5 Amendments of Francisco José MILLÁN MON related to 2023/2015(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the efforts of the European fishing sector to improve the state of stocks at EU level; emphasises, in this regard, the need for continued efforts as this sector plays an essential role in ensuring European food sovereigntautonomy;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. CExpresses its concern about the decrease in fish consumption in the Union2a; calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase the role of fishery and aquaculture products in their nutritional policies and programmes, in particular by promoting their consumption among specific groups, such as young people, or in programmes aimed at tackling specific nutritional deficiencies; calls, therefore, for the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme to be expanded to include seafood; _________________ 2a European Market Observatory for Fisheries and Aquaculture Products, European Commission, The EU Fish Market - 2022 Edition.
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that VAT rates on seafood products in the Member States currently vary from 0% in Ireland and Malta, to 5% in Cyprus and Hungary and 22% in Slovenia; notes that Directive 2006/112/EC3a allows Member States to apply a 0% VAT rate to goods and services that are considered to cover basic needs, such as marine food products; stresses that, given the benefits of fish consumption for the planet and for health, the VAT on seafood should be as low as possible in all Member States or even 0%, as is already the case for a number of products in certain Member States; _________________ 3a Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax, OJ L 347, 11.12.2006, pp. 1-118.
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Points out that the Union imported more than 70% of the seafood it consumed in 20204a; stresses that the EU’s external trade imbalance in aquatic products is unacceptable from a food autonomy point of view, given the over- reliance on third countries, from an economic point of view, given the trade deficit it entails, and from a social point of view, given the missed opportunities for employment; calls on the Commission and the Member States to redouble their efforts to increase domestic marine protein production; _________________ 4a Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Strategic guidelines for a more sustainable and competitive EU aquaculture for the period 2021 to 2030, COM(2021) 236 final.