Pino Arlacchi

13 February 2012

According to the latest report of the UN body the Food and Agriculture Organisation, the global fishing fleet is currently 2.5 times larger than needed. Much of this overcapacity has been driven by government subsidies, particularly in Europe and Asia. On top of the overcapacity, many fishing methods are unsustainable from other points of view. These methods have a major negative impact on the basic functioning of marine ecosystems.

31 October 2011

In the answer to question E–004539/2011 of 10 May 2011 (by Pino Arlacchi) about the protection of witnesses and judges in Kosovo, the Vice-President/High Representative stated: ‘EULEX has developed a highly professional witness security unit, able to offer protection to witnesses and where appropriate seek relocation out of Kosovo. Experience has shown that the mission is capable of handling high-level and sensitive cases involving protected witnesses’.
Agim Zogaj, a key witness in the war crimes trial against Fatmir Limaj, a top former commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (now one of the most powerful politicians in the country), was found dead last week in the German city of Duisburg.
Fatmir Limaj has been under house arrest since last September, awaiting trial on charges of killing and torturing Serbian and Albanian prisoners during the Kosovo war. Mr Zogaj was under witness protection from the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX).

21 ottobre 2011

Nella sua comunicazione sull’uguaglianza tra uomini e donne del 2010, la Commissione ha sottolineato l’impatto positivo che l’uguaglianza di genere ha sullo sviluppo economico.

Nell'ambito dell’Unione europea, la strategia 2020 non prevede tuttavia alcun obiettivo dedicato espressamente alla parità di genere.

21 ottobre 2011

Nella strategia per la parità tra donne e uomini 2010-2015, la Commissione europea si è impegnata a migliorare la parità di trattamento tra gli uomini e le donne, rivolgendo un'attenzione particolare alla promozione di buone pratiche in materia di redistribuzione dei ruoli attribuiti ai sessi nel settore della gioventù, dell'istruzione, della cultura e dello sport. A questo proposito, una particolare attenzione va prestata al mondo dei media e dei mezzi di comunicazione.

La risoluzione del Parlamento europeo del 2008 sull'impatto del marketing e della pubblicità sulla parità tra uomini e donne (P6_TA(2008)0401), invita, tra gli altri, il Consiglio, la Commissione e gli Stati membri a lanciare campagne di sensibilizzazione contro gli insulti a sfondo sessista o le immagini degradanti della donna e dell'uomo nella pubblicità e nel marketing.

22 July 2011

Commission Regulation (EC) 606/2003 extended approval to operations carried out in Israel to check conformity with the marketing standards applicable to fresh fruit and vegetables. Commission Regulations (EC) 1580/2007 and 543/2011 renewed that approval. The approval recognises that Israel implements marketing standards that are equivalent to Community marketing standards and obliges Member State inspection bodies to assign less risk of non-conformity to Specific Marketing Standards products exported by Israel, provided such products are accompanied by a conformity certificate issued by Israel’s approved inspection body as defined by these Regulations. The approval also enables Member State inspection bodies to limit the number of conformity checks they carry out on such products to a small percentage of randomly selected consignments, thereby conserving their own resources and providing practical benefits to their importers and exporters.