Activities of Ivan JAKOVČIĆ related to 2016/2076(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU action plan against wildlife trafficking (A8-0303/2016 - Catherine Bearder) HR
Amendments (19)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the protection of endangered animal and plant species is an issue of global interest, which requires cooperation between all nations, includingespecially those of the EU;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission to acknowledge and pay due attention to IUU fishing carried out in Europe and its immediate neighbourhood (such as the fishing of glass-eels and sturgeon and damage to coral);
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the principle of effectiveness of public action requires the Member States to coordinate their actions if endangered animal and plant species are to be protected successfully;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates the need for continuing scientific research and technological development of fishing gear, so as to prevent by-catches and alleviate pressure in the form of catches on stocks of organisms that are the target of trafficking;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas wildlife trafficking is a serious and growing threat to global security, political stability, economic development, local livelihoods and the rule of law, and therefore requires a strategic, coordinated EU approach involving all the actors concerned;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of maintaining the traceability of fisheries products and ensuring that they are properly labelled;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member State authorities to step up their cooperation in the fight against cross- border wildlife trafficking, particularly between enforcement agencies, including police, customs, judicial, and sanitary and trade inspection authorities;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Supports alternative sustainable production methods in order to reduce pressure on wild organisms (e.g. aAquaculture) and calls for appropriate financial support to be granted to production of this kind;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers awareness-raising and environmental literacy initiatives to be essential and believes that education systems and the media have a key role to play;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EU to take its own measures and support other initiatives promotensuring the development of alternative livelihoods for local communities close to the wildlife concerned and contributing to the recovery and conservation of endangered wildlife populations;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the EU, as a matter of urgency, to address corruption and the shortcomings of international governance measures across the wildlife trafficking chain and take international cooperation measures; calls for the EU and its Member States to engage with partner countries through the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) and other fora to tackle the problem in source, transit and destination markets; calls on all Member States to fully comply with the provisions of UNCAC;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises the need to provide assistance and guidance to source countries concerning enforcement and judicial procedures at local, regional and national level; calls for the EU to enableprovide for training, specialised equipment and expertise to be provided where necessary;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Member States to ensure that enforcement agencies, prosecution services and national judiciaries have the necessary specialist, material, financial and human resources to combat wildlife crime;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the need for inter- agency cooperation and calls on the Member States to provide Europol with continuous and relevant intelligence and data; urges Europol to consider wildlife crime in the next EU Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA); calls for the establishment of a specialised Wildlife Crime Unit within Europol, with transnational powers and responsibilities and sufficient specialist, material, financial and human resources, enabling centralised information and analysis and coordinated enforcement strategies and investigations;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Member States to comply with the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC) as a basis for international action and mutual legal assistance and as a key step towards a common coordinated approach to combating wildlife crime; deeply regrets, in this connection, the fact that eleven Member States have not yet implemented UNTOC;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States to recognisinvestigate the scale of online wildlife trafficking and to build capacity in order to ensure that channels exist to trigger assistance from cross-border units specialised in cybercrime;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up dialogue and operational cooperation with source, transit and destination countries in the wildlife trafficking supply chain and to provide them with technical assistance and diplomatic support;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Notes that CITES, the EU Timber Regulation and the EU IUU regulatory framework are tools for regulating international wildlife trade; is concerned, however, about regulatory gaps with regard to species and actors; calls, therefore, for the EU to review and amend the existing legislative framework with a view to prohibiting the making available and placing on the market, transport, acquisition and possession of wildlife that has been illegally harvested or traded in third countries; considers that such legislation would harmonise and simplify the existing EU framework and that the transnational impact of such legislation can play a key role in reducing and combating global wildlife trafficking;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Member States to harmonise and tighten up the penalties to be imposed on end buyers of wildlife that has been the subject of unlawful and criminal activity;