24 Amendments of Gabriel MATO related to 2021/2200(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Citation 12
Citation 12
— hHaving regard to the EU- Seychelles, EU-Cook Islands and EU- Mauritius SPartnership Agreements on sustainable Ffisheries Partnership Agreementin the Indian and Pacific Oceans,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
Citation 24 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 3 October 2017 on EU political relations with ASEAN,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 b (new)
Citation 24 b (new)
— having regard to the 29th EU- ASEAN Joint Cooperation Committee Meeting held on 11 February 2022,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 c (new)
Citation 24 c (new)
— having regard to the inaugural European Parliament-ASEAN Inter- Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) Inter- Regional Dialogue held on 22 June 2021,
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU has only three Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements in the region, the respective protocols for which are currently in force (Seychelles, Cook Islands and Mauritius) and whereas the EU fishing fleet is present in both the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas, within the framework of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the EU is an active member of several Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) in the Indo-Pacific region (Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement Parties, Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission and the South Pacific RFMO); whereas the EU's application for membership of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission was accepted on 25 February 2021;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas the EU holds high-level dialogues on ocean and fisheries issues with Australia, Indonesia, Japan and New Zealand; whereas it has signed an Ocean Partnership Agreement with China; whereas it also holds dialogues and has working groups on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing with Korea, Thailand and Taiwan;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
D c. whereas Thailand is the world’s leading producer of canned tuna and the EU’s main competitor in this sector; whereas a free trade agreement with Thailand could pose a serious threat to the EU canned seafood industry, which is crucial in several coastal regions because of its important role in creating jobs and prosperity and because it is a sector which is female labour intensive;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to step up its action for ocean governance, through the implementation of sustainable fisheries partnership agreements and its participation in RFMOs, in full compliance with international law and with the main objective of ensuring the sustainable management of ocean resources and the restoration of marine ecosystems, which are essential for fishing activities;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the EU should continue its commitment to sustainable fishing in the region and support fisheries control in order to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing; urges the EU to strengthen its cooperation with like-minded international partners to combat overfishing, overcapacity and IUU fishing in the Indo-Pacific;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the EU and China, in implementation of the Ocean Partnership Agreement signed in 2018, to cooperate closely towards the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological resources, the fight against marine pollution, the mitigation of and adaptation to the effects of climate change on the oceans, the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources, fisheries governance in regional and global fora and the prevention and fight against IUU fishing;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. urges the EU to continue to promote the improvement of living and working conditions of fishers in the Indo- Pacific region in accordance with International Labour Organisation (ILO) regulations and conventions;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. Whereas the European Union and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) opened a new chapter in their longstanding relations by entering in a Strategic Partnership in December 2020;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of product traceability for banning imports of seafood products obtained from illegal fishing; welcomes the creation of a database for the management of catch certificates (CATCH) to ensure traceability and reduce opportunities for fraudulent imports, as part of the reform of the fisheries control system proposed by the Commission; calls on the Commission to report on its exchanges with ‘yellow card’ states under Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. Whereas enhanced inter- parliamentary relations and parliamentary diplomacy between the European Parliament and the parliaments of Southeast Asia – through the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) – should reflect the future agenda of broader and deeper EU-ASEAN relations;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses that any trade agreements with the Indo-Pacific countries must be preceded by rigorous sustainability impact studies and a detailed analysis of the potential economic, social, environmental and human rights impacts; urges the Commission to include canned seafood as ‘sensitive products’ in trade negotiations with the countries of the region;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
C c. Whereas the European Parliament and the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) are natural partners with a significant potential to contribute towards strengthening EU-ASEAN relations;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Urges the European External Action Service to take into account the EU's fishing interests and the presence of the European fishing fleet when determining the 'maritime areas of interest' within the framework of coordinated maritime presences and maritime safety strategies;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
C d. Whereas EU-ASEAN relations are based on the shared values and principles of a rules-based international order, effective and sustainable multilateralism, and free and fair trade;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)
Recital C e (new)
C e. Whereas EU-based entities are the largest provider of foreign direct investment to the ASEAN region; whereas the EU is ASEAN's third largest trading partner and ASEAN as a whole represents the EU's third largest trading partner outside Europe;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C f (new)
Recital C f (new)
C f. Whereas negotiations on an EU- ASEAN Free Trade Agreement have been suspended by mutual agreement since 2009;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Recalls the importance of parliamentary diplomacy in accelerating FTA negotiations between the EU and ASEAN Member States;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for further engagement with ASEAN and its member states and for the development and promotion of the EU- ASEAN strategic partnership; calls on both sides to use the momentum of the planned EU-ASEAN Summit in 2022, on the occasion of 45th anniversary of the EU- ASEAN bilateral relationship, to present a new EU-ASEAN action plan for the upcoming period to promote increased multifaceted cooperation in key areas and explore the possibility of resuming negotiations of a region-to-region trade agreement once the conditions in terms of human rights and democracy are to the EU’s standardsmet; calls for a parliamentary dimension to the 45th anniversary summit and reiterates its intention to create an EU-ASEAN parliamentary assembly to strengthen the democratic dimension of the partnership;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, the Secretary-General of ASEAN, the Secretary-General of the ASEAN Inter- Parliamentary Assembly and the respective countries in the Indo-Pacific region.