Activities of Judith SARGENTINI related to 2010/2100(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on an EU policy framework to assist developing countries in addressing food security challenges PDF (267 KB) DOC (159 KB)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation a (new)
Citation a (new)
a. having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the sea of 1982,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation b (new)
Citation b (new)
b. having regard to the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries of 1995,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation c (new)
Citation c (new)
c. having regard to the FAO annual review The State of the World Fisheries and Aquaculture of 2010
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas 85 % of the world’s assessed fish stocks are either fully exploited, overexploited or depleted and the dependency of fish as source of animal protein in low income food-deficit countries is at least 20 % according to ‘The State of the World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2010’ of FAO,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas evidence shows the potential of smallholder agricultural systems in increasing overall food production; whereas focussing only on export production in developing countries hascould have negative impacts on women as smallholder farmers,
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
EU policy framework on food and nutrition security: a human rights based-approach to sustainable smallholder agriculture
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Agrees that EU assistance programmes should focus on sustainable small-scale food production and that priority should be given to ‘ecologically-efficient’ approaches that strengthen biodiversity, prevent the degradation of fertile land, promote agro- ecological and low-external-input (LEI) practices, and excludes GMOs;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the recognition of the concept of food sovereignecurity, defined as the capacity of a country or a region to democratically implement its own agricultural and food policies, priorities and strategies;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Expresses deep concern regarding the large-scale land acquisitions that are currently carried out by foreign investors in developing countries also to the detriment of local smallholder farmers that need to be better protected;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Encourages the adoption of the FAO voluntary guidelines on land acquisitions, but also calls for strict binding national and international regulations on land acquisitions; stresses that contract negotiations should be made transparent allowing for the participation of parliaments and civil society;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Draws attention to the acquisition not only of land but also of fishing licences that is carried out by foreign investors; stresses the need of transparency and allowing of participation in the contract negotiations for national parliaments and civil society as well as the need of keeping a list of concluded agreements in the public domain;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Insists that the Commission make sure that the external dimension of the current reform of the Common Fisheries Policy will be mainstreamed with EU development policies.
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries is being respected in countries where the EU has Fisheries Partnership Agreements, especially regarding the recommendation to grant preferential access for local artisanal fishers to resources
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Insists that any and all access to fishing licences negotiated for EU-flagged vessels to fish in developing countries must be based on the principle of surplus stocks as described in the UN law of the Sea; in particular, that there must be a rigorous assessment for all stocks for which access is sought or which are likely to be caught as bycatch by the EU fleet; that any EU access must come from those quantities which are not to be caught by the local fleet; that if effort reductions are necessary the third country fleets (EU and others) causing the most environmental damage must reduce first
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 d (new)
Paragraph 23 d (new)
23d. Emphasises that the fisheries sector in many countries is crucial for employment and food security and therefore all developing countries should be eligible for EU sector support to develop their own sustainable fisheries industry, research, control and enforcement to combat Illegal Unreported and Unregulated fisheries, independent of any fisheries access agreement with the European Union;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls for developing countries’ governments and parliaments to enact policies and regulate foreign investment in public interest, in consultation with civil society, in a way that foreign investment benefit the local economy, creates domestic added value and foster development; calls also for an automatic disclosure of transnational corporation’s profit and tax payment in each individual countries where they operate in order to fight against tax abuses of tax havens, tax evasion and illicit financial flow