Activities of Jarosław WAŁĘSA related to 2009/2238(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Arrangements for importing fishery and aquaculture products into the EU with a view to the future reform of the CFP (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the arrangements for importing fishery and aquaculture products into the EU with a view to the future reform of the CFP
Amendments (5)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that fish is a natural resource which, under proper management, can be renewable and provide both food and jobs around the world, but that overfishing has led to and needs to be sustained in order to avoid depletion of fish stocks and hardship in coastal communities; recognises that international trade has often led to overfishing as countries seek to export their natural resources, as for example in the case of bluefin tuna;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to develop and promote environmental, social and humanitarian criteria to apply to all fish on the EU market, whether domestic products or imports,continue to develop a policy aiming at promoting high level social and environmental standards in multilateral and bilateral level which wshould encourage an improvement in global standards and thus help to promote sustainability and alleviate povertysustainability and help poverty alleviation;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that fish should not be treated like any other industrial product, but need to be subject to specific WTO trade rules applying to sensitive products, allowing the establishment of safeguards, export limits and controls, and import quota and controls;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to takeexamine the possibilities of taking initiatives in the WTO and the FAO to evaluate the desirability of fisheries products no longer being subject to the industrial NAMA rules, in order to facilitate the alignment of trade in fisheries products with the requirements that typically apply to food and sensitive products;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises the need for all imports to meet the same health standards as fish caught by EU fleetsrequired for fishery products produced within the European Union;