Activities of Pierre KARLESKIND related to 2021/0037M(NLE)
Reports (1)
REPORT containing a motion for a non-legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of a Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union on the one hand, and the Government of Greenland and the Government of Denmark, on the other hand and the Implementation Protocol thereto
Amendments (8)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Article 62 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea provides that a coastal state should, through agreements or other arrangements, give other states access to the surplus of an allowable catch,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas Protocol 34 on special arrangements for Greenland links preferential tariffs on the European market for fisheries products from Greenland to European vessels' access to Greenland's fishing areas;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the ex-post evaluation of the previous protocol and the ex-ante evaluation led to the negotiation of a new agreement and a new protocol that are more in line with fishing opportunities and scientific advice, provide more flexibility over catches and have a lower by-catch quota, and to the negotiation of a six-year validity period for the protocol;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas an SFPA with Greenland is important for the EU vessels that fish in Greenland's waters and for the Member State fleets that benefit directly or indirectly from the agreement and the quota transfers it provides for;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the new agreement and protocol enable 12 EU vessels to make use of fishing opportunities in Greenland’s waters for eight species (cod, pelagic redfish, demersal redfish, Greenland halibut, northern prawn, grenadier, capelin and Atlantic mackerel) for a period of four years, renewable for two years, in return for annual financial compensation from the EU of EUR 16 521 754, of which EUR 2 931 000 has been earmarked for support for and the development of Greenland’s fisheries sector;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that fishing opportunities for Atlantic mackerel are dependent upon Greenland’s participation as a signatory to the coastal states agreement on the management of Atlantic mackerel and that fishing opportunities for redfish must be in line with the management agreement and with decisions taken at NEAFC level;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recalls Greenland’s geostrategic position in the Arctic region; stresses the importance of relations with Greenland as part of an EU strategy on the Arctic and with a view to preventing unregulated high-sea fishing in the Central Arctic;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point k a (new)
Paragraph 15 – point k a (new)
(ka) to establish a long-term discussion on the connection between the SFPA with Greenland and fisheries agreements with Norway, including their interdependence;