2009 - 2014
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
2013/0166(COD)
7.11.2013
AMENDMENTS
4 - 12
Draft opinion
Olga Sehnalová
(PE521.607v01-00)
on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council
on the deployment of the interoperable EU-wide eCall
Proposal for a decision
(COM(2013)0315 – C7-0173/2013 – 2013/0166(COD))
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Amendment 4
Josef Weidenholzer
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6 a (new)
Text proposed by the Commission
Amendment
(6a) To ensure consumer confidence in
the new eCall system, Member States need
to make sure that appropriate use is made
of the data transferred.
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Amendment 5
Josef Weidenholzer
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Text proposed by the Commission
Amendment
(7) As experienced with other emergency
calls systems, manually triggered eCalls
may include a share of assistance calls. If
necessary, Member States may implement
all appropriate technical and organisational
means in order to filter these assistance
calls to ensure that only real emergency
calls are handled by eCall PSAPs.
(7) As experienced with other emergency
calls systems, manually triggered eCalls
may include a share of assistance calls. If
necessary, Member States may implement
appropriate technical and organisational
means in order to filter these assistance
calls to ensure that only real emergency
calls are handled by eCall PSAPs.
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Amendment 6
RóŜa Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7 a (new)
Text proposed by the Commission
Amendment
(7a) The provision of the eCall service
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should be preceded by an awareness
raising campaign, undertaken by the
Commission and Member States, to
explain the benefits and functionalities of
the new system to the citizens. The
campaign should take place in Member
States in cooperation with national and
regional authorities and should aim to
inform users how to use the system
properly and thus avoid false calls.
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Amendment 7
Josef Weidenholzer
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7 a (new)
Text proposed by the Commission
Amendment
(7a) As part of an awareness raising
campaign conducted by the Commission
and Member States, the benefits of the
system, how it works and data protection
provisions should be explained to citizens.
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Amendment 8
Wim van de Camp
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7 a (new)
Text proposed by the Commission
Amendment
(7a) To ensure equivalent access to 112
and emergency services for all citizens,
the level of accuracy and reliability of
caller location of a call to 112 with a
GNSS-enabled mobile terminal should be
equivalent to that of an eCall. Article 26
of Directive 2009/136/EC on the single
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European emergency call number 112
provides for accuracy and reliability
criteria of caller location to be laid down
by competent regulatory authorities while
the Commission, having consulted
BEREC, may take technical implementing
measures.
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Amendment 9
RóŜa Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7 b (new)
Text proposed by the Commission
Amendment
(7b) In line with the recommendations
made by the Article 29 Data Protection
Working Party and contained in the
'Working document on data protection
and privacy implications in eCall
initiative', adopted on 26 September
200621a, when deploying the eCall PSAPs
infrastructure, Member States should
ensure that processing of personal data in
the context of handling eCalls fully
complies with the personal data protection
rules provided for in Directive 95/46/EC
of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 24 October 1995 on the
protection of individuals with regard to
the processing of personal data and on the
free movement of such data21b and in
Directive 2002/58/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 12 July
2002 concerning the processing of
personal data and the protection of
privacy in the electronic communications
sector (Directive on privacy and electronic
communications)21c.
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21a
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21b
OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31.
21c
OJ L 201, 31.7.2002, p. 37.
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Amendment 10
Cornelis de Jong
Proposal for a decision
Article 1
Text proposed by the Commission
Amendment
Member States shall deploy no later than
1 October 2015 the necessary eCall PSAP
infrastructure required for the proper
receipt and handling of all eCalls, if
necessary purged of non-emergency calls,
on their territory, in accordance with the
specifications laid down by Delegated
Regulation (EU) No 305/2013, in order to
ensure the compatibility, interoperability
and continuity of the interoperable EUwide eCall service. This is without
prejudice to the right of each Member State
to organise its emergency services in the
way most cost effective and appropriate to
its needs, including the possibility to filter
calls that are not emergency calls and may
not be handled by eCall PSAPs, in
particular in the case of manually triggered
eCalls.
Member States may deploy the necessary
eCall PSAP infrastructure required for the
proper receipt and handling of all eCalls, if
necessary purged of non-emergency calls,
on their territory, in accordance with the
specifications laid down by Delegated
Regulation (EU) No 305/2013, in order to
ensure the compatibility, interoperability
and continuity of the interoperable EUwide eCall service. This is without
prejudice to the right of each Member State
to organise its emergency services in the
way most cost effective and appropriate to
its needs, including the possibility to filter
calls that are not emergency calls and may
not be handled by eCall PSAPs, in
particular in the case of manually triggered
eCalls.
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Amendment 11
Wim van de Camp
Proposal for a decision
Article 1
Text proposed by the Commission
Amendment
Member States shall deploy no later than 1
Member States shall deploy no later than 1
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October 2015 the necessary eCall PSAP
infrastructure required for the proper
receipt and handling of all eCalls, if
necessary purged of non-emergency calls,
on their territory, in accordance with the
specifications laid down by Delegated
Regulation (EU) No 305/2013, in order to
ensure the compatibility, interoperability
and continuity of the interoperable EUwide eCall service. This is without
prejudice to the right of each Member State
to organise its emergency services in the
way most cost effective and appropriate to
its needs, including the possibility to filter
calls that are not emergency calls and may
not be handled by eCall PSAPs, in
particular in the case of manually triggered
eCalls.
October 2015 the necessary eCall PSAP
infrastructure required for the proper
receipt and handling of all eCalls, if
necessary purged of non-emergency calls,
on their territory, in accordance with the
specifications laid down by Delegated
Regulation (EU) No 305/2013, in order to
ensure the compatibility, interoperability
and continuity of the interoperable EUwide eCall service. Member States shall
also ensure that the level of accuracy and
reliability of caller location of a call to
112 with a GNSS-enabled mobile terminal
is equivalent to that of an eCall no later
than 1 October 2015. This is without
prejudice to the right of each Member State
to organise its emergency services in the
way most cost effective and appropriate to
its needs, including the possibility to filter
calls that are not emergency calls and may
not be handled by eCall PSAPs, in
particular in the case of manually triggered
eCalls.
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Justification
The Parliament has repeatedly requested that accurate caller location for 112 calls is
provided. Unfortunately, little progress has been made to this. The deployment of eCall
confirms that GNSS location data can effectively be retrieved and transmitted over mobile
networks to 112. While the importance of eCall is not questioned, it should be noticed that it
will represent only about 1.7 % of the annual number of emergency calls in the EU. The
current proposal would create a situation in which only those with vehicles could be located.
Amendment 12
Josef Weidenholzer
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Text proposed by the Commission
Amendment
Member States shall ensure that data
transmitted via the eCall service are used
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exclusively for rescue purposes in an
emergency.
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