5 Amendments of Oihane AGIRREGOITIA MARTÍNEZ related to 2024/2030(DEC)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the Unions ‘zero tolerance’ approach to IUU fishing and the Agency’s vital contribution in the implementation of the common fisheries policy (CFP), in particular of fisheries control and the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing; welcomes the increase of the seaborne Offshore Patrol activities coupled and a intensification in its chartered Aerial Surveillance; notes that expenses for chartering Off-Shore Patrol Vessels augmented by 105 % while those for Aerial Surveillance chartering increased eight- fold staying within budget as foreseen in its Single Programming Document for 2023; stresses that this development is due to the augmentation of tasks and activities entrusted to the Agency;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that it is the Member States that are primarily responsible for the control of fishing activities, while the Agency’s tasks are limited to support and coordination; stresses that the newly adopted revision of the Fisheries Control Regulations will increase the Agency’s supportive workload to enable a more harmonised application of the rules among Member States; emphasises the importance that growing obligations without sufficient resources to do sothem would be incoherent; stresses, therefore, that the financial and human resources available to the Agency need to be coherently adequate to the increase of the activities carried out in the coming years;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights,Reconfirms our commitment to a rules based international system and highlights the important role of the Union in Ocean Diplomacy; highlights, in this regard and in relation to the fight against IUU fishing, that the agency has an important role to encourage an increased and harmonised application of the EU control systems in place to combat illegal fishing;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Takes note of the Agency’s continued cooperation with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX) and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to support national authorities carrying out coastguard functions in line with Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2019/473; considers that cooperation to be an example of synergy between Union agencies that should inspire agencies in other areas; calls on the Agency to continue its efforts in that regard and considers it appropriate also to increase the cooperation between the Agency and the European Environment Agency, especially on data sharing, and the European Space Agency;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Underlines as well the importance of a balanced geographical representation among staff in order to meet one of the Commission’s fundamental goals, i.e. to be close to the citizens and to reflect the diversity of Member States as well as ensuring that the Agency have knowledge of the Control regimes and administrative traditions in the Member States;