Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-10-25-Speech-4-196"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EEC/Madagascar fisheries agreement2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011025.7.4-196"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-25-Speech-4-1972
lpv:speaker	lp:Rosa Miguélez Ramos2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Partido Socialista Obrero Español (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with South-east Europe (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; PECH (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; EMPL (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Group of the Party of European Socialists supports this proposed regulation on the renewal of the fisheries agreement with Madagascar. We also support the excellent report by Mrs Fraga Estevez , and we ask the Council to incorporate the amendments approved by the Committee on Fisheries. On many occasions we have complained, always justifiably, about the lack of coherence of the Commission and the Council, which sometimes verges on the arbitrary, in relation to the negotiation and signing of fisheries agreements. It is the sector itself which suffers from this lack of direction, and it does not feel that it is supported by the Commission. The Commission sometimes gives the impression that it wants to forget the conclusions of the Luxembourg Council of October 1997 on the policy of fisheries agreements with third countries, which explicitly recognised the socio-economic advantages of those agreements for the Community, both in terms of the supply of raw materials and employment, and which are – and will continue to be – an essential element of the common fisheries policy. I share the concern mentioned by the rapporteur in her report relating to the fact that more than 62% of the cost of the agreement corresponds to development cooperation actions and has nothing to do with financial compensation for the agreed catches. We are in favour of development cooperation and budgetary transparency. These actions must therefore be financed by the European Development Fund which, to date, has financed the development of the fishing sectors of the developing countries to the not inconsiderable tune of EUR 421 million. This agreement, like all fisheries agreements with third countries, is aimed at a specific form of fishing – in this case, tuna – clearly outside the 6-12 mile zone, and includes absolutely limited and measured annual fishing opportunities for an also limited and measured number of ships – 80. The shipowners pay an amount per tonne – EUR 25 – which, as the rapporteur has pointed out, is something that only happens in the Southern agreements. The shipowners are obliged, furthermore, to employ a significant number of Malagasy seamen, which is rising from 6 to 40, as has also been pointed out. I congratulate Mrs Fraga Estevez once again on her excellent report which clearly demonstrates that, of the fisheries agreements signed by the developing countries with third countries, it is those which they sign with the European Union which achieve and guarantee a greater degree of transparency and control of fishing activities in those areas."@en1

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