C 47/170
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
7.2.2023
Wednesday 6 July 2022
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Encourages the EU to continue to work towards the conclusion of the multilateral negotiations on fisheries subsidies in the World Trade Organisation — implementing Sustainable Development Goal 14.6 — to prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, eliminate subsidies that contribute IUU fishing and refrain from introducing new such subsidies, in full consistency with the objectives set in the European Green Deal, the 8th Environment Action Programme, and the Paris Agreement; 113.
Calls for the global dimension of the biodiversity strategy to support the right to adequate food, implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas in order to address measures to globally improve the working conditions of farm workers and the income of small-scale farmers who are part of international food supply chains, and to ensure that the precautionary principle is included for all food safety requirements; further calls for the EU to align its trade policy with the Farm to Fork and biodiversity strategies’ objectives and with the carbon neutrality objective of the European Green Deal; 114.
Stresses that for sustainability objectives to be successfully pursued, it is a prerequisite that third countries acting on the global stage contribute their share; 115.
Underlines the value of food which must also be understood as far more than a mere commodity but as a right for people that must be realised, and the economic, social and environmental impact and externalities must be better assessed, and mitigated or leveraged as required; 116.
Calls for reinforced action at international level to ensure that policy decision-making has food security at its core, in order to avoid scarcity and ensure nutritional security in the most vulnerable countries; 117.
Calls for continued efforts to ensure the consistency of the EU’s policies in line with the principle of policy coherence for sustainable development; urges to ensure that European exports do not harm the development of local production and local markets; stresses that EU free trade agreements should not disrupt local agriculture, damage small producers or exacerbate dependency on food imports; urges support for local production and consumption which can ensure local employment creation, assure fair prices, guarantee the protection of workers’ health and safety, and lessen countries’ dependency on imports and their vulnerability to international price fluctuations; 118.
Points out the need for clear guidelines on how to achieve policy coherence for development at EU level while also addressing potentially conflicting policy objectives; urges the EU to guarantee the coherence of European agricultural and trade policies to support food security and food sovereignty and to protect local and regional markets; o o 119.
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Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.