Activities of France JAMET related to 2022/0212(BUD)
Plenary speeches (1)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 - all sections (debate)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the economic, social and environmental aspects of fisheries, aquaculture and maritime affairs; stresses their vital role in ensuring global food safety and resilience of food systems, but also in boosting the development of the sustainable blue economy and their contribution to developing and revitalising coastal and overseas areas; Ttakes the view that maintaining the competitive position of the fisheries and aquaculture sectors must go hand in hand with achieving social, environmental and economic objectives set out in the CFP as well as in the Green Deal and subsequent strategies;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that Russia’s military aggression hasand the many sanctions against Russia have led to significant disruptions in trade flows and an increase in energy prices requiring the use of European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) crisis measures; calls on the Commission to further increase such efforts with the aim of compensating the sharp increase of fuel prices and other additional costs, which since March 2022 have doubled compared to the average price in 2021; welcomes the amending of the EMFF regulation1 aiming at alleviating the consequences of the war on the sector and on the markets; _________________ 1 COM(2022)179 final
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Invites the Commission to expedite a strategy increasing the global share of EU aquaculture production which contributes to food supply and food security, especially against the backdrop of the Ukrainian crisis; calls on the Commission to make full use of the available financing resources of the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF), as this is the funding instrument specifically dedicated to the objectives of EU fisheries and aquaculture management; urges Member States to earmark sufficient funding under the Recovery and Resilience Facility to support the innovation, sustainability and resilience of EU aquaculture sector;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. WelcomesTakes note of the approvals by the Commission of Member States' recovery plans; stresses out the importance of Member States using theseall resources to ensure sustainable recovery of the fishing and aquaculture sector when implementing their recovery plans;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Draws attention to the potential of European aquaculture, including in terms of food security and health benefits in the context of the Ukraine crisis and the global crisis; calls on the Commission to foster the sustainable growth of this sector above the actual 2% of global aquaculture production with specific, acceptable and shared targets for 2030;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Draws attention to the international dimension of the CFP and its economic, social and environmental benefits and cCalls on the Commission to devote adequate resources to Ooceans governance; stresses the importance of international cooperation to achieve EU’s commitments;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the importance of control in securing the objectives of the CFP;s in this regard, the increase in funding (0,8%) allocated to the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA, in this regard, the need to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fis not even enough to match the inflation rate of the EU; hence considerhing, which constitutes a serious threat the increase is largely insufficient to ensure a level playing field and a credible combat against IUU fishing; underlines EFCA’s role ensuring a level playing field for the EU fleet, especially in discouraging and repressing IUU fishing in European waters but ao the sustainability of fisheries resources and unfair competition vis-à-vis fishermen who abide by the rules; calls on the EU and Member States to strengthen all the means and toolso at a global level, requires a more ambitious funding in the long term, if the objectives of the CFP are to be achievedtheir disposal to deter and crack down on IUU fishing, especially in European waters;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that generational renewal is one of the European fishing sector’s priorities; invites Member States to draw on the EMFAF to finance the introduction of programmes specifically designed to help young people to take up careers in fisheries, to make the sector more diverse and to encourage people from under- represented groups, particularly women, to join the sector and to feminise the sector to a greater extent; Calls, in this regard in addition, on the Commission to support the mobilisation of budgetary resources for the implementation of projects to support the creation of an association of young European fishers;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Reiterates the need to provide substantial technical and financial support for disadvantaged coastal areas and European outermost regions.