25 Amendments of Dominique VLASTO related to 2010/2040(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the seas and oceans are of historic and strategic importance to the European Union, form an integral part of the European heritage and represent a considerable potential in such important areas as the fight against climate change, employment, transport, industry, research, energy, regional planning, tourism, security, fisheries and external relations, and whereas improved consideration of the maritime dimension in Community policies will provide real added value and make it possible to cope with the many challenges of the IMP,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas these integrated maritime governance structures should enhance the coordinated planning of competing maritime activities, the strategic management of maritime areas, the quality of surveillance activities and the enforcement of laws, and whereas this objective calls for measures to clearly identify the whole range of such structures, guarantee their visibility and improve their cooperation, within a transparent and coherent framework enabling coordination between the various policies and the integration of the various issues relating to the maritime environment,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the European Union contains a large number of island and extremely remote regions, which account for a substantial proportion of the EU's maritime borders, and whereas such areas should play a key role in the planning and implementation of the IMP and benefit from measures specially geared to their geographical characteristics and special features,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the European Union is the world's leading maritime power and should use the IMP and its achievements as a basis for acting as a driving force internationally to improve the planning of maritime activities, environmental protection and the promotion of good practices within international fora,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Agrees with the Commission that our "strong maritime tradition" is one of the strengths of Europe; calls therefore on the European Commission and the Member States to further develop the potential offered by the different maritime sectors and to put a renewed focus on sustainable and inclusive economic growth, employment and innovation, to give full sway to and provide support for the levers for growth inherent in the maritime sector and to focus on sustainable and inclusive economic growth, employment and innovation, in line with the Lisbon Strategy and the forthcoming Europe 2020 Strategy; supports the proposed emergence of 'blue growth' based in particular on rational and sustainable use of marine resources, innovation, biotechnology and tourism;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to learn the lessons of the oil spill catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, to identify all possible legislative loopholes at EU and Member State level and to adjust as quickly as possible all relevant EU legislation accordingly; reiterates its call for a civil protection force to be established as soon as possible, capable of being deployed in coastal, island, outermost and marine areas to deal with environmental and industrial risks and disasters, such as oil spills, unauthorised emptying of tanks, extreme weather events and water surges;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Asks the Commission to ensure that the new IMP will receive appropriate funding, commensurate with its economic weight, implications and ambitions, in the next financial perspective, and to study, as one option, the Committee of the Regions’ proposal of a coastal fund, while also taking account of ways of using the structural and cohesion funds more effectively for the benefit of maritime policy;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to evaluate in more detail, and based on performance, the quality of maritime governance structures at Member State and regional level and to makexchange best practices more visible; to achieve the IMP objectives; considers that closer cross-border cooperation, within the EU and with neighbouring states, would help improve regional maritime governance; takes the view that integrated and transparent maritime governance, bringing together all public authorities and private stakeholders' representatives on a long-term basis and taking account of the areas' specificities, ensures optimum planning, creates a wide range of synergies and contributes to the emergence of a European maritime area without barriers;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the European network of Maritime Clusters and asks the Commission, Member States and Regions to support these emerging organisations on all levels, in particular by supporting their innovative capacity and their integration into national and Community policies and programmes, strengthening transnational cooperation, working towards more openness to SMEs and improving their visibility;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the regional sea-basin initiatives and strategies proposed so far by the Commission; recognises that the implementation of the IMP principles requires that they be translated into targeted strategies and specific measures tailored to the specificities of each sea basin, and in the case of the Mediterranean, the various sub-regions present therein; calls for further dialogue and co-operation in order to improve the governance of the marine space and coastal areas in the different maritime sea basins, including the North Sea, the Atlantic, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean area, and asks the Commission to implement the proposed actionsas soon as possible the strategies planned for each sea basin, which should make it possible to draw greater economic benefits from human activities in the maritime environment, with a lesser impact on ecosystems, thanks to more consideration for the features and problems specific to each sea basin;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Deplores the fact that a large part of the waters of the Mediterranean Sea is outside the areas under the jurisdiction or sovereign rights of coastal States, and that consequently these States do not have prescriptive and enforcement powers to regulate human activities beyond such areas in an integrated manner; stresses that the Union for the Mediterranean provides a possible forum for resolving the problems and disputes relating to the demarcation of the territorial waters of each of the Mediterranean states, as do the IMO and UNCLOS; stresses that the absence of any demarcation of territorial waters in this sea means that there are vast sea areas over which no control or sovereignty is exercised and which could give rise to conflicts about the exercise of or claim to sovereignty or about human activities in these areas; regrets that this is complicating the implementation of the IMP and the management of shared seas strategy in the Mediterranean;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses the value of considering the IMP as one of the priorities of the European Neighbourhood Policy and of the various regional partnerships, given that each sea in the Community is a shared sea and that this has repercussions on relations with Mediterranean third countries; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take into consideration the impact of activities and projects carried out in the maritime area on relations with Mediterranean third countries; notes that closer cross-border and transnational cooperation with these countries would make it possible to conduct large-scale structural projects and provide more substantial funding, and would contribute to the success of the IMP;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Understands that stability, predictability and transparency of the management of marine spaces is key to securing optimal and sustainable development of economic activities and new growth and jobs on the sea, including the further development of renewables such as wind and wave enerin all sectors linked to the marine space; calls for an ambitious 'blue growth' strategy to be drawn up, in particular through the further development of renewables such as wind, wave, tidal and thermal gradient energy and the development of blue biotechnology, without prejudice to more traditional activities;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Fully supports maritime spatial planning (MSP) as a cross-sectoral tool of the IMP, covering all human activities on coastal and maritime regions, the mainland, island regions and outermost regions, ensuring environmental sustainability and viability and using massive financing instruments such as the cohesion policy, the TEN-T and the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument; stresses the need to devise MSP that will improve decision- making and governance and help limit and control threats to the marine environment, such as over-exploitation of resources, pollution, climate change, rising sea levels, changing currents, acidification and extreme weather events; considers that MSP should also be based on an integrated approach and offers an ideal opportunity for exchanges of good practices;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Expects that a well coordinated and integrated cross-pillar, cross-sectoral, and cross-border approach towards maritime surveillance will improve protection of the interests of Member States and the European Union by making available, to authorities operating at sea, monitoring and surveillance information across various sectors of activity, thereby generating more efficiency; all sectors linked to the maritime and coastal space, thereby reinforcing the safety and management of activities at sea and on the coasts and increasing the effectiveness of surveillance while reducing costs through greater integration and closer cooperation between European, national and local authorities;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Reiterates its call for improved cooperation between Member States’ national inspectorates, coastguards and navies and reminds the Commission to carry out – as requested earlier by the European Parliament – a feasibility study on further collaboration or integration between the different coastguard services; points out that this would help strengthen both surveillance capacities if combined with greater interoperability of the different surveillance systems and the safety of the marine space by improving the various services' resources and reactivity;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Stresses that, in the development and implementation of the IMP, maritime transport should be considered as a priority especially in view of its low environmental impact in comparison with other transport modes, the growth niches for this mode and related sectors, the need to promote the widest possible connections in order to strengthen the internal market, and its vital role in achieving the objectives of territorial cohesion and continuity;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Takes the view that Community coastal and maritime spatial planning should be considered in close connection with the maritime transport network and that this is a prerequisite for achieving a European marine space without barriers;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Considers that the need to ensure sustainable use of the marine space and to protect the resources thereof should prompt the Commission, the Member States and businesses in the sector to facilitate maritime transport, strengthen short sea shipping networks, and take measures to develop and support the establishment of logistical platforms and interconnection infrastructure with other modes of transport, in order significantly to improve the co-modality and interoperability of networks; calls for a new impetus to be given rapidly for the establishment of sea highways, in particular within the Union for the Mediterranean, with a view to coping with the increase in sea traffic;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Asks the Commission to come up with a strategy to mitigate the specific impacts of climate change on coastal aregionas, as a follow-up to the White Paper on Adapting to Climate Change; supports, on this basis, the Commission's desire to ensure good environmental status in the marine environment and to step up measures taken with regard to Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM), as announced in the White Paper;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)
Paragraph 27 b (new)
27b. Considers that all policies relating to climate change adaptation, spatial planning and use, the exploitation of marine resources and measures to combat deterioration, especially from land-based sources, should be coupled with a marine space restoration policy; calls on the Commission to consider ways of implementing and financing such a policy, which could also be based on exchanges of good practices and research excellence; points to the ambitious project, in this context, of de-polluting the Mediterranean Sea, under the aegis of the Union for the Mediterranean;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Asks the Commission to develop a fleet renewal programme for the very old coastal shipping fleet, thus increasing the safety, environmental performance and competitiveness of shipping in the common maritime space without borders, while making full use of the competitive shipbuilding capacity of Europe for this purpose; stresses that this programme should be supplemented by measures to step up vessel dismantling capacities and skills; reiterates its desire to multiply sources of funding for shipbuilding, the development of high-quality shipyards, competitiveness and innovation with a view to supporting the excellence of European shipbuilding, its related sectors, its workforce and know-how in order to cope with international competition;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Asks the Commission to come up with a strategy for sustainable coastal and marine tourism, making full use of the new provisions on tourism in the Lisbon Treaty; welcomes the new provisions on tourism in the Lisbon Treaty, which stipulate that this sector, which is vital to the European economy, should be accorded the importance it deserves in sectoral and intersectoral policies, such as the IMP; calls, in this connection, for greater consideration to be given to the EDEN network (European Destinations of Excellence), which promotes the protection and interconnection of the marine heritage, linking up economic and environmental interests with the welfare of coastal populations;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Points out that coastal regions represent the principal tourist destination in Europe and that it is therefore important to give due consideration to spatial planning methods in coastal areas, the risks of extensive urbanisation, the need to maintain the quality and sustainability of coastal areas, their heritage and tourist service infrastructure, the use of natural resources such as water and waste disposal; asks the Commission to include these issues in its strategy for sustainable coastal and marine tourism;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29b. Stresses the vast potential for development and substantial source of growth represented by marine and coastal tourism and related sectors; calls, in this connection, on the Commission and the Member States to consider ways of developing new forms of tourism, such as cruise tourism, green tourism, health and wellness tourism, and tourism promoting natural sites and the underwater marine environment; stresses that the Community tourism policy, in particular as regards maritime regions, should look into ways of extending seasons and guarantee the sustainability and quality of tourist practices and infrastructure in order to ensure that the EU remains a destination of excellence;