Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-03-31-Speech-3-242"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-03-31"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EC-Denmark/Greenland fisheries agreement2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040331.9.3-242"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-03-31-Speech-3-2432
lpv:speaker	lp:Catherine Stihler2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, although I support the first four amendments, I reject Amendment No 5. I believe that amendment was originally lost in committee but has been re-tabled. My reason for rejecting the amendment is quite simply that it undermines the principle of relative stability. That principle is at the heart of the Scottish and British position on fisheries policy and, I believe, that of other northern states. Any measures which threaten this principle, or put it at risk, I cannot support. The concept of relative stability is vital to the Scottish fleet, as it guarantees historical rights, and Amendment No 5 puts that at risk. Amendment No 5 also transfers competence to the Commission over quota swaps, which, I believe, is against the basic CFP regulation. Competence should rest with the Member State, allowing new entrants to existing fisheries, leading to pressures to reallocate currently guaranteed quota shares. It also ignores the basic differences between southern fisheries agreements, where fishing licences are at stake, and northern agreements where quotas are at stake. I find it interesting that some people want the Commission to have more responsibility over fisheries, yet when it comes to certain proposals over which the Commission has responsibility, they want to reject it outright. Amendment No 5 is dangerous to northern fishing interests, it goes against the CFP regulation and risks reducing the amount of Greenland quotas that can be used in exchange for quotas for Norway on which the United Kingdom industry relies heavily. I am sorry to disagree with the rapporteur on this occasion."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-06--2004-04-30)3 member; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Stihler (PSE )."1

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