Activities of Francisco GUERREIRO related to 2021/0227(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022 - all sections
Amendments (4)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the increase in the EMFAF Budget 2022; reiterates that, for small-scale fisheries and sustainable aquaculture to continue to be viable and competitive, appropriate funding for these sectors is needed; believes that the budget for these sectors must be entirely consistent with the EU objectives, notably those set out in the Green Deal, the new industrial strategy, the ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy, the New approach for a sustainable blue economy and the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030; takes the view that maintaining the competitive position of the fisheries and aquaculture sectors must go hand in hand with achieving these goals;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of fixing the economic and social damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has hit the entire fisheries and aquaculture sector hard in 2020; welcomes the introduction, in the new EMFAF, of the possibility to trigger measures for the aquaculture and fisheries sectors in case of exceptional events generating a significant disruption of markets as well as temporary cessation in case of sanitary crisis; believes that the inclusion of such provisions better protects the sector in case of a new sanitary crisis;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the approvals by the Commission of Member states recovery plans; stresses out the importance of Member States using these resources to ensure sustainable recovery of the fishing and aquaculture sector when implementing their recovery plans, while allocating a significant part of these resources for the development of monitoring and geolocalisation technologies, as well as the protection and restoration of marine ecosystems and biodiversity, in line with the RRF objective of promoting the green and digital transitions;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Insists on the necessity to improve scientific and technical knowledge to ensure the most reliable research-based solutions for all marine biological resources in line with the requirements of the CFP; reiterates the importance of ensuring sufficient financial resources for the collection, management, use and exchange of data in the fisheries sector;