Activities of Marek Józef GRÓBARCZYK related to 2011/0195(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Common Fisheries Policy - Common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (debate)
Common fisheries policy (debate)
Amendments (70)
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Union is a Contracting Party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 (UNCLOS)17 and it has ratified the United Nations Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks of 4 August 1995 (UN Fish Stocks Agreement)18 . It has also accepted the Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas of 24 November 1993 of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO Compliance Agreement)19. These international instruments predominantly foresee conservation obligations, including among other things obligations to take conservation and management measures designed to maintain or restore marine resources at levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield both within sea areas under national jurisdiction and on the high seas, and to cooperate with other States to this end, obligations to apply the precautionary approach widely to conservation, management and exploitation of fish stocks, obligations to ensure compatibility of conservation and management measures where marine resources occur in sea areas of different jurisdictional status and obligations to have due regard to other legitimate uses of the seas. The Common Fisheries Policy should contribute to the Union's proper discharge of its international obligations under these international instruments. Where Member States adopt conservation and management measures, for which they have been empowered in the framework of the Common Fisheries Policy, they should also act in a manner which is fully consistent with the international conservation and cooperation obligations under the said international instruments.
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) At the World Summit on Sustainable Development at Johannesburg in 2002, the Union and its Member States committed to act against the continued decline of many fish stocks. Therefore, the Union should improve its Common Fisheries Policy to ensure that as a matter of priority exploitation levels of marine biological resources stocks are restored and maintained at levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yields from the populations of harvested stocks by 2015, where possible. Where less scientific information is available, this may require applying proxies to maximum sustainable yield.
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
Amendment 287 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) It is important that the management of the Common Fisheries Policy is guided by principles of good governance. Those principles include decision-making based on best availablaccurate and up-to-date scientific advice, broad stakeholder involvement and a long-term perspective. The successful management of the Common Fisheries Policy also depends on a clear definition of responsibilities at Union, national, regional and local levels and on the mutual compatibility and consistency of the measures taken with other Union policies.
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) It is important that the management of the Common Fisheries Policy is guided by principles of good governance. Those principles include decision-making based on best available scientific advice, broad stakeholder involvement and a long-term perspective. The successful management of the Common Fisheries Policy also depends on a clear definition of responsibilities at Union, national, regional and local levels and on the mutual compatibility and consistency of the measures taken with other Union policies. The Commission, the European Parliament and member states shall intensify their efforts to strengthen the regional aspect of the Common Fisheries Policy regarding Article 2 (1) of the TFEU and proposing further necessary treaty changes to attain this objective.
Amendment 305 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Rules in place restricting access to resources within the 12 nautical mile zones of Member States have operated satisfactorily benefiting conservation by restricting fishing effort in the most sensitive part of Union waters. Those rules have also preserved traditional fishing activities on which the social and economic development of certain coastal communities is highly dependent. Those rules should therefore continue to apply and could be strengthened to give preferential access for small scale, local, artisanal or coastal fishermen.
Amendment 346 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18 a) The obligation to land all catches of managed stocks should be introduced on a fishery by fishery basis. Species with a high survival rate once discarded will be exempt from this Regulation.
Amendment 402 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) A voluntary system of transferable fishing concessions for the majority of managed stocks under the Common Fisheries Policy should be implemented no later than 31 December 2013 for all vessels of 12 meters' length or over and all other vessels fishing with towed gears. Member States may exclude vessels up to 12 meters' length other than vessels using towed gear from transferable fishing concessions. Such a system should contribute to industry- induced fleet reductions and improved economic performance while at the same time creating legally secure and exclusive transferable fishing concession of a Member State's annual fishing opportunities. Since marine biological resources are a common good, transferable fishing concessions should only establish user entitlements to a Member State's part of annual fishing opportunities which may be recalled according to established rules.
Amendment 436 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) Specific characteristics and socio- economic vulnerability of some small-scale fleets justify, where Member States choose, the limitation of the mandatory system of transferable fishing concessions to large vessels. The system of transferable fishing concessions should apply to stocks for which fishing opportunities are allocated.
Amendment 462 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) Fisheries management based on the best availablfull and accurate scientific advice requires harmonised, reliable and accurate data sets. Therefore Member states shouldall collect data on fleets and their fishing activities, in particular biological data on catches, including discards, survey information on fish stocks and on the potential environmental impact of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem.
Amendment 473 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) Member States shouldall manage and make available to end-users of scientific- data the collected data, on the basis of a multi-annual Union program. Member States shouldall also cooperate with each other to coordinate data collection activities. Where relevant, Member States should also cooperate with third countries within the same sea basin regarding data collection.
Amendment 481 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) Policy-oriented fisheries science shouldall be reinforced by means of nationally- adopted fisheries scientific data collection, research and innovation programs in coordination with other Member States as well as by Union research and innovation framework tools.
Amendment 618 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 2
2. The Common Fisheries Policy shall apply the precautionary approach to fisheries management, and shall aim to ensure, by 2015, that exploitation of living marine biological resources restores and maintains populations of harvested species above levels which can produce the maximum sustainable yield.
Amendment 645 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 3
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The Common Fisheries Policy shall implement the ecosystem-based approach to fisheries managementand aquaculture management, taking account of regional specificities, to ensure that the impacts of fishingthese activities on the marine ecosystem are limitedminimised and management solutions are effectively tailored to individual fisheries and regions.
Amendment 659 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 4
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 4
4. The Common Fisheries Policy shall integratemake reference to the Union environmental legislation requirements.
Amendment 667 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Part 1 – article 2 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. The Common Fisheries Policy shall advocate a regionalised policy to enable Member States to develop and implement management plans.
Amendment 686 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) eliminatavoid, minimise and where possible unwanted catches of commercial stocks and gradually ensure that all catches of such stocks are landed; except for species that can survive discard;
Amendment 737 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 1 – article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) contribute to a fair standard of living for those who depend on fishing activities; and ensure improved working conditions for fishermen through compliance with health and safety legislation;
Amendment 823 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Part 1 – article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) recognition of regional specificities that characterise different EU fisheries.
Amendment 857 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 7
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 7
Amendment 885 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 11
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 11
– ‘catch limit’ means a quantitative limit on landingcatches of a fish stock or group of fish stocks over a given period; irrespective of whether they are taken intentionally or unintentionally.
Amendment 927 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 17
Part 1 – article 5 – paragraph 1 – indent 17
– ‘transferable fishing concessions’ means exclusive and revocable user entitlements to a specific part of fishing opportunities allocated to a Member State orwhich can be held individually or pooled for collective use by eligible holders, to a specific part of fishing opportunities allocated to a Member State or to a stock in a specified geographical area where quantifiable targets have been established in a management plans adopted by a Member State in accordance with Article 18 or Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1967/200634 , which the holder may transfer to other eligible holders of such transferable fishing concessions; (2) or established in a multi-annual plan under Article 9-11.
Amendment 1044 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Measures for the conservation of marine biological resources may includeshall be monitored and enforced by the Member States and shall include some or all of the following:
Amendment 1055 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) establishing realistic and measurable targets for the sustainable exploitation of stocks;
Amendment 1070 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) establishing incentives, including those of an economic nature, to promote more selective or low impact fishing, such as additional days at sea or extra quota;
Amendment 1092 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point g
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) adopting measures concerning the obligation to land all catches of commercial stocks;
Amendment 1101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Part 3 – article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Any other appropriate measure proposed by the Member State and approved by the Commission which meets the relevant criteria.
Amendment 1111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 3 – article 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Technical measures mayshall include some or all of the following:
Amendment 1164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Multiannual plans providing for conservation measures to maintain or restore fish stocks abovet levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield, where possible, shall be established as a priority.
Amendment 1213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4
4. Multiannual plans shall be based on the precautionary approach to fisheries management and shall take into account the limitations of the available data and assessment methods and all quantified sources of uncertainty in a scientifically valid mannercomply with the objectives in Article 2 and 3 and shall be based on accurate and up-to-date scientific data and shall be established following full consultation with the stakeholders concerned.
Amendment 1223 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States shall bring forward proposals for national components of multiannual plans, after consultation with stakeholders, in accordance with Article 9 (1), where possible, through a co- management process at Member State level.
Amendment 1230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Multiannual plans shall conduct a mid-term review, in consultation with stakeholders, to assess progrress made towards reaching their objectives. Proposals for their modification may be made when there is scientific evidence that this is appropriate or where there is reasoned concern about lack of progress in achieving agreed objectives.
Amendment 1233 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Member States sharing a fishery for which a multiannual plan is adopted in accordance with Article 9 (1) shall ensure that the national components of the multiannual plan are consistent with the objectives of Articles 2 and 3.
Amendment 1239 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4 c (new)
Part 3 – article 9 – paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. The Commission shall be empowered to adopted delegted acts in accordance with Artile 55, to ensure an EU format for Member States national components of multiannual plan proposals.
Amendment 1248 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 10 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Multiannual plans shall provide for adaptations of the fishing mortality rate, resulting in a fishing mortality rate that restores and maintains all stocks abovet levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield, where possible, by 2015.
Amendment 1305 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) clear and realistic time frames to reach the quantifiable targets;
Amendment 1369 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) detailed provisions for the application of rights-based management systems, where a coordinated approach is deemed necessary;
Amendment 1371 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Part 3 – article 11 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) rules facilitating the obligation to land all catches from commercially harvested species pursuant to Artile 15 (1b).
Amendment 1441 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 3 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) contribute to maintaining or restoring fish stocks abovet levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield, where possible, through improvements in size- selection and where appropriate species selection;
Amendment 1447 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 3 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) reducavoid, minimise and where possible eliminate catches of undersized individuals from fish stocks;
Amendment 1452 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 3 – article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) reducavoid, minimise and where possible eliminate catches of unwanted marine organisms;
Amendment 1474 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – title
Part 3 – article 15 – title
Obligation to land all catchnd record all commercially harvested species
Amendment 1482 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. All catches of the following fish stocks subject to catch limitscommercially caught fish, caught during fishing activities in Union waters or by Union fishing vessels outside Union waters shall be brought and retained on board the fishing vessels and recorded and landed, except when used as live bait, , in accordance with the following timeframe:
Amendment 1517 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) At the latest from 1 January 20168: haddock, whiting, megrim, anglerfish, plaice, ling, saithe, pollack, lemon sole, turbot, brill, blue ling, black scabbard, roundnose grenadier, orange roughy, Greenland halibut, tusk, redfish and Mediterranean demersal stocks.all other commercially harvested species
Amendment 1540 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 2
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 2
2. Minimum conservation reference sizes based on the best availablaccurate and up-to-date scientific advice shall be established for the fish stocks set out in paragraph 1. The sale of catches of such fish stocks below the minimum conservation reference size shall be restricted for reduction to fish meal or pet food only.
Amendment 1560 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 3
Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 3
3. Marketing standardrules for catches of fish caught in excess of fixed fishing opportunities shall be established in accordance with Article 27 of [the Regulation on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products].
Amendment 1635 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 1
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 1
1. InWhere a multiannual plan established pursuant to Articles 9, 10 and 11 Member States may be authorised to adopt measures, in acapplies to a relevant geographical area, Member States concerned shall cooperate with eachother and shall, as far as possible, consult and coordancinate with that any interested Third Party in formulatiannual plan, which specify the conservation measures applicable to vessels flying their flagin relation to stocks in Union waters for which they have been allocated fishing opportunitiesng and agreeing conservation measures, in accordance with that multiannual plan, and any timsecales specified therein.
Amendment 1663 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States sharing a fishery may cooperate to agree and implement joint measures in the context of long-term management plans adopted prior to 2014, consistent with the procedure set out in Article 25.
Amendment 1670 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Without prejudice to the role of the Commission under Article 290 and 291 of the TFEU, the Commission shall adopt delegated or implementing acts on the basis of joint recommendations submitted under paragraph 1, provided that such recommendations are deemed to be compatible with the relevant conservation measure and/or multiannual plans.
Amendment 1674 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 c (new)
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Member States sharing a fishery subject to a multiannual plan shall coordinate and cooperate with each other to ensure that the objectives of the multiannual plan are compatible with the requirements under paragraph 2.
Amendment 1677 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 d (new)
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Efforts of coordination between Member States sharing a fishery shall be eligible for funding under the EMFF, in accordance with provisions laid out in that Regulation.
Amendment 1680 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 e (new)
Part 3 – article 17 – paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Member States shall consider information, opinions and advice provided by Advisory Councils, stakeholders of the fishery concerned and scientific institutions.
Amendment 1804 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Part 4 – article 27 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State shallmay establish a voluntary system of transferable fishing concessions no later than 31 December 2013 for
Amendment 1883 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 5
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 5
5. Member States may limit the period of validity of transferable fishing concessions to a period of at least 150 years, for the purpose of reallocating such concessions. Where Member States have not limited the period of validity of the transferable fishing concessions, they may recall such concessions with a notice of at least 150 years.
Amendment 1896 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 6
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 6
6. Member States mayshall recall transferable fishing concessions with a shorter noticeimmediate effect in the event of an established serious infringement committed by the holder of the concessions or in case of a grave deterioration of the stock or ecosystem. Such recalls shall be operated in a manner which gives full effect to the Common Fisheries Policy, the proportionality principle and, whenever necessary, with immediate effect.
Amendment 1903 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 7
Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 7
7. Notwithstanding paragraph 5 and 6, Member States may recall transferable fishing concessions that have not been used on a fishing vessel for a period of threewo consecutive years.
Amendment 1925 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 29 – paragraph 2
Part 4 – article 29 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall determine fishing opportunities that, based on the best availablaccurate and up-to-date scientific advice, can be allocated to fishing vessels flying their flag for species for which the Council has not fixed fishing opportunities.
Amendment 1980 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 4 – article 31 – paragraph 2
Part 4 – article 31 – paragraph 2
2. A Member State may authorise transfer of transferable fishing concessions to and from other Member States within the same sea-basin.
Amendment 2107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the level of fishing, with a clear distinction to be made between industrial and non-industrial fisheries, and the impact that fishing activities have on the marine biological resources and on the marine eco- systems, and
Amendment 2122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 2 – point d
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) ensure that the Commission, or bodies designated by it, together with the European Parliament have access to the national databases and systems used for processing the collected data for the purpose of verification of the existence and quality of the data.
Amendment 2130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 3
Part 6 – article 37 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure the national coordination of the collection and management of scientific data for fisheries management. To this end, they shall designate a national correspondent and organize an annual national coordination meeting. The Commission and the European Parliament shall be informed of the national coordination activities and be invited to the coordination meetings.
Amendment 2178 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – article 39 – paragraph 2
Part 7 – article 39 – paragraph 2
2. The positions of the Union in international organisations dealing with fisheries and RFMOs shall be based on the best availablaccurate and up-to-date scientific advice to ensure that, where possible, fishery resources are maintained above or restored above levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield.
Amendment 2212 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 7 – article 41 – paragraph 2
Part 7 – article 41 – paragraph 2
2. Union fishing vessels shall only catch surplus of the allowable catch determined by the third country as referred to in Article 62(2) of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and identified on the basis of the best availablaccurate and up- to-date scientific advice and relevant information exchanged between the Union and the third country concerned about the total fishing effort on the affected stocks, in order to ensure that fishery resources remain above levels capable of producing maximum sustainable yield, where possible.
Amendment 2261 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) improving the competitiveness of the aquaculture industry and supporting its development and innovation; including extensive aquaculture
Amendment 2284 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Part 8 – article 43 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) ensuring compliance with Article 12 of the TFEU regarding the welfare requirements of animals.
Amendment 2391 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 10 – article 46 – paragraph 2 – point a
Part 10 – article 46 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) a global and integrated approach that should result in a number of controls linked to the size of fleets in different member states;
Amendment 2413 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 10 – article 46 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Part 10 – article 46 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(e a) a level playing field including trade sanctions when irresponsible behaviour of third countries is established.
Amendment 2429 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 10 – article 48 – paragraph 1
Part 10 – article 48 – paragraph 1
Member States may require holders of a fishing licence for fishing vessels of 12 meters length overall or more flying their flag to contribute proportionally to the costs of implementing the Union fisheries control system and data collection.
Amendment 2472 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 12 – article 53 – paragraph 1 – point a
Part 12 – article 53 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) submit recommendations and suggestions on matters relating to fisheries management and aquaculture to the Commission, the European Parliament or to the Member State concerned;
Amendment 2481 #
Proposal for a regulation
Part 12 – article 53 – paragraph 1 – point b
Part 12 – article 53 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) inform the Commission, the European Parliament and Member States of problems relating to fisheries management and aquaculture in their area of competence;