European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules in the field of civil aviation security (COM(2005)0429 - C6-0290/2005 - 2005/0191(COD))
Date: 2006-06-15
Institutions: Committee on Transport and Tourism, European Parliament
Subjects: European standard, air safety, approximation of laws, civil aviation, fight against crime, safety standard, terrorism

9.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 300 E/463

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

Thursday 15 June 2006

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 24
Annex I, subtitle ‘Nuclear Activities of the Joint Research Centre’, subtitle ‘Activities’, paragraphs 3a and 3b (new)

Campaigning to make politicians and the public understand
nuclear energy now that most scientists, politicians and
citizens are convinced that global warming is real and caused
by fossil-fuel carbon emissions, and that nuclear power is an
essential component of the energy mix available to meet the
world's energy needs with zero CO2 emissions.

Disseminating information about nuclear power to citizens
and their representatives through the launching of multi-
annual information campaigns on nuclear power to encourage
debate and facilitate decision-making, thereby enabling them
to have an objective debate based on facts and take informed
decisions. To ensure that they are as effective as possible, these
campaigns should be drawn up using methodology derived
from the social sciences. Furthermore, and bearing in mind
that comparisons with other energy sources are essential in
order to grasp the implications of the use of nuclear power,
any information campaigns which are promoted or encouraged
will also mention and explain the efforts being made by the
EU at other levels to promote other energy sources, with par-
ticular regard to renewable sources of energy.

P6_TA(2006)0267

Common rules in the field of civil aviation security ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council on common rules in the field of civil aviation security (COM(2005)0429
— C6-0290/2005 — 2005/0191(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2005)

0429) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 80(2) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0290/2005),

— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Transport and Tourism and the opinion of the Com-

mittee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A6-0194/2006),

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

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1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal

2.
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

P6_TC1-COD(2005)0191

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 15 June 2006 with a view to the
adoption of Regulation (EC) No …/2006 of the European Parliament and Council on common rules
in the field of civil aviation security and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 80(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (1),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

In order to protect persons and goods within the European Union, acts of unlawful interference with
civil aircraft, which jeopardise the security of civil aviation should be prevented by establishing com-
mon rules for safeguarding civil aviation. This objective should be achieved by setting common rules
and common basic standards on aviation security as well as mechanisms for monitoring compliance.

It is desirable, in the interests of civil aviation security generally, to provide the basis for a common
interpretation of the April 2002 issue of Annex 17 to the Chicago Convention on International Civil
Aviation of 7 December 1944.

Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002
establishing common rules in the field of civil aviation security (3) was adopted as a result of the events
of 11 September 2001 in the United States.

The content of Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002 should be revised in the light of the experience gained,
and the Regulation itself should be repealed and replaced by a new act seeking the simplification,
harmonisation and clarification of the existing rules and the improvement of the levels of security.

(5) Given the need for more flexibility in adopting security measures and procedures in order to meet
evolving risk assessments and to allow new technologies to be introduced, the new act should lay
down the basic principles of what has to be done in order to safeguard civil aviation against acts of
unlawful
interference without going into technical and procedural details on how they are to be
implemented.

(6)

The new act should apply to airports serving civil aviation located in the territory of a Member State,
to operators providing services at such airports and to entities providing goods and/or services to or
through such airports.

(1) OJ C […], […], p. […].
(2) Position of the European Parliament of 15 June 2006.
(3) OJ L 355, 30.12.2002, p. 1.