PREPORUKA o nacrtu odluke Vijeća o usvajanju, u ime Europske unije, izmijenjenog Sporazuma o osnivanju Opće komisije za ribarstvo na Sredozemlju

3.3.2015 - (14993/2014 – C8‑0027/2015 – 2014/0274(NLE)) - ***

Odbor za ribarstvo
Izvjestitelj: Gabriel Mato

NACRT ZAKONODAVNE REZOLUCIJE EUROPSKOG PARLAMENTA

o nacrtu odluke Vijeća o usvajanju, u ime Europske unije, izmijenjenog Sporazuma o osnivanju Opće komisije za ribarstvo na Sredozemlju

(14993/2014 – C8‑0027/2015 – 2014/0274(NLE))

(Suglasnost)

Europski parlament,

–       uzimajući u obzir prijedlog odluke Vijeća (14993/2014),

–       uzimajući u obzir nacrt izmijenjenog sporazuma o osnivanju Opće komisije za ribarstvo Sredozemlja (15458/2014),

–       uzimajući u obzir zahtjev Vijeća za davanje suglasnosti u skladu s člankom 43. stavkom 2. i člankom 218. stavkom 6. podstavkom 2. točkom (a) Ugovora o funkcioniranju Europske unije (C8‑0027/2015),

–       uzimajući u obzir članak 99. stavak 1. prvi i treći podstavak, članak 99. stavak 2. i članak 108. stavak 7. Poslovnika,

–       uzimajući u obzir preporuku Odbora za ribarstvo (A8-0038/2015),

1.      daje suglasnost za sklapanje sporazuma;

2.      nalaže svojem predsjedniku da stajalište Parlamenta proslijedi Vijeću, Komisiji te vladama i parlamentima država članica i Općoj komisiji za ribarstvo Sredozemlja.

SHORT JUSTIFICATION

The Agreement for the establishment of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), under the provisions of Article XIV of the FAO constitution, was approved by the FAO Conference in 1949 and entered into force in 1952. Amendments to this Agreement were approved in 1963, 1976 and 1997. The European Community acceded to the GFCM on 16 June 1998 through Decision 98/416/EC. Mediterranean and Black Sea EU Member States are also parties to this Agreement.

The GFCM is a so-called Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (RFMO), with the aim of promoting the development, conservation, rational management and best utilisation of living marine resources, as well as the sustainable development of aquaculture in the Mediterranean and Black Sea.

An amendment of the GFCM Agreement was launched in 2013 following a performance review finalised in 2011, which concluded that the Agreement should be amended to clarify the objectives and functions of the GFCM, and strengthen its efficiency.

The amended Agreement was negotiated with the GFCM Contracting Parties. The Council authorised the Commission to negotiate on behalf of the Union on matters falling within the Union's competence. The negotiations were carried out by Member States and the Commission as per their respective areas of competence in accordance to the terms of the mandate.

The Contracting Parties to the GFCM endorsed the "Amended Agreement for the establishment of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean" at the GFCM 38 Annual Session on 19-24 May 2014.

The amended Agreement revises the structure and content of the current one, so as to bring it in line with modern RFMO instruments. Main changes introduced are as follows:

- A clearer explanation of the purpose of the GFCM Agreement: the new Agreement sets a clear overall objective of biological, social, economic and environmental sustainability of living marine resources. It also introduces definitions of the terms that are necessary for the correct interpretation of the Agreement.

- Better defined functions of the GFCM, which include the promotion of common fishery management through multiannual management plans, the establishment of fisheries restricted areas, and the collection and dissemination of data. In this context, the new Agreement integrates core elements of the Common Fisheries Policy regarding: the objective of maximum sustainable yield, the ecosystem and precautionary approach, the reduction of discards, the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.

- Sanctions: the amendment includes provisions for the establishment of measures/sanctions to address non-compliance by Members/non-Members.

- Dispute settlements: the establishment of a well-defined dispute settlement mechanism in case disputes arise between Contracting Parties

Stajalište izvjestitelja

Uzimajući u obzir obostrani interes za razvoj i pravilnu upotrebu živih morskih resursa u Sredozemnom i Crnom moru te uvjeren kako zaštita i održiva upotreba živih morskih resursa u području primjene i zaštita morskih ekosustava u kojima se ti resursi nalaze imaju važnu ulogu u kontekstu plavog rasta i održivog razvoja, izvjestitelj preporučuje da Parlament odobri sklapanje izmijenjenog Sporazuma u trenutačnom obliku.

REZULTAT KONAČNOG GLASOVANJA U ODBORU

Datum usvajanja	24.2.2015
Rezultat konačnog glasovanja	+: –: 0:	21 1 1
Zastupnici nazočni na konačnom glasovanju	Marco Affronte, Clara Eugenia Aguilera García, Renata Briano, Alain Cadec, Richard Corbett, Diane Dodds, Linnéa Engström, João Ferreira, Raymond Finch, Ian Hudghton, Carlos Iturgaiz, Werner Kuhn, António Marinho e Pinto, Gabriel Mato, Norica Nicolai, Liadh Ní Riada, Ulrike Rodust, Remo Sernagiotto, Ricardo Serrão Santos, Isabelle Thomas, Jarosław Wałęsa
Zamjenici nazočni na konačnom glasovanju	Sylvie Goddyn, Marek Józef Gróbarczyk