EUROPEAN COMMISSION (SANCTIONING POWERS) ACT
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In light of newly proposed amendments, I will be extending the debate period until Monday, 1 March 2021 at 12h00 GMT.
Charles Michel
Council Speaker and Councilor for the Kingdom of Fremet -
The debate period has ended. We will now vote on amendments.
The proposed amendments are as follows:
Amendment I: (Proposed by PC Cocx)
SECTION I - SANCTION REQUESTS
III.
TwoFour separate Sanction Sponsors must submit a Sanction Request against the same Member State in order for the Sanction Request to be considered.
Amendment II: (Proposed by PC Cocx)
SECTION II - SANCTION IMPLEMENTATION
I. Should the European Commission decide to grant a Sanction Request,
it will notify the European Council accordinglythe Premier Commissioner shall propose a Sanction motion to the European Council. Upon passage of this motion, the Premier Commissioner shall then assume the role of Sanction Enforcer;
Amendment III: (Proposed by PC Cocx)
SECTION III - SANCTION TYPES
III. Military Sanctions
(i.) Suspension of trade in arms and/or military equipment between Member States and the Sanction Subject;
(ii.) Suspension of military agreements between the Sanction Subject and other Member States;
(iii.) Infiltration and degradation of military installations belonging to the Sanction Subject either by cyberwarfare or direct military means;Renumber Section III.IV as Section III.III
Amendment IV: (Proposed by Councilor Tusk)
SECTION I - SANCTION REQUESTS
(i.) A two-thirds majority of the European Commission may grant a Sanction Request only if the Premier Commissioner is not the dissenting party.
Amendment V: (Proposed by Councilor Tusk)
SECTION IV - APPEALS
IV. Other Member States may also appeal to end region-wide Sanctions
by petitioning the Premier Commissioner;by a joint appeal along with the Sanction Subject;
V. The Premier Commissioner shall then meet with representatives from the appealing Member State if the European Court of Justice lifts Sanctions in order to seek for a compensation to the Sanction Subject.The Premier Commissioner may offer financial incentives to appealing Member States to compensate economic damage as a result of the region-wide sanctions imposed by the Sanction Enforcer;
VI. The proposed compensation shall be proposed to the European Council as a Compensation motion, which shall be passed by majority vote.
Voting starts NOW and ends 7 March 2020 at 20h00 GMT.
I vote FOR Amendments I, II, and IV.
I vote AGAINST Amendments III and V.Charles Michel
Council Speaker and Councilor for the Kingdom of Fremet -
I Vote AGAINST all the Amendments.
Francis Plessis
EU Councilor for Leagio -
The Empire of Inimicus votes FOR Amendments I, II, III, and IV, and AGAINST Amendment V.
Nicholas Benfield
Interim Councillor for Inimicus -
United Duchies votes for ammendments I, II. , IV and V and against Ammendment II
Sky Hooke , Deputy Councillour for United Duchies -
On behalf of the Alkharyan Republic, I vote FOR Amendment I and II, and vote AGAINST Amendment III, IV and V.
Metin Fazlı
European Councillor of the Alkharyan Republic -
I vote FOR Amendments I, II, IV and V and AGAINST Amendment III.
Donald Tusk
Deputy Speaker and Councillor for Spain -
Voting on amendments has now concluded.
With 5 votes FOR and 1 vote AGAINST, Amendments I and II have PASSED. With 1 vote FOR and 5 votes AGAINST, Amendment III has FAILED. With 4 votes FOR and 2 votes AGAINST, Amendment IV has PASSED. With 2 votes FOR and 4 votes AGAINST, Amendment V has FAILED.
Final voting begins NOW and will last until 22:05 GMT on March 11th, 2021.
On behalf of the Kingdom of Spain, I vote FOR this act.
Donald Tusk
Deputy Speaker and Councillor for Spain -
On behalf of United Duchies I vote for Skye Hook , Deputy Councillour for United Duchies
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On behalf of the Realm of Great Ruthund, I vote AGAINST this act.
Tony Odhinazen
EU Councilor, Ruthund -
On behalf of the Alkharyan Republic, I vote FOR this act.
Metin Fazlı
European Councillor of the Alkharyan Republic -
The Empire of Inimicus votes FOR this Act.
Interim Cllr Nicholas Benfield
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On behalf of the Kingdom of Montenbourg, I vote FOR this act.
Emma Granger
Councillor for Montenbourg -
On behalf of the Republic of Nofoaga, I vote FOR this act.
Mrs. Paul-Gabrielle Muzhare
EU-Councillor for the Republic of Nofoaga -
On behalf of the Commonwealth of Leagio, I vote AGAINST this act.
Francis Plessis
EU Councilor for Leagio -
On behalf of the Kingdom of Reitzmag, I vote AGAINST this act.
Yuridiana Yahontov
Interim Deputy Councilor, Kingdom of Reitzmag -
On behalf of the Kingdom of Pravoslaviya, I vote AGAINST this act. Tupac out.
Cllr Tupac Shakur
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Voting has now concluded. With 6 votes FOR and 4 votes AGAINST, this Act has PASSED.
Donald Tusk
Deputy Speaker and Councillor from Spain -
"I would like to thank all those Councillors and nation states who have made the passage of this Act possible. We are now one step closer to tackling the huge problem of rogue regimes in this Union. I am content that the Commission and the Council will act in tandem in this regard, and I am more than happy with the Act as amended."
Commissioner Walter Cocx
The Kingdom of Spain
