Common fisheries policy (CFP): Community financial measures for the implementation of the CFP and in the area of the Law of the Sea

The Committee on Fisheries adopted the report by João FERREIRA (GUE/NGL, PT) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 of 22 May 2006 establishing Community financial measures for the implementation of the common fisheries policy and in the area of the Law of the Sea.

It recommends that the European Parliament’s position adopted at first reading, under the ordinary legislative procedure, amends the Commission’s proposal as follows:

- given that aquaculture is being viewed as a sector of growing importance and offers prospects for development, Members consider that it is necessary to provide the possibility to collect, manage, and use not only socio-economic data but basic environmental data as well;

- Community financial measures shall contribute to the objective of improving data collection, management and use and scientific advice on the state of the resources, the level of fishing, the impact that fisheries have on the resources and the marine eco-system, on the degree of commercial dependence on the Union’s market for fisheries and aquaculture products;

- applications by Member States for Community financial measures shall be submitted to the Commission by 15 November (instead of 31 October) prior to the year of implementation concerned.