EC/Guinea-Bissau Fisheries Partnership Agreement. Implementing Protocol (2024-2029)

Amendments tabled for the plenary sitting on this text, in their own numbering series. This is a different set from the committee amendments tracked elsewhere on AmendEU, and is not counted in any of the site’s amendment totals.

1. Amendment 1Verts/ALEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 9
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   9. Calls on the Commission, in order to improve the implementation of the IUU Regulation, to address the lack of transparency in the fishing sector in Guinea-Bissau which results, for example, from flags of convenience, flag hopping, complex corporate structures and a lack of public information on beneficial owners; asks Guinea-Bissau to communicate to the Commission the available information concerning flagged vessels or companies with EU ownership;

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   9. Calls on the Commission, in order to improve the implementation of the IUU Regulation, to address the lack of transparency in the fishing sector in Guinea-Bissau which results, for example, from flags of convenience, flag hopping, complex corporate structures and a lack of public information on beneficial owners; asks Guinea-Bissau to communicate to the Commission the available information concerning flagged vessels or companies with EU ownership; asks the Member States to make public the ownership details of vessels flagged to partner countries under SFPAs;

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2. Amendment 2Verts/ALEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 10 a (new)
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   10a. Recognises that flags of convenience undermine transparency and accountability in the fisheries sector, enabling IUU fishing, tax evasion and labour exploitation; recalls that their continued use allows vessel owners to circumvent EU fishing regulations and weakens enforcement mechanisms essential for sustainable fisheries management; calls on the Member States to take all necessary measures to closely monitor and put an end to the use of flags of convenience for fishing vessels;

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3. Amendment 3Verts/ALEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 21 a (new)
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   21a. Calls for a future increase in fishing operators’ contribution to the financial contribution paid by the EU;

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4. Amendment 4The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 5 a (new)
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   5a. Considers that EU fishing operators should assume a greater share of the financial contribution paid in the framework of SFPAs, as the first beneficiaries of such agreements;

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5. Amendment 5The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 25 a (new)
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   25a. Calls for the EU to develop a holistic strategy to reduce its dependence on fish meal and fish oil imports for the aquaculture sector, which contribute to increasing overfishing and food insecurity in West Africa;

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