1 Amendments of Nils TORVALDS related to 2013/2101(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that data collected and forwarded by Member States to the EU under the DCF is an excellent source of information on fishing activity and that this huge reserve of information is compiled by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) and assessed by experts from the working groups of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF); adds that the data collected by the Member States under t he DCF are used by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) to provide scientific information on resources and advice on fisheries management; a Member State that does not fulfil data collection and transmission obligations shall be sanctioned by freezing and/or decreasing of funds from the EMFF;