29 Amendments of Linnéa ENGSTRÖM related to 2017/2129(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the EC Communication "Trade for all: towards a more responsible trade and investment policy" commits the EU to a more responsible trade policy as an instrument for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Considers that compliance of fisheries and aquaculture products from third countries with EU standards relating to environmental and social sustainability would promote sustainability in those third countries and help create fairer competition between EU products and products from third countries;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Insists that the Commission must re-evaluate the system in place which allows selected third countries to determine which fishing and processing vessels, including reefers, are authorised to export directly to the EU, so as to ensure that all product entering the EU is fully traceable and the relevant hygiene and sanitary norms are demonstrably met;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that allowing third countries to delegate to other selected third countries the right to award such certificates, even to a coastal State, is contrary to the concept of flag State responsibility which underpins the CFP, including the IUU Regulation, and should be discontinued;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Further believes that, as regards fishing vessels, a phytosanitary inspection by the competent authorities should take place at least once every year;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Contrasts the commendable record of the Member States in ratifying labour conventions relating to seafarers with their exceedingly poor record in ratifying conventions relating to fishers, and urges them to ratify the relevant instruments promptly, including ILO C188, the Cape Town Agreement for Fishers and the SCTW Convention for Fishers;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Supports the continuing efforts to improve EU fisheries policy in order to make it more environmentally sustainable, ensuring the long-term survival of coastal communities and a source of nutritious food; contrasts this with the increasing openness of the EU market for fisheries products from third countries that do not have similarly strict management regimes; considers this to be a lack of coherence between fisheries policy and trade policy;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Paragraph 12 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Insists that FTAs and other multilateral agreements with trade provisions negotiated by the Commission include reinforced chapters concerning fisherie sustainable development that address specific fisheries concerns that:
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – subparagraph 2
Paragraph 12 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Stresses that, in order to rectify the short-comings in the implementation of Trade and Sustainable development chapters in FTAs, and to give force to these provisions, they should be subject to a binding dispute settlement mechanism (including government-to-government consultations, a panel procedure, public access to documents, consultation of civil society), complete with the possibility of applying sanctions in case of non- compliance with their international commitments;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Calls upon the Commission to propose amendments to the GSP+ Regulation so as to include important fishery instruments such as the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, the UN Fish Stocks Agreement, the FAO Compliance Agreement and the FAO Port State Measures Agreement among those that must be ratified and applied, and provisions to allow the suspension of GSP+ status in cases where the provisions of these instruments are not applied;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Expresses its alarm at the weaknesses and loopholes in customs controls described in the European Court of Auditors Special Report 19/2017 and urges the Commission and Member States to implement the recommendations contained therein as rapidly as possible;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12 d. Notes that, in addition to the general obligations for non-financial disclosure for large companies, additional requirements for increased due diligence responsibilities have been imposed on actors of all sizes (including SMEs) for two problematic sectors - timber and conflict minerals - to be applied throughout the custody chain; considers that fisheries products would benefit from similar obligations and urges the Commission to examine the feasibility of introducing due diligence requirements for fisheries products;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that while the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products apply to all fishery and aquaculture products, those on labelling for consumers only apply to a relatively small group of products, excluding prepared, preserved or processed products; considers that consumer information should be improved for these products, too, including the additional of compulsory information on labels;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Considers that the compulsory information on the label on fishery products should also include the flag State of the vessel which caught it;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Notes that consumers want and expect high social and environmental standards for the food they consume, and considers that a revision and expansion of marketing standards applicable to all fish products, regardless of their origin, would be one way to ensure a fairer competition between products caught by EU operators and imported products;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls upon the Commission, in its follow-up to the consultation on marketing standards, to explore means of developing standards that ensure that only fish caught from stocks which are managed sustainable are allowed onto the EU market;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – indent 1
Paragraph 19 – indent 1
- uneven levels of sanctions and lack of implementation of the points system in different Member States;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – indent 2
Paragraph 19 – indent 2
- sanctions that are not sufficiently dissuasive, effective and proportionate to prevent the repetition of infringements;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – indent 3
Paragraph 19 – indent 3
- unsatisfactory collection of data by, and exchange of data among, Member States;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Agrees that certain provisions of the regulations are open to interpretation and have hindered uniform implementation, but considers that with sufficient openness and political will, the Commission and the Member States could do much more through informal agreements and publication of guidelines and interpretations;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Notes that this was the intention behind the Expert Group on Compliance, agreed during the reform of the CFP as a venue for frank discussion on short- comings among the players in a non- judgemental manner, and regrets that this is not how the Group has, so far, developed;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20 b. Considers that much more needs to be done to encourage full implementation of the control regime, including appropriate follow-up on detected infringements, better reporting by the Member States on actions taken and exchange of information among the Member States and the Commission;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20 c. Urges the Commission to use the full set of instruments at its disposal to encourage the Member States to fully implement the provisions of the control regime, including, where appropriate, withholding funds of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Strongly regrets the decision of the Commission to launch a major revision of the entire control regime without proper public consultations on either the implementation of the IUU Regulation or the mandate of the EFCA, nor on the revision of the entire package, as required by the Better Regulation Guidelines; considers that a formal public consultation on all elements, prior to the proposal of a revision, would allow all stakeholders to have full input into the revision of this most critical pillar of the CFP;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Insists that the revised control regime must include, among its basic principles: - EU-wide standards and norms concerning inspections at sea, in port and throughout the chain of custody; - full traceability of information for fish as it moves through the custody chain, from the vessel to the point of final sale; - complete data on catches by all operators, including vessels under ten metres and recreational fishers - common levels of sanctions in all Member States; - common definition of what constitutes an infraction; - a point system applied by all Member States in an equivalent manner - sanctions that are sufficiently dissuasive, effective and proportionate; - a system for the sharing of all information concerning observed infractions and the legal and judicial follow-up which is accessible by all Member States and the Commission; - full use of improvements in the available technologies, including inclusion of the ability to adopt future technologies as they evolve without the need for a legislative amendment; - unambiguous establishment of responsibilities of the Commission and the Member States and, where applicable, regions within the member States; - no regionalization of the control regulation;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22 b. Insists that the provisions and principles of the IUU Regulation not be altered or weakened in any way, considering the enormous success of this regulation in its impact on fisheries around the world;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22 c. Insists that the inclusion of third countries in the processes of pre- identification, identification and listing of the IUU regulation be without political interference of any kind, and that the de- listing be based strictly on the full achievement by the country concerned of the improvements considered by the Commission to be necessary;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 d (new)
Paragraph 22 d (new)
22 d. Considers that the role of the EFCA should be reinforced, to involve it in the application of the control and IUU regulations more fully, including the verification and cross-checking of data along the chain of custody, the planning and coordination of inspections by the Commission and Member States, the verification of catch certificates;