Activities of Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA related to 2018/0356M(NLE)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
Amendments (10)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas it is recognized that illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing constitutes an organised crime of the seas with disastrous worldwide environmental and socio-economic impacts;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the EU is the world’s largest trader of fishery and aquaculture products in value terms, reaching a trade volume of more than EUR 2,3 billion in 2017;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas Vietnam is the fourth biggest world fish producer, followed by the European Union;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas according to EUMOFA, the EU imports cover 68% of the EU domestic consumption;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Reminds that in 2017 the European Union issued a "yellow card" to Vietnam as a non-cooperating country in the fight against illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing due to its serious deficiencies in its control system; highlights that serious labour abuses in the Vietnamese fishing industry have been reported.
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Highlights that trade agreements are connected with the EU IUU policy and emphasises the need to ensure a level playing field in order to avoid a situation of unfair competition between the EU and imported products which would jeopardize the competitiveness of the EU fishing industry;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. AppreciatesTakes note of the adoption by the Vietnamese Government of a new framework law for the fisheries sector and the setup of coordinated monitoring, control and enforcement structures committed to effectively tackling and deterring IUU fishing; reminds that further efforts need to be deployed by the Vietnamese authorities in order to ensure an effective implementation an enforcement of the new legal framework;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. EncouraUrges the Vietnamese authorities to closely monitor the country’s fishing fleet and to implement measures to ensure the full traceability of fisheries products destined for export to the EU market;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Regrets that Vietnam has not ratified yet the ILO Work in Fishing Convention (ILO C188)and urges the Vietnamese authorities to ratify it before the entry into force of the FTA agreement.
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the CommissionExpresses strong concerns about the EU signing a FTA with Vietnam considering the country has not yet effectively tackled and implemented tools to fight IUU fishing, a necessary precondition to achieve sustainable fisheries. Calls on the Commission to suspend preferential tariffs on fisheries products until the yellow card' has been lifted, while continuing to carry out IUU audits and to make use of all the tools ats its disposal, including the ‘"red card’", should Viet Nnam fail to fulfil the conditions for sustainable fisheries.