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OPINION (COM(2025)0565 – C100179/2025 – 2025/0240(COD))

On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509

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Committee on Fisheries · Rapporteur: André Franqueira Rodrigues

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The Committee on Fisheries gives its opinion on the proposed regulation setting up the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime prosperity and security for 2028-2034. It proposes amendments to keep the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) visible and funded, with a minimum allocation for fisheries and aquaculture and dedicated envelopes for the outermost regions. It also proposes a Fisheries Safety Net for market disturbances, crisis payments for fishers and aquaculture producers, and vessel succession as an eligible measure. The opinion asks that sector-specific rules now in the National and Regional Partnership Plans regulation be moved to the CFP regulation, and that regional authorities take part in designing and running the plans.

Committee position. The Committee on Fisheries proposes amendments to the lead committees to keep the CFP visible and adequately funded, with minimum allocations for fisheries and aquaculture and for the outermost regions, a Fisheries Safety Net, crisis payments and vessel succession, and to move sector-specific rules into the CFP regulation.

Key points

  1. The opinion seeks a clear minimum allocation for fisheries and aquaculture so that the CFP keeps its funding and is not renationalised.
  2. It proposes at least EUR 7 290 000 000 for CFP interventions, set out as minimum national envelopes that cannot be reduced, reallocated or transferred to other policy areas.
  3. It proposes at least EUR 7 330 000 000 for measures addressing the permanent and structural constraints of the outermost regions.
  4. It proposes at least EUR 1 120 000 000 of the Facility for actions supporting the CFP, in particular data collection, controls and enforcement.
  5. It proposes a Fisheries Safety Net to stabilise fisheries and aquaculture markets in times of market disturbance, with compensation for lost revenue or additional costs.
  6. It proposes crisis payments for fishers, aquaculture producers and aquatic food industry operators affected by natural disasters or other crisis situations.
  7. It proposes a minimum national contribution rate of 30% for CFP measures, with no national contribution for compensation of additional costs in the outermost regions.
  8. It proposes a dedicated POSEI Programme for fisheries and aquaculture in the outermost regions, with a minimum of EUR 400 000 000 distributed between the Member States concerned.
  9. It proposes that regional and territorial chapters in the plans be compulsory, that regional authorities be involved, and that they may act as managing authorities and negotiate directly with the Commission.
  10. It proposes that funding for fisheries control, data collection, scientific advice and technical assistance not be taken from the ring-fenced amount under shared management.
  11. It proposes dedicated administrative support for small-scale fishers, who represent 76% of the EU fishing fleet but have difficulty accessing EU funding.
  12. It proposes that vessel succession and intergenerational cooperation be eligible, and that generational renewal in fisheries and aquaculture be supported.

Who is affected

  • Fishers, aquaculture producers and their organisations, including small-scale and recreational fishers, gain dedicated funding and crisis support.
  • The outermost regions gain dedicated envelopes, a specific chapter and a POSEI Programme for fisheries and aquaculture.
  • Member States must allocate minimum national envelopes to the CFP and involve regional and local authorities and stakeholders in the plans.
  • Regional and local authorities may design and run regional chapters and, where their framework allows, act as managing authorities.
  • Young fishers gain support for setting up, training, advisory services and start-ups under the generational renewal measures.

Figures and deadlines

  • At least EUR 295 700 000 000 for CAP interventions.
  • At least EUR 7 290 000 000 for CFP interventions.
  • At least EUR 7 330 000 000 for measures addressing the outermost regions' constraints.
  • EUR 56 080 000 000 allocated to the Facility, of which at least EUR 1 120 000 000 for CFP actions.
  • EUR 56 080 000 000 for Union actions, including at least EUR 1 120 000 000 for CFP-related actions.
  • A minimum of EUR 400 000 000 for fisheries, aquaculture and sustainable blue economy in the outermost regions.
  • EUR 129 504 995 for Azores and Madeira, EUR 104 109 720 for the Canary Islands and EUR 166 385 283 for the outermost regions of France.
  • A 15% rate for the outermost regions and a 30% minimum national contribution for CFP measures.

Legal basis: Article 349 TFEU, cited for the outermost regions.