Commission for Natural Resources

Action Plan for a Maritime Strategy in the Atlantic area Delivering smart, sustainable and inclusive growth

Opinion factsheet

Ezen az oldalon:

  • Agriculture, Maritime and Consumer policies
  • Integrated maritime policy

Commission for Natural Resources

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Opinion number:
CDR-1995-2017
Status:
Elfogadva
Letöltés

Objective

Contribute to the mid-term review of the Atlantic Action Plan
Identify measures to improve cross-border cooperation among Atlantic countries

Essential points

THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS

 invites Member States to continue to integrate the objectives of the AAP in their respective ERDF Operational Programmes;

 restates the proposal to establish regional or inter-regional blue economy platforms and points out that several Atlantic regions could be good candidates for setting up such a platform

 calls upon the European Commission and the Member States to pursue further improvement of coordination, monitoring and support for projects and exchange of best practices

 calls upon the Member States and the European Commission to develop their proposals for post-2020 as early as possible in order to allow a smooth transition between programming periods;

 appeals to the budgetary authority to use existing flexibility in ESI funding to provide for gradual increases of available CLLD funding within the EMFF for the benefit of European coastal communities;

 The outcome of the Brexit negotiations will need to be considered and addressed as regards the potential impact on the future of the Atlantic Maritime Strategy and Action Plan;

 is alarmed at the potential consequences for the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) of the UK exit especially in access to UK waters with a particular impact on the fishing sectors of neighbouring countries.

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