Activities of Bendt BENDTSEN related to 2015/0028(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Trade in seal products (A8-0186/2015 - Cristian-Silviu Buşoi) DA
Trade in seal products (debate) DA
Amendments (4)
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) At the same time, seal hunting is an integral part of the culture, socio- economy and identity of the Inuit and other indigenous communities and, makes a major contribution to their subsistence and is considered sustainable. For those reasons, seal hunts traditionally conducted by Inuit and other indigenous communities do not raise the same public moral concerns as the hunts conducted primarily for commercial purposes. Moreover, it is broadly recognised that the fundamental and social interests of Inuit and other indigenous communities should not be adversely affected, in accordance with United Nations Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples and other relevant international instruments, in particular Convention C169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries, adopted by the International Labour Organisation in 1989, whereby Inuit and other indigenous communities have the right to self-identification and, by virtue of that right, the right to freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development. For those reasons, by way of exception, Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 allows and actively supports and promotes the placing on the market of seal products which result from hunts traditionally and sustainably conducted by Inuit and other indigenous communities and which contribute to their subsistence. The Commission should investigate which appropriate measures can be introduced to counter the potential adverse negative effects the ban on seal products has had on Inuit communities as well as how to inform the general public about European indigenous communities.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) A genuinely humane killing method cannot be effectively and consistently applied in the hunts conducted by the Inuit and other indigenous communities, just like in the other seal hunts. Nonetheless, iIt is appropriate, in light of the objective pursued by Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009, to make the placing in the Union market of products resulting from hunts by the Inuit and other indigenous communities conditional upon those hunts being conducted in a manner which reduces pain, distress, fear or other forms of suffering of the animals hunted to the extent possible, while having regard to the traditional way of life and the subsistence needs of the Inuit and other indigenous communities. The exception granted in respect of seal products resulting from hunts conducted by Inuit and other indigenous communities should be limited to hunts that contribute to the subsistence need of those communities and are therefore not conducted primarisolely for commercial purposes. Thus, the Commission should be enabled to limit, if necessary, and only when relevant evidence is presented and where appropriate after a consultation with all stakeholders, the quantity of seal products placed on the market under that exception in order to prevent the use of the exception by products resulting from hunts which are conducted primarisolely for commercial purposes.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009
Article 3 – paragraph 5
Article 3 – paragraph 5
5. If the number of seals hunted,re is relevant evidence indicating the quantity of seal products being placed on the market pursuant to paragraph 1 or other circumstances are such as to indicatprove that a hunt is conducted primarisolely for commercial purposes, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 4 in order to limit the quantity of products resulting from that hunt that may be placed on the market.