5 Amendments of Josu ORTUONDO LARREA related to 2008/2009(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes the view that an 'integrated European maritime policy' must not disregard the fact that energy supply and food are strategic necessities and objectives that we must safeguard without exceeding maximum security thresholds as regards external dependence, and that sustainable fisheries and agriculture, as the basic sources of our food, must be protected in the European Union's general interest;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphatically supports the Commission's intention to exploit the potential of short sea shipping and inland waterway transport between EU Member States and to integrate this rapidly into the single market;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Supports the target set by the European Council of March 2007 of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and reaffirms its call for maritime policy to make a substantial contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions; this should include incorporating shipping into emissions trading and enhancing research efforts both with regard to exploiting the seas as a source of renewable energy and with a view to developing cleaner new ship propulsion technologies; considers that if Europe leads the way in combating climate change this can strengthen and develop Europe’s leading role in environmental technology and research;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 9 – indent 1 a (new)
• reasonable prices to be set for supplies of electricity to ships moored at EU ports, so as to avert situations in which the engines are left running in order to generate energy for a ship’s own consumption, and in that way reduce pollutant emissions from ships;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Welcomes the measures taken to allow satellite tracking of the uncontrolled dumping at sea carried out by certain ships; calls, however, for provisions requiring ships to use black box-type devices whose contents could not be tampered with (models have already been patented), which would enable the levels of liquids pumped into or out of tanks and bilges to be recorded at brief intervals; points out that inspection of records produced by the above means would show whether pollutant oil residues had been dumped outside official control and hence illegally;