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Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 3 a (new)

(3a) Union policy and legislation in relation to bluefin tuna should also be consistent with the commitments undertaken in the context of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity and its Strategic Plan for Biodiversity, including the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, and in line with the EU Biodiversity Strategy which stipulates that Maximum Sustainable Yields should be achieved by 2015.

2011/09/15
Committee: ENVI

Sandrine BÉLIER, Bas EICKHOUT

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 1

Regulation (EC) No 302/2009
Article 1 – paragraph 3

The objective of that recovery plan shall be to achieve a biomass corresponding to the maximum sustainable yield with greater than 6075 % probability by 2015.

2011/09/15
Committee: ENVI

Sandrine BÉLIER, Bas EICKHOUT

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5 – point a

Regulation (EC) No 302/2009
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. Purse seine fishing for bluefin tuna shall be prohibited in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean ~~during the period from 15 June to15 May~~.

2011/09/15
Committee: ENVI

Sandrine BÉLIER, Bas EICKHOUT

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 16a (new)

Regulation (EC) No 302/2009
Article 33

(16a) Article 33 is replaced by the following : ‘Article 33 Enforcement 1. Member States shall take enforcement measures with respect to a fishing vessel flying their flag, where it has been established, in accordance with their law that the vessel does not comply with Articles 4, 7, 8, 9, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 23 of this Regulation. The measures shall include, depending on the gravity of the offence and in accordance with their national law: (a) fines reflecting the value of the catches and the conservation status of the species; (b) seizure of illegal fishing gear and catches; (c) sequestration of the vessel; (d) suspension or withdrawal of authorisation to fish; (e) reduction or withdrawal of the fishing quota, if applicable. Fines shall represent at least five times the value of the catches obtained through infringement. In the case of a repeated serious infringement within a five-year period, the financial penalties shall be increased to an amount that is at least eight times the value of the catches obtained through infringement. 2. Each Member State within the jurisdiction of which the bluefin tuna farm is located shall take enforcement measures with respect to that farm, where it has been established, in accordance with its law, that the farm does not comply with Articles 24 and 31(2) of this Regulation and Article 4a, 4b and 4c of Regulation (EC) No 1936/2001. The measures shall include, depending on the gravity of the offence and in accordance with the national law: (a) fines reflecting the value of the fish and the conservation status of the species; (b) suspension or withdrawal from the fattening farms record; (c) prohibition of caging or marketing quantities of bluefin tuna.’

2011/09/15
Committee: ENVI

Sandrine BÉLIER, Bas EICKHOUT

Proposal for a regulation-amending act
Article 1 – point 18a (new)

Regulation (EC) No 302/2009
Article 34 – paragraph 3a (new)

(18a) In Article 34, the following paragraph is inserted: ‘3a. Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to trade in tuna that infringes the provisions of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive and shall include, inter alia, immediate suspension of authorisation to trade.’

2011/09/15
Committee: ENVI

5 Amendments of Bas EICKHOUT related to 2011/0144(COD)

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