7 Amendments of Marco AFFRONTE related to 2018/0256M(NLE)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph (AM 4)
Paragraph (AM 4)
Highlights that it would be feasible, also for the Moroccan or any other fleet, to identify what catches have been caught in waters adjacent to Western Sahara; calls, therefore, on the EU and Morocco to swiftlyCommission to swiftly clarify how it intends to introduce clear indications of origin on fisheries products caught in these waters;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph (AM 5)
Paragraph (AM 5)
Emphasises that a pre-condition for the Parliament to give its consent to the agreement is to ensure that there will be aa reliable mechanism in place to trace products, including fisheries products, from Western Sahara or its adjacent waters so thatwhich is in full compliance with EU customs legislation and which will allow Member States customs authorities as well as consumers have a clear indication of their origin; calls on the EU and Moroccoexpects the Commission to swiftly present a viable solution to this end; expects the corrective measures laid down in the agreement to be used in that regard;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph
Paragraph
Notes that under the agreement, “products originating in Western Sahara subject to controls by customs authorities of the Kingdom of Morocco” shall benefit from the trade preferences under this agreement, and hence that fishery products processed in the part of Western Sahara outside Moroccan control may not benefit from tariff preferences; expects the Commission to clarify the territorial scope of the agreement and to ensure that fishing sector operators in and fishery products from the part of Western Sahara outside Moroccan control are not discriminated as a result of this agreement
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph
Paragraph
Notes with concern the inability of the Commission to provide reliable data on the volume of fishery products that benefited from undue preferential tariffs before the ruling of the European Court of Justice on the matter; recalls in this regard the admission in the Staff Working Document accompanying the agreement, that “the Moroccan figures for the value of exports of fishery products from Western Sahara are lower than the EU figures for imports”; considers that this situation raises serious questions with regard to the past monitoring by the Commission of the trade in fishery products originated in Western Sahara;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph
Paragraph
Notes the lack of reliable and independent sources of information on the fisheries sector in Western Sahara due to the severe restrictions on access to the territory enforced by the Moroccan authorities; doubts therefore the reliability and accuracy of the assessment provided by the Commission on the fisheries sector in Western Sahara;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph
Paragraph
Calls for the establishment of an EU- Western Sahara subcommittee on trade, fisheries and agriculture to be established, in accordance with the distinct and separate status of the territory concerned;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph
Paragraph
Calls therefore on the Committee on International Trade, as the committee responsible, to propose that the European Parliament decline its consent;