EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2009 - 2014 Session document A7-0191/2010 8.6.2010 *** RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision concerning the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Mediterranean to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (09132/2010 – C7-0128/2010 – 2010/0016(NLE)) Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Rapporteur: Jo Leinen RR\440161EN.doc PE440.161v02-00 EN United in diversityEN PR_AVC_art90 Symbols for procedures * Consultation procedure *** Consent procedure ***I Ordinary legislative procedure (first reading) ***II Ordinary legislative procedure (second reading) ***III Ordinary legislative procedure (third reading) (The type of procedure depends on the legal basis proposed by the draft act.) PE440.161v02-00 2/7 RR\440161EN.doc EN CONTENTS Page DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION .................................5 EXPLANATORY STATEMENT ..............................................................................................6 RESULT OF FINAL VOTE IN COMMITTEE.........................................................................7 RR\440161EN.doc 3/7 PE440.161v02-00 EN PE440.161v02-00 4/7 RR\440161EN.doc EN DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION on the draft Council decision concerning the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Mediterranean to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (09132/2010 – C7-0128/2010 – 2010/0016(NLE)) (Consent) The European Parliament, – having regard to draft Council decision (09132/2010), – having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 192(1) and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, – having regard to Rules 81 and 90(8) of its Rules of Procedure, – having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A7-0191/2010), 1. Gives its consent to conclusion of the protocol; 2. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States. RR\440161EN.doc 5/7 PE440.161v02-00 EN EXPLANATORY STATEMENT On 19 February 2010 the Commission published a proposal1 for a Council Decision to conclude, on behalf of the European Union, the Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management (the ICZM Protocol) to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (the Convention is more commonly known as ‘the Barcelona Convention’. It was originally signed on 16 February 1976 and subsequently amended on 10 June 1995). The European Union is a Contracting Party to the Barcelona Convention, as are all EU Mediterranean coastal Member States. Under Article 4(3) of the Convention, the Contracting Parties must promote the integrated management of coastal zones, taking into account the protection of areas of ecological and landscape interest and the rational use of natural resources. The ICZM Protocol contains objectives and general principles for integrated coastal zone management, including the sustainable use of natural resources and the preservation of coastal ecosystems. It also contains specific provisions concerning economic activities in coastal zones, including construction, tourism, fishing, aquaculture and maritime activities and on instruments for integrated coastal zone management (such as environmental assessment, national coastal strategies and monitoring mechanisms). The ICZM Protocol has already been approved on behalf of the European Community, subject to conclusion at a later date by the Council in accordance with a Council Decision of 4 December 2008 on the signing of the ICZM Protocol2. The Commission, by way of the above-mentioned proposal for a Council Decision, now proposes that the Council proceed to conclude the Protocol on behalf of the EU. Before adopting the Decision to conclude the Protocol, the Council must, under Article 218(6)(a) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, obtain the consent of the European Parliament. The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety proposes that Parliament consent to the conclusion of the ICZM Protocol and thereby approve the adoption of the Council Decision. 1 COM(2010)0030. 2 Council Decision 2009/89/EC of 4 December 2008 on the signing, on behalf of the European Community, of the Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Mediterranean to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (OJ L 34, 4.2.2009, p.17). PE440.161v02-00 6/7 RR\440161EN.doc EN RESULT OF FINAL VOTE IN COMMITTEE Date adopted 2.6.2010 Result of final vote +: 53 –: 0 0: 0 Members present for the final vote János Áder, Elena Oana Antonescu, Pilar Ayuso, Paolo Bartolozzi, Sandrine Bélier, Martin Callanan, Nessa Childers, Chris Davies, Bairbre de Brún, Esther de Lange, Anne Delvaux, Bas Eickhout, Edite Estrela, Jill Evans, Elisabetta Gardini, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Julie Girling, Françoise Grossetête, Dan Jørgensen, Karin Kadenbach, Christa Klaß, Jo Leinen, Corinne Lepage, Peter Liese, Linda McAvan, Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Vladko Todorov Panayotov, Antonyia Parvanova, Andres Perello Rodriguez, Mario Pirillo, Pavel Poc, Vittorio Prodi, Frédérique Ries, Oreste Rossi, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Carl Schlyter, Horst Schnellhardt, Theodoros Skylakakis, Bogusław Sonik, Catherine Soullie, Salvatore Tatarella, Anja Weisgerber, Glenis Willmott, Sabine Wils, Marina Yannakoudakis Substitute(s) present for the final vote José Manuel Fernandes, Christofer Fjellner, Rovana Plumb, Bart Staes, Thomas Ulmer, Anna Záborská, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska Substitute(s) under Rule 187(2) present Willy Meyer for the final vote RR\440161EN.doc 7/7 PE440.161v02-00 EN.