5 Amendments of Christel SCHALDEMOSE related to 2015/0028(COD)
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 was adopted with the objective of eliminating obstacles to the functioning of the internal market due to differences in national measures regulating trade in seal products. Those measures were adopted in response to public moral concerns about the animal welfare aspects of the killing of seals and the possible presence on the market of products obtained from animals killed in a way that causes excessive pain, distress, fear and other forms of suffering. Such concerns were supported by scientific evidence showing that a genuinely humane killing method cannot be consistently and effectively applied and enforced in the specific conditions in which seal hunting takes place. In order to achieve that objective, Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 introduced, as a general rule, a prohibition of placing on the market of seal products. __________________ 2 Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on trade in seal products (OJ L 286, 31.10.2009, p 36).
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) At the same time, seal hunting is an integral part of the socio-economic development, nutrition, culture and identity of the Inuit and other indigenous communities and makes a major contribution to their subsistence. For those reasons, seal hunts traditionally conducted by Inuit and other indigenous communities do not raise the same public moral concerns as the hunts conducted primarily for commercial purposes. Moreover, it is broadly recognised that the fundamental and social interests of Inuit and other indigenous communities should not be adversely affected, in accordance with United Nations Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and other relevant international instruments. For those reasons, by way of exception, Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 allows the placing on the market of seal products which result from hunts traditionally conducted by Inuit and other indigenous communities and which contribute to their subsistence.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009
Article 3 – paragraph 5
Article 3 – paragraph 5
5. If the number of seals hunted, the quantity ofThe Commission may adopt measures, if the conditions for placing seal products being placed on the market pursuant to paragraph 1 or other circumstances are such as to indicate that a hunt is conductein the Union are not complied with or if the seal hunt is deemed unsustainable and primarily for commercial purposes, t. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 4 in order to limit the quantity of productcan under those circumstances act after consultation with the countries concerned and taking into account any opinion from the Committee in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 3(5a). After those consultations the Commission may establish general restrictions, or restrictions resulating from that hunt that may be placed on the marketto certain countries of origin, on the import of seal products into the Union.
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009
Article 3 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009
Article 7
Article 7
(3a) Article 7 is replaced by the following: "Article 7 Reporting 1. By 20 Nov31 December 20116 and thereafter every 4four years, thereafter Member States shall submit to the Commission a report outlining the actions taken to implement this Regulation. 2. On the basis of the reports referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the implementation of this Regulation within 12 months of the end of each reporting period concerned. The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the implementation of this Regulation within 12 months of the end of each reporting period referred to in paragraph 1. The first report shall be submitted not later than 31 November 2017. 2a. In its report submitted in accordance with paragraph 2, the Commission shall assess the functioning and effectiveness of this Regulation in achieving its objectives. In its assessment the Commission shall, in particular, consider the socio-economic development, economic activities and development, nutrition, culture and identity of the Inuit and other indigenous communities as well as the effects of this Regulation on coastal communities where seal hunts forms part of maritime resource management and contributes to the maritime biodiversity."