4 Amendments of Michel DANTIN related to 2009/2151(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission Communication on the prevention of natural and man-made disasters; supports the view that disaster prevention is inseparable from intervention; reaffirms Parliament's previous work on this subject and regrets that the Commission has not yet put forward legislative proposals in line with Parliament’s proposals; stresses the need to establish comprehensive legislation and guidelines with minimum standards, reflecting a holistic approach, towards a more effective EU policy on disaster management; recalls that in the absence of this, the Treaty of Lisbon permits the use of enhanced cooperation between Member States, and that this subject may therefore also be addressed within that framework;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is in favour ofEncourages linking the actors and policies throughout the disaster management cycle, recognistressing the benefits of a quick reaction force that would enhance coordination and solidarity among Member States; supports the initiative to launch a stakeholder group and calls for the inclusion of representatives from agriculture in the proposed mechanism for crisis management with a view, inter alia, to making the principle of multi- functionality a reality;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that agricultural and forestry production are vulnerable to climatic phenomena such as drought, storms, frost, hail, forest fires and floods, to health risks such as plagues and epidemics, and to human activities like pollution, acid rain and unintentional genetic contamination, to landslides because of problems related to urban planning, and to the desertification of mountain areas, to forest fires due to absence of forest maintenance and criminal behaviour, and to contamination of rivers due to chemical discharges from factories;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Recommends an expansion of the scope of the EU Solidarity Fund to cover damage to agriculture and forests;