12 Amendments of Kriton ARSENIS related to 2009/2238(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas unselective fishing and high levels of discards in some fisheries that export to the EU market mean that significant amounts of fish that would be suitable for human consumption is wasted,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas this ‘open-door’ policy one policy to open up EU markets for fishery and aquaculture imports into the EU market is likely to continue, both at multilateral level, in the context of WTO negotiations, especially the Doha Round talks on non-agricultural market access (NAMA), and in the context of a raft of preferential talks currently under way with all kinds of trading partners in Asia, Latin America, North America and the Mediterranean basin and with various groups in the ACP countries,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas the EU's requirement for coherence between its development policy objectives (eliminating poverty, development of sustainable local fisheries) and its trade policy implies that developing countries should be encouraged to export fisheries products with a greater added value, provided that the fish comes from well-managed and sustainable fisheries and meets the necessary sanitary conditions,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recognises that there is an upper limit on the amount of fish that can be caught on a sustainable basis, either for human consumption or for industrial purposes, which means that supplies of fish to the EU market cannot increase ad infinitum;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises, however, the overriding need to ensure that the EU retains environmentally sustainable and economically viable fishery and aquaculture sectors – including small-scale operations – that are spread harmoniously along its coastline, help to preserve the cultural identity of the regions concerned, provide jobs at all stages of production, and supply safe, good-quality food, which implies that fishers receive a fair price for their product;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Takes the view that, like agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture are strategic sectors with multiple functions, which rely on thdepend on the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources and include extremely vulnerable segments that do not lend themselves to a purely free- trade approach based on the free play of the comparative advantages;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for responsibility for heading up trade talks on fishery and aquaculture products to be transferred from the Trade Commissioner to the Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, to act in close cooperation with the Commissioner for Development in order to ensure policy coherence for development;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Demands that all the trade preferences granted by the EU in respect of fishery and aquaculture products be made strictly conditional upon the fulfilment of stringent environmental and social requirements; further demands that provisions to this effect in agreements concluded should include credible mechanisms for monitoring compliance with the undertakings given and for suspending the preferences, or simply withdrawing them, if the undertakings are breached; in the case of developing countries, insists that appropriately designed and funded programmes for financial and/or technical support be put in place to assist the country meet the environmental and social requirements;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Advocates an extremely vigilant approach to products from new, particularly intensive, types of aquaculture practised in certain regions of the world and calls for a critical study of the productivity-boosting techniques and procedures used in the plants in question and of their possible health implications as well as their local social and environmental impact;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Demands that the checks carried out at all levels – and especially in the context of effectively harmonized and transparent border controls – should be of a thoroughness and regularity commensurate with the risks inherent in the products concerned, particularly with regard to their nature and provenance; asks the Member States to make available all the financial and human resources required for that purpose;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Emphasises that it is absolutely essential for the new mechanisms introduced under the revision to address the reality of fierce competition from importslow- cost imports resulting from practices that are damaging to the environment or equivalent to a form of social dumping, and to endeavour, nonetheless, to ensure that EU production can be marketed normally and sufficiently profitably;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Emphasises the urgent need to introduce stringent and transparent criteria for certifying and independently verifying the quality and traceability of European fishery and aquaculture products and to promote the introduction, as soon as possible, of specific EU ecolabelling for such products in order to put an end to the uncontrolled proliferation of private certification systelegislation to ensure that the private labels currently on the market are regularly inspected, and the results published, so that consumers can rely on the credibility of their claims;