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2007/2183(INI) Policy coherence for development and the effects of the EU's exploitation of certain biological natural resources on development in West Africa

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Lead DEVE SCHMIDT Frithjof (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE)
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RoP 54

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2008/09/12
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
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SP(2008)4967
2008/07/16
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
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SP(2008)4439
2008/06/17
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
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Results of vote in Parliament
2008/06/17
   EP - Decision by Parliament
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The European Parliament adopted by 559 votes to 11, with 17 abstentions, a resolution on policy coherence for development and the effects of the EU's exploitation of certain biological natural resources on development in West Africa.

The own-initiative report had been tabled for consideration in plenary by Frithjof SCHMIDT ( Greens/EFA) on behalf of the Committee on Development.

On the whole, the resolution believes that greater policy coherence for development (PCD) is necessary since this policy is central to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

A series of efforts must be made across different sectors of the primary economy to improve the sustainable development of developing countries and to work towards reducing the negative effects of climate change, particularly in the forestry sector in order to develop sustainable forest management and fisheries management in African countries . The main sectors targeted by the Parliament to increase sustainable development in West Africa are the timber and fish sectors.

Timber : given that tropical deforestation is one of the key contributors to climate change (responsible for 20%) and to greenhouse gas emissions, the Parliament calls on the Commission to finance sustainable forest management initiatives within the framework of aid programming and Country Strategy Papers.

It also calls on the Commission to:

present a communication determining the European Union’s approach for promoting forest protection and outlining the European Union’s commitment to provide funds to finance forest protected areas and to promote economic alternatives to forest destruction; speed up the implementation of the EU FLEGT action plan (EU action plan on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) and the directive aimed at combating illegal logging and related trade; propose a legislative proposal aimed at preventing the placing on the market of timber and timber products derived from illegal sources; speed up the adoption and implementation of a green public procurement policy which favours the purchase of eco-labelled wood products , especially those certified according to the standard of the Forest Stewardship Council.

Fish : recalling the high level of dependence of countries in West Africa on fisheries (as a source of employment, food security, government revenues and foreign exchange), the Parliament calls on the Commission to examine the clear link between migration levels of immigrants from West African countries and the decline of fish stocks. It also calls on the Commission and the West African countries to curb illegal fishing , which largely contributes to the rapid decline of fish stocks. It is also necessary to strengthen coherence between the Community's development policy and its fisheries policy by ensuring better surveillance of the waters off the West African coasts, by supporting scientific research into fish stocks and reinforcing hygiene standards.

Sustainability of fishing : a series of actions are also planned to ensure the sustainability of fishing activities in West Africa. Amongst the main actions proposed by the Parliament are the following:

regular assessment of fishery resources through research campaigns carried out by EU researchers and researchers from the third country concerned; improved infrastructure on land, both port infrastructure and infrastructure for supplies and transport, in order to facilitate the entry of vessels from the EU and from other countries for repair, disembarkation, transhipment etc.; adaptation of hygiene and health rules; creation of monitoring and surveillance services, since these countries lack the necessary technical and human resources to carry out these tasks (setting up monitoring centres, training inspectors etc.); creation of a legal framework that will guarantee protection for current and potential EU investment stemming chiefly from the creation of joint ventures, which currently encounter too many obstacles to investment in the third country concerned, mainly owing to legal uncertainty which characterises almost all countries in the region; introduction of sustainable fisheries management plans that will regulate the activities of local sectors, restricting the widespread and biologically unsustainable practice of free access.

Moreover, the Parliament recognises that even though the financial contributions under the fisheries agreements have come to represent a substantial share of the total budgets of some third countries, cooperation for sustainable development cannot come from the common fisheries policy alone. Therefore, other Community policies also need to be brought into play, particularly development cooperation policy, in order to bring about political and socio-economic conditions that will enable those countries to redirect administrative and financial efforts so that they can benefit from the potential offered by their natural biological resources in a sustainable manner.

To conclude, the Parliament believes that the FLEGT process and the reformed Fisheries Partnership Agreements of the new generation represent important starting points for development-friendly policies in the third countries concerned.

Documents
T6-0289/2008
2008/06/17
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2008/06/16
   EP - Debate in Parliament
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Debate in Parliament
2008/04/09
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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A6-0137/2008
2008/04/09
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
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A6-0137/2008
2008/04/01
   EP - Vote in committee
Details

The Committee on Development adopted the own-initiative report by Frithjof SCHMIDT (Greens/EFA) on policy coherence for development and the effects of the EU’s exploitation of certain biological natural resources on development in West Africa. The Committee believes that greater policy coherence for development (PCD) is necessary since this policy is central to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

A series of efforts must be made across different sectors of the primary economy to improve the sustainable development of developing countries and to work towards reducing the negative effects of climate change, particularly in the forestry sector in order to develop sustainable forest management in African countries .

In terms of strengthening the sustainability of development in West Africa, the main sectors targeted by MEPs are those of timber and fish.

Timber : given that tropical deforestation is one of the key contributors to climate change (responsible for 20%) and to greenhouse gas emissions, MEPs call on the Commission to finance sustainable forest management initiatives within the framework of aid programming and Country Strategy Papers.

They also call on the Commission to:

present a communication determining the European Union’s approach for promoting forest protection and outlining the European Union’s commitment to provide funds to finance forest protected areas and to promote economic alternatives to forest destruction; speed up the implementation of the EU FLEGT action plan (EU action plan on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) and the directive aimed at combating illegal logging and related trade and enhancing the consumption of wood products produced in a sustainable way; propose a legislative proposal aimed at preventing the placing on the market of timber and timber products derived from illegal sources; speed up the adoption and implementation of a green public procurement policy which favours the purchase of eco-labelled wood products , especially those certified according to the standard of the Forest Stewardship Council.

Fish : recalling the high level of dependence of countries in West Africa on fisheries (as a source of employment, food security, government revenues and foreign exchange), MEPs call on the Commission to examine the clear link between migration levels of immigrants from West African countries and the decline of fish stocks. They also call on the Commission and the West African countries to curb illegal fishing , which largely contributes to the rapid decline of fish stocks. It is also necessary to strengthen coherence between the Community's development policy and its fisheries policy by ensuring better surveillance of the waters off the West African coasts, by supporting scientific research into fish stocks and reinforcing phyto-sanitary standards.

Sustainability of fishing : a series of actions are also planned to ensure the sustainability of the fishing activities in West Africa. Amongst the main actions proposed by MEPs are the following: the assessment of the abundance of relevant fish stocks in order to identify which fish stocks are the most depleted; the accurate, reliable and timely public reporting on catches and activities of European Union vessels operating in third countries; the strengthening of collaboration with West African partners on the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing as well as working with local communities; the evaluation of local processing industries; and the improvement of the current system of rules of origin.

MEPs recognise that even though the financial contributions under the fisheries agreements have come to represent a substantial share of the total budgets of some third countries, cooperation for sustainable development cannot come from the common fisheries policy alone. Therefore, other Community policies also need to be brought into play, particularly development cooperation policy, in order to bring about political and socio-economic conditions that will enable those countries to redirect administrative and financial efforts so that they can benefit from the potential offered by their natural biological resources in a sustainable manner.

In addition, MEPs call on the Commission to conduct more detailed Sustainability Impact Assessments (SIAs) in West Africa, particularly focusing on development policy in the fish and timber sectors.

To conclude, MEPs believe that the FLEGT process and the reformed Fisheries Partnership Agreements of the new generation represent important starting points for development-friendly policies.

2008/03/27
   EP - Committee opinion
Documents
PE396.589
2008/03/07
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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PE402.925
2008/03/05
   EP - Committee draft report
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PE400.641
2007/09/27
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2007/09/27
   EP - Referral to associated committees announced in Parliament
2007/06/28
   EP - FRAGA ESTÉVEZ Carmen (PPE-DE) appointed as rapporteur in PECH
2007/03/27
   EP - SCHMIDT Frithjof (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in DEVE

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Rapport Schmidt A6-0137/2008 - am. 1 #

2008/06/17 Outcome: +: 544, -: 89, 0: 18
FR PL DE GB ES IT RO HU PT EL BG LT NL SK BE FI IE DK CZ SI LV AT EE MT LU CY ?? SE
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66
45
87
62
45
58
26
23
22
21
15
12
24
12
15
12
10
13
20
6
7
13
4
4
5
5
1
18
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16

Poland PPE-DE

14

Germany PPE-DE

Abstain (1)

Markus PIEPER
40

United Kingdom PPE-DE

Abstain (1)

Geoffrey VAN ORDEN
23

Spain PPE-DE

20

Italy PPE-DE

Against (1)

Vito BONSIGNORE
15

Romania PPE-DE

11

Hungary PPE-DE

13

Portugal PPE-DE

8

Greece PPE-DE

10

Bulgaria PPE-DE

3

Lithuania PPE-DE

2

Netherlands PPE-DE

7

Slovakia PPE-DE

7

Belgium PPE-DE

4

Finland PPE-DE

4

Ireland PPE-DE

5

Denmark PPE-DE

1

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11

Slovenia PPE-DE

4

Latvia PPE-DE

2

Austria PPE-DE

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Estonia PPE-DE

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Tunne KELAM
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Greece PSE

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Rapport Schmidt A6-0137/2008 - résolution #

2008/06/17 Outcome: +: 559, 0: 17, -: 11
DE FR IT GB PL ES RO NL HU CZ PT BE EL BG DK SE LT FI SK AT IE LV SI LU CY EE MT ??
Total
76
58
50
56
40
39
25
22
22
18
18
18
20
13
13
18
11
11
11
11
7
6
6
5
4
4
4
1
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37

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16

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13

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19

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12

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18

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11

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6

Hungary PPE-DE

13

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9

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7

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4

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10

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2

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1

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7

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5

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1
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2008/03/05 PECH 5 amendments...
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  • date: 2007-09-27T00:00:00 body: EP type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP responsible: True committee: DEVE date: 2007-03-27T00:00:00 committee_full: Development (Associated committee) rapporteur: group: Verts/ALE name: SCHMIDT Frithjof body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (Associated committee) committee: ENVI body: EP responsible: False committee: PECH date: 2007-06-28T00:00:00 committee_full: Fisheries (Associated committee) rapporteur: group: PPE-DE name: FRAGA ESTÉVEZ Carmen
  • date: 2008-04-01T00:00:00 body: EP committees: body: EP responsible: True committee: DEVE date: 2007-03-27T00:00:00 committee_full: Development (Associated committee) rapporteur: group: Verts/ALE name: SCHMIDT Frithjof body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (Associated committee) committee: ENVI body: EP responsible: False committee: PECH date: 2007-06-28T00:00:00 committee_full: Fisheries (Associated committee) rapporteur: group: PPE-DE name: FRAGA ESTÉVEZ Carmen type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • date: 2008-04-09T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A6-2008-137&language=EN type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading title: A6-0137/2008 body: EP type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
  • date: 2008-06-16T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20080616&type=CRE type: Debate in Parliament title: Debate in Parliament body: EP type: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 2008-06-17T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=14876&l=en type: Results of vote in Parliament title: Results of vote in Parliament url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2008-289 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title: T6-0289/2008 body: EP type: Results of vote in Parliament
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  • date: 2008-03-05T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE400.641 title: PE400.641 type: Committee draft report body: EP
  • date: 2008-03-07T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE402.925 title: PE402.925 type: Amendments tabled in committee body: EP
  • date: 2008-03-27T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE396.589&secondRef=02 title: PE396.589 committee: PECH type: Committee opinion body: EP
  • date: 2008-04-09T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A6-2008-137&language=EN title: A6-0137/2008 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading body: EP
  • date: 2008-07-16T00:00:00 docs: url: /oeil/spdoc.do?i=14876&j=1&l=en title: SP(2008)4439 type: Commission response to text adopted in plenary
  • date: 2008-09-12T00:00:00 docs: url: /oeil/spdoc.do?i=14876&j=0&l=en title: SP(2008)4967 type: Commission response to text adopted in plenary
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  • date: 2007-09-27T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 2007-09-27T00:00:00 type: Referral to associated committees announced in Parliament body: EP
  • date: 2008-04-01T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP summary: The Committee on Development adopted the own-initiative report by Frithjof SCHMIDT (Greens/EFA) on policy coherence for development and the effects of the EU’s exploitation of certain biological natural resources on development in West Africa. The Committee believes that greater policy coherence for development (PCD) is necessary since this policy is central to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. A series of efforts must be made across different sectors of the primary economy to improve the sustainable development of developing countries and to work towards reducing the negative effects of climate change, particularly in the forestry sector in order to develop sustainable forest management in African countries . In terms of strengthening the sustainability of development in West Africa, the main sectors targeted by MEPs are those of timber and fish. Timber : given that tropical deforestation is one of the key contributors to climate change (responsible for 20%) and to greenhouse gas emissions, MEPs call on the Commission to finance sustainable forest management initiatives within the framework of aid programming and Country Strategy Papers. They also call on the Commission to: present a communication determining the European Union’s approach for promoting forest protection and outlining the European Union’s commitment to provide funds to finance forest protected areas and to promote economic alternatives to forest destruction; speed up the implementation of the EU FLEGT action plan (EU action plan on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) and the directive aimed at combating illegal logging and related trade and enhancing the consumption of wood products produced in a sustainable way; propose a legislative proposal aimed at preventing the placing on the market of timber and timber products derived from illegal sources; speed up the adoption and implementation of a green public procurement policy which favours the purchase of eco-labelled wood products , especially those certified according to the standard of the Forest Stewardship Council. Fish : recalling the high level of dependence of countries in West Africa on fisheries (as a source of employment, food security, government revenues and foreign exchange), MEPs call on the Commission to examine the clear link between migration levels of immigrants from West African countries and the decline of fish stocks. They also call on the Commission and the West African countries to curb illegal fishing , which largely contributes to the rapid decline of fish stocks. It is also necessary to strengthen coherence between the Community's development policy and its fisheries policy by ensuring better surveillance of the waters off the West African coasts, by supporting scientific research into fish stocks and reinforcing phyto-sanitary standards. Sustainability of fishing : a series of actions are also planned to ensure the sustainability of the fishing activities in West Africa. Amongst the main actions proposed by MEPs are the following: the assessment of the abundance of relevant fish stocks in order to identify which fish stocks are the most depleted; the accurate, reliable and timely public reporting on catches and activities of European Union vessels operating in third countries; the strengthening of collaboration with West African partners on the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing as well as working with local communities; the evaluation of local processing industries; and the improvement of the current system of rules of origin. MEPs recognise that even though the financial contributions under the fisheries agreements have come to represent a substantial share of the total budgets of some third countries, cooperation for sustainable development cannot come from the common fisheries policy alone. Therefore, other Community policies also need to be brought into play, particularly development cooperation policy, in order to bring about political and socio-economic conditions that will enable those countries to redirect administrative and financial efforts so that they can benefit from the potential offered by their natural biological resources in a sustainable manner. In addition, MEPs call on the Commission to conduct more detailed Sustainability Impact Assessments (SIAs) in West Africa, particularly focusing on development policy in the fish and timber sectors. To conclude, MEPs believe that the FLEGT process and the reformed Fisheries Partnership Agreements of the new generation represent important starting points for development-friendly policies.
  • date: 2008-04-09T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A6-2008-137&language=EN title: A6-0137/2008
  • date: 2008-06-16T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20080616&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 2008-06-17T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=14876&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament
  • date: 2008-06-17T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2008-289 title: T6-0289/2008 summary: The European Parliament adopted by 559 votes to 11, with 17 abstentions, a resolution on policy coherence for development and the effects of the EU's exploitation of certain biological natural resources on development in West Africa. The own-initiative report had been tabled for consideration in plenary by Frithjof SCHMIDT ( Greens/EFA) on behalf of the Committee on Development. On the whole, the resolution believes that greater policy coherence for development (PCD) is necessary since this policy is central to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. A series of efforts must be made across different sectors of the primary economy to improve the sustainable development of developing countries and to work towards reducing the negative effects of climate change, particularly in the forestry sector in order to develop sustainable forest management and fisheries management in African countries . The main sectors targeted by the Parliament to increase sustainable development in West Africa are the timber and fish sectors. Timber : given that tropical deforestation is one of the key contributors to climate change (responsible for 20%) and to greenhouse gas emissions, the Parliament calls on the Commission to finance sustainable forest management initiatives within the framework of aid programming and Country Strategy Papers. It also calls on the Commission to: present a communication determining the European Union’s approach for promoting forest protection and outlining the European Union’s commitment to provide funds to finance forest protected areas and to promote economic alternatives to forest destruction; speed up the implementation of the EU FLEGT action plan (EU action plan on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) and the directive aimed at combating illegal logging and related trade; propose a legislative proposal aimed at preventing the placing on the market of timber and timber products derived from illegal sources; speed up the adoption and implementation of a green public procurement policy which favours the purchase of eco-labelled wood products , especially those certified according to the standard of the Forest Stewardship Council. Fish : recalling the high level of dependence of countries in West Africa on fisheries (as a source of employment, food security, government revenues and foreign exchange), the Parliament calls on the Commission to examine the clear link between migration levels of immigrants from West African countries and the decline of fish stocks. It also calls on the Commission and the West African countries to curb illegal fishing , which largely contributes to the rapid decline of fish stocks. It is also necessary to strengthen coherence between the Community's development policy and its fisheries policy by ensuring better surveillance of the waters off the West African coasts, by supporting scientific research into fish stocks and reinforcing hygiene standards. Sustainability of fishing : a series of actions are also planned to ensure the sustainability of fishing activities in West Africa. Amongst the main actions proposed by the Parliament are the following: regular assessment of fishery resources through research campaigns carried out by EU researchers and researchers from the third country concerned; improved infrastructure on land, both port infrastructure and infrastructure for supplies and transport, in order to facilitate the entry of vessels from the EU and from other countries for repair, disembarkation, transhipment etc.; adaptation of hygiene and health rules; creation of monitoring and surveillance services, since these countries lack the necessary technical and human resources to carry out these tasks (setting up monitoring centres, training inspectors etc.); creation of a legal framework that will guarantee protection for current and potential EU investment stemming chiefly from the creation of joint ventures, which currently encounter too many obstacles to investment in the third country concerned, mainly owing to legal uncertainty which characterises almost all countries in the region; introduction of sustainable fisheries management plans that will regulate the activities of local sectors, restricting the widespread and biologically unsustainable practice of free access. Moreover, the Parliament recognises that even though the financial contributions under the fisheries agreements have come to represent a substantial share of the total budgets of some third countries, cooperation for sustainable development cannot come from the common fisheries policy alone. Therefore, other Community policies also need to be brought into play, particularly development cooperation policy, in order to bring about political and socio-economic conditions that will enable those countries to redirect administrative and financial efforts so that they can benefit from the potential offered by their natural biological resources in a sustainable manner. To conclude, the Parliament believes that the FLEGT process and the reformed Fisheries Partnership Agreements of the new generation represent important starting points for development-friendly policies in the third countries concerned.
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  • date: 2008-04-09T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A6-2008-137&language=EN type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading title: A6-0137/2008 body: EP type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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