Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1288/2009 establishing transitional technical measures from 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2011
30.3.2012
Question for written answer P-003498/2012
to the Commission
Rule 117
Estelle Grelier (S&D)
On 6 April 2011, the European Parliament adopted a legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council (EC) Regulation No 1288/2009 establishing transitional technical measures from 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2011.
The purpose of this proposal was to extend these transitional arrangements for a further 18 months, i.e. until 1 January 2013 so that a new package of technical measures could be drawn up – which was the subject of a proposal submitted by the Commission in 2011 – as part of the ongoing reform of the common fisheries policy.
As rapporteur, I had negotiated the non-reopening of discussions on technical measures and the adoption of the proposal as it stands, with the exception of the insertion on boar fish. This was a fruitful negotiation because we could now reasonably expect a new legislative framework to be applied from 1 January 2013.
However, by 23 March 2012, the European Parliament had still not been informed of any proposal for a regulation by the Commission establishing such a legislative framework. Although the European Parliament has already authorised the extension of transitional technical measures on one occasion, it will certainly not authorise another extension without a valid reason. A legal vacuum is to be expected if the Commission is not quick to take the required initiative.
- —Can you therefore indicate the date on which the European Commission expects to present a proposal for a regulation establishing new technical measures to be applied on 1 January 2013?
- —Why has the Commission not made any proposal to date?
OJ C 130 E, 07/05/2013