BETA

6 Amendments of Paul RÜBIG related to 2018/0210(COD)

Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40 a (new)
(40 a) The quantity of marine plastic litter may outweigh fish by 2050 and represents a serious concern for environmental, economic, safety, health and cultural issues. Scientific knowledge is still scarce. There are evidences that remote sensing may be capable of providing monitoring on a global scale in complement to coastal monitoring sites and boat expeditions.
2018/10/10
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. The EMFF may support actions for the protection and restoration of marine and coastal biodiversity and ecosystems, including in inland waters. For this purpose the cooperation with the European Space Agency and European satellite programmes should be fostered to gather more data on the situation of maritime pollution and especially plastic waste in the waters.
2018/10/10
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) investments in the analysis and observation of marine pollution, especially plastics, to increase data on the situation;
2018/10/10
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point b b (new)
(b b) investments in the cleaning of waters with a focus on blue economy and the re-use of plastic waste and waste water;
2018/10/10
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1 a (new)
increasing knowledge about marine plastic litter and its concentrations.
2018/10/10
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) international cooperation on and development of ocean research and data, notably on marine plastic litter, obtained through appropriate sensors on satellites, notably from the Copernicus component of the EU Space programme, autonomous aircraft and in-situ observing systems, capable of monitoring larger items of floating litter as well as concentrations of smaller items.
2018/10/10
Committee: BUDG