Verbatim report of proceedings

Tuesday, 11 July 2023 - Strasbourg

8.16. Management, conservation and control measures in the area covered under the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA) (A9-0192/2023 - João Pimenta Lopes) (vote)

– Nach der Abstimmung:

  Margaritis Schinas, Vice—President of the Commission. – Madam President, I have a statement to read on behalf of the Commission: ‘We regret the rejection by the European Parliament of this proposal. We take note of Parliament’s call to withdraw. We will now consider this matter carefully and we will inform this House in due course of how we intend to proceed. As we stated during the plenary debate, the Commission is unequivocally committed to the principle of multilingualism in the context of implementing measures and incorporating forms of regional fisheries management organisations. The Commission therefore would like to reiterate once again our willingness to engage in a dialogue with the European Parliament to identify the best way to achieve that objective, not only for this proposal but also for all future proposals implementing measures agreed within regional fisheries management organisations.’

In that light, I hope that the Commission proposal would be referred back to committee for further discussions and, should a mutually agreeable solution be found, the Commission wants to assure this House that we stand ready to uphold any solution in the current and future proposals.