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Opinion factsheet

Tällä sivulla

  • Maatalous-, meri- ja kuluttajapolitiikka
  • Kalastus- ja meriasiat

Commission for Natural Resources

Esittelijä
Opinion number:
CDR-6621-2016
Status:
Hyväksytyt
Lataa

Objective

To provide feedback to the work of the European Commission on Ocean Governance from the point of view of the European local and regional authorities
to defend the interest of coastal communities

Essential points

THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS

- welcomes the Joint Communication on Ocean Governance and supports the proposed actions to ensure safe, secure, clean and sustainably managed oceans;

- insists, in line with the "Better Regulation" agenda that it is necessary to conduct prior impact assessments, including territorial impacts, to define the possible threats from all sectors, possible mitigation measures and expected socio-economic consequences before introducing new legislation;

- believes that ocean governance affects local and regional authorities in a very asymmetric way, presenting challenges that very often they are not equipped to meet;

- welcomes the European Commission's initiative to fight ocean pollution and marine litter in particular; EU and Member States can lead the way by introducing a joint plan for the eventual removal of harmful substances at sea such as munitions, chemicals and nuclear materials;

- requests, in line with the existing Inter-Institutional Agreement, that a Structured Dialogue on Ocean Governance be regularly co-organised by the Commission, Council, Parliament and CoR to jointly develop new marine-related policy initiatives.

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