27 Amendments of Cláudia MONTEIRO DE AGUIAR related to 2014/2240(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to Directive 2014/89/EU of 23 July 2014 establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning,
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas one of those conditions is a definition that includes all the activities in the blue economy and whereas these must be analysed according to an integrated approach aimed at creating a blue ecosystem encompassing all stakeholders;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the integrated maritime policy acts as a strong lever for blue economy activities, especially when it comes to finding an integrated response to all the challenges now facing Europe’s seas;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas there is a great deal of ignorance about the seas and oceans, their resources and biodiversity, and the ways in which these interact with human activities – whether taking place or still to be developed – and whereas inadequate knowledge on those points severely inhibits sustainable use of the resources concerned and poses an obstacle to innovation;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Commission to propose a definition of the blue economy that covers all existing or future production and employment at sea, as well as the onshore ramifications thereof; calls on the Commission to specify those activities in the EU most likely to be of use in developing and consolidating the blue economy and, to that end, to draw up an non- exhaustive, inclusive list that covers, as a minimum, the following activities: fisheries, shipbuilding, renewable marine energy, seabed mining, marine biotechnology, seaweed farming, fish farming, shellfish farming, coastal and maritime tourism, the development of offshore platforms and shipping;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas investments in marine and maritime research and innovation will strengthen the position of the EU as a global leader in the field of maritime policy;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to earmarkspecify all of the European funds available to finance blue economy activities and concentrate them within a single platform accessible to citizens; calls for funding for innovation and blue growth to be earmarked to finance fundamental research, R&D, training, business start-ups, environmental protection and the sale of innovative products and processes;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to take specific steps to enhance contacts and cooperation between the regional and national levels within the EU, by means of INTERREG, for example, and the sea basin strategies; calls on the Commission to bring together the international protagonists operating in the blue economy and take the lead in an international project to boost this new sector of economic activity;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Maintains that strategic planning should be laid down for blue economy activities, as should forms of direct financing and an action plan, in order to galvanise this sector into life by 2020; considers that each of the activities singled out should encompass specific ideas on subjects ranging from research cooperation through infrastructure investment and cooperation arrangements, which Member States should be called upon to implement by making use of EU funds, financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB), and private sector involvement, following the practices applied under the European Fund for Strategic Investments;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 1 (new)
Paragraph 2 – indent 1 (new)
- Advocates the need for strategic planning of activities in the Blue Economy, direct methods of funding and an action plan in order to boost this sector by 2020. Each of the identified activities shall include a number of specific ideas, ranging from cooperation in research, investment in infrastructure and cooperation mechanisms - which Member States are invited to implement using EU funds, the financing of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the involvement of the private sector as is the case with the European Fund for Strategic Investments.
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to encourage business creation in the blue economy by offering incentives for entrepreneurship and for start-ups likely to make their mark in the maritime sector;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for the development of a unified European maritime industrial strategy which should bring together EU initiatives on all maritime-related sectors;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Maintains that it is necessary to determine and promote traditional, cultural, and tourism activities which can capitalise on the specific features of local communities and help to preserve non- industrial fishing;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to launch a comprehensive study on the importance and weight of the blue economy for the European Union;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for clear-cut objectives and time- frames to be laid down with a view to making data – whether relating to the sea- floor or to the water column and living resources – more accessible and, more fully interoperable and harmonised for information about seas and oceans to be supplied to the public;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for an EU initiative to encourage private companies of the maritime sector to share economically insensitive data for research purposes;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that the Member States and regional authorities have a key role to play in developing the blue economy and urges the Commission to support and encourage all forms of cooperation between Member States and regional authorities, for example joint programming initiatives;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers the shortage of qualified professionals in various fields of study and activity – including, though not confined to, researchers, engineers, and technicians, to be a huge hurdle that could prevent the blue economy from fully realising its potential; maintains that this shortcoming is closely bound up with the growing disengagement and disinvestment by Member States in the spheres of science and education and with the decline in ththerefore urges Member States and regional authorities to invest in an ambitious social dimension of blue pgrofessional status and social standwth and maritime literacy ing of several of the professions concerned, and therefore calls for thesrder to promote training and access for young people two trends to be reversed without delaymaritime professions;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for an appropriate financial framework to be established in order to stimulate the development of the blue economy and job creation, combining and, coordinating and facilitating the access to the financial instruments available – structural and investment funding (EMFF, ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund), the research framework programme, and so forth; points out that the instruments should be better geared to the needs of individual stakeholders – public institutions, businesses, especially SMEs, non- governmental organisations, etc. – and the opportunities being offered widely publicised;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses the importance of maritime spatial planning for the sustainable and coordinated development of maritime activities;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Considers that the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning directive in a timely manner will foster investment in the blue economy as it provides the necessary certainty;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Stresses in this context the importance of land-sea interactions and Integrated Coastal Zone Management;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 1 (new)
Paragraph 14 – indent 1 (new)
- Calls on the Commission to encourage the creation of new businesses in the Blue Economy, encouraging entrepreneurship and the creation of startups with strong potential in the maritime area.
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Considers that environmentally healthy coastal and maritime areas are key for sustainable human activities; calls therefore for the full implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework directive;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Considers that the governance of Integrated Maritime Policy should be strengthened at EU and sea-basin levels;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – indent 1 (new)
Paragraph 15 – indent 1 (new)
- Advocates the need for cultural and natural attractions to be identified and promoted, safeguarding the small-scale fishing that is so important to local communities;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Believes that a maritime safety "Erika IV" package should be launched to prevent further major maritime disasters; considers that this package should recognise the ecological damage to marine waters in the European legislation;