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REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products PDF (454 KB) DOC (848 KB)
Amendments (38)
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) It is essential, in order for the Common Market Organisation to be a success, that consumers are informed, through marketing and educational campaigns, about the value of eating fish and the wide variety of species available, as well as told of the importance of being able to understand the information contained on labels;
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Producer organisations are the key actors for the appropriate application of the Common Fisheries Policy and the Common Market Organisation. It is therefore necessary to strengthen their objectives and to provide the necessary financial support to ensure that their members carry out fishing and aquaculture activities in a sustainable manner, improve the placing on the market of products, and collect economic information on aquaculture. When realising these objectives, producer organisations should take account the different conditions of the fishery and aquaculture sectors prevailing in the Union, in particular the specificities of small-scale fisheries.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Producer organisations may create a collective fshall be allocated Community financial assistance under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund to finance the production and marketing plans and the storage mechanism.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18 a) It is desirable that the Commission investigate and monitor the power of certain major buyers in the market, in order to ensure that such buyers do not cause unsustainable fishing practices to continue or develop, and to ensure that fishermen get a fair price for the product, with ordinary consumers paying an affordable price;
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) promoting viable and sustainable fishing activities of their members in full compliance with the conservation policy laid down in the Regulation on the Common Fisheries Policy and environmental legislation;
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) handlingpromoting avoidance and minimisation of unwanted catches of commercial stocks;
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) managing the resource access rights assigned to their members in accordance with the provisions of Chapter IV of the Common Fisheries Policy Regulation;
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) helping to maintain and create jobs in coastal regions;
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
Article 7 b (eb) contributing towards educating consumers about the wide variety of species available for consumption
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – title
Article 8 – title
Measures to be deployabled by fishery producer organisations
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Fishery producer organisations mayshall make use of the following measures to achieve the objectives set out in Article 7:
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) makAssisting the best use ofir members to develop and implement measures to minimise and avoid unwanted catches of commercial stocks by:
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 1
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 2
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 3
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent 3
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) managing their members’ fishing opportunities on a collective basis.
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) promoting extensive and sustainable aquaculture activities of their members by providing opportunities for their development;
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 - paragraph 1 - point e a (new)
Article 10 - paragraph 1 - point e a (new)
(ea) using, where possible, Information Communications Technology to ensure that the best possible price for products is achieved;
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) promotion of responsible, extensive and sustainable aquaculture, notably in terms of environment protection, animal health and animal welfare;
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) coordinating and developing activities of common interest for the member producer organisations, including the improved marketing of products for consumers.
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a Financing of associations of producer organisations. (a) The European Maritime and Fisheries Fund may financially contribute towards the establishment and/or development of associations of producer organisations. (b) The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 50, laying down detailed rules concerning such financial support.
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) improving quality, knowledge of and the transparency of production and the market, as well as product traceability and food safety;
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) they comply with the competition rules laid down in Chapter VI;
Amendment 243 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) they may not hold a dominant position on a given market unless necessary in pursuance of the goals of aArticles 39 and 40 of the Treaty.
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
In order to ensure that the conditions for recognition of producer organisations or inter-branch organisations laid down in Articles 17 and 18 are complied with, the Commission may carry out checks and mayshall, where appropriate, request that Member States withdraw the recognition of producer organisations or inter-branch organisations.
Amendment 276 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1(a) a fishery producer organisation is deemed representative where it accounts for at least 6530 % of the quantities marketed of the relevant product during the previous year in the area where it is proposed to extend the rules
Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. Within two month7 days of receipt of the notification, the Commission shall take a decision authorising or refusing to authorise the extension of rules and shall inform the Member States. Where the Commission has not taken a decision within the two-month period7 days, the extension of rules shall be deemed to have been authorised by the Commission.
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. Each producer organisation shall submit a production and marketing plan to their competent national authorities to fulfil the objectives laid down in Articles 3 and 7.
Amendment 324 #
Proposal for a regulation
Section 6 – title
Section 6 – title
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 350 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 1
1. The products for which marketing standards have been laid down may be marketed for human consumption in the Union only in accordance with those standards.
Amendment 354 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 3
Article 40 – paragraph 3
3. All fishery products landed, including those not complying with marketing standards, may be, under the responsibility of the Member States, distributed free of charge to philanthropic or charitable institutions established in the Union or to persons who are recognised by the legislation of the Member State concerned as being entitled to public assistanceused for bait, as well as for fishmeal and fish oil. Producer organisation members shall be eligible for reimbursement to cover the costs incurred in landing these fisheries products.
Amendment 445 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) undertake to investigate the significant power of large buyers which determine the price of fish products, often to the detriment of fishermen's incomes;
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) undertake to devise an Union-wide campaign in order to ensure that consumers are aware of the huge variety of fish species landed in European ports, and to inform citizens of the Union of the different periods when certain species are in season, together with the provision of promotional campaigns concerning the new labelling measures being introduced;
Amendment 447 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
Article 49 – paragraph 1 – point c c (new)
(cc) The Commission shall also undertake to ensure that in primary and second level schools across the Union, information campaigns are carried out so that younger citizens and their teachers are aware of the benefits of consuming fish, and of the huge variety of species of fish which are available for consumption;
Amendment 448 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 49 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) make adequate market information available to the adequate level to stakeholdersall stakeholders. This should include making such information available to consumers in an accessible and understandable manner.
Amendment 464 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – New entries to be inserted/added
Annex II – New entries to be inserted/added
Boarfish (Caproidae) Sprat (Sprattus Sprattus) Turbot (Psetta Maxima) Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus Labrax) Argentines (Argentina Silus) Spider Crab (Maja Brachydactela) Lobster (Homarus Gammarus)