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2014/07/17
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2014/07/11
Legislative proposal published
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COM(2014)0457
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PURPOSE: to transpose in Union law a number of measures adopted by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) at its annual sessions of 2011, 2012 and 2013. PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: the GFCM Agreement provides an appropriate framework for multilateral cooperation to promote the development, conservation, rational management and best utilisation of living marine resources in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea at levels which are considered sustainable and at low risk of collapse. The European Union, as well as Bulgaria, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and Slovenia are contracting parties to the GFCM Agreement. At its Annual Sessions in 2011 and 2012, the GFCM adopted measures for the sustainable exploitation of red coral in its area of competence to be implemented in Union law. The GFCM adopted other recommendations laying down: measures for the mitigation of incidental catches of seabirds, sea turtles, monk seals and cetaceans in fishing activities in the GFCM Agreement area to be implemented in Union law; measures aiming to ensure in its area of competence a high level of protection from fishing activities to sharks and rays, and in particular to the shark and ray species listed as endangered or threatened under Annex II of the Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean to the Barcelona Convention; measures for fisheries exploiting small pelagic stocks in the Adriatic Sea which should be implemented in Union law. Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council lays down certain provisions for fishing in the GFCM Agreement area. It is proposed to amend this Regulation to include the measures contained in the GFCM recommendations. CONTENT: the proposal contains technical measures for the sustainable exploitation of red coral, the mitigation of incidental captures of seabirds, sea turtles and cetaceans and the conservation of monk seals, sharks and rays in the GFCM Agreement area. Such measures go beyond the protection already ensured to these species at EU level by the Habitats Directive and other Union acts and include specific recording and reporting obligations for both operators and Member States. The proposal also implements in Union law certain measures for fisheries for small pelagic stocks in the Adriatic Sea. DELEAGTED ACTS: the proposal contains provisions empowering the Commission to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
- DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/maritimeaffairs_fisheries/', 'title': 'Maritime Affairs and Fisheries'}, VELLA Karmenu
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COM(2014)0457
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Documents
- Legislative proposal published: COM(2014)0457
Amendments | Dossier |
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2014/0213(COD)
2014/11/11
PECH
45 amendments...
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 (4) At its Annual Sessions in 2011 and 2012, the GFCM adopted measures for the sustainable exploitation of red coral in its area of competence to be implemented in Union law. One of those measures concerns the use of Remotely Operated under-water Vehicles (ROVs). The GFCM decided that ROVs in zones under national jurisdiction exclusively for observation and prospection of red coral on the basis of recommendation GFCM/35/2011/2, are no longer to be allowed after 2014. Authorisation may be granted for the use of ROVs up to the end of 2015 for scientific experimental campaigns, provided there are no scientific opinions that indicate they should not be used. According to another measure laid down in recommendation GFCM/36/2012/1, red coral catches are to be landed only in a limited number of ports with adequate port facilities and the lists of designated ports are to be communicated to the GFCM Secretariat. Any changes affecting the lists of ports designated by Member States should be communicated to the European Commission for further transmission to the GFCM Secretariat.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 (4) At its Annual Sessions in 2011 and 2012, the GFCM adopted measures for the sustainable exploitation of red coral in its area of competence to be implemented in Union law. One of those measures concerns the use of Remotely Operated under-water Vehicles (ROVs). The GFCM decided that ROVs in zones under national jurisdiction exclusively for observation and prospection of red coral on the basis of recommendation GFCM/35/2011/2, are no longer to be allowed after 2014, except in the cases and circumstances explicitly established in recommendation GFCM/35/2011/2. According to another measure laid down in recommendation GFCM/36/2012/1, red coral catches are to be landed only in a limited number of ports with adequate port facilities and the lists of designated ports are to be communicated to the GFCM Secretariat. Any changes affecting the lists of ports designated by Member States should be communicated to the European Commission for further transmission to the GFCM Secretariat.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 (9) In order to ensure that the Union continues to fulfil its obligations under the GFCM Agreement, the power to adopt acts
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 (9) In order to ensure that the Union continues to fulfil its obligations under the GFCM Agreement, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission concerning authorisations to derogate from the prohibition to harvest
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 (9) In order to ensure that the Union continues to fulfil its obligations under the GFCM Agreement, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission concerning authorisations to derogate from the prohibition to harvest red coral at depths less than 50 m and to depart from the minimum basal diameter of red coral colonies. The Commission shall in all cases take into account any measures and national management plan/s that the Member States themselves may have already adopted in response to the recommendations of the GFCM. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 15 a – paragraph 1 1. The use of trawl nets shall be prohibited
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 b – paragraph 1 1. The harvesting of red coral shall be prohibited at depth less than 50 m. This provision may be amended when scientific opinions, confirmed by the Scientific Advisory Committee of the GFCM, recommend its harvesting.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 b – paragraph 1 1. The harvesting of red coral shall be prohibited at depth less than 50 m, except in the cases and circumstances explicitly established in recommendation GFCM/35/2011/2.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 b – paragraph 1 1. The harvesting, retaining on board, transhipment, landing, transfer, storage, selling or displaying of red coral shall be prohibited
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 b – paragraph 1 1. The harvesting of red coral shall be prohibited at depth less than 50 m. If scientific studies, as validated by the GFCM's Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), indicate otherwise, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 27, which shall reflect the results of such studies.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 b – paragraph 2 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 27 to grant derogations from paragraph 1. Those delegated acts shall include rules ensuring scientific evaluation of the zones subject to derogations. The Commission shall, in this regard, take into account the efforts made by Member States which have responded to recommendation GFCM/35/2011/2 and developed suitable national management plans.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 b – paragraph 2 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 27 to grant derogations from paragraph 1. Those delegated acts shall include rules ensuring scientific evaluation of the zones subject to derogations. However, this paragraph shall not apply to Member States which have already transposed Recommendation CGPM/35/2011/2 by establishing a framework equivalent to that proposed by the acts in question.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 b – paragraph 2 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 27 to grant derogations from paragraph 1. Those delegated acts shall include rules ensuring scientific evaluation of the zones subject to derogations. The Commission shall also, in this regard, take into account any measures and management plan/s that the Member States themselves may have already adopted in response to the recommendations of the GFCM.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 c – paragraph 2 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 27 to authorise, by way of derogation from paragraph 1, a maximum tolerance limit of 10 % in live weight of undersized ( < 7 mm) colonies of red coral. The Commission shall, in this regard, take into account the efforts made by Member States which have responded to recommendation GFCM/36/2012/1 and developed suitable national management plans.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 27 to authorise, by way of derogation from paragraph 1, a maximum tolerance limit of 10 % in live weight of undersized ( < 7 mm) colonies of red coral. However, this paragraph shall not apply to Member States which have already transposed Recommendation CGPM/36/2012/1 by establishing a framework equivalent to that proposed by the acts in question.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 c – paragraph 2 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 27 to authorise, by way of derogation from paragraph 1, a maximum tolerance limit of 10 % in live weight of undersized ( < 7 mm) colonies of red coral. The Commission shall also, in this regard, take into account any measures that the Member States themselves may have already adopted in response to the recommendations of the GFCM.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 d – paragraph 1 1. For the harvesting of red coral, the only permitted gear shall be a hammer used manually by professional fishermen with the relevant licence.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 d – paragraph 1 1. For the harvesting of red coral, the only permitted gear shall be a hammer used manually by professional fishermen as recognised by the Member State.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 d – paragraph 1 1. For the harvesting of red coral, the only permitted gear shall be a hammer used manually by professional fishermen as recognised by the Member State.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 d – paragraph 2 2. The use of Remotely Operated under- water Vehicles for the exploitation of red coral shall be prohibited. That prohibition shall cover, as from 1 January 2015, and provided scientific opinions so indicate, the use of Remotely Operated under-water Vehicles which may have been authorized by Member States in zones under national jurisdiction exclusively for observation and prospection of red coral on the basis of paragraphs 3(a) or 3(b) of recommendation
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 d – paragraph 2 2. The use of Remotely Operated under- water Vehicles for the exploitation of red coral shall be
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 d – paragraph 2 2. The use of Remotely Operated under- water Vehicles for the exploitation of red coral shall be prohibited. That prohibition shall cover, as from 1 January 201
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 d – paragraph 2 2. The use of Remotely Operated under- water Vehicles for the exploitation of red coral shall be prohibited except in the cases and circumstances explicitly established in recommendation GFCM/35/2011/2. That prohibition shall cover, as from 1 January 2015, the use of Remotely Operated under-water Vehicles which may have been authorized by Member States in zones under national jurisdiction exclusively for observation and prospection of red coral on the basis of
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 g – paragraph 1 1. Masters of fishing vessels shall promptly release
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 1.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 g - paragraph 2 2. Masters of fishing vessels shall not bring ashore sea turtles, unless
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 g - paragraph 3 3. Vessels using purse seines for small pelagic species or surrounding nets without purse line for pelagic species shall
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 h – paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 2.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 i Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 2. Fishing vessels that have incidentally caught sharks and rays species included in Annex II to the Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean shall promptly release them
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 l - paragraph 1 Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 l - paragraph 2 2. Vessels equipped with trawl nets and purse seines, irrespective of the vessel’s length overall, are classified as fishing actively for small pelagic stocks when sardine and/anchovy account for at least 50% of the catch in live weight
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 l – paragraph 2 2. Vessels equipped with trawl nets and purse seines, irrespective of the vessel’s length overall, are classified as fishing actively for small pelagic stocks when sardine and/anchovy account for at least 50% of the catch in live weight
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 l – paragraph 2 2. Vessels equipped with trawl nets and purse seines, irrespective of the vessel’s length overall, are classified as fishing actively for small pelagic stocks when sardine and/anchovy account for at least 50% of the catch in live weight
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 l – paragraph 4 4. Member States shall ensure that vessels equipped with trawl nets and purse seines for small pelagic stocks as identified in paragraph 2 do not operate for more than 20 fishing days per month and do not exceed 180 fishing days with a registered catch per year.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 l – paragraph 4 4. Member States shall ensure that vessels equipped with trawl nets and purse seines
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 16 l a (new) Article 16la 1. To restore the ecosystem and protect vulnerable species, Member States shall designate areas that are temporarily closed to fisheries if the fishing logbooks show that there are unintended bycatches of species included in the IUCN Red List in these areas. Designation of these fishing-free areas shall be coordinated by the Commission 2. To restore the ecosystem and protect fish stocks, Member States shall designate areas that are temporarily closed to fisheries if stock assessments show that fish stocks are under the precautionary limit. Designation of these fishing-free areas shall be coordinated by the Commission.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 17 a Masters of fishing vessels authorised to harvest red coral shall have on board a logbook in which are reported the daily catches of red coral and fishing activity by area and depths, including the number of fishing days and diving. That information shall be communicated to the competent national authorities with
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 17 a Masters of fishing vessels authorised to harvest red coral shall have on board a logbook in which are reported the daily catches of red coral and fishing activity by area and depths, including the number of fishing days and diving. That information shall be communicated to the competent national authorities with
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 17 b – paragraph 1– point d (d) any event of incidental catch and release of cetaceans, indicating at least the fisheries concerned, characteristics of gear type, times, locations (either by Geographical Sub-Areas or statistical rectangles, as defined in Annex I) and
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 17 b – paragraph 2 Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 23 a – paragraph 1 1. By 15
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 Article 23 a – paragraph 2 2. The Commission shall transmit the information referred to in paragraph 1 to the Executive Secretary of the GFCM by 31
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