9 Amendments of France JAMET related to 2019/0090M(NLE)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. Whereas fisheries agreements with third countries, particularly African countries, were based primarily on two premises – the abundance stocks and a modest local fishing capacity – and whereas these two premises no longer hold true;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas direct employment in the fisheries sector in Guinea-Bissau has been limited, even in the case of local crew members on board vessels (they currently number fewer than when the previous protocol was concluded); owing to the increasing scarcity of resources and the competition from large European fishing vessels with which no local fishing industry can hope to cope.
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas insufficient advances have been made in the fight against IUU (illegal, unreported and unregulated) fishing in Guinea- Bissau’s territorial waters, thanks todespite the Guinean EEZ’s improved methods of supervision, namely those allocated to FISCAP (Inspection and Control of Fishing Activities), which includes a corps of observers and fast patrol vessels, there; whereas there clearly are still flaws and shortcomings which must be overcome, including with regard to the Vessel Monitoring System (VMS);
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the integration of the recommendations previously made by Parliament in the current Protocol were not fully satisfactory;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the importance of the EU- Guinea Bissau SFPA, both for Guinea Bissau and for EU fleets operating in Guinea-Bissau waters; emphasises that there is scope formust be more effective progress in terms of fisheries cooperation between the EU and Guinea- Bissau and considers that it shouldmust therefore go beyond previous protocols on the implementation of this agreement;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the objectives of the EU-Guinea Bissau SFPA have had differing degrees of successnot been met: while, on the one hand, the agreement has offered and provides considerable fishing opportunities for EU vessels in the Guinea-Bissau EEZ and European shipowners have made considerable use of these opportunities, on the other hand, the local fisheries sector hashave not, overall, developed enough or in a satisfactory manner;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the European Commission and the Member States, in theirConsiders that it is not the role of national cooperation and official development assistance policies, to take into account thatsupplement the provisions of an agreement which is unlikely to give rise to real development such as the European Development Fund (EDF) and sectoral support provided for in the EU-Guinea- Bissau SFPA should complement each other and be fully coordinated, with a view toAs it stands, this would not contribute to the strengthening of the local fisheries sector andnor to the full exercise of the country’s sovereignty over its resources; calls on the Commission to facilitate, through the EDF and other relevant instruments, the necessary steps for the provision of infrastructure which, by reason of its scale and costs, cannot be built solely by means of sectoral support within the framework of the SFPA, for example fishing ports (both industrial and artisanal);
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Ccalls on the European Commission to prioritise and urgently establish the conditions for the export of Guinea-Bissau fishery products to the EU, in particular as regards the verification of the required sanitary condiand the Member States, in cooperation with Guinea-Bissau, to prioritise and urgently establish the conditions for the creations and certification of the analytical laboratory (CIPA), since the current ban constitutes a significant barrier to the development of the local fisheries sector and, consequently, to the achievement of the SFPA objectives;viability of a genuine distribution chain for fishery products for human consumption.
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. SDoes not supports the need to increase the contribution of the SFPA to the local creation of direct and indirect jobs, either on vessels operating under the SFPA or in fishing activities, both upstream and downstream; considers that the Member States can play a key role and be an active part in capacity-building and training efforts in order to achieve this;