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En En Amendments European Parliament 2014-2019 Committee on Industry, Research and Energy 2018/0254(COD) 14.9.2018 AMENDMENTS 99 - 457 Draft report Zdzisław Krasnodębski (PE625.510v01-00) Establishing the European Defence Fund Proposal for a regulation (COM(2018)0476 – C8-0268/2018 – 2018/0254(COD)) AM\1162781EN.docx PE627.775v01-00 EN United in diversity EN AM_Com_LegReport PE627.775v01-00 2/186 AM\1162781EN.docx EN Amendment 99 Christelle Lechevalier Proposal for a regulation – Proposal for rejection The European Parliament rejects [the Commission proposal]. Or. fr Justification This programme is the industrial component of a desire to establish an illegitimate European defence. The implicit objective is to make our industries and armies interdependent. Without the know-how needed to fully implement military-industrial projects, our nations would be interdependent, to the detriment of non-negotiable national sovereignty in the field of defence. The enormous sums allocated to this project could be saved. Amendment 100 Rolandas Paksas Proposal for a regulation – Proposal for rejection The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal. Or. lt Amendment 101 Jens Geier, Martina Werner, Arne Lietz, Constanze Krehl Proposal for a regulation – Proposal for rejection The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal. AM\1162781EN.docx 3/186 PE627.775v01-00 EN Or. en Justification There are serious doubts about the legal basis for the Programme. The Commission chose art. 173 TFEU as a legal basis for the regulation, together with art. 182, 183 and 184 TFEU. This neglects that the Programme has two different, but in the proposal clearly mentioned, goals, one being the competiveness and innovation capacity of the defence industry, the other being the improvement of the "strategic autonomy" of the Union (art. 3(1)). Art. 173 and the other articles omit the second goal of the programme. As both goals are inextricably linked and none could be identified as inferior, the programme would need to have a dual or different legal basis. This is supported by ECJ ruling C-411/06 which clearly points out that a dual legal basis has to be taken as a starting point when two purposes are equal to each other. Amendment 102 Rolandas Paksas Draft legislative resolution Paragraph 1 Draft legislative resolution Amendment 1. Adopts its position at first reading 1. The European Parliament rejects hereinafter set out; the Commission proposal; Or. en Amendment 103 Rolandas Paksas Draft legislative resolution Paragraph 2 Draft legislative resolution Amendment 2. Calls on the Commission to refer 2. Calls on the Commission to the matter to Parliament again if it withdrawn its proposal; replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal; Or. en Amendment 104 Neoklis Sylikiotis, Marisa Matias, Miguel Viegas, João Ferreira, João Pimenta Lopes, Sofia Sakorafa, Xabier Benito Ziluaga, Sabine Lösing, Cornelia Ernst PE627.775v01-00 4/186 AM\1162781EN.docx EN Proposal for a regulation Title 0 Text proposed by the Commission Amendment Proposal for a Rejects the proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing the European Defence Fund establishing the European Defence Fund (Text with EEA relevance) (Text with EEA relevance) Or. en Justification The prior aim of the regulation is the development of EU - defence capabilities in the framework of CSDP/CFSP. According to Article 41 (2) TEU any expenditure arising from actions having military or defence implications must not be charged to the Union budget. Therefor the legal reference to Article 173(3), 182(4) and the second paragraph of 188 TFEU must not apply. The establishment of the Defence Fund will further militarise the European Union and its policies and contradicts the Union as peace maker and mediator in conflicts. Amendment 105 Gunnar Hökmark Proposal for a regulation Recital 1 Text proposed by the Commission Amendment (1) In the European Defence Action (1) In the European Defence Action Plan, adopted on 30 November 2016, the Plan, adopted on 30 November 2016, the Commission committed to complement, Commission committed to complement, leverage and consolidate collaborative leverage and consolidate collaborative efforts by Member States in developing efforts by Member States in developing defence technological and industrial defence technological and industrial capabilities to respond to security capabilities to respond to security challenges, as well as to foster a challenges, as well as to foster a competitive, innovative and efficient competitive, innovative and efficient European defence industry. It proposed in defence industry in Europe by securing a particular to launch a European Defence competitive environment for research and Fund (the 'Fund') to support investments in innovation. It proposed in particular to joint research and the joint development of launch a European Defence Fund (the defence products and technologies, thus 'Fund') to support investments in joint fostering synergies and cost-effectiveness, research and the joint development of and to promote the Member States’ joint defence products and technologies, thus purchase and maintenance of defence fostering synergies and cost-effectiveness, AM\1162781EN.docx 5/186 PE627.775v01-00 EN equipment. This Fund would complement and to promote the Member States’ joint national funding already used for this purchase and maintenance of defence purpose and should act as an incentive for equipment. This Fund would complement Member States to cooperate and invest national funding already used for this more in defence. The Fund would support purpose and should act as an incentive for cooperation during the whole cycle of Member States to cooperate and invest defence products and technologies. more in defence. The Fund would support cooperation during the whole cycle of defence products and technologies. Or. en Amendment 106 Jens Geier, Martina Werner, Arne Lietz, Constanze Krehl Proposal for a regulation Recital 1 Text proposed by the Commission Amendment (1) In the European Defence Action (1) In the European Defence Action Plan, adopted on 30 November 2016, the Plan, adopted on 30 November 2016, the Commission committed to complement, Commission committed to complement, leverage and consolidate collaborative leverage and consolidate collaborative efforts by Member States in developing efforts by Member States in developing defence technological and industrial defence technological and industrial capabilities to respond to security capabilities to respond to security challenges, as well as to foster a challenges, as well as to foster a competitive, innovative and efficient competitive, innovative and efficient European defence industry. It proposed in European defence industry. It proposed in particular to launch a European Defence particular to launch a European Defence Fund (the 'Fund') to support investments in Fund (the 'Fund') to support investments in joint research and the joint development of joint research and the joint development of defence products and technologies, thus defence products and technologies, thus fostering synergies and cost-effectiveness, fostering synergies and cost-effectiveness, and to promote the Member States’ joint and to promote the Member States’ joint purchase and maintenance of defence purchase and maintenance of defence equipment. This Fund would complement equipment. This Fund would complement national funding already used for this national funding already used for this purpose and should act as an incentive for purpose and should act as an incentive for Member States to cooperate and invest Member States to cooperate. The Fund more in defence. The Fund would support would support cooperation during the cooperation during the whole cycle of whole cycle of defence products and defence products and technologies. technologies, as well as conversion from military to civil production. Or. en PE627.775v01-00 6/186 AM\1162781EN.docx EN Amendment 107 Rolandas Paksas Proposal for a regulation Recital 1 Text proposed by the Commission Amendment (1) In the European Defence Action (1) In the European Defence Action Plan, adopted on 30 November 2016, the Plan, adopted on 30 November 2016, the Commission committed to complement, Commission committed to complement, leverage and consolidate collaborative leverage and consolidate collaborative efforts by Member States in developing efforts by Member States in developing defence technological and industrial defence technological and industrial capabilities to respond to security capabilities to respond to security challenges, as well as to foster a challenges, as well as to foster a competitive, innovative and efficient competitive, innovative and efficient European defence industry. It proposed in European defence industry. It proposed in particular to launch a European Defence particular to launch a European Defence Fund (the 'Fund') to support investments in Fund (the 'Fund') to support investments in joint research and the joint development of joint research and the joint development of defence products and technologies, thus defence products and technologies, thus fostering synergies and cost-effectiveness, fostering synergies and cost-effectiveness, and to promote the Member States’ joint and to promote the Member States’ joint purchase and maintenance of defence purchase and maintenance of defence equipment. This Fund would complement equipment. This Fund would
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