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12 Amendments of Carmen FRAGA ESTÉVEZ related to 2008/2223(INI)

Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for members of its Fisheries Committee to be given observer status at meetings of the Council of Fisheries Ministers;deleted
2009/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for a list of Rthe Council, the Commission, and Parliament to complete the work required to reach a genuine agreement laying down standard forms of participation for members of the European Parliament Committee on Fisheries in regional Ffisheries Omanagement organisations (RFMOs) and other international bodies at which attendance by members of the European Parliament Committee on Fisheries should bwhose meetings are given over to discussion of subjects affecting the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), on the funded as routine by the Parliamentrstanding that this should in no way detract from their present observer status at meetings for which such an arrangement has been agreed;
2009/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for fuller information to be supplied about the operation of Fisheries Partnership Agreements and, in particular,Also calls on the Council, in agreement with the Commission and Parliament, to allow members of Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries to serve on the joint committees set up under Fisheries Partnership Agreements, to enable them to bring the necessary scrutiny to bear on those activities of the Joint Monitoring Committeesgreements; points out in addition that entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon will entail much greater responsibilities for Parliament, since partnership agreements will have to be approved by the assent procedure;
2009/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that different options are suggested for AFCA’s long-term future: replacement by a RAC Coordinating Committee; reduction in size with representation solely from different segments of the fleet; trade and processing; fish and shellfish farming and port activities; increase in size, including recreational fisheries, retailers and coastal and marine users; merging AFCA into a wider Maritime Consultation Group;deleted
2009/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. StrPoints out that the fisheries ses the importance of avoiding overlap, particularly withctor is still not considered to have a sufficient say in the decisions affecting it; points to the differences, in terms of roles and operation, between the ACFA and RACs, inasmuch as the former performs an advisory role extending to the CFP as a whole and covers the entire Community area, whereas the workrole of RACs, and considers that the final option would fit well is to give specialised advice within their spheres of influence; accordingly considers that the coexistence of the different advisory bodies helps to make for compatibility with maritime and marine policy, and integrated coastal zone management;
2009/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Expresses its disquiet at the fact some organisations serving in RACs as ‘other interest groups’ repeatedly take advantage of their presence, even though they might be in the minority, to block decisions supported by a majority of fisheries sector representatives and obstruct decision-taking by consensus;
2009/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – indent 2
- ensure that RACs are invited to participate in the Fisheries Committee when the agenda covers matters on which they are involved in giving advice, at regular intervals and whenever, given the relevance of the subjects to be discussed, it appears advisable to do so, RACs are invited to participate in the Fisheries Committee to enable them to put forward their views or makinge recommendations;
2009/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – indent 3
- invite members of the Inter-RAC Committee to make a presentation to the Committee subsequent to its coordinating meetings with the Commissestablish a procedure to ensure that the secretariats of the Committee on Fisheries, the RACs, and the Inter-RAC Committee remain in regular contact for the purpose of exchanging and gathering information related to their activities, advice, and recommendations;
2009/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – indent 4
- host an annual conference involving the RACs and the Commission;deleted
2009/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Asks the RACs to keep members of the Fisheries Committee informed of their activities, advice and recommendations and to invite their attendance at meetings;deleted
2009/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. BelievUrges that there should be progressive devolution of management responsibilities to RACs advisory role of RACs be fully accepted and respected by the Commission, both before legislative proposals are submitted and while they are being dealt with;
2009/02/02
Committee: PECH
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Believes also that the coming reform of the CFP should bring about its full decentralisation, with RACs as the core;deleted
2009/02/02
Committee: PECH