15 Amendments of José BLANCO LÓPEZ related to 2017/2119(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 6 July 2017on promoting cohesion and development in the outermost regions of the EU implementation of Article 349 of the TFEU1a, _________________ 1a Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0316
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU fishing sector is facing ever-more difficult and complex challenges; whereas the status of resources and the increase in outgoings, particularly variations in the price of fuel, may have a decisive impact on fishermen’s incomes; whereas, in this context, downward variations in fishing quotas mean that local communities face complicated situations owing to the reduction in extractive activities; whereas, in addition, the increase in transport costs, which result of a double impact of the rise of the fuel prices, they face competition from imports of products from third countries;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Article 349 of the TFEU recognises the special economic and social situation of the outermost regions (ORs), which is compounded by structural factors (remoteness, insularity, small size, difficult topography and climate, dependence on a few products, etc.) the permanence and combination of which severely restrain their development and the value chain in fishing sector;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas one way of guaranteeing that fishery products from the ORs are competitive is to ensure that the price of fish from those regions is not inflated as a result of transport costs when it reaches the main destination markets;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas a very low profile is given to the role of women in the fishing sector, although women often provide the backstage work, such as of logistical support or the bureaucracy associated with the activity, but also as fisherwomen and masters in some fishing vessels;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage promotional campaigns for EU small-scale fisheries carried out by the EU, the national governments and the local governments; believes that these promotional activities should also work together with private initiatives to promote local food products, such as the Slowfish initiative;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to help the movement of EU small-scale fishers' organisations with the development of a dedicated logo which guarantees: a fresh fish product, excellent quality, controlled health standards, compliance with km 0 requirements (favouring local products over products transported from far away), close to consumers, in-line with traditions, etc;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to include a clause in trade agreements with third countries in relation to EU quality standards and compliance with labour practices in agreement with the International Labour Organization, requiring that imports comply with the same rules as EU fishing products;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights that one of the key threats to fisheries products from EU small-scale fishers is cheap imports of fishery and aquaculture products; calls on the Commission and the Member States to closely monitor the compliance of fisheries and aquaculture products imported into the EU with the current safety and quality EU legislation, as well as with the regulation on IUU fishing;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to allow appropriate use to be made of regionalisation, with particular attention to the Outermost Regions, and a differentiation of support instruments, and for it to be possible for these to be adapted to different types of producer organisations and their specific needs;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers it crucial for support for the transport of fish from the ORs, up until it reaches the international market, to be maintained and preferably increased so as to guarantee fair competition with products from other locations;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission to look into the possibility of creating, as soon as possible, a financial instrument specifically to provide support for fisheries, on the basis of POSEI for the agricultural sector in the ORs, with the capacity genuinely to enhance their fisheries potential believes that consideration should be given to the possibility of bringing together in this specific instrument, in particular, the provisions of Article 8 (State aid), Article 13(5) (Budgetary resources under shared management), Article 70 (Compensation regime), Article 71 (Calculation of the compensation), Article 72 (Compensation plan) and Article 73 (State aid for implementing compensation plans) of the existing EMFF;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Stresses, further, the importance of the sea, of marine resources and of fisheries products in promoting cohesion and development in the ORs and in the implementation of Article 349 of the TFEU urges the Commission, in this context, to respect Article 349 of the TFEU, also in relation to fisheries, by fully reinstating the independent POSEI- Fisheries scheme, which was abolished as part of the reform of the current EMFF;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Member States and regional authorities to help fishing enterprises to access the knowledge, networks and funding required to undertake innovative activities and design new products (‘novel foods’) in particular in the valuation of species already captured and that have small economic value, so as to generate synergies between different parts of the chain and make the sector more resilient;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Believes that the value chain of fisheries products is complex, going from producers through various middlemen to the retailer or restaurant; highlights that fish brokers and fish processors play an important role in the value chain; notes that, on average, the margin in the value chain is that only 10% go to the producers, and the remaining 90% are for the intermediaries; underlines that the shortening of the value chain, notably through the establishment of producer organisations which are key players through their production and marketing plans, is an initial vehicle to improving the income of the small-scale fishers, but also of getting a better product (probably at a better price) to the consumer;