6 Amendments of Liisa JAAKONSAARI related to 2015/0028(COD)
Amendment 10 #
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 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) A genuinely humane killing method cannot be effectively and consistently applied in the hunts conducted by the Inuit and other indigenous communities, just like in the other seal hunts. Nonetheless, iIt is appropriate, in light of the objective pursued by Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009, to make the placing in the Union market of products resulting from hunts by the Inuit and other indigenous communities conditional upon those hunts being conducted in a manner which reduces pain, distress, fear or other forms of suffering of the animals hunted to the extent possible, while having regard to the traditional way of life and the subsistence needs of the Inuit and other indigenous communities. The exception granted in respect of seal products resulting from hunts conducted by Inuit and other indigenous communities should be limited to hunts that contribute to the subsistence need of those communities and are therefore not conducted primarily for commercial purposes. Thus, the Commission should be enabled to limit, if necessary, the quantity of seal products placed on the market under that exception in order to prevent the use of the exception by products resulting from hunts which are conducted primarily for commercial purposes.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 also allows, by way of exception, the placing on the market of seal products where the hunt is conducted with the sole purpose of sustainable management of marine resources. While recognizing the importance of hunts for the purpose of sustainable management of marine resources, in practice, however, these hunts may be difficult to distinguish from the large hunts conducted primarily for commercial purposes. This may lead to unjustified discrimination between the seal products concerned. Therefore, this exception should no longer be provided forThat should still be allowed, but applicable only under specific conditions, so as to differentiate from the large hunts conducted primarily for commercial purposes, to avoid the discarding of carcasses resulting from normal and small-scale fisheries management. This is without prejudice to the right of Member States to continue regulating hunts conducted for the purposes of management of marine resources.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. The application of paragraphs 1, 1a and 2 shall not undermine the achievement of the objective of this Regulation.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
(3a) The following article is inserted: "Article 7a Review The Commission shall carry out a review of this Regulation by ... *. The review shall be based on an impact assessment on the socio-economic and cultural effects of this Regulation on the development and identity of the Inuit and other indigenous communities. The review shall also address the effects of this Regulation on coastal communities where hunting of seals forms part of maritime resource management. A review of this Regulation shall be carried out every six years thereafter. _____________ * OJ: please insert the date: two years after the entry into force of the amending Regulation."