Activites

• 2002/12/31 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 2002/2369
  • OJ L 358 31.12.2002, p. 0049-0056
• #2476
• 2002/12/20 Council Meeting
• 2002/12/20 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2002/12/20 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 2002/12/05 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T5-0587/2002 summary

    The European Parliament adopted a resolution based on the report by Daniel VARELA SUANZES-CARPEGNA (EPP-ED, Spain) by 350 votes for, 124 against and 60 abstentions. It made some amendments to the Commission's proposal. (Please refer to the document dated 12/11/02.) The following additional amendments were made : - the fleet limitation policy should take into account the degree to which the objectives laid down in MAGPs for each Member State have been complied with and also involve a full assessment of "exported capacity" and circumvention of the rules by Member States; - in order to gain access to aid for fleet renewal and modernisation, Member States must comply with all the requirements of the reference levels for the fleet and be subject to a permanent arrangement by the Commission. They must demonstrate that entries and exits from the fleet are managed in such a way that capacity does not exceed the annual objectives of the MAGP 1997-2002 (MAGP IV) and that a link is maintained between entries and exits so as to ensure that capacity does not increase; - alternative management measures should be used alongside gradual fleet reduction measures, such as the system based on regulating days at sea, the adoption of biological recovery periods, and technical measures geared to more selective fishing and fewer discards.�

• 2002/12/04 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2002/11/12 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A5-0396/2002
• 2002/07/04 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• #2435
• 2002/06/11 Council Meeting
  • 2435
• 2002/06/07 Initial legislative proposal published
  • 09417/2002
  • DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/maritimeaffairs_fisheries/', 'title': 'Maritime Affairs and Fisheries'}],
• 2002/05/28 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2002)0187 summary

    PURPOSE : to present a proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation 2792/1999/EC laying down the detailed rules and arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries sector. CONTENT : regulation 2792/1999/EC of 17 December 1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries sector needs to be amended, in the context of the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy, for the following reasons: - the present Regulation includes provisions regarding the restructuring of the Community fishing fleet that must be made consistent with the proposed Regulation on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy; - appropriate provisions should be laid down for the period commencing on 1 January 2003 for the existing regime adjusting fishing capacity which is based around Multi-annual Guidance Programmes (MAGP); - the four successive MAGPs reduced overall capacity between 1983 and 2002, but could not prevent serious deterioration of a large number of economically important fish stocks. Emergency measures had to be taken in 2001 to prevent some of these stocks from collapsing. The Commission has repeatedly highlighted the shortcomings of the MAGPs and the problems linked to their implementation. In its communication on the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (Roadmap), the Commission underscore the need for a simpler, more effective and more transparent fleet policy, which should be based on the following three main lines of action: - restrictions on aid for modernisation, renewal and export of fishing vessels; - special measures for vessels affected by multi-annual management plans; - a simpler system for limiting fishing capacity; - these lines of action are translated in the proposals for a Regulation on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy, for a Regulation establishing an emergency Community measure for scrapping fishing vessels, and in the present proposal with regard to the following amendments to Regulation 2792/1999/EC: - the renewal of the fleet must take place without any increase in fishing effort, within a sound economic environment and without public financial support. Aid to modernise the fleet will be permitted only if it improve safety, hygiene, working conditions or the quality of fisheries products on board, or if improves fishing patterns (selectively or in gears), etc) with no increase in fishing effort in either case; - public aid for the export of vessels to third countries and the setting up of joint ventures will no longer be permitted. Such measures only result in a transfer of Community over-capacity to third countries and do not correspond to a reasonable use of European taxpayers money; - measures in support of small-scale coastal fishing should not increase fishing effort especially in fragile coastal marine ecosystems, nor should they increase the impact of towed gears on the benthos; - socio-economic measures are already used to reduce fishingeffort, by encouraging fishermen to retrain or to diversify their activities away from the marine fisheries sector. However, it is proposed to allow the beneficiaries of diversification measures, to continue fishing on a part time basis, provided that their fishing effort is reduced. Regarding the obligatory financial participations by Member States to measures co-financed by the Community, it is proposed to modify Article 19 of Regulation 2792/1999/EC of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) in order to simplify and the procedures concerned and to speed-up reimboursement process. Lastly, the proposal will have no financial implications on the overall budgetary commitment of the FIFG. However, it will be necessary to negotiate with the Member States the introduction of the relevant changes within their programme documents.�

  • DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/maritimeaffairs_fisheries/', 'title': 'Maritime Affairs and Fisheries'}],

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2002)0187
• Initial legislative proposal published: 09417/2002
• Debate in Council: 2435
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A5-0396/2002
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0587/2002
• : Regulation 2002/2369
• : OJ L 358 31.12.2002, p. 0049-0056

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)