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17 Amendments of Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ related to 2014/2240(INI)

Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to Directive 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 July 2014 establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning,
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission Communication of 10 October 2007 on ‘An Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union’ (COM(2007) 575),
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission Communication of 13 May 2013 on an ‘Action Plan for a Maritime Strategy in the Atlantic area. Delivering smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’ (COM(2013) 279),
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the Parliament Resolution of 27 February 2014 on specific actions in the Common Fisheries Policy for developing the role of women,
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas the concept of the blue economy covers a wide range of economic sectors linked to the seas and oceans, spanning traditional and emerging sectors including fisheries, aquaculture, (seagoing) shipping and inland waterway transport, ports and logistics, tourism, pleasure sailing, and cruising, shipbuilding and ship-repairing, maritime works and protection of the coastline, prospecting for, and exploitation of, offshore mineral resources, prospecting for, and exploitation of, offshore energy resourceswind and marine energy, and biotechnology;
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas there is a great deal of ignorance about the seas and oceanslittle is still known about the seas and oceans as regards the ways in which they function, their resources, 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;
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission, in close coordination with Member States, to gauge the financing needs of the blue economy (at sectoral, national, and European level) with a view to realising its growth and job- creating potential, with a particular focus on regions which are highly dependent on fishing;
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission, in close coordination with Member States, to gauge the financing needs of the blue economy (at sectoral, national, and European level), with a particular focus on SMEs, with a view to realising its growth and job- creating potential;
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Urges the Commission to encourage the compilation of periodic, up-to-date scientific data on the state of marine populations both within and outside of EU waters in collaboration with other international organisations
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the development of the blue economy requires greater investment in knowledge and; deplores the short- and long- term impact that cuts in public R&D investment are having on national research programmes; and takes the view that, in order to improve understanding of the marine environment, the EU and the Member States must provide substantial funding under arrangements making for continuity and predictability over the long term;
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
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 for information about seas and oceans to be supplied to the public with a view to fostering innovation;
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the findings of publicly funded research, as a matter of principle, to be placed in the public domain and for that principle to be binding on partners in EU research programmes; calls onfor the provision of open access to the data supporting the results of said research; urges the Commission to set up the Horizon 2020 research information platform as quickly as possible;
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Deplores and rRejects the cuts in the budget for the Horizon 2020 research framework programme and calls for their impact to be assesproposed, both as regards fields specifically related to the blue economy and as regards cross-cutting areas likely to affect ity the Commission;
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Reiterates the multi-disciplinary nature of marine and maritime research; stresses the importance of supporting a cross-cutting endeavour which affects the various sectors and disciplines of marine and maritime research;
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support both higher education and professional and continuous training programmes, and to ensure that these programmes incorporate blue economy perspectives
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Urges the Commission and the Member States to incorporate gender perspectives at all stages of the development of the blue economy and to foster and increase women’s genuine participation therein
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that studies on coastal erosion, the degradation of coastal systems (pollution and loss of biodiversity) and maritime works to protect the coastline are a key blue economy sector that is becoming more important in the light of climate change; calls for greater EU support for this sector;
2015/04/21
Committee: ITRE