An integrated maritime policy

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• An integrated maritime policy
• for the European Union

Martin Fernandez Díez-Picazo Maritime Policy Task
ForceEuropean CommissionDecember 2007
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Index

• European integrated maritime policy
• Blue Paper
• Questions? Debate!

How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when
it is quite clearly Ocean Attributed to Arthur C.
Clarke
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Maritime
European Integrated Maritime Policy
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Marine and maritime
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Maritime activities Shipping and Ports
90 of external trade40 of internal trade
9.000 ships under EU flags4.000 under other
foreign flags 1200 commercial ports 3.5 billion
tonnes of cargo/y 350M passagers/year
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Maritime activities Shipyards and Maritime
Equipment
300 shipyards9.000 companies supplying12
billion of turnover
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Maritime activities Fisheries and aquaculture
400.000 fishermen90.000 fishing vessels6 M
tonnes of catches (6 of worlds catches)1.3 M
tonnes aquaculture (2 worlds production)
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Maritime activities Energy
- 40 oil 60 gas consumed is produced offshore-
Offshore wind production 1.8 of total wind
(2020 objectives 1/3 of total)- Wave and tidal
- Methanehydrates
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Maritime activities Tourism
60 of EU holiday makers go to seasideEstimated
total revenue of the EU sector 75 billion
170M international tourists to Mediterranean
coasts 4000 marinas and 6M leisure boats150
cruise vessels and 3M passengers8-10 M european
anglers
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Maritime issues marine environment
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Maritime issues climate change
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Maritime issues employment
5 million of seaworkersMaritime Sector 3-5 of
EU GDP12 National Maritime Clusters
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Maritime issues coastal regions
22 coastal MS 12 Coastal capitals, 280
coastal cities (50.000 h)70.000 of coastal
line40 of population7 ultraperipheric regions
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Maritime issues research
612.5 million in FP6 maritime sector
projectsFP7 cross-cutting themes calls
300 research institutions46 research
vessels10.000 researchers
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Maritime issues surveillance, monitoring and
control
10 big european surveillance systems national
systems regional systems(civil/military)
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Maritime issues international dimension

• ITLOS
• ISBA
• DOALOS
• CLCS
• IMO
• ILO
• WTO
• FAO
• RFMOs

• Regional conventions
• HELCOM
• OSPAR
• Barcelona
• Bucharest
• Arctic Council

• European Agencies
• FRONTEX
• Defence
• ESA
• EMSA
• EEA
• CFCA

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Maritime issues maritime identity and heritage
140 aquaria in the EU5000 preserved boatsLong
maritime historyMuseums, lighthouses, underwater
heritage
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• Landuse

• Tourism

• Oil Gas

• Mariculture

• Coastal
• Defence

• Ports
• Navigation

• Military
• Activities

• Culture

• Conservation

• Dredging
• Disposal

• Fishing

• Renewable
• Energy

• Marine
• Recreation

• Mineral
• Extraction

• Submarine
• Cables

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European
European Integrated Maritime Policy
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Strategic objectives for the Commission 2005-09
Considering the environmental and economic value
of the seas and oceans, it is clear the
particular need for an all-embracing maritime
policy aimed at developing a thriving maritime
economy, in an environmentally sustainable
manner. Such a policy should be supported by
excellence in marine scientific research,
technology and innovation
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Maritime policies

• Environment
• Transport
• Energy
• Fisheries
• Regional policy
• External Relations
• Entreprise
• Home Affairs (JLS)
• Employment
• Research

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Green Paper on Maritime Policy

• Should the EU have an integrated maritime policy?

• More than 250 stakeholder organised events
• Around 500 written contributions
• Intense dialogue with and among stakeholders

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Policy
Integrated
European Integrated Maritime Policy
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Integrated Maritime Policy Package Blue Paper
October 10th

• Communication Consultation report
• Communication Vision document

• Action Plan
• Impact Assessment

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Maritime Policy Main objectives

• Enabling economic development withoutcompromising
  the marine environment
• Making full use of knowledge and innovationin
  maritime affairs
• Delivering high quality of life in coastal
  regions
• Raising the visibility of maritime affairs
• A maritime leadership role for Europe in the world

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Maritime Policy tools
Governance tools
Ocean data Surveillance at sea Maritime spatial
planning A cross-sectoral dialogue Best practice
networks
Cross-cutting policy tools
Among others Maritime transport without
barriers Revision of saefarers working
regulations Maritime Day
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Integration

• Invite Member States to draw up national
  integrated maritime policies
• Propose in 2008 a set of guidelines for these
  national integrated maritime policies
• Organise a stakeholder consultation structure.

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Tools

• Monitoring, Control and Enforcement
• Improved cooperation between Member States'
  Coastguards and appropriate agencies.
• Interoperable surveillance system
• Data
• European Marine Observation and Data Network,
• multi-dimensional mapping of Member States'
  waters,
• Spatial Planning
• develop a roadmap in 2008

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Sustainable growth-I

• Transport
• Propose a European Maritime Transport Space
  without barriers
• Prepare a comprehensive maritime transport
  strategy for 2008-2018
• Ports
• new ports policy, taking account of the multiple
  roles of ports
• reduce the levels of air pollution in ports.
• Industry
• European network of maritime clusters and
  regional centres of maritime excellence.

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Sustainable growth-II

• Employment
• exclusions affecting maritime sectors in EU
  labour legislation
• Promote a Certificate of Maritime Excellence
• Environment
• adapt to climate change in coastal zones
• air pollution caused by ships and options for EU
  action to reduce their CO2 emissions
• dismantling obsolete ships in an efficient, safe
  and environmentally sustainable manner.
• Fisheries and Aquaculture
• discards destructive fishing practices such as
  high seas bottom trawling
• Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fisheries
• environmentally safe aquaculture industry in
  Europe.

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Research and innovation

• Present a comprehensive European Strategy for
  Marine and Maritime Research in 2008
• Launch joint cross-cutting calls under the 7th
  Research Framework Programme to promote an
  integrated approach and improve understanding of
  maritime affairs
• Support research to predict, mitigate and adapt
  to the effects of climate change on maritime
  activities, the marine environment, coastal zones
  and islands.
• Support the creation of a European marine science
  partnership for a concerted dialogue between the
  scientific community, the industry and policy
  makers.

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Coastal life

• sustainable and competitive European tourism
• better data on regional funding
• database on socioeconomic data for maritime
  sectors and coastal regions
• Community Disaster Prevention Strategy
  highlighting the risks to which coastal regions
  are exposed
• development of the maritime potential of
  Outermost regions and islands.

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Promote European LeadershipEnhance visibility

• cooperation under the Enlargement and European
  Neighbourhood Policies, and the Northern
  Dimension to cover maritime policy issues and
  management of shared seas
• a strategy for the external projection of the
  Union's Maritime Policy through a structured
  dialogue with major partners.

• European Atlas of the Seas
• European Maritime Day and annual Maritime
  Conference

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Timing
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Thank you very much! Questions???
http//ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs
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