Activities of Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES related to 2013/0074(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning and integrated coastal management
Amendments (31)
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The high and rapidly increasing demand for maritime space for different purposes, such as renewable energy installations, the extraction of raw materials from the seabed, maritime shipping and fishing and shellfishing activities, ecosystem conservation and tourism and aquaculture installations, as well as the multiple pressures on coastal ecosystems and resources, require an integrated planning and management approach.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to ensure the appropriate apportionment of maritime space among relevant usthe multiple and diverse relevant uses and human activities and the coordinated management of coastal zones, a framework should be put in place that consists at least in the establishment and implementation by Member States of maritime spatial plans and integrated coastal management strategies.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Maritime spatial planning and integrated coastal management will result in better coordination, more simple and more effective coordination, linkage and compatibility of maritime and coastal activities, which can lead to significant economic benefits by providing transparenca framework of transparency, legal certainty, predictability and stability for investors as well as lowering coordination and transaction costs.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The geographical scope of marine waters and coastal zones overlaps in the coastal and territorial waters of Member States. The tools of maritime spatial planning and integrated coastal management are complementary, as they respectively focus on mapping the multiple and diverse existing and potential uses and human activities for the purpose of preparing maritime spatial plans in marine waters and on the identification of measures for integrated management of these human activities in coastal zones. The joint, linked up and coherent application of Maritime Spatial Plans and Integrated Coastal Management Strategies will improve the land-sea interface planning and management.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) While it is appropriate for the Union to lay down rules on maritime spatial plans and integrated coastal management strategies, Member States and their competent authorities remain responsible for designing and determining, within their marine waters and coastal zones, the content of such plans and strategies, including the apportionment of maritime space to the different sector activitiesand potentially competing sector activities and measures to ensure compatibility.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) So as to respect proportionality and subsidiarity, as well as minimise additional administrative burden, transposition and implementation of this Directive should to the greatest extent possible build upon existing national rules and mechanisms with a view to making the procedures clear, simple and quick. Integrated coastal management strategies should build on the principles and elements set out in Council Recommendation 2002/413/EC and Council Decision 2010/631/EU.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In marine waters and coastal zones, ecosystems and marine and coastal resources are subject to diverse and significant pressures. Human activities, but also climate change effects, natural hazards and shoreline dynamics such as coastal erosion and sediment accretion, can have severe impacts on coastal economic development and growth, as well as coastal and marine ecosystems, leading to deterioration of environmental status, loss of biodiversity and degradation of ecosystem services. Due regard should be given to these various pressures in the establishment of maritime spatial plans and integrated coastal management strategies. Moreover, healthy coastal and marine ecosystems and their multiple services, if integrated in planning decisions, can deliver substantial benefits in terms of food production, recreation and tourism, climate change mitigation and, adaptation and resilience, shoreline dynamics control and disaster prevention.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) Maritime spatial planning and integrated coastal management should take due account of the specific features of regions and sub-regions, in particular the outermost regions which, being located in oceanic zones without a continental shelf and with extremely deep waters only a few miles off the coast, largely target their fishing activities at deep-sea fishery resources, a fact that could lead to conflicts over use between traditional fishing activity and emerging and promising activities such as the extraction of raw materials from the seabed.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Maritime and coastal activities are often closely interrelated and interdependent. This requires maritime spatial plans and integrated coastal management strategies to be coordinated, linked up or integrated in order to guarantee the sustainable use of maritime space and management of coastal areas taking account of social, economic and environmental factors.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to achieve the objectives of this Directive, maritime spatial plans and integrated coastal management strategies should cover the full cycle of problem identification, information collection, planning, decision-making, implementation and monitoring of implementation and be based on best and most recent available scientific knowledge. Best use should be made of mechanisms set out in existing or future legislation, including Decision 2010/477/EU on criteria and methodological standards for good environmental status of marine waters or the Commission's Marine Knowledge 2020 initiative.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The main purpose of maritime spatial planning is to identify and manage spatial uses and conflicts over use in maritime areas. In order to achieve thatose purposes, Member States need at least to ensure that the planning process or processes result in a comprehensive map identifying the different uses of maritime spacand human activities in maritime space, both present and future, taking into consideration foreseeable long term changes due to climate change.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Member States should consult and coordinate their plans and strategies with the relevant Member State or third country authorities in the marine region or sub- region or coastal zone concerned, which should be duly encouraged and supported by the EU and implemented in conformity with the rights and obligations of these Member States and third countries under European and international law. Effective cross border cooperation between Member States and with neighbouring third countries requires that the competent authorities in each Member State are identified. Member States therefore need to designate the competent authority or authorities responsible for cooperation with other Member States or third countries. Given the differences between various marine regions or sub-regions and coastal zones, it is not appropriate to prescribe in detail in this Directive how these cooperation mechanisms should look.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) A variety of measures under different policies apply in coastal zones. In order to achieve the objectives of this Directive, Member States should prepare an inventory of these measures and analyse the need for additional actions, such as actions to prevent coastal erosion and manage accretionsediment accretion and silting, adapt to the effects and consequences of climate change, combat coastal and marine litter, develop green infrastructure and help prevent natural disasters. These should be applied in a coordinated and integrated way. In doing this, Member States should consider all relevant coastal activities and pay particular attention to cross-sectoral and land-sea interactions between these activities.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) In order to ensure that the establishment of maritime spatial plans and integrated coastal management strategies is based on reliable data and to avoid additional administrative burden and the associated delays and costs, it is essential that Member States collect the best and most recent available data and information by making use of existing instruments and tools for data collection, such as those developed in the context of the Marine Knowledge 2020 initiative.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Timely transposition of the provisions of this Directive is essential since the EU has adopted a number of policy initiatives that are to be implemented by the year 2020 and which this Directive aims to support and complement. The shortest possible deadline for the transposition of this Directive should therefore be adopted.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive establishes a framework for maritime spatial planning and integrated coastal management aiming at promoting the sustainable development and growth of maritime and coastal economies and the sustainable use of marine and coastal ecosystems and resources.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. When establishing maritime spatial plans and integrated coastal management strategies, Member States shall give due regard to the particularities of the regions and the sub-regions, the respectivnotably the outermost regions, the respective present and future sector activities, the marine waters and coastal zones concerned and potential climate change impacts.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Maritime spatial plans and integrated coastal management strategies shall apply an ecosystem-based approach to facilitate the co-existence and compatibility and prevent conflicts over use between competing sector activities in marine waters and coastal zones, and shall aim to contribute to:
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) securing the energy supply of the Union by promoting the development of marine energy sources, the development of new, alternative and renewable forms of energy, the interconnection of energy networks, and energy efficiency;
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) fostering the sustainable development and growth of the fisheries, shellfishing and aquaculture sector, includs and preserving areas traditionally based on these activities, promoting employment in fisheries and connected sectors;
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ensuring the preservation, protection and improvement of the environment as well as the prudent and rational use ofrational, balanced and sustainable use of ecosystems and natural resources, notably in order to achieve good environmental status, halt the loss of biodiversity and degradation of ecosystem services and reduce marine pollution risks;
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Maritime spatial plans shall contain at least a mapping of marine waters which identifies the actual and potential spatial and temporal distribution of all relevant maritimeuses and human activities in order to achieve the objectives as set out in Article 5.
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) sites and infrastructure for the extraction of raw materials from the seabed;
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) fishing and shellfishing areas;
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) tourism, bathing and recreational activities;
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) fishing, shellfishing and aquaculture;
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Public participation shall ensure that the relevant stakeholders and authorities and the public concerned are informed and consulted on the draft plans and strategies in good time and have access to the corresponding results once available.
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall organise the collection of the best and most recent available data and the exchange of information necessary for maritime spatial plans and integrated coastal management strategies.
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) a dedicated network of Member States’ competent authorities covering the coastal zone, marine region and/or sub-region concerned.
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Member States bordering a coastal zone or maritime area of a third country shall make every effort to coordinate their maritime spatial plans and integrated coastal management strategies with that third country in the marine region or sub-region and the related coastal zone concerned, through cooperation initiatives that are duly encouraged and supported by the EU.
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex 1 – point 5
Annex 1 – point 5
(5) Regional or sub-regional coordination — a summary is required of the mechanisms established in order to ensure coordination between Member States where their waters are covered by this Directive and fall within the same coastal zone, marine region or sub-region.