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Impact of illegal fishing on food security – the role of the European Union

Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.

Where it stands: Parliament adopted the text on 18 January 2024. This is its final position on the matter.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 16 March 2023
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 7 December 2023
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 12 December 2023
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 18 January 2024
  5. ✓ Parliament’s position Final
How a file moves through Parliament

A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The adopted resolution is Parliament’s final position; it is not itself law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
PECH — Fisheries
Rapporteur
MEP #96978 PPE
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #197806 IDMEP #197441 S&DRaffaele STANCANELLI ECRMEP #197585 RenewMEP #197889 Verts/ALEMEP #136236 The Left

The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.

The text, version by version

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA9-0043/2024 18 January 2024 ✦ Parliament's resolution calls for a zero-tolerance EU approach to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, applied equally to all countries.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0433/2023 12 December 2023 ⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (PECH) 2 October 2023 ✦ This draft report by Parliament's Committee on Fisheries calls for a zero-tolerance approach to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, applied equally to all countries.

Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.

Timeline

  1. Plenary stage
  2. 18 January 2024 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 18 January 2024 📄 Report A9-0433/2023📄 Adopted text TA9-0043/2024
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 542 Against 5 Abstained 3

    Final vote on the motion for a resolution at 12:18 · 99% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  3. 12 December 2023 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    📄 Report A9-0433/2023
  4. Committee stage
  5. 7 December 2023 Committee vote: report adopted

    PECH (Fisheries) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  6. 2 October 2023 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in PECH (Fisheries). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (PECH)
  7. 16 March 2023 Referred to the PECH (Fisheries) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.