79 Amendments of Antolín SÁNCHEZ PRESEDO related to 2011/0194(COD)
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
ea) trade policy
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The Common Market Organisation shall contribute to the achievement of the objectives laid down in Articles 2 and 3 of the Regulation on the Common Fisheries Policy and, in particular to improving market incentives to support sustainable production practices, the market position of EU production, producers’ market strategies to adapt EU production to structural market changes and short term fluctuations and to enhance the market potential of EU products.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
The Common Market Organisation shall be guided by the principles of good governance laid down in Article 4 of the Regulation on the Common Fisheries Policy, clearly defining responsibilities at the Union, national, regional and local levels, with a long-term perspective, the broad involvement of stakeholders, the responsibility of the flag State, and consistency with the integrated maritime policy, the trade policy and other Union policies.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
fa) ‘operator’, means the natural or legal person who operates or holds any enterprise carrying out any of the activities related to any stage of production, processing, marketing, distribution and sale of fisheries and aquaculture products;
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
For the purposes of setting up fishery producer organisations, the specific situation of small-scale inshore fishery and non-industrial fishery producers will need to be taken into account, and they should benefit from positive discrimination as regards access to aid for the establishment of producer organisations.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
aa) contributing to food supply and employment in coastal and rural areas;
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) handling unwanted catches of commercial stocks in accordance with the production and marketing plans laid down in Article 32;
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
ba) contributing to the elimination of illegal, unregistered and undeclared (IUU) fishing;
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
ea) promoting professional cooperation programmes in the field of fisheries;
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
eb) facilitating consumer access to information on fisheries products, which should be clear and comprehensive.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Fishery producer organisations may make use, inter alia, of the following measures to achieve the objectives set out in Article 7:
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) planning the management of the fishing activities of their members;
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
aa) advise the Member States and regional authorities on matters relating to fisheries management;
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 3
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 3
– distributing landed products free of charge to philanthropic or charitable purposes.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
fa) improving quality, knowledge of and the transparency of production and the market, performing research studies and promoting Union fishery products;
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
fa) supporting professional cooperation programmes in the field of fisheries;
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f c (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f c (new)
fc) promoting consumer access to information on fisheries products, which should be clear and comprehensive;
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f d (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f d (new)
fd) sending information voluntarily to the competent national authorities on the conservation status of marine ecosystems and fishery resources at such intervals and by such means as might be considered appropriate;
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f e (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f e (new)
fe) granting floor-rate financial compensation to help meet the costs of landing unwanted catches in cases where the proceeds of sales would be insufficient to cover those costs;
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f f (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f f (new)
ff) granting floor-rate financial compensation to help meet the costs of biological rest periods, at given critical phases of species’ life cycles, in order to conserve fishery resources and hence ensure that stocks will be such as to allow fishing to continue outside rest periods.
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) promoting economically, socially and environmentally sustainable aquaculture activities of their members, by providing opportunities for their development in close cooperation with the Member States and regional authorities;
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) contributing to food supply and, observing high food quality and safety standards, and to employment in coastal and rural areas;
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
da) stabilising the markets;
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
ea) promoting professional cooperation programmes in the field of aquaculture;
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
ec) facilitating consumer access to information on aquaculture products;
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Aquaculture producer organisations may make use, inter alia, of the following measures to achieve the objectives referred to in Article 10:
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
aa) planning the management of the aquaculture activities of their members;
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c
c) channelling the supply, price stabilisation and the marketing of members' products;
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
ca) managing temporary storage for aquaculture products in conformity with Articles 35 and 36.
Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
ea) ) improving quality, knowledge of and the transparency of production and the market, performing research studies and promoting Union aquaculture products;
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
ea) supporting professional cooperation programmes in the field of aquaculture;
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
ec) promoting consumer access to information on aquaculture products, which should be clear and comprehensive;
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
ga) encouraging and promoting quality and traceability.
Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 a (new)
Article 16 a (new)
Article 16a Management bodies for protected designations of origin Management bodies for protected designations of origin, established under the regulations in each Member State, may bring their objectives, measures, powers and the rights that are naturally theirs into line with those granted to professional organisations governed by this Regulation.
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Member States shall carry out checks at regular intervals to ascertain whether producer organisations, associations of producer organisations and inter-branch organisations comply with the conditions for recognition laid down in Articles 17 and 18 and shall, where appropriate, withdraw recognition of producer organisations, associations of producer organisations or inter-branch organisations.
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Member States whose nationals are members of a producer organisation, association of producer organisations or inter-branch organisation established in the territory of another Member State and those Member States hosting the official headquarters of an association of producer organisations recognised in different Member States shall set up, in collaboration with the relevant Member States, the administrative cooperation needed to carry out checks on the activities of the organisation or the association concerned.
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – title
Article 26 – title
Extension of rules of producer organisations and associations of producer organisations
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. A Member State may make the rules agreed within a producer organisation or association of producer organisations binding on producers who are not members of the organisation or association and who market any of the products within the area in which the producer organisation or association of producer organisations is representative on condition that:
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) the producer organisation or association of producer organisations is considered to be representative of production and marketing in one Member State and makes an application to the competent national authorities;
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) the rules to be extended concern any of the measures for producer organisations or associations of producer organisations laid down in Article 8(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and Article 11.
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1(a) a fishery producer organisation or association of producer organisations is deemed representative where it accounts for at least 65 % of the quantities marketed of the relevant product during the previous year in the area where it is proposed to extend the rules.
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
3. For the purposes of paragraph 1(a) an aquaculture producer organisation or association of producer organisations is considered to be representative where it covers at least 4065 % of the quantities marketed of the relevant product during the previous year in the area where it is proposed to extend the rules.
Amendment 286 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 4
4. The rules to be extended to non- members shall apply for a period between 90 days and 12 monthof no more than three years.
Amendment 288 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall notify the Commission of the rules which they intenddecide to make binding on all producers or operators in a specific area or in specific areas pursuant to Articles 26 and 27.
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. Within twoone months 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 twoone-month period, the extension of rules shall be deemed to have been authorised by the Commission.
Amendment 295 #
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 Article 3. Plans may take biological rest periods into account.
Amendment 300 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2
Article 32 – paragraph 2
2. The Member States shall approve the plan and inform the Commission thereof. Once approved, the producer organisation shall immediately implement the plan.
Amendment 308 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Producer organisations may fully or partly finance the storage of fishery products listed in Annex II to this Regulation, along with other products to be determined by the Member States, provided that:
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 35 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
da) the minimum and maximum period shall be clearly laid down.
Amendment 314 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 35 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Aquaculture producer organisations may temporarily finance the holding of live stock in aquaculture facilities, provided that: a) at the time the fish stock is slaughtered no buyer has been found for them at the trigger price referred to in Article 36; b) the products meet the marketing standards adopted under Article 39 and are of suitable quality for human consumption; c) the live aquaculture stock is being held in order to reintroduce it onto the market for human consumption at a later stage.
Amendment 315 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Before the beginning of each year, each producer organisation may individually make a proposal for a price triggering the storage mechanism referred to in Article 35 for fishery products listed in Annex II, as well as for aquaculture products.
Amendment 326 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – title
Article 38 – title
Amendment 329 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph -1
Article 38 – paragraph -1
-1. The creation, restructuring and implementation of plans to improve the standards of producer organisations and their associations may be fully or partly funded through the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund.
Amendment 332 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Each producer organisation may create a collective fund, which shall be used onprincipally to finance the following measures:
Amendment 339 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point a
a) minimum marketing sizes taking into account the best available scientific advice and in conformity with conservation reference sizes for fishery products as referred to in Article 15(32) of the Regulation on the Common Fisheries Policy;
Amendment 344 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
ba) specifications applicable to products from unwanted catches, below the minimum size or over the set quota.
Amendment 357 #
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 assistance.
Amendment 363 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1
Article 41 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 50, in order to definesupplement or enlarge upon the common marketing standards referred to in Article 39(1) with regard to quality, size or weight, packing, presentation and labelling, and, if experience gained in the implementation of the standards so requires, to amend them, while ensuring that the standards are defined in a fair and transparent manner;.
Amendment 376 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point c
c) the area where the product was caught or farmed;, including its coastal and geographical denomination, expressed in terms understandable to consumers
Amendment 381 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point d
d) the date of catch of fishery products obtained by vessels operating on 24-hour tides for fresh same-day sale or harvest of extensive aquaculture products;
Amendment 385 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point e
e) whether the product is freshozen or has been defrosted; for sale to consumers, pursuant to annex VI of Regulation 1169/2011.
Amendment 389 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 42 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Fishery and aquaculture products referred to in parts (h) and (i) of Annex I, which are marketed within the Union, irrespective of their origin, with the exception of prepared or canned products covered by Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, may only be offered for retail to the final consumer where appropriate marking or labelling indicates::
Amendment 399 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
Article 42 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
ca) Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs.
Amendment 401 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 a (new)
Article 42 a (new)
Article 42a Labelling initiative Following prior consultation with the interested parties, the Commission shall, by 1 July 2014, submit a report to the European Parliament , together with the appropriate legislative proposals, on the establishment of a labelling system for fishery and aquaculture products, which shall comprise: a) an ecological labelling system for sustainable fishing within maximum sustainable yield (MSY) and for traditional aquaculture products. b) a Union label for all fishery and aquaculture products obtained by means of practices which comply with relevant Union rules.
Amendment 408 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) the scientific name for each species according to the FishBase Information System, for fish species, and the SeaLifeBase or WoRMS systems for other species;
Amendment 417 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 44 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) in the case of fishery products caught at sea, the name of one of the areas, subareas or divisions listed in the FAO Fishing Areas, including its coastal and geographical denomination, expressed in terms understandable to consumers;
Amendment 423 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 2
Article 44 – paragraph 2
2. In addition to the information referred to in paragraph 1, operators may indicate a more precise catch or production area, without prejudice to Regulation (EC) No 510/2006.
Amendment 430 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
ea) information on the port at which the product was landed.
Amendment 431 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
ea) the date of catch of fishery products or harvest of aquaculture products which are not required to display this information pursuant to Article 42;
Amendment 432 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 45 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. No voluntary information shall be included that cannot be checked.
Amendment 437 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) supplement or amendenlarge upon the mandatory information requirements referred to in Article 42(1), Article 42(2), Article 43 and Article 44, while ensuring that the mandatory information is performrovided in an accurate and transparent manner;
Amendment 440 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) setpecify minimum criteria for information voluntarily provided by operators referred to in Article 45(1), while ensuring that the conditions for displaying voluntary information are accurate, transparent and non-discriminatory.
Amendment 442 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 46 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The delegated acts shall be adopted following due consultation of the interested parties with the consultative council for horizontal affairs and the fishery and aquaculture products market.
Amendment 443 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point b
b) survey prices regularly along the Union supply chain for fishery and aquaculture products and conduct analyses on market trends, and make the findings of those surveys and analyses public;
Amendment 449 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter VI a (new)
Chapter VI a (new)
Chapter VIa Trade policy with third States
Amendment 450 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 a (new)
Article 49 a (new)
Article 49a Safeguard measures 1. Where, by reason of imports or exports, the Union market in one or more of the products listed in Article 1 is affected by, or is threatened with, serious disturbance likely to jeopardise the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 33 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, appropriate measures may be applied in trade with third countries until such disturbance or threat of disturbance has ceased. 2. The Commission may adopt the measures referred to in paragraph 1 on its own initiative or at the request of the European Parliament or a Member State. The adoption of measures on the initiative of the Commission and their derogation or amendment shall take place pursuant to the procedures laid out in Article 16 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3285/94 of the Council, of 22 December 1994, on common rules for imports. If the Commission receives a request from the European Parliament or from a Member State, it shall take a decision thereon within five working days following receipt of the request. The European Parliament and the Member States shall be notified of such measures, which shall be immediately applicable.
Amendment 451 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 b (new)
Article 49 b (new)
Article 49b External investment The Member States may support the export and investment activities of Union fisheries enterprises in third countries using measures compatible with the rules of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
Amendment 456 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 53 – paragraph 1 a
Article 53 – paragraph 1 a
Likewise, fishery and aquaculture products labelled or marked prior to the entry into force of this Regulation may be sold while stocks remain.
Amendment 459 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 – paragraph 2
Article 55 – paragraph 2
It shall apply from 1 January 2013 with the exception of Articles 32, 35 and 36, which shall apply from 1 January 2014, and of Article 42, which shall apply on the dates on which the measures on consumer information shall become applicable, as indicated in Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011.