BETA

5 Amendments of Kristoffer STORM related to 2024/0159M(NLE)

Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the importance of the EU- Guinea-Bissau SFPA, both for Guinea- Bissau and for EU fleets operating in the Guinea-Bissau fishing zone; emphasises that there could be more effective fisheries cooperation between the EU and Guinea- Bissau and reiterates its call on the Commission to take every step required to make the new Protocol on implementing the agreement more ambitious and clearer than its predecessors so as to ensure that this SFPA leads to a satisfactory level of development of the local fisheries sector in overall terms and is consistent with the objectives referred to in UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development;
2024/12/13
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the objectives of the EU-Guinea-Bissau SFPA have been realised to varying degrees: while the agreement has offered and still provides considerable fishing opportunities for EU vessels in the Guinea-Bissau fishing zone, in view of the considerable use made of those opportunities by European vessel ownersfrom Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece and France in the Guinea-Bissau fishing zone, the same cannot be said of the local fisheries sector, whose development remains insufficient or unsatisfactory overall;
2024/12/13
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that, in Article 3, the Protocol contains a non-discrimination clause whereby Guinea-Bissau undertakes not to grant more favourable technical conditions to other foreign fleets operating in Guinea-Bissau's fishing zone that have the same characteristics and target the same species; calls on the Commission to closely follow and constantly monitor EU fisheries agreements with third countries in Guinea-Bissau's fishing zone; supports the Commission’s precautionary approach in setting TACs at 0 GRT for small-pelagic trawlers, but questions the ability of stakeholders to enforce an equivalent obligation for third- party-flagged fleets;
2024/12/13
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Supports the need for significant progress in the development of the Guinea- Bissau fisheries sector, including as regards related industries and activities, and calls on the Commission to take all necessary measures, including a possible revision and strengthening of the sectoral support component of the agreement, along with measures to without increaseing the financial contribution take-up ratebut just upgrading the already existent measures, in order to achieve that objective;
2024/12/13
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. Takes the view that the EU-Guinea- Bissau SFPA will not achieve its objectives unless it contributes to establishing a long- term sustainable management system for the exploitation of its fisheries resources plus responsible socio-economic arrangements; regards it as extremely important that the sectoral support provisions set out in the Protocol be complied with, with the utmost transparency, in order to help fully implement the national strategy for sustainable fisheries; points out in this regard that the EU should mobilise its technical and financial assistance in order, as a matter of priority, to:
2024/12/13
Committee: DEVE