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REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products PDF (454 KB) DOC (848 KB)
Amendments (23)
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) It is essential, in order for the Common Market Organisation to be a success, that consumers are informed, through marketing and educational campaigns, about the value of eating fish and the wide variety of species available, as well as told of the importance of being able to understand the information contained on labels;
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Producer organisations are the key actors for the appropriate application of the Common Fisheries Policy and the Common Market Organisation. It is therefore necessary to strengthen their objectives and to provide the necessary financial support to ensure that their members carry out fishing and aquaculture activities in a sustainable manner, improve the placing on the market of products, and collect economic information on aquaculture. When realising these objectives, producer organisations should take account the different conditions of the fishery and aquaculture sectors prevailing in the Union, in particular the specificities of small-scale fisheries.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Producer organisations may create a collective fshall be allocated Community financial assistance under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund to finance the production and marketing plans and the storage mechanism.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) promoting viable and sustainable fishing activities of their members in full compliance with the conservation policy laid down in the Regulation on the Common Fisheries Policy and environmental legislation;
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) handlingpromoting avoidance and minimisation of unwanted catches of commercial stocks;
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) contributing to employment in the coastal areas
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) makAssisting the best use ofir members to develop and implement measures to minimise and avoid unwanted catches of commercial stocks by:
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 1
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 2
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 3
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 3
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a Financing of associations of producer organisations. (a) The European Maritime and Fisheries Fund may financially contribute towards the establishment and/or development of associations of producer organisations. (b) The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 50, laying down detailed rules concerning such financial support.
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) they comply with the competition rules laid down in Chapter VI;
Amendment 276 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1(a) a fishery producer organisation is deemed representative where it accounts for at least 6530 % of the quantities marketed of the relevant product during the previous year in the area where it is proposed to extend the rules
Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. Within two month7 days of receipt of the notification, the Commission shall take a decision authorising or refusing to authorise the extension of rules and shall inform the Member States. Where the Commission has not taken a decision within the two-month period7 days, the extension of rules shall be deemed to have been authorised by the Commission.
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. Each producer organisation shall submit a production and marketing plan to their competent national authorities to fulfil the objectives laid down in Articles 3 and 7.
Amendment 324 #
Proposal for a regulation
Section 6 – title
Section 6 – title
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 354 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3
Article 40 – paragraph 3
3. All fishery products landed, including those not complying with marketing standards, may be, under the responsibility of the Member States, distributed free of charge to philanthropic or charitable institutions established in the Union or to persons who are recognised by the legislation of the Member State concerned as being entitled to public assistanceused for bait, as well as for fishmeal and fish oil. Producer organisation members shall be eligible for reimbursement to cover the costs incurred in landing these fisheries products.
Amendment 380 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) the date of catchlanding of fishery products or harvest of aquaculture products;
Amendment 447 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
(cc) The Commission shall also undertake to ensure that in primary and second level schools across the Union, information campaigns are carried out so that younger citizens and their teachers are aware of the benefits of consuming fish, and of the huge variety of species of fish which are available for consumption;
Amendment 448 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) make adequate market information available to the adequate level to stakeholdersall stakeholders. This should include making such information available to consumers in an accessible and understandable manner.
Amendment 464 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – New entries to be inserted/added
Annex II – New entries to be inserted/added
Boarfish (Caproidae) Sprat (Sprattus Sprattus) Turbot (Psetta Maxima) Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus Labrax) Argentines (Argentina Silus) Spider Crab (Maja Brachydactela) Lobster (Homarus Gammarus)