EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia

Amendments tabled for the plenary sitting on this text, in their own numbering series. This is a different set from the committee amendments tracked elsewhere on AmendEU, and is not counted in any of the site’s amendment totals.

1. Amendment 1The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 1 a (new)
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   1a. Calls for the EU to launch an ambitious diplomatic initiative to secure an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and end the war;

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2. Amendment 2The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 2 a (new)
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   2a. Recalls that sanctions have not been effective in preventing or putting an end to the war in Ukraine; deplores the fact that the 14 EU sanctions packages imposed on Russia have severely hurt EU households and industries; urges the Commission and the Member States to urgently explore policy alternatives;

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3. Amendment 3The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 2 b (new)
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   2b. Condemns the double standard in EU sanctions policy, whereby sanctions are rigorously imposed on certain countries for acts of aggression or occupation, yet not on others, such as Israel, despite its ethnic cleansing, genocide and international law violations in Palestine;

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4. Amendment 4The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 4
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   4. Calls for more targeted sanctions on the ‘shadow fleet’ in the next sanctions packages against Russia, such as designating all individual ‘shadow fleet’ vessels, as well as their owners, operators, managers, accounts, banks, insurance companies, etc.; calls for an immediate ban on the use of Western vessels in the transport of Russian oil; calls, more broadly, for the next EU sanctions packages to include the systematic sanctioning of vessels sailing through EU waters without known insurance in order to protect our waters and avoid the financial burdens of oil spill clean-ups; urges the European External Action Service and the EU Sanctions Envoy to reach out to the governments of the coun…

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   4. Calls for more targeted sanctions on the ‘shadow fleet’ in the next sanctions packages against Russia, such as designating all individual ‘shadow fleet’ vessels, as well as their owners, operators, managers, accounts, banks, insurance companies, etc.; calls for an immediate ban on the use of Western vessels in the transport of Russian oil; calls, more broadly, for the next EU sanctions packages to include the systematic sanctioning of vessels sailing through EU waters without known insurance in order to protect our waters and avoid the financial burdens of oil spill clean-ups; urges the European External Action Service and the EU Sanctions Envoy to reach out to the governments of the coun…

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5. Amendment 5The LeftJoint motion for a resolution · Recital G
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   G. whereas the ‘shadow fleet’ is estimated to number at least 600 tankers worldwide; whereas these are older tankers, often sailing without industry standard insurance and frequently changing names and flag registrations, enabling Russia to sell a significant portion of its oil above the price cap and undermining the ability of governments to hold the owners of the tankers liable for clean-up in the event of oil spills; whereas these ships are generally unfit for service and contribute to the rising risk of maritime collisions on international trade routes, thereby posing a serious environmental hazard due to the high risk of oil spills harming marine ecosystems and coastal areas, including…

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   G. whereas the ‘shadow fleet’ is estimated to number at least 600 tankers worldwide; whereas these are older tankers, often sailing without industry standard insurance and frequently changing names and flag registrations, enabling Russia to sell a significant portion of its oil above the price cap and undermining the ability of governments to hold the owners of the tankers liable for clean-up in the event of oil spills; whereas some ‘shadow fleet’ vessels are registered in tax havens; whereas for instance, 25 vessels were purchased via a company in the Marshall Islands, using funds provided by Eiger Shipping DMCC, a subsidiary of Lukoi based in the United Arab Emirates; whereas this shows th…

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6. Amendment 6PfEJoint motion for a resolution · Paragraph 15 a (new)
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   15a. Calls on the Commission to conduct an audit to understand to what extent the 14 packages of sanctions imposed on Russia have had a negative impact on the EU, particularly on energy and food prices;

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