Regulation (EU) 2016/1626

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to amend Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 establishing a Community Fisheries Control Agency in order to reinforce the EU's Coast Guards capacity to response to threats and risks in the maritime domain by inter alia improving co-operation between all relevant civilian and military actors. PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: national authorities carrying out coastguard functions are responsible for a wide range of missions, including but not limited to maritime safety, security, search and rescue, border control, fisheries control, customs control, general law enforcement and environmental protection. The underlying problem is that coastguard functions are currently carried out by more than 300 authorities in Member States , which are not always well coordinated even at national level. The Committee on Fisheries adopted a report by Alain CADEC (EPP, FR) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 establishing a Community Fisheries Control Agency. The committee recommended the European Parliament to adopt its position at first reading taking over the Commission proposal . To recall, the aim of the proposal is to enable the three European agencies whose duties include dealing with disasters at sea to coordinate their operations at sea and share information pertaining to their activities. The European Fisheries Control Agency, the European Maritime Safety Agency and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency must be able to cooperate by pooling their operational capacities and sharing surveillance information in order to enhance maritime safety and security. To recall, under this proposal, maritime surveillance, prevention and control operations will be coordinated at EU level in order to improve maritime awareness and support operations that are consistent and cost-effective. The aim of the proposal is to enable the three European agencies whose duties include dealing with disasters at sea to coordinate their operations at sea and share information pertaining to their activities. The European Fisheries Control Agency, the European Maritime Safety Agency and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency must be able to cooperate by pooling their operational capacities and sharing surveillance information in order to enhance maritime safety and security. The explanatory memorandum accompanying the draft resolution stated that the three agencies will support national authorities and be able to take effective joint action, in particular as regards conducting control, security and surveillance operations by providing the authorities with information, equipment and training, and by providing the required level of coordination for multi-dimensional operations. Such cooperation arrangements are essential given the current situation with regard to migration. Large flows of migrants require more solidarity from the EU, both materially and in human terms. It is…

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