12. Strongly condemns any attempts by Member States or companies within the European Union to import electric-shock stun belts whose import is prohibited by Council Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005, or other electric-shock body-worn restraint devices essentially similar in effect, although legal, and urges the Commission to conduct an urgent investigation to establish whether and when electric-shock stun belts or related parts, other electric-shock body-worn restraint devices, technical assistance or training have been transferred to any Member States prior to, or since, the introduction of the Regulation, to determine whether such devices h ...[+++]ave been deployed by any law enforcement or prison authorities in those countries and to report its findings to Parliament;

12. Strongly condemns any attempts by Member States or companies within the European Union to import electric-shock stun belts whose import is prohibited by Council Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005, or other electric-shock body-worn restraint devices essentially similar in effect, and urges the Commission to conduct an urgent investigation to establish whether and when electric-shock stun belts or related parts, other electric-shock body-worn restraint devices, technical assistance or training have been transferred to any Member States prior to, or since, the introduction of the Regulation; to determine whether such devices have been deploy ...[+++]ed by any law enforcement or prison authorities in those countries; and to report its findings to Parliament;

Taking into account the fact that some Member States have already prohibited exports and imports of such goods, it is appropriate to grant Member States the right to prohibit exports and imports of leg-irons, gang-chains and portable electric shock devices other than electric shock belts.

I. whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005 allows the importation into European Union Member States of electric-shock body-worn restraint devices whose trade is not prohibited, although they are essentially similar in effect to electric-shock stun belts prohibited for import into the European Union by Council Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005, and whereas European-based companies have reportedly imported them into some Member States, according to reports by Amnesty International, the Omega Research Foundation and Inter-Press Service,

The landfill directive already bans the landfill of tyres and partially bans landfill of biodegradable waste.

Moreover, the directive contains a number of targets concerning the reduction of biodegradable waste disposed of in landfills and bans the landfilling certain types of waste, such as liquid wastes, infectious waste and most tyres.