Activities of Antolín SÁNCHEZ PRESEDO related to 2012/2063(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the EU 2011 Report on Policy Coherence for Development
Amendments (8)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph -1 (new)
Section 1 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Maintains that the Union’s development policy should be carried out within the framework of the obligation agreed in the United Nations and other organisations and competent international bodies and that the contribution of fishing to development should be made within the framework of the principles and objectives of the Union’s external action and should contribute towards the main aim of Union development policy, which is to reduce and ultimately eradicate poverty in developing countries;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph -1 a (new)
Section 1 – paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. The Union shall contribute to development in the sphere of fishery by supporting the principle of surplus fishing stocks and other rules laid down in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the application of the FAO Guidelines for responsible fisheries and the FAO Compliance Agreement on the conservation and management of fisheries resources at global level;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph -1 b (new)
Section 1 – paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Emphasises that the objectives of fisheries policy must be carried out transparently and coherently with other Union objectives and that their impact on development must be planned, measured, assessed and regularly and systematically subjected to democratic control;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph -1 c (new)
Section 1 – paragraph -1 c (new)
-1c. Advocates ensuring full coherence with and building synergies between the design, development, monitoring and evaluation of Community development cooperation policy and that of sectoral policies, particularly those with the greatest impact on development such as trade, agricultural and fisheries policies, bearing in mind that the greatest part of the value of world catch is fished in the waters of developing countries, that the majority of catches in ACP waters are made by foreign vessels and that fishing is the source of over one quarter of the protein intake of people in developing countries;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph -1 d (new)
Section 1 – paragraph -1 d (new)
-1d. Clearly states that fisheries cooperation agreements and the fisheries- related aspects of development cooperation agreements and EU commercial agreements should contribute towards making fishing a socially, economically and environmentally sustainable activity for the EU and its partners;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Section 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that its external action in general, and Fisheries Partnership Agreements in particular, promote good governance and transparency and create the conditions for developing third countries to base their fisheries policies on the same guidelines and sustainability standards as the common fisheries policy, including the adoption of decisions based on scientific reports and impact studies and the drafting of multiannual plans allowing exploitation proportionate to the maximum sustainable yield of stocks; special support for small scale fishing and aquaculture activities and the communities which depend on them; promotion of selective fishing, adaptation of fleet capacity to resources and more responsible fishing practices; gradual reduction and ultimate elimination of discards and efforts to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing; improvements to safety and welfare conditions at work, protection of biodiversity and the environment and measures to combat climate change; product quality and better marketing, and promotion of research and innovation to increase the sustainability of activities in the sphere of fishery, aquaculture and associated industries;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Section 1 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Firmly maintains that, in their relations with third countries and their actions within international organisations, the Union and its Member States shall contribute to building the capacities of societies and governments of developing countries to draft, implement and control sustainable fisheries policies which increase their food security and contribute to their development;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Section 1 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Emphasises that fisheries cooperation is able to directly benefit the 150 million people on our planet who rely on fishing and fishery related activities for their livelihood.