20 Amendments of João FERREIRA related to 2017/2119(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU fishing sector is facing ever-more difficult and complex challenges; whereas the status of resources and the increase in outgoings, particularly variations in the price of fuel, may have a decisive impact on fishermen’s incomes; whereas, in this context, downward variations in fishing quotas mean that local communities face complicated situations owing to the reduction in extractive activities; whereas, in addition, they face competition from imports of products from third countries; whereas although these and other problems are recognised, the causes of the worsening socio-economic situation in the fisheries sector have, in many cases, still to be tackled, one example being the inadequate first-sale price formation where fish is concerned;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital –A (new)
Recital –A (new)
-A. whereas the fishing sector plays a key role in supplying fish to the public and keeping the Member States' food balances in equilibrium, as well as making a major contribution to the socio- economic well-being of coastal communities, local development, employment, the maintenance and creation of upstream and downstream economic activities, and the preservation of local cultural traditions;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas it is necessary to allow for the marked differences in terms of fleets, fleet segments, target species, fishing gear, productivity, consumer preferences, and per capita fish consumption in the EU countries, in addition to the specific features of the fishing industry resulting from its social structure, the forms of marketing, and the structural and natural inequalities among fishing regions;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas there is a clear inequality between the income levels of those who live by fishing and other population groups; whereas, therefore, a fair standard of living needs to be guaranteed, in particular by raising individual incomes;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas the revenue generated and the salaries earned by fishing professionals are insecure, given the way in which the sector does business, the manner of first-sale price formation, and the irregular nature of fishing, all of which imply that the sector must continue to be supported by the necessary national and EU public funding;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the COM in fishery and aquaculture products aims to increase the transparency and stability of the markets, in particular as regards economic knowledge and understanding of the markets for EU fishery and aquaculture products along the supply chain; whereas notwithstanding their aims, the successive reforms of the fishery products COM, in particular the most recent, have not done what they should to improve the sector's performance, stabilise the markets, make for better marketing of fishery products, and increase their added value;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the fishing sector is central to the socio-economic situation, employment, and the promotion of economic and social cohesion in the ORs, whose economies are affected by permanent structural constraints and which have few possibilities for economic diversification;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take the necessary action to facilitate the creation of POs, removing the bureaucratic hurdles in the procedure established; points out that it is also necessary to boost the activities of POs, further empowering them and facilitating access to the necessary financial support so that they can carry out a wider variety of tasks in addition to day-to-day fisheries management, while respecting a framework defined by the objectives of the CFPmaintain and boost systems and means of support, including funding, to promote concentration of supply, in particular by providing real support for the establishment and operation of POs, especially for small-scale coastal and artisanal fishing;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Maintains that operational programmes must encourage POs – by providing the necessary financial support – to market their products directly, working within the value chain, since this would enable them to exploit their production and increase the added value of fishery products;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Maintains that production costs should be one of the variables to take into account when determining guide prices;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls for systems to be set up with a view to improving first-sale prices, so as to benefit fishermen by increasing the reward for their work, and promoting fair and proper distribution of added value along the sector's value chain by reducing operating margins, raising the prices paid to producers, and limiting the prices paid by end consumers; reiterates that when there are serious imbalances within the chain, Member States should have the power to intervene, for instance by setting maximum operating margins for each agent in the chain;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls, with a view to distributing added value more fairly and properly along the sector's value chain, for consideration to be given to forms of intervention along the lines of guarantee prices or maximum profit rates in order to achieve the above aim and improve fishermen's incomes;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reaffirms the need for fishery products entering the EU market, including imports, to be strictly monitored and certified in order to ensure that they come from sustainable fisheries and, as far as imported products are concerned, that they satisfy the same requirements as EU producers have to fulfil – for example as regards labelling, traceability, plant health rules, and minimum sizes;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Points to the need for ambitious revision of the COM for fishery products with a view to increasing its contribution to the sector's income, market stability, and better marketing of fishery products and an increase in their added value;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Maintains that systems to be set up with a view to improving first-sale prices, so as to benefit fishermen by increasing the reward for their work, and promoting fair and proper distribution of added value along the sector's value chain by reducing operating margins, raising the prices paid to producers, and limiting the prices paid by end consumers;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Points to the importance of setting up home markets for traditional products of particular quality, to be backed up by fairs, small businesses, and the catering industry, as this would enhance the added value of local products and promote local development;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Commission to consider better ways to promote the marketing of processed fishery products with higher added value, including canned products, following the example certain agricultural products, and programmes for the external promotion of EU fishery products, including their presentation at international competitions and fairs;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Points out that the fishing sector is central to the socio-economic situation, employment, and the promotion of economic and social cohesion in the ORs, whose economies are affected by permanent structural constraints and which have few possibilities for economic diversification; considers it essential, therefore, to maintain and strengthen EU support for the fisheries sector in those regions, especially in order to offset the additional costs of remoteness when it comes to marketing given fishery products from certain ORs; points to the specific features of fisheries sector value chains in the ORs and maintains that special support is needed in order to strengthen them and facilitate access to markets, an aim that could be achieved by establishing a POSEI scheme for transport with a view to setting up and operating particular trade routes;
Amendment 131 #
14a. Maintains that the continuous fall in EU support for the sector under successive multiannual financial frameworks, and in particular the cut in funding for the European Fisheries Fund/European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the COM, is one of the factors which has been serving to worsen the situation in the sector; calls for greater EU funding to be earmarked for the fisheries sector within the financial framework after 2020;