6 Amendments of Massimo CASANOVA related to 2020/2169(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls the importance of fisheries control in achieving the objectives of the common fisheries policy (CFP); acknowledges the Agency’s vital contribution to implementing these goals; stresses that the ongoing revision of the regulation governing fisheries control will increase the Agency’s workload; stresses, therefore, that the financial and human resources available to the Agency need to be increased in the coming calls, therefore, for resources to be optimised with a view to achieving maximum efficiency without increasing costs for European taxpayears;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the continuous improvement since 2017 in the implementation rate of the Agency’s work programme, which reached 99% in 2019, up from 98% in 2018 and 93% in 2017; notes, further, that in 2019 the Agency coordinated 32 381 fishing vessel inspections, which led to the detection of 1 487 suspected infringements, an increase, respectively, of 20.2% and 107.8% on the 2018 figures; takes the view that these figures show that inspections and follow- up activities remain a key tool for ensuring that the rules of the CFP are observed; calls, in that regard, for checks to be carried out to establish how many suspected infringements were actually infringements;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for more attention to be paid in the monitoring of non-EU fishing vessels to prevent discrepancies arising in the application of rules for vessels flying an EU flag;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the fact that, since 2017, the tripartite working arrangement between the Agency, the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) has functioned well; notes that the Agency is on track to achieve, by the end of 2020, the objectives set out in the arrangement; calls on the Agency to continue its efforts in that regard; considers the arrangement an example of synergy between EU agencies that should inspire agencies in other areas;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Takes note of the Agency’s policy of promoting equal treatment of staff and of its goal of gender equality in terms both of numbers and of grades and responsibility levels; notes that, on 31 December 2019, a total of 46% of staff members were female; criticises the fact that women account for only 26% of staff employed at grade AD 8 or higher; notes, however, that this rate is a nine-point improvement on the 2018 figure and a two- point improvement on the 2017 figure; calls on the Agency to keep up its efforts with regard to its gender parity policy, in terms of both the number of women employed and their grade;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Deplores the fact that, despite the Agency’s commitment in June 2018 to publishing information on the relevant executive director and staff meetings with lobbyists on its website, no such information has been published yet; calls on the Agency to deliver on its commitment and regularly update the page on its website dedicated to providing this information, with regard to both registering meetings and publishing any resulting documents; failing to meet this commitment in the future should not go without consequence;