1 Amendments of Carmen FRAGA ESTÉVEZ related to 2009/2002(BUD)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses its concern over the proposed reduction in the resources available under chapter 11 04 'Governance of the Common Fisheries Policy'; given the importance of Regional Advisory Councils (RACs), it considers that an appropriate funding is indispensable for better governance of the CFP; considers, in addition, that the Commission should introduce greater flexibility and transparency into the rules governing the financial activities of the RACs, which are currently subject to an excess of interpretative criteria on the Commission's part, with a view to ensuring that existing rigidities no longer prevent the RACs from spending the entirety of the limited budget allocated to them;