparticipating countries;
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) propose a response plan based on the needs on the ground and pre-developed contingency plans, and invite Member Stat, through the ERC, invite participating countries to deploy specific capacities from the European Emergency Response Capacity in accordance with the plan;
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. Any Member Stateparticipating country to which a request for assistance is addressed shall promptly determine whether it is in a position to render the assistance required and inform the requesting Member State thereof through the CECIS, indicating the scope and terms of assistance it might render. The ERC shall keep Member Statparticipating countries informed.
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 15 – paragraph 5
Article 15 – paragraph 5
5. The requesting Member State shall be responsible for directing assistance interventions. The authorities of the requesting Member State shall lay down guidelines and, if necessary, define the limits of the tasks entrusted to the intervention modules or other capacities. The details of the execution of those tasks shall be left to the person in charge appointed by the Member Stateparticipating country rendering assistance. The requesting Member State may also request the deployment of an expert team to support its assessment, facilitate coordination on site (between Member Statparticipating countries’ teams), provide technical advice, or support with performing any other task as needed.
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 15 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. This Article shall apply mutatis mutandis to countries specified in Article 28(1) seeking to benefit from assistance under the Mechanism.
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 16 – title
Article 16 – title
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The Commission, through the ERC, shall support the consistency in the delivery of the assistance through the following actions:
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
(a) maintaining a continuous dialogue with Member Statparticipating countries’ contact points in order to ensure an effective and coherent European emergency response contribution through the Mechanism to the overall relief effort, in particular by:
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 1
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 1
– informing Member Statparticipating countries without delay of the full requests for assistance;
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 4
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point a – indent 4
– providing an overview of assistance being offered by Member Statparticipating countries and other actors;
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) immediately proposing a response plan based on the needs on the ground and pre- developed contingency plans, and inviting Member Statparticipating countries to deploy specific capacities from the European Emergency Response Capacity in accordance with the plan;
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 16 – paragraph 5
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. Any Member Stateparticipating country to which a request for assistance is addressed shall promptly determine whether it is in a position to render the assistance required and inform the ERC thereof through the CECIS, indicating the scope and terms of any assistance it might render. The ERC shall keep Member Statparticipating countries informed.
Amendment 220 #
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 Statparticipating countries’ competences and responsibility for their teams, modules and other support, including military capacities. In particular, the support for consistency offered by the Commission shall not entail giving orders to Member Statparticipating countries’ teams, modules and other support, which shall be deployed on a voluntary basis in accordance with the coordination at headquarters level and on site.
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 16 – paragraph 12
Article 16 – paragraph 12
12. Member StatParticipating countries providing emergency assistance as referred to in paragraph 1 shall keep the ERC fully informed of their activities.
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 16 – paragraph 13
Article 16 – paragraph 13
13. Member StatParticipating countries’ teams and modules on site participating in the intervention through the Mechanism shall liaise closely with the ERC and the expert teams on site, as referred to in the second indent of point (a) of paragraph 2.
Amendment 223 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission may select, appoint and dispatch an expert team composed of experts provided by the Member Statparticipating countries, the Commission and other services and agencies of the Union, the UNOCHA or other international organisations, depending on the specificity of the mission in the event of major disaster within the Union, in accordance with Article 15.(5) or upon a request for prevention and preparedness expertise, as referred to in Article 13(2).
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) Member Statparticipating countries shall nominate experts, under their responsibility, who can be deployed as part of expert teams.
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. Where expert teams are dispatched, they shall facilitate coordination between Member Statparticipating countries’ intervention teams and liaise with the competent authorities of the requesting state. The ERC shall maintain close contact with the expert teams and provide them with guidance and logistical and other support.
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Article 17 – paragraph 5
5. Where appropriate, the Commission may deploy the logistical support and assistance capability to support expert teams, modules of Member Statparticipating countries and other response capacities deployed in the framework of the Mechanism.
Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 22 – point b
Article 22 – point b
(b) deploying the capacities referred to in points (g), (h) and (i) of Article 21 in the event of major disasters, at thewhen a request of the Commission through the ERCfor assistance has been addressed to the ERC and forwarded by the ERC to participating countries;
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 29 a (new)
Article 29 a (new)
Article 29a Exercise of the delegation 1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. 2. The power to adopt the delegated acts referred to in Article 1a(2) shall be conferred on the Commission until 31 December 2020. 3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 1a(2) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or the Council. A revocation decision shall put an end to the delegation of the powers specified in that decision. It shall take effect on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified in the text of the decision. It shall not affect the validity of the delegated acts already in force. 4. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and the Council. 5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 1a(2) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. The above period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council.