6 Amendments of Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK related to 2022/0212(BUD)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the economic, social and environmental aspects of fisheries, aquaculture and maritime affairs; stresses their vital role in ensuring global food safety and resilience of food systems, but also in boosting the development of the sustainable blue economy and their contribution to developing and revitalising coastal areas; Takes the view that maintaining the competitive position of the fisheries and aquaculture sectors must go hand in hand with achieving social, environmental and economic objectives set out in the CFP as well as in the Green Deal and subsequent strategies respecting the outcome of impact assessments and stakeholder consultations;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that Russia’s military aggression has led to significant disruptions in trade flows and an increase in energy prices requiring the use of European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) crisis measures; calls on the Commission to further increase such efforts with the aim of compensating the sharp increase of fuel prices and other additional costs with a maximum of flexibility, which since March 2022 have doubled compared to the average price in 2021; welcomes the amending of the EMFF regulation1 [1]aiming at alleviating the consequences of the war on the sector and on the markets; _________________ 1 COM(2022)179 final
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Insists on the necessity to improve scientific and technical knowledge to ensure the most reliable research-based solutions; reiterates the importance of ensuring sufficient financial resources for the collection, management, use and exchange of data in the fisheries sector; and to invest in research on selective fishing techniques
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Commission to publish a detailed report on the re-programming of unspent EMFF and EMFAF allocations; is alarmed by the fact that 3 513,83 [1]million EUR related to the EMFF programme in the period 2014 – 2020 remains to be paid or reimbursed as of 31 December 2021 and that 14% of the funds still need to be allocated; invites the Members States and the Commission to urgently adopt the operational programmes under the EMFAF; _________________ 3 https://cohesiondata.ec.europa.eu/funds/em ff and to increase the paying out and flexibility of allocating these unspent funds
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Draws attention to the international dimension of the CFP and its economic, social and environmental benefits and calls on the Commission to devote adequate resources to Oceans governance; stresses the importance of international cooperation, transparency, traceability and level playing field to achieve EU’s commitments;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that generational renewal is one of the European fishing sector’s priorities; invites Member States to draw on the EMFAF to finance the introduction of programmes specifically designed to help young people to take up careers in fisheries, to make the sector more diverse and to encourage people from under- represented groups, particularly women, to join the sector; Calls, in this regard in addition, on the Commission to support the mobilisation of budgetary resources to improve the working conditions on board fishing vessels, and for the implementation of projects to support the creation of an association of young European fishers;