P5_TA(2004)0256
CommunityfishingvesselsoperatingintheNAFORegulatoryArea*
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending
Regulation(EC)No3069/95establishingaEuropeanCommunityobserverschemeapplicabletoCommunityfishingvesselsoperatingintheRegulatoryAreaoftheNorthwestAtlanticFisheries
Organisation(NAFO)(COM(2003)611/dashC5-0515/2003/dash2003/0237(CNS))
(Consultationprocedure)
TheEuropeanParliament ,
/dash havingregardtotheCommissionproposaltotheCouncil(COM(2003)611)(
1),
/dash havingregardtoArticle37oftheECTreaty,pursuanttowhichtheCouncilconsultedParliament
(C5-0515/2003),
/dash havingregardtoRule67ofitsRulesofProcedure,
/dash havingregardtothereportoftheCommitteeonFisheries(A5-0165/2004),
1. ApprovestheCommissionproposal;
2. CallsontheCounciltonotifyParliamentifitintendstodepartfromthetextapprovedbyParliament;3. AskstheCounciltoconsultParliamentagainifitintendstoamendtheCommissionproposalsub-
stantially;
4. InstructsitsPresidenttoforwarditspositiontotheCouncilandCommission.
(1) NotyetpublishedintheOJ.
P5_TA(2004)0257
EC-Guineafisheriesagreement*
EuropeanParliamentlegislativeresolutionontheproposalforaCouncilregulationonthecon-
clusionoftheprotocoldefiningfortheperiod1January2004to31December2008thefishingopportunitiesandthefinancialcontributionprovidedforintheAgreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandtheGovernmentoftheRepublicofGuineaonfishingofftheGuinean
coast(COM(2003)765/dashC5-0024/2004/dash2003/0290(CNS))
(Consultationprocedure)
TheEuropeanParliament ,
/dash havingregardtotheproposalforaCouncildecision(COM(2003)765)(
1),
/dash havingregardtoArticle37andArticle300(3),firstsubparagraph,oftheECTreaty,pursuanttowhich
theCouncilconsultedParliament(C5-0024/2004),
(1) NotyetpublishedintheOJ.29.4.2004EN C103E/775 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanUnion
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/dash havingregardtoRules67and97(7)ofitsRulesofProcedure,
/dash havingregardtothereportoftheCommitteeonFisheriesandtheopinionsoftheCommitteeon
BudgetsandtheCommitteeonDevelopmentandCooperation(A5-0164/2004),
1. ApprovestheCommissionproposalasamendedandapprovesconclusionoftheprotocol;
2. InstructsitsPresidenttoforwarditspositiontotheCouncilandCommission,andthegovernments
andparliamentsoftheMemberStatesandtheRepublicofGuinea.
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Amendment1
Recital4a(new)
(4a) The protocol must meet all criteria of applicable
treaties concerning fisheries, development and the environ-mentsignedbytheEuropeanUnion.
Amendment2
Recital4b(new)
(4b) The protocol must guarantee that additional fishing
opportunities are subject to the participation of local fis-hermenandcompaniesandtheavailabilityoftangibleevi-
denceofthepracticeofsustainablemanagementineconomic,
socialandenvironmentaltermsinthefishingarea.
Amendment3
Recital4c(new)
(4c) TheprotocolmustassurethattheGovernmentofthe
Republic of Guinea spend the compensation in order toimprovetheeconomic,socialandenvironmentalsituationofthepeopleoftheRepublicofGuinea.
Amendment4
Recital4d(new)
(4d) Theprotocolmustprotecttheinterestoflocalcoastal
communitieslivingonfisherieswhereastheyareoftennotinthepositiontodosoforthemselves.
Amendment5
Recital4e(new)
(4e) TheprotocolmustseekthattheEuropeanCommunity,
incontributingfinanciallytowardsthereinforcementoffis-heries surveillance activities, effectively assures the fightagainstillegalfishing.C103E/776 EN29.4.2004 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanUnion
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Amendment6
Recital4f(new)
(4f) Theprotocolmustguaranteethatthejointventuresset
up between Community operators and Guinean operatorsencourage the participation of the local community andimprovetheeconomicsituationofthepeopleoftheRepublic
ofGuinea.
Amendment7
Recital4g(new)
(4g) The protocol must guarantee the protection of
mammalsandbirdsfromnetsandlonglinesbyuseofanyenvironmentally-friendlymethods .
Amendment8
Recital4h(new)
(4h) Theprotocolmustlookatthepossibilitiesfordevel-
oping a surveillance policy with neighbouring countries toprovidebettercollaborationandprotectionoffishstocksintheregion.
Amendment9
Article2a(new)
Article2a
Levelsoffishingopportunitiesforallfleetsegmentsinthe
presentprotocolshouldbere-evaluatedfollowingtheconclu-
sionsofthescientificsub-committeeoftheFisheryCommit-tee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF), meeting inFebruary2004.
Amendment10
Article2b(new)
Article2b
In the course of the protocol’s application, and before the
startofnegotiationsonitspossiblerenewal,theCommissionshallsubmittotheEuropeanParliamentandtheCouncilageneral assessmentreport includingacostbenefit analysisand an evaluation on the implementation of the targetedmeasures.
Amendment11
Article2c(new)
Article2c
Fishing opportunities for fin-fish and cephalopod trawlers
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Amendment12
Article2d(new)
Article2d
Fishing opportunities for fin-fish and cephalopod trawlers
should not be increased in 2005 or 2006 unless there isclearandunequivocalevidenceofasignificantimprovementinthestatusofallstocksaffectedbythesefleets.TheEuro-pean Parliament should be consulted on any increase and
shouldbeprovidedwiththescientificjustification.
Amendment13
Article2e(new)
Article2e
TheCouncilshall,onthebasisofthereportreferredtoin
Article2bandtakingaccountoftheEuropeanParliament’sopinionthereon,authorisetheCommission,whereappropri-ate,tostartnegotiationswithaviewtotheadoptionofanewprotocol.
Amendment14
Article2f(new)
Article2f
TheCommissionwillproducebytheendof2004astudy
intothepossiblemeansofconvertingsumscurrentlyincludedas ‘targeted measures’ into specific projects funded by theCommissionthataresubjecttoproperauditingwithverifi-cationoftheprojectresults.
Amendment15
Article2g(new)
Article2g
TheCommissionshallreportonthefeasibilityoffundinga
coordinated,regionalsurveillanceprogrammeinthewatersofCECAF that would include both aerial andmaritime com-ponents.
Amendment16
Article2h(new)
Article2h
IncaseswhereMemberStatesfailtosubmittotheCommis-
siondataoncatchesbyvesselsflyingtheirflag,theCommis-
sionshouldconsiderinitiatinglegalproceedingsagainstthe
offendingMemberStatesand,ifthesituationpersists,revok-ingaccessrights.C103E/778 EN29.4.2004 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanUnion
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