LÕPLIK
A6-0339/2005
25.11.2005
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RAPORT
Ettepanek võtta vastu nõukogu otsus, millega muudetakse otsust 2004/465/EÜ ühenduse rahalise toetuse kohta liikmesriikide kalanduse kontrolli programmidele
(KOM(2005)0328 – C6‑0273/2005 – 2005/0136(CNS))
Kalanduskomisjon
Raportöör:
Paulo Casaca
PE 362.625v02-00
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SISUKORD
EUROOPA PARLAMENDI ÕIGUSLOOMEGA SEOTUD RESOLUTSIOONI PROJEKT.....4
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT................................................................................................8
MENETLUS..............................................................................................................................12
EUROOPA PARLAMENDI ÕIGUSLOOMEGA SEOTUD RESOLUTSIOONI PROJEKT
ettepaneku kohta võtta vastu nõukogu otsus, millega muudetakse otsust 2004/465/EÜ ühenduse rahalise toetuse kohta liikmesriikide kalanduse kontrolli programmidele
( KOM(2005)0328 – C6‑0273/2005 – 2005/0136(CNS) )
(Nõuandemenetlus)
Euroopa Parlament ,
– võttes arvesse komisjoni ettepanekut nõukogule ( KOM(2005)0328 )
ELTs seni avaldamata. ;
– võttes arvesse EÜ asutamislepingu artiklit 37, mille alusel nõukogu konsulteeris Euroopa Parlamendiga ( C6‑0273/2005 );
– võttes arvesse kodukorra artiklit 51;
– võttes arvesse kalanduskomisjoni raportit ( A6‑0339/2005 ),
1. kiidab komisjoni ettepaneku muudetud kujul heaks;
2. palub komisjoni oma ettepanekut vastavalt muuta, järgides EÜ asutamislepingu artikli 250 lõiget 2;
3. palub nõukogul Euroopa Parlamenti informeerida, kui nõukogu kavatseb kõrvale kalduda Euroopa Parlamendi poolt vastu võetud tekstist;
4. palub nõukogul Euroopa Parlamendiga uuesti konsulteerida, kui nõukogu kavatseb komisjoni ettepanekut oluliselt muuta;
5. teeb presidendile ülesandeks edastada Euroopa Parlamendi seisukoht nõukogule ja komisjonile.
Komisjoni ettepanek
Euroopa Parlamendi muudatusettepanekud
Muudatusettepanek
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PÕHJENDUS 6
(6) On asjakohane lisada otsusele 2004/465/EÜ nii kalanduse kontrolli alased uuringud kui ka uus kontrollialaste tehnoloogiate rakendamist hõlbustav kord,
välja jäetud
Justification
See justification to amendment 3.
Muudatusettepanek
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ARTIKLI 1 PUNKT 1
Artikli 3 lõige 2 (otsus 2004/465/EÜ)
2.
Kõik liikmesriigid esitavad oma iga-aastase kalanduse kontrollprogrammi 2004. aasta kohta 1. juuniks 2004 ja 2005 . ja 2006. aasta kohta vastavalt 31. jaanuariks.
2.
Kõik liikmesriigid esitavad oma iga-aastase kalanduse kontrollprogrammi 2004. aasta kohta 1. juuniks 2004 ja 2005. aasta kohta 31. jaanuariks 2005.
Iga-aastased programmid 2006. aasta kohta esitatakse 45 päeva jooksul alates käesoleva otsuse jõustumisest.
Justification
The Commission's proposed amendment to the decision appears to have been mistranslated in certain language versions, at least in the Portuguese version.
The present amendment seeks to adapt the timetable to the procedure in force and avoid retroactive obligations.
Muudatusettepanek
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ARTIKLI 1 PUNKT 2
Artikli 4 lõike 1 punktid i ja j (otsus 2004/465/EÜ)
(i) Teadusuuringute Ühiskeskusega sõlmitud halduskokkulepped, mille eesmärk on uute kontrollialaste tehnoloogiate rakendamine;
Välja jäetud
(j) komisjoni algatusel teostatavad teadusuuringud kontrolliga seotud valdkondades.
Justification
The proposal for a decision refers to 'a Community financial contribution towards Member States fisheries control programmes' and not to the Commission's internal expenditure on studies or on its Joint Research Centre.
That spending on both of these is essential is not being called into question, but it should be included in a budget line which covers the Commission's expenditure, specifically the item relating to the collection of basic data and scientific advice (Item 11.07.01) or the item relating to inspections (Item 11.07.03).
The financial reference amount referred to in Article 1(3) of the proposal for a decision should be granted for expenditure on actions presently listed in Article 4(1)(a) to (h) of Decision 2004/465/EC.
Muudatusettepanek
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ARTIKLI 1 PUNKT 3 A (uus)
Artikli 5 lõige 2 a (otsus 2004/465/EÜ)
3 a) Artiklile 5 lisatakse järgmine lõige 2 a:
"2 a.
Juhul, kui lõikes 1 ette nähtud assigneeringud osutuvad liikmesriikide kalanduse aastastele kontrollprogrammidele antava kogutoetuse rahastamiseks ebapiisavaks, tugineb komisjon artiklis 6 osutatud otsuse puhul objektiivsetele kriteeriumitele, mille juures võetakse arvesse olemasolevate kontrollsüsteemide puudusi, majandusvööndi ja liikmesriikide järelevalve alla minevate kõigi vööndite ulatust ja kontrollile allutatud kalurite arvu."
Justification
To lay down objective rules which should determine the Commission's decision on the Community financial contribution provided for in Article 6 of Decision 2004/465/EC.
Muudatusettepanek
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ARTIKLI 1 PUNKT 3 B (uus)
Artikli 6 lõike 2 punkt c (otsus 2004/465/EÜ)
3 b) Artikli 6 lõike 2 punkt c asendatakse järgnevaga:
"c) artikli 4 lõike 1 punktis h osutatud meetmete määr ei tohi ületada 75% uute liikmesriikide abikõlblikest kulutustest."
Justification
According to the Commission, the main reason why the new Member States have made little use of Community funding in their control programmes is the high national contribution.
A higher rate is therefore proposed for this specific measure, enabling the remaining Member States also to benefit from higher Community financial contributions.
Muudatusettepanek
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ARTIKLI 1 PUNKT 4
Artikli 6 lõike 2 punkt d (otsus 2004/465/EÜ)
d) artikli 4 lõike 1 punktides i ja j osutatud meetmete korral võib määr olla 100% abikõlblikest kuludest.
Välja jäetud
Justification
See justification to amendment 3.
Muudatusettepanek
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ARTIKLI 1 PUNKT 8 A (uus)
Artikli 17 lõige 1 a (uus) (otsus 2004/465/EÜ)
8 a) Artiklile 17 lisatakse järgmine lõik:
"Artikli 16 kohaselt liikmesriikidelt saadud teabe alusel esitab komisjon Euroopa Parlamendile ja nõukogule hiljemalt 31. detsembriks 2006 vahearuande käesoleva otsuse rakendamise kohta."
Justification
The current system should be subject to an interim assessment.
This would make it possible to monitor its implementation more effectively and draw timely conclusions on the adequacy of the appropriations available for the annual fisheries control programmes submitted by the Member States.
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Introduction
Monitoring fishing activities is an essential aspect of the common fisheries policy (CFP).
The Community has an interest in ensuring that the Member States allocate sufficient resources to fisheries control, surveillance and inspection and that these tasks are carried out effectively and in a uniform manner across their territory.
Since 1978 the Commission has applied a series of arrangements relating to the financial contribution to Member States' expenditure in this area.
The first Council decision, adopted in 1978, concerned measures designed to support fishing activities in Denmark and Ireland.
In 1987 this decision was replaced by a fresh decision granting a financial contribution to all the Member States with the aim of boosting their monitoring, control and surveillance capacity in specific areas of control and surveillance.
Council Decision 89/631/EEC
OJ L 364, 14.12.1989, p.
64. established a framework for Community participation in the expenditure incurred by the Member States for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the Community system for the conservation and management of fishery resources, with a total budget of EUR 110 million to be allocated over the five-year period from 1991 to 1995.
A second five-year programme was subsequently adopted covering the period from 1996 to 2000 through Council Decision 95/527/EEC
OJ L 301, 14.12.1995, p.
30. , under which EUR 205 million were made available within a similar framework.
The Council then adopted Decision 2001/431/EC
OJ L 154, 9.6.2001, p.
22. , which expired at the end of 2003 and which laid down a three-year programme (2001-2003) with appropriations totalling EUR 105 million.
Finally, Decision 2004/465/EC
OJ L 157, 30.4.2004, p.
114; corrected by OJ L 195, 2.6.2004, p.
36. was adopted for the period from 2004 to 2005, with appropriations totalling EUR 70 million and expiring on 31 December 2005.
Commission proposal
The proposed decision is chiefly aimed at extending Decision 2004/465/EC for a further year so that Community support for fisheries control will continue to be available until the entry into force of the planned new financial framework for the period from 2007 to 2013.
The annual financial reference amount (EUR 35 million) remains unchanged.
The proposed changes chiefly concern two aspects:
(a) the setting of new time-limits to allow the current system to be extended for a further year; these changes relate in particular to the period covered and the deadlines for the Member States to submit their annual control programmes and assessment reports, the deadline for the cancellation of Community appropriations in the event that claims for reimbursement are not accepted, and the deadline for the Commission to submit to Parliament and the Council its report on the application of this Decision and of Decision 2001/431/EC;
(b) the inclusion of two new actions eligible for Community financial support: administrative arrangements with the Joint Research Centre aimed at implementing new control techniques, and studies on control-related areas carried out at the Commission's initiative; the proposal for a decision provides that the level of contributions may be up to 100% of eligible expenditure for these two actions.
It might also be noted that, with regard to the breakdown of estimated expenditure for the various actions, the legislative financial statement shows a substantial increase in the heading relating to the acquisition and modernisation of vessels and aircraft used in the inspection and surveillance of fishing activities (rising from EUR 7 million in 2004 and EUR 9 million in 2005 to EUR 15 million in 2006).
Remarks and amendments proposed by the rapporteur
The rapporteur welcomes and fully supports the extension of Decision 2004/465/EC.
According to the assessments available
See, for example, the reports drawn up by a private consultant containing an ex post assessment of the implementation of Decision 2001/431 and an analysis of the information on the inventory and utilisation of control means forwarded by the Member States in relation to Decision 2001/431 (FISH/2002/12 and FISH/2002/10, submitted in November 2003). , the financial scheme established by earlier decisions on this subject has been a contributing factor in ensuring that the Member States have strengthened their structures, equipment and information, inspection and control techniques, and have improved their inspectors' skills.
All the studies carried out nevertheless show that many shortcomings and imbalances remain with regard to the level of capacities in the various Member States.
The recent communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on behaviours which seriously infringed the rules of the CFP in 2003
COM(2005)0207 final. shows that, despite the progress achieved, all the measures necessary to combat behaviour which infringes the rules of the common fisheries policy have not yet been taken.
In order to ensure that the Member States comply with their obligations under CFP rules, it is therefore essential that the Community should continue to support their control-related investment.
The rapporteur nevertheless considers it desirable to table a number of amendments to the proposal under review.
As regards the dates by which the Member States must submit their annual fisheries control programmes , the aim is to correct an apparent translation error in the Portuguese version, and possibly in other language versions too, and to avoid creating retroactive obligations by adapting the dates to the current procedure.
The rapporteur fully agrees with the need to finance administrative agreements with the Joint Research Centre aimed at implementing new technologies in the area of control and recognises the importance of carrying out studies on control-related areas at the Commission's initiative.
Nevertheless, he takes the view that it is not appropriate to insert these two actions within the field covered by the present proposal for a decision.
This proposal relates to a 'Community financial contribution towards Member States' fisheries control programmes' and not to the Commission's internal expenditure on studies or the Joint Research Centre.
This expenditure should be included in a budget line which covers the Commission's spending, specifically the item relating to the collection of basic data and scientific advice (item 11.07.01) or the item relating to inspections (11.07.03).
Parliament should support any Commission proposal for a budget transfer aimed at financing actions covered by these two items in its proposal.
In its recent proposal for a Council regulation establishing Community financial measures for the implementation of the common fisheries policy and in the area of the law of the sea
COM(2005)0117 final. , the Commission itself confirms the rapporteur's position in this respect, given that it establishes a clear separation between 'expenditure incurred by Member States in implementing the monitoring and control systems applicable to the CFP' (Article 8(a)) and 'expenditure relating to administrative arrangements with the Joint Research Centre, or any other Community consultative body, to analyse the implementation of new technologies' (Article 8(b) of the above proposal).
At all events, the financial reference amount for the Community's contribution referred to in Article 1(3) of the proposal under review should be maintained and granted to projects linked to the type of measures currently covered by Article 4(1)(a) to (h) of Council Decision 2004/465/EC.
There is no point in allocating part of this overall annual amount of EUR 35 million to the Commission's internal expenditure at a time when we are facing additional financial pressures stemming from enlargement, when a large number of weaknesses remain as regards controls by the Member States and when new challenges are arising in the field of control, such as those stemming from the new rules on the electronic recording and reporting of fishing activities and means of remote sensing.
Your rapporteur would also point out that this annual amount has remained unchanged for five years, and has indeed been reduced by comparison with the total annual amounts set aside for the Community's financial contribution for the period from 1996 to 2000 in Decision 95/527/EEC.
A further amendment tabled by the rapporteur includes the definition of a set of objective criteria which should determine the Commission's decisions where the appropriations available are not sufficient to finance all the contributions required by the annual programmes submitted by the Member States.
The rapporteur takes the view that account should be taken of shortcomings in existing control systems, the size of Exclusive Economic Zones and the number of fishermen subject to controls .
The Commission has also stated that the main reason why the new Member States have made little use of Community funding in their control programmes is the high national contribution.
Your rapporteur therefore proposes that the rate of the Community financial contribution should be raised (a maximum of 75% rather than 50%) for a specific type of action: the purchase and modernisation of vessels and aircraft used for inspection and surveillance of fisheries activities by the competent authorities .
These measures account for the largest amount of spending by far, in particular owing to the cost of each unit, and the rapporteur considers it important that support for vessels and for the remaining Member States should be increased in this respect.
The rapporteur further recommends that the Commission should draw up a report for the Council and Parliament by the end of 2006 at the latest providing an interim assessment of the application of this system .
It does not appear advisable to wait until mid-2008 for such an assessment, especially since the Member States are obliged to forward a whole series of data to the Commission on an annual basis, which should be interpreted and made available in a simplified form so that a timely assessment can be made.
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Ettepanek võtta vastu nõukogu otsus, millega muudetakse otsust 2004/465/EÜ ühenduse rahalise toetuse kohta liikmesriikide kalanduse kontrolli programmidele
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EP-ga konsulteerimise kuupäev
6.9.2005
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PECH 8.9.2005
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James Hugh Allister, Stavros Arnaoutakis, Iles Braghetto, Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, Paulo Casaca, Zdzisław Kazimierz Chmielewski, Carmen Fraga Estévez, Ioannis Gklavakis, Alfred Gomolka, Pedro Guerreiro, Ian Hudghton, Heinz Kindermann, Rosa Miguélez Ramos, Seán Ó Neachtain, Struan Stevenson, Catherine Stihler
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