Activities of Maurice PONGA related to 2018/0244(CNS)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a Council Decision on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union, including relations between the European Union, on the one hand, and Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark, on the other (‘Overseas Association Decision’) PDF (287 KB) DOC (122 KB)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) This new Decision should highlight the specificities concerning the cooperation with Greenland, such as the objective to preserve the close and lasting links between the Union, Greenland and Denmark, the acknowledgement of. Indeed, the Joint Declaration by the European Union, on the one hand, and the Government of Greenland and the Government of Denmark, on the other, on relations between the European Union and Greenland, signed in Brussels on 19 March 2015, recalled the historical, political, economic and cultural links binding the EU to Greenland and stressed the need to step up relations and cooperation on the basis of mutual interests. The partnership established pursuant to this new decision should thus aim to preserve the close and lasting links between the Union, Greenland and Denmark and should enable global challenges to be overcome by developing a dynamic agenda and seeking mutual interests. The decision should stress the specific characteristics of cooperation with Greenland by acknowledging the geostrategic position of Greenland, the importance of policytical dialogue between Greenland and the Union, the existence of a Ffisheries P-sector partnership Aagreement between the Union and Greenland and the potential cooperation on Arctic issues. It should respond to the global challenges allowing for the development of a proactive agenda and the pursuit of mutual interests, in particular, take account of the increasing impact of climate change on human activity and the environment, maritime transport, natural resources, including raw materials and fish stocks, as well as research and innovation.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 13 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. The dialogue with the Pacific OCTs serves, in particular, to define and implement an ambitious European strategy in the Pacific region by strengthening the European presence, and to cooperate on issues such as sustainable land-based and offshore resource management, climate change, energy, the environment, the blue economy and ocean governance.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 13 – paragraph 5 b (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. The dialogue with the Pacific OCTs serves, in particular, to define and implement an ambitious European strategy in the Pacific region through a strengthening of the European presence, and to cooperate on issues such as sustainable land-based and offshore resource management, climate change, energy, the environment, the blue economy and ocean governance.
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 83 – paragraph 1
Article 83 – paragraph 1
1. Natural persons from an OCT, as defined in Article 50, and, where applicable, the relevant public and/or private bodies and institutions in an OCT, shall be eligible for participation in all EU programmes, including the European Union Solidarity Fund and funding from Union programmes, subject to the rules and objectives of the programmes and possible arrangements applicable to the Member State to which the OCT is linked.