Plenary sitting
12.12.2011 B7‑0692/2011
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
further to Question for Oral Answer B7‑0671/2011
pursuant to Rule 115(5) of the Rules of Procedure
on the future protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial compensation provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco ( 2011/2949(RSP) )
Carl Haglund
on behalf of the ALDE Group
Carmen Fraga Estévez
on behalf of the PPE Group
European Parliament resolution on the future protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial compensation provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco ( 2011/2949(RSP) )
The European Parliament,
– having regard to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco (Council Regulation (EC) No 764/2006 of 22 May 2006[1]),
– having regard to the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial compensation provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco (0000/2011),
– having regard to the consent procedure pursuant to Article 43(2) and Article 218 (6), second subparagraph, point (a), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C7-0000/2011),
– having regard to the opinions of the Committee on Development and the Committee on Budgets ( A7-0000/2011 and A7-0000/2011 ),
– having regard to the explanatory statement forming part of the recommendation of the Committee on Fisheries ( A7-0394/2011 ), which outlines the shortcomings of the current one-year Protocol,
– having regard to Rules 115(5) and 110(2) of its Rules of Procedure,
A. whereas, according to the external ex-post evaluation carried out by the Commission, the current Protocol has a clearly unsatisfactory cost-benefit ratio as a result of the low rate of utilisation of the fishing opportunities negotiated and unaddressed ecological and social issues;
B. whereas the new Protocol to be negotiated by the Commission for the one-year period from 28 February 2012 should take the aspects outlined below into account;
1. Calls on the Commission to move the negotiations on a new Protocol forward in order to rule out any situation in which the Protocol has to be applied provisionally because Parliament has not yet given its consent;
2. Calls on the Commission to ensure that any future Protocol is economically, ecologically and socially sustainable and mutually beneficial;
3. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the principle of EU vessels only being granted access to surplus stocks is adhered to in all future Protocols;
4. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the future Protocol adjusts fishing opportunities in line with scientific advice and stock assessments and with fishing-sector needs; insists, further, that technical measures and fishing opportunities must be consistent with scientific advice;
5. Calls on the Commission to ensure that sectoral support is more efficiently utilised and that monitoring is more effective;
6. Calls on the Commission to take any steps required in order to obtain the necessary data on the implementation of the Protocol and thus make the legislative procedure as transparent as possible;
7. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the future Protocol benefits the local population groups affected;
8. Calls on the Commission, further, to respect the interinstitutional framework and Parliament's role, in accordance with the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty;
9. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission.