3 Amendments of Daciana Octavia SÂRBU related to 2008/2101(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Warmly welcomes the Commission Communication of 19 December 2007 on Community action in relation to whaling (COM(2007)0823) and the position on whaling adopted by qualified majority at the Council on 5 June 20081 which states that the EU must, inter alia, support the maintenance of the global moratorium on commercial whaling, seek to end 1 Council Decision establishing the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Community at the 60th meeting of the IWC in 2008 with regard to proposals for amendments to the Schedule of the International Convention on the Regulat"scientific whaling" and support the designation of substantial regions of Whaling (Council document nr. 9818/08). 1 Council Decision establishing the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Community at the 60th meeting of the IWC in 2008 with regard to proposals for amendments to the Schedule of the International Convention on the Regulation of Whaling (Council document nr. 9818/08). "scientific whaling" and support the creation of whale sanctuaries;ocean and seas as sanctuaries in which all whaling is indefinitely prohibited.
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the tragic history of commercial whaling, combined with the numerous threats currently faced by whale populations (including incidental catches in fishing operations, collisions with vessels, and global climate change, among others), dictates that the EU must promote in key international fora, in a coordinated fashionand coherent way, the highest level of protection for whales at a global level;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the Member States that have not yet done so to join the IWC in order to support actions aiming at the full protection of whales.