Activities of Emanuel Jardim FERNANDES related to 2008/2009(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
An Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union (debate)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
– having regard to Article 299(2) of the Treaty,
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers the involvement of regional and local partners to be essential in order to make a success of the European maritime policy; maintains, therefore, that there has to be closer cooperation and interconnection between European coastal regions, to be achieved by promoting coordinated strategies to foster development and competitiveness and by dovetailing the different tiers of governance more effectively;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission Action Plan outlined in its communication on Integrated Maritime Policy (COM(2007)0575) and in the accompanying documents (SEC(2007)1278), (SEC(2007)1279) and (SEC(2007)1280) and in particular the Commission’s strategy to mitigate the effects of climate change on maritime regions and the concomitant effects on tourism; draws attention to the need for further adjustments to that strategy to allow for the specific features of maritime regions;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that the exceptional maritime dimension conferred on the EU by its coasts and its outermost regions offers unique opportunities as regards innovation, research, the environment, and biodiversity, which the integrated European maritime policy has to exploit without fail, and that the outermost regions, moreover, provide excellent communication bases for transport and security purposes at EU and global level;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the future maritime policy could help to develop and protect the EU’s coastal regions, islands, and outermost regions; and draws attention to the wealth of knowledge still to be tapped in these regions, for instance to develop innovative sea-based technologies;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Maintains that sound management of the seas requires sound management of coastal areas and that construction projects on EU coasts must therefore allow in every case for the consequences of climate change and the resulting rise in the sea level, the erosion of sands, and the increase in the frequency and violence of storms; insists that no new nuclear plants or other facilities should ever be built in coastal areas when observance of the precautionary principle, and the principle of environmental sustainability, might be placed in jeopardy;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Maintains that a genuine European maritime transport space without barriers requires that the EU’s coastal regions, islands, and outermost regions be made safer from the point of view of development and environmental sustainability;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Urges the institutions involved to adopt the Erika III maritime package as quickly as possible and calls on the Member States to start implementing the package without delay, with a view to providing the legal means necessary to avert or remedy accidents or incidents with disastrous consequences for the development of maritime regions, the Erika and Prestige accidents being two such examples;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that the exceptional maritime dimension which the outermost regions bring to the EU offers unique opportunities as regards innovation, research, the environment, biodiversity, and other areas, and that the future integrated European maritime policy has to capitalise on them; points out that, as regards transport and the EU’s external security, these regions provide excellent communication bases;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets the fact that the Action Plan on European maritime policy addresses the challenges of climate change only in a very non-binding way: reaffirms its view that one task of a European maritime policy has to be to prepare for the consequences of climate change, and in particular the rise in sea levels, together with the increased risk of flooding of ports and, coastal regions, and the outermost regions, and in this connection calls for all relevant policies, and in particular research policy, to play their part;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Maintains that sound management of the seas requires sound management of coastal areas and that construction projects on EU coasts must therefore allow in every case for the consequences of climate change and the resulting rise in the sea level, the erosion of sands, and the increase in the frequency and violence of storms; insists that no new nuclear plants or other facilities should ever be built in coastal areas when observance of the precautionary principle, and the principle of environmental sustainability, might be placed in jeopardy;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Supports the target set by the European Council of March 2007 of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and reaffirms its call for maritime policy to make a substantial contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions; this should include incorporating shipping into emissions trading, gearing measures and strategies to the regions, not least the coasts and the outermost regions, and enhancing research efforts with regard to exploiting the seas as a source of renewable energy; considers that if Europe leads the way in combating climate change this can strengthen and develop Europe’s leading role in environmental technology and research;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Maintains that a genuine European maritime transport area without frontiers requires that the EU’s coastal regions, islands, and outermost regions be made safer from the point of view of development and environmental sustainability;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Urges the institutions involved to adopt the Erika III maritime package as quickly as possible and calls on the Member States to start implementing the package without delay, with a view to providing the legal means necessary to avert or remedy accidents or incidents with disastrous consequences for the development of maritime regions, the Erika and the Prestige accidents being two such examples;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Declares itself in favour of maritime policy being given appropriate consideration in the budgetary architecture of EU policies and instruments after 2013 terms;