Activities of Alain CADEC related to 2011/0195(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Common Fisheries Policy - Common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (debate)
Common fisheries policy (debate)
Amendments (155)
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) At the World Summit on Sustainable Development at Johannesburg in 2002, the Union and its Member States committed to act against the continued decline of many fish stocks. Therefore, the Union should improve its Common Fisheries Policy to ensure that as a matter of priority exploitation levels of marine biological resources stocks are restored and maintained at levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yields from the populations of harvested stocks by 2015. Where less scientific information is available, this may require applying proxies to maximum sustainable yield.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Fisheries targets were laid down in the Decision by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011 – –2020, and the Common Fisheries Policy should ensure coherence with the biodiversity targets adopted by the European Council and the targets of Commission Communication "‘Our life insurance, our natural capital: an EU Bbiodiversity Sstrategy to 2020"’, in particular to achieve maximum sustainable yield by 2015.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Measures are needed to reduce and eliminate the current highthe levels of unwanted catches and discards. Indeed, unwanted catches and discards constitute a substantial waste and affect negatively the sustainable exploitation of marine biological resources and marine ecosystems as well as the financial viability of fisheries. An obligation to land all catches of managed stocks caught during fishing activities in Union waters or by Union fishing vessels should be established and gradually implemented.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part I – Article 2 – paragraph 2
Part I – Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. The Common Fisheries Policy shall apply the precautionary approach to fisheries management, and shall aim to ensure, by 2015, that exploitation of living marine biological resources restores and maintainsmaintain or restore populations of harvested species aboveto levels capable of producing the maximum sustainable yield by 2020.
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part I – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part I – Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) eliminatsignificantly reduce catches of commercial stocks and gradually ensure that all catches of such stocks are landed;
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part I – Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part I – Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) broad involvement of stakeholders, especially through the Advisory Councils, at all stages from conception to implementation of the measures;
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part I – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 17
Part I – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 17
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part II – Article 6 – paragraph 3
Part II – Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. In the waters up to 100 nautical miles from the baselines of the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islandsall the outermost regions of the Union, the Member States concerned may from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2022 restrict fishing to vessels registered in the ports of those islandregions. Such restrictions shall not apply to Union vessels that traditionally fish in those waters, in so far as those vessels do not exceed the fishing effort traditionally exerted. Member States shall inform the Commission of the restrictions put in place under this paragraph.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part III – Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point g
Part III – Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) adopting measures concerning the obligation to land all catchepermitting a significant reduction in unwanted catches of commercial stocks;
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part III – Title II - Article 9 – paragraph 1
Part III – Title II - Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Multiannual plans providing for conservation measures to maintain or restore fish stocks aboveto levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield shall be established as a priority.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part III – Title II - Article 10 – paragraph 1
Part III – Title II - Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Multiannual plans shall provide for adaptations of the fishing mortality rate, resulting in a fishing mortality rate that restores and maintains all stocks aboveto levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield by 201520.
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part III – Title II - Article 10 – paragraph 2
Part III – Title II - Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. In cases where the determination of a fishing mortality rate that restores and maintains stocks aboveto levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield is not possible, multiannual plans shall provide for precautionary measures ensuring a comparable degree of conservation of the relevant stocks.
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part III – Title II - Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
Part III – Title II - Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) technical measures including measures concerning the eliminasignificant reduction of unwanted catches;
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part III – Title II - Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part III – Title II - Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) contribute to maintaining or restoring fish stocks aboveto levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield through improvements in size-selection and where appropriate species selection;
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part III – Title II - Article 15
Part III – Title II - Article 15
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part III – Title II - Article 15 a (new)
Part III – Title II - Article 15 a (new)
Article 15a. Significant reduction in unwanted catches of commercial stocks 1. The European Parliament and the Council, taking into consideration the view of the STECF and the relevant Advisory Councils, as well as the conclusions of impact studies seeking to analyse the reasons for unwanted catches, shall define the objectives for significantly reducing unwanted catches from regulated commercial stocks, while being aware of the specificities of each fishery. These multiannual objectives can appear in the multiannual plans drawn up by fishery or regional zone. 2. The minimum conservation reference sizes shall be established based on the best available scientific advice for the fish stocks set out in paragraph 1. The sale of catches of such fish stocks below the minimum conservation reference size shall be restricted to uses other than human consumption or transmitted to approved charity organisations.
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part III – Title II - Article 16 – paragraph 2
Part III – Title II - Article 16 – paragraph 2
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part III – Title II - Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part III – Title II - Article 16 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Each Member State shall decide, for vessels flying its flag, on the method of allocating the fishing opportunities assigned to that Member State in accordance with Community law. It shall inform the Commission of the allocation method.
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part III – Title III - Chapter I - Article 17 – title
Part III – Title III - Chapter I - Article 17 – title
Conservation measures adopted in accordance with multiannual plansnd technical measures developed at a regional level
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part III – Title III - Chapter I - Article 17 – paragraph 1
Part III – Title III - Chapter I - Article 17 – paragraph 1
1. In aWith a view to establishing or implementing the multiannual plans established pursuant to Articles 9, 10 and 11, Member States may be authorised to adopt measures, in accordance with that multiannual plan, which specify the conservation measures applicable to vessels flying their flag in relation to stocks in Union waters for which they have been allocated fishing opportunitieswhich have a direct interest in the relevant fishery shall participate, in close collaboration with the Advisory Councils, in developing technical measures or conservation measures adapted to the specificities of each fishery.
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part III – Title III - Chapter I - Article 17 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Part III – Title III - Chapter I - Article 17 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall ensurewhich have a direct interest in the relevant fishery shall ensure, in close collaboration with the Advisory Councils, that the conservation measures adopted pursuant to paragraph 1or technical measures:
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part IV
Part IV
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part V – Article 34 – paragraph 3
Part V – Article 34 – paragraph 3
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part V – Article 35 – paragraph 2
Part V – Article 35 – paragraph 2
Amendment 174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part V – Article 35 – paragraph 3
Part V – Article 35 – paragraph 3
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part XII – Article 54 – paragraph 1
Part XII – Article 54 – paragraph 1
1. Advisory Councils shall be mainly composed of organizsations representing the fisheries operators and shall also include other interest groups affected by the Common Fisheries Policy.
Amendment 228 #
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
having regard to Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 248 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The CFP should guarantee employment in fisheries and aquaculture and contribute to improvements in the working conditions of fishermen and fish farmers, taking into account the social dimension of fishing activity. The common fisheries policy should also be coordinated with the Union’s trade and customs policies in order to control imports into the European Union from third countries and their impact on the prices obtained by Community producers and to establish fair and equitable competition with third countries, particularly preventing distortions of competition due to disparities in labour costs.
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) At the World Summit on Sustainable Development at Johannesburg in 2002, the Union and its Member States committed to act against the continued decline of many fish stocks. Therefore, the Union should improve its Common Fisheries Policy to ensure that as a matter of priority exploitation levels of marine biological resources stocks are restored and maintained at levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yields from the populations of harvested stocks by 201520. Where less scientific information is available, this may require applying proxies to maximum sustainable yield.
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Fisheries targets were laid down in the Decision by the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011 – 2020, the Common Fisheries Policy should ensure coherence with the biodiversity targets adopted by the European Council, and the targets of Commission Communication "Our life insurance, our natural capital: an EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020", in particular to achieve maximum sustainable yield by 201520.
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) An ecosystem based approach to fisheries management needs to be implemented, environmental impacts of fishing activities should be limited and unwanted catches should be minimissignificantly reduced and progressively eliminated insofar as possible, particularly by investing in the selectiveness of gear.
Amendment 298 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy should take into account interactions with other maritime affairs as addressed by the Integrated Maritime Policy, recognizing that all matters related to Europe’s oceans and seas are interlinked, including maritime spatial planning. Coherence and integration should be ensured in the management of different sectoral policies within the Baltic Sea, North Sea, Celtic Seas, Bay of Biscay and the Iberian Coast, Mediterranean and, Black Sea, Antilles, French Guiana and Indian Ocean sea basins.
Amendment 314 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Marine biological resources around the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islandsall the outermost regions of the Union should continue to be especially protected since they contribute to the preservation of the local economy of these islands, having regard to the structural, social and economic situation of those islandregions. The limitation of certain fishing activities in those waters to fishing vessels registered in the ports of the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islandoutermost regions should therefore be maintained.
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Measures are needed to reduce and eliminate the current high levels of unwanted catches and discardsignificantly reduce levels of unwanted catches and discards, taking account of the specificities of each fishery and on the basis of prior impact assessments to analyse the causes of discards and the social, economic and environmental impact of the proposed measures. Indeed, unwanted catches and discards constitute a substantial waste and affect negatively the sustainable exploitation of marine biological resources and marine ecosystems as well as the financial viability of fisheries. An obligation to land all catches of managed stocks caught during fishing activities in Union waters or by Union fishing vesselMultiannual plans of measures to significantly reduce discards should be established and gradually implemented.
Amendment 350 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
Amendment 370 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In view of the precarious economic state of part of the fishing industry and the dependence of certain coastal communities on fishing activities, it is necessary to ensure the relative stability of fishing activities by allocating fishing opportunities among Member States, based on a predictable share of stocks for each Member State.
Amendment 386 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Member States should be able to adopt, in close cooperation with the Advisory Councils, conservation measures and technical measures for the implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy to allow for the policy to better address the realities and specificities of individual fisheries and to increase the adherence to the policy.
Amendment 395 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
Amendment 417 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
Amendment 431 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
Amendment 444 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31 a (new)
Recital 31 a (new)
(31a) Each Member State should be allowed to choose its method of allocating the fishing opportunities assigned to it, in accordance with the subsidiarity principle, without imposing any allocation system at European level. In this way, Member States will remain free to establish – or not to establish – a system of transferable fishing concessions.
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31 b (new)
Recital 31 b (new)
(31b) A binding system should be established to evaluate fleet registers and verify capacity ceilings in order to ensure that each Member State respects the capacity ceilings assigned to it and to step up the fisheries control system so that fishing capacity is aligned with the resources available.
Amendment 451 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) For Union fishing vessels not operating under a system of transferable fishing concessions, specific measures may be takenSpecific measures should be maintained to align the number of Union fishing vessels with available resources. Such measures should set compulsory maximum fleet capacity ceilings and establish national entry/exit schemes in relation to decommissioning funding granted under the European Fisheries Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund.
Amendment 518 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46 a (new)
Recital 46 a (new)
(46a) In view of the specificity of the outermost regions, particularly their geographical remoteness and the importance of fishing to their economies, an advisory committee for the outermost regions comprising three subcommittees (South-Western waters, South-West Indian Ocean waters, French West Indies and Antilles-Guiana Basin waters) should be set up. This advisory committee will also make it possible to contribute to measures against illegal, undeclared and unmanaged fishing worldwide.
Amendment 519 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46 b (new)
Recital 46 b (new)
(46b) In view of the specificity of fishing in inland waters, particularly the large number of jobs which it represents, the direct or indirect threats to these fisheries, the lack of attention devoted to them and their expertise with regard to species and aquatic environments, an advisory committee for the inland fishing regions should be set up. This advisory committee will make it possible for fisheries to organise themselves collectively by means of an ecosystem approach.
Amendment 529 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
Amendment 544 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) Dialogue with stakeholders has proven essential for the achievement of the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy. Taking into account the diverse conditions throughout Union waters and increased regionalisation of the Common Fisheries Policy, Advisory Councils should enable the Common Fisheries Policy to benefit from the knowledge and experience of all stakeholders, ensuring that organisations representing the fishing and aquaculture industry have a majority representation on the Councils.
Amendment 554 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54
Recital 54
(54) It appears appropriate that the Commission be empowered by delegated acts to create a new Advisory Councils and to modify areas of competence of existing ones, in particular considering the specificities of the Black Sea.
Amendment 560 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) To achieve the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission for the purpose of specifying fishing related measures to alleviate the impact of fishing activities in special areas of conservation, adaptation of the obligation to land all catches for the purpose of complying with the Union's international obligations, default conservation measures in the framework of multiannual plans or technical measures, the recalculation of fleet capacity ceilings, definition of information on characteristics and activity for Union fishing vessels, rules for carrying out pilot projects on new control technologies and data management systems, amendments to Annex III in relation to the areas of competence for Advisory Councils and the compositioning and functioning of Advisory Councils.
Amendment 572 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62
Recital 62
Amendment 615 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2
2. The Common Fisheries Policy shall apply the precautionary approach to fisheries management, and shall aim to ensure, by 2015, that exploitation of living marine biological resources restores and maintains populations of harvested species above, by 2020 at the latest, to maintain harvested wild stocks at, or restore them to, levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield.
Amendment 656 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 4
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 4
4. The Common Fisheries Policy shall integrate the Union environmental legislation requirementsrequirements of all Union legislation, particularly concerning health, consumer protection and environmental protection.
Amendment 680 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) eliminatsignificantly reduce unwanted catches of commercial stocks and gradually ensure that all catches of such stocks are landed;
Amendment 701 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) provide conditions for efficient fishing activities within an economically viable and competitive fishing industry, ensuring fair competitive conditions on the European market;
Amendment 707 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) provide conditions for efficient fishing activities within an economically viable and competitive fishing industry, bearing in mind the role of small-scale fisheries in preserving the social fabric of coastal areas;
Amendment 803 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 1 – article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) broad involvement of stakeholders, in particular of the Advisory Councils, at all stages from conception to implementation of the measures;
Amendment 838 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 5 a (new)
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 5 a (new)
– ‘aquaculture vessel’ means any vessel used by an aquaculture undertaking to move about on its holding at sea, perform the various rearing and maintenance operations in rearing areas and transfer the products harvested from its establishment on land to production areas;
Amendment 840 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 6
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 6
– ‘maximum sustainable yield’ means the maximum catch that may continuously be taken from a fish stock, indefinitely the light of relevant environmental, social and economic factors, without affecting the process of fish reproduction;
Amendment 858 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 7
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 7
– ‘'precautionary approach to fisheries management’' means an approach according to which the absexistence of adequate scientific informationuncertainties should not justify postponing or failing to take management measures to conserve target species, associated or dependent species and non-target species and their environment;
Amendment 889 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 12
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 12
– ‘'conservation reference point’' means values of fish stock population parameters (such as biomass or fishing mortality rate) used in fisheries management, for example with respect to to define an acceptable level of biological risk or a desired level of yieldf deterioration of the reproductive capacity of stocks;
Amendment 922 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 17
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 17
Amendment 932 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 18
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 18
Amendment 958 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 23 a (new)
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 23 a (new)
– ‘professional fisherman’ means any person engaged in commercial fishing, as recognised by the Member State concerned, on board a fishing vessel or engaged in the professional harvesting of marine organisms on land, as recognised by the Member State concerned;
Amendment 961 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 23 b (new)
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 23 b (new)
- ‘inland fishing’ means fishing carried out for commercial purposes by vessels operating exclusively in inland waters or by other devices used for ice fishing;
Amendment 976 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 31
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 31
– ‘mixed fisheries’ means fisheries where more than one species are present in the area being fished and are vulnerable to being caught in the fishing gearich simultaneously exploit several commercial stocks.
Amendment 984 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 32
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 32
– ‘sustainable fisheries agreements’ mean international agreements concluded with another state for the purpose of obtaining access to resources or waters in exchange for a financial compensantribution from the Union.
Amendment 989 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 32 a (new)
Part 1 – Article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 32 a (new)
– ‘unwanted catches’ mean catches of non-marketable species or individuals of marketable species which do not meet the requirements specified in the provisions of Community fisheries law laying down technical, monitoring and conservation measures.
Amendment 1022 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – Article 6 – paragraph 3
Part 2 – Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. In the waters up to 100 nautical miles from the baselines of the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islandsexclusive economic zones of all the outermost regions of the Union, the Member States concerned may from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2022 restrict fishing to vessels registered in the ports of those islandregions. Such restrictions shall not apply to Union vessels that traditionally fish in those waters, in so far as those vessels do not exceed the fishing effort traditionally exerted. Member States shall inform the Commission of the precise boundaries of the area concerned and of the restrictions put in place under this paragraph.
Amendment 1041 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 3 – Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Measures for the conservation of marine biological resources shall take account of the scientific, technical and economic opinions available, in particular the reports drawn up by the STECF, and the opinions forwarded by the advisory councils and may include the following:
Amendment 1071 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 3 – Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) establishing incentives, including those of an economic nature, to promote more selective or low impact fishingfishing or fishing which has a low impact on the marine ecosystem and fishery resources;
Amendment 1088 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point g
Part 3 – Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) adopting measures concerning the obligation to land all catchewhich make it possible to significantly reduce unwanted catches from commercial stocks;
Amendment 1109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 3 – Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Technical measures drawn up on the basis of the scientific, technical and economic opinions available, in particular the reports drafted by the STECF, and the opinions forwarded by the advisory councils may include the following:
Amendment 1113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 3 – Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) mesh sizedefinition of the characteristics of fishing gears and rules concerning their use of fishing gears;
Amendment 1115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Part 3 – Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) restrictionules on the construction of fishing gear, including
Amendment 1122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 3 – Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) prohibthe definitions of the use of certain fishing gears in certain areas or seasonsareas and/or periods in which fishing activities are prohibited or restricted;
Amendment 1139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point e
Part 3 – Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) requirements for fishing vessels to cease operating in an area temporarily and for a defined minimum period in order to protect a temporary aggregation of a vulnerable marine resource;
Amendment 1149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point g
Part 3 – Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point g
Amendment 1158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 9 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Multiannual plans providing for conservation measuremanagement targets to maintain or restore fish stocks abovet or restore them to levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield shall be established as a priority.
Amendment 1243 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 10 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Multiannual plans shall provide for adaptations of the fishing mortality rate, resulting in a fishing mortality rate that restores and maintains all stocks abovell stocks to and maintains them at levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield by 201520.
Amendment 1266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 10 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. In cases where the determination of a fishing mortality rate that restores stocks to and maintains stocks abovethem at levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield is not possible, multiannual plans shall provide for precautionary measurlay down management objectives ensuring a comparable degree of conservation of the relevant stocks.
Amendment 1291 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
Part 3 – Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) fishing mortality rates, and/or
Amendment 1292 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Part 3 – Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Amendment 1297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
Part 3 – Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
Amendment 1313 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) technical measures including measures concerning the eliminasignificant reduction of unwanted catches;
Amendment 1333 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point f
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) quantifiable biological, economic and social indicators for periodic monitoring and assessment of the progress related to achieving the targets of the multiannual plan;
Amendment 1344 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point h
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) minimisation of impacts of fishing on the eco-system, ensuring sustainable development of the activity;
Amendment 1364 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point j
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) any o assessment of the socioeconomic impact of ther measures suitable to achieve the objectives of multiannual plans.provided for by the plans for the fisheries concerned;
Amendment 1401 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 13 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 13 – paragraph 1
1. On the basis of evidence of a serious threat to the conservation of marine biological resources, or to the marine eco- system and requiring immediate action, the Commission, upon a reasoned request of a Member State or on its own initiative, may decide on temporary measures to alleviate the threat, for a period not exceeding six months, to alleviate the threat. The Commission may take a new decision to extend the emergency measures for no more than six months.
Amendment 1416 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 13 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 13 – paragraph 2
2. The Member State shall communicate the reasoned request referred to in paragraph 1 simultaneously to the Commission, to the other Member States and to the Advisory Councils concerned. They may submit their written comments to the Commission within five working days of receipt of the request. The Commission shall take a decision within 15 working days of the receipt of the request referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 1420 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part 3 – article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The emergency measures shall take effect immediately after notification to the Member States and to the Advisory Councils.
Amendment 1437 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 3 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) contribute to maintaining or restoring fish stocks abovet levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield through improvements in size-selection and where appropriate species selection;
Amendment 1471 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – title
Part 3 – article 15 – title
Amendment 1477 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1529 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Member States, taking into account the opinions of the STECF and of the competent Advisory Councils, as well as the conclusions of impact assessments to analyse the causes of unwanted catches, shall significantly reduce unwanted catches from managed commercial stocks, taking into account the specificities of each fishery, inter alia by including objectives to this end in the multiannual plans.
Amendment 1533 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Each Member State shall submit to the Commission an annual report on the measures taken to attain the objective of significantly reducing unwanted catches.
Amendment 1534 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1555 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 3
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1564 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 4
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that Union fishing vessels flying their flag are equipped to ensure full documentation of all fishing and processing activities for the purpose of monitoring compliance with the obligation to landspecifically identifying all catches.
Amendment 1581 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 5
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1587 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 6
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1593 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 16 – title
Part 3 – article 16 – title
Amendment 1603 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 16 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 16 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1619 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 16 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Part 3 – article 16 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Each Member State shall decide, for vessels flying its flag, on the method of allocating the fishing opportunities assigned to that Member State in accordance with Community law. It shall inform the Commission of the allocation method.
Amendment 1633 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 1
1. In a multiannual plan established pursuant to Articles 9, 10 and 11, Member States may be authorised to adopt measures, in accordance with that multiannual plan, which specify the conservation measures applicable to vessels flying their flag in relation to stocks in Union waters for which they have been allocated fishing opportunitieswhich have a direct interest in the fishery concerned shall participate, in close cooperation with the competent Advisory Councils, in drafting conservation measures suited to the specificities of each fishery which accord with that multiannual plan.
Amendment 1649 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall ensurewhich have a direct interest in the fishery concerned shall ensure, in close cooperation with the competent Advisory Councils, that conservation measures adopted pursuant to paragraph 1:
Amendment 1665 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In the event of unanimity regarding the conservation measures to be taken to implement a multiannual plan among the Member States which have a direct interest in the fishery and after consulting the competent Advisory Councils, these measures shall be implemented by means of implementing acts. These implementing acts shall be adopted using the examination procedure referred to in Article 56.
Amendment 1671 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. In the absence of unanimity regarding the conservation measures to be taken among the Member States which have a direct interest in the fishery and after consulting the competent Advisory Councils, the Commission shall submit a proposal in accordance with the rules laid down in the Treaty.
Amendment 1705 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 20 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 20 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 to specify the conservation measures for fisheries covered by a multiannual plan, if the Member States authorised to take measures in accordance with Article 17In accordance with the rules laid down in the Treaty, the Commission shall submit a proposal defining the conservation measures for fisheries covered by a multiannual plan, if: - there is no unanimity among the Member States which have a direct interest in the fishery regarding the conservation measures to be taken to implement a multiannual plan, or - the Member States which have a direct interest in the fishery do not notify such measures to the Commission within threesix months after the date of entry into force of the multiannual plan, or - Member State measures are deemed not to be compatible with the objectives of a multiannual plan on the basis of an assessment carried out pursuant to Article 19, or - Member State measures are deemed not to meet the objectives and quantifiable targets set out in multiannual plans effectively, on the basis of an assessment carried out pursuant to Article 19, or - safeguards established in accordance with Article 11(i) are triggered.
Amendment 1714 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 20 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 20 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1729 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 20 – paragraph 3
Part 3 – article 20 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1735 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 21 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 3 – article 21 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
In a technical measures framework established pursuant to Article 14, Member States may be authorised to adoptwhich have a direct interest in the fishery concerned shall participate, in close cooperation with the competent Advisory Councils, in drafting measures, in accordance with that framework, which specify the technical measures applicable to vessels flying their flag in relation to stocks in their waters for which they have been allocated fishing opportunities. Member States which have a direct interest in the fishery concerned shall ensure that such technical measures:
Amendment 1747 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 21 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Part 3 – article 21 – paragraph 1 a (new)
In the event of unanimity among the Member States which have a direct interest in the fishery regarding the measures to be taken to implement technical measures and after consulting the competent Advisory Councils, these measures shall be implemented strictly by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 56.
Amendment 1749 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 21 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Part 3 – article 21 – paragraph 1 b (new)
In the absence of unanimity among the Member States which have a direct interest in the fishery regarding the measures to be taken to implement technical measures and after consulting the competent Advisory Councils, the Commission shall submit a proposal in accordance with the rules laid down in the Treaty.
Amendment 1763 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 24 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 24 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 to specify the technical measures covered byIn accordance with the rules laid down in the Treaty, the Commission shall submit a proposal defining the technical measures covered by a technical measures framework, if: - there is no unanimity among the Member States which have a direct interest in the fishery regarding the technical measures to be taken to implement a technical measures framework, ifor - the Member States authorised to take measures in accordance with Article 21which have a direct interest in the fishery do not notify such measures to the Commission within threesix months after the date of entry into force of the technical measures framework, or - Member State measures are deemed not to be compatible with the objectives set out in a technical measures framework, or - Member State measures are deemed not to meet the objectives set out in a technical measures framework effectively.
Amendment 1768 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 24 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 24 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1779 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 24 – paragraph 3
Part 3 – article 24 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1780 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 24 a (new)
Part 3 – article 24 a (new)
Article 24a Consultation of Advisory Councils 1. An Advisory Council on the outermost regions shall be established in accordance with Article 53. 2. An Advisory Council on inland fishing shall be established in accordance with Article 53.
Amendment 1798 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 27
Part 4 – article 27
Amendment 1852 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 28
Part 4 – article 28
Amendment 1909 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 29
Part 4 – article 29
Amendment 1951 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 30
Part 4 – article 30
Amendment 1964 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 31
Part 4 – article 31
Amendment 1995 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 32
Part 4 – article 32
Amendment 2010 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 33
Part 4 – article 33
Amendment 2026 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article 34 – paragraph 1
Part 5 – article 34 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall, where necessary, put in place measures to adjust the fishing capacity of their fleets in order to achieve an effective balance between such fishing capacity and their fishing opportunities.
Amendment 2048 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article 34 – paragraph 3
Part 5 – article 34 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2062 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article 35 – paragraph 1
Part 5 – article 35 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State fleet shall be strictly subject to fishing capacity ceilings as set out in Annex II.
Amendment 2068 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article 35 – paragraph 2
Part 5 – article 35 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2075 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article 35 – paragraph 3
Part 5 – article 35 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2085 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article 36 – paragraph 2
Part 5 – article 36 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall make availableeach year submit to the Commission the information referred to in paragraph 1, together with a copy of their updated fleet registers.
Amendment 2089 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article 36 – paragraph 4
Part 5 – article 36 – paragraph 4
4. The information contained in the Union fishing fleet register shall be made available to all Member States, Parliament and the Council. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 concerning the definition of the information referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 2094 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 5 – article 36 a (new)
Part 5 – article 36 a (new)
Article 36a Consultation of the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF) 1. The STECF shall be consulted at regular intervals on matters pertaining to the conservation, exploitation and management of marine biological resources, including biological, economic, environmental, social and technical considerations. 2. The Commission shall take into account the opinion of the STECF when presenting proposals pursuant to this Regulation.
Amendment 2174 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – article 39 – paragraph 2
Part 7 – article 39 – paragraph 2
2. The positions of the Union in international organisations dealing with fisheries and RFMOs shall be based on the best available scientific advice to ensure that fishery resources are maintained abovet or restored abovto the levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield.
Amendment 2207 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – article 41 – paragraph 2
Part 7 – article 41 – paragraph 2
2. Union fishing vessels shall only catch surplus of the allowable catch determined by the third country as referred to in Article 62(2) of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and identified on the basis of the best available scientific advice and relevant information exchanged between the Union and the third country concerned about the total fishing effort on the affected stocks, in order to ensure that fishery resources remain abovt the levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield.
Amendment 2233 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – article 42 – title
Part 7 – article 42 – title
Financial assistancecontribution
Amendment 2234 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – article 42 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 7 – article 42 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Union shall provide a financial assistancecontribution to third countries through sustainable Fisheries Agreements in order to:
Amendment 2355 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 9 – article 45 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 9 – article 45 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) strengthen the competitiveness of the Union fishery and aquaculture industry, in particular producers, by implementing production and marketing plans;
Amendment 2367 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 9 – article 45 – paragraph 1 – point e
Part 9 – article 45 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) contribute to ensuring a level playing field and equal health, social and environmental requirements for all products marketed in the Union by promoting sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources.
Amendment 2393 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 10 – article 46 – paragraph 2 – point b
Part 10 – article 46 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the use of modern control technologies for the availability and quality of data on fisheries and aquaculture;
Amendment 2416 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 10 – article 46 a (new)
Part 10 – article 46 a (new)
Amendment 2423 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 10 – article 48 – paragraph 1
Part 10 – article 48 – paragraph 1
Amendment 2456 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 12 – article 52 – paragraph 1
Part 12 – article 52 – paragraph 1
1. Advisory Councils are established for each of the areas or spheres of competence set out in Annex III, to promote a balanced representation of all stakeholders and to contribute to the achievement of the objectives set out in Articles 2 and 3.
Amendment 2485 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 12 – article 53 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Part 12 – article 53 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) issue opinions on the draft multiannual plans as described in Article 17 and draft technical measures as described in Article 21, and submit them to the Member States directly concerned with the fishery or area in question.
Amendment 2495 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 12 – article 53 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part 12 – article 53 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(2a) Prior to any proposal for a management measure falling within the field of responsibility of a given Advisory Council the Commission shall seek the opinion of that Council.
Amendment 2500 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 12 – article 54 – paragraph 1
Part 12 – article 54 – paragraph 1
1. Advisory Councils shall be composed predominantly of organisations representing the fisheries operators andand aquaculture operators. They shall also include other interest groups affected by the Common Fisheries Policy.
Amendment 2519 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 12 – article 54 – paragraph 4
Part 12 – article 54 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 55 concerningAdvisory Councils shall establish their internal rules of procedure on the basis of common rules drawn up by the cComposition and the functioning of Advisory Councilmission by means of implementing acts.
Amendment 2527 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 13 – article 55 – paragraph 2
Part 13 – article 55 – paragraph 2
2. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 12(2), 15(6), 20(1) and (2), 24(1) and (2), 35(3), 36(4), 37(6), 47(2), and 52(2), 54(4) shall be conferred for an indeterminate period of time from 1 January 2013.
Amendment 2529 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 13 – article 55 – paragraph 3
Part 13 – article 55 – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of power referred to in Articles 12(2), 15(6), 20(1) and (2), 24(1) and (2), 35(3), 36(4), 37(6), 47(2), and 52(2), 54(4) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision of revocation shall put an end to the delegation of the powers specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
Amendment 2531 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 13 – article 55 – paragraph 5
Part 13 – article 55 – paragraph 5
5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 12(3), 15(4), 20(1) and (2), 24(1) and (2), 35(3), 36(4), 37(7), 47(2), or 52(2), 54(4) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of 2 months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by 2 months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council.
Amendment 2537 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 14 – article 57 – paragraph 4
Part 14 – article 57 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2546 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 – title 1 – point 8 a (new)
Annex 3 – title 1 – point 8 a (new)
ANNEX III ANNEX III ADVISORY COUNCILS Name of the Area of Advisory competence: Council: Baltic Sea ICES zones IIIb, IIIc and IIId IIIc and IIId Mediterranean Maritime Waters Sea of the Mediterranean of Mediterranean of the East of line the East of line 5°36' West 5°36' West North Sea ICES zones IV and IIIa and IIIa North Western ICES zones V waters (excluding Va South Western ICES zones VIII, waters IX and X (waters and only Union and only Union waters of Vb), VI waters of Vb), VI and VII and VII South Western ICES zones VIII, waters IX and X (waters around Azores), around Azores), and CECAF and CECAF zones 34.1.1, zones 34.1.1, 34.1.2 and 34.2.0 34.1.2 and 34.2.0 (waters around (waters around Madeira and the Madeira and the Canary Islands) Canary Islands) Pelagic stocks All areas (blue whiting, competence mackerel, horse (excluding the mackerel, Baltic Sea, the herring) Mediterranean Sea and Sea and Aquaculture) Aquaculture) High seas/long All non Union- distance fleet waters Aquaculture Aquaculture, as defined in Article defined in Article 5 5 Outermost All the ICES regions, divided zones covering into three sea waters around basins: West the outermost Atlantic, East regions, Atlantic, Indian particularly the Ocean Maritime Waters of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, the Canary Islands, the Azores, Madeira and Reunion
Amendment 2547 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 – title 1 – point 8 b (new)
Annex 3 – title 1 – point 8 b (new)