The rights of small-scale fisherwomen in the EU

2022 ◽  
pp. 227-236
Author(s):  
Adriana Bessa ◽  
Miguel Ángel Martín López
Keyword(s):  
Small Scale ◽  
The Eu

scholarly journals Small-Scale Coastal Fisheries in the Midst of Adaptation and Diversification: Insights from Southern Italy

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7393
Author(s):  
Agata Nicolosi ◽  
Donatella Di Gregorio ◽  
Giuseppe Arena ◽  
Valentina Rosa Laganà ◽  
Donatella Privitera
Keyword(s):  
Southern Italy ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Artisanal Fishing ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Coastal Fisheries ◽  
Cluster Identification ◽  
The Eu

The study looks at the problems facing coastal fishing communities. It highlights the impacts that, in the complex framework of the EU reforms, have manifested themselves on economic activities and on society. The aim of the paper is twofold: to examine small-scale artisanal fishing in an area of Southern Italy in order to develop resilience and diversification and at the same time to outline the profiles of local bluefish buyers to highlight development strategies for the sector. The research carried out through a direct survey by administering a questionnaire to fishermen operating in areas of Southern Italy and the data cross-referenced with the opinions of local consumers. A conjoint experiment, followed by a multiple correspondence analysis and cluster identification, was used to outline the profiles of local bluefish buyers. The results of the analysis reveal that the fish market and the restaurant sector are the main distribution channels preferred by fishermen. Furthermore, fishermen are very sensitive to environmental issues and are willing to collaborate and actively participate in the environmental protection of the sea. Consumers recognise the quality of local bluefish, and they implicitly perceive the sustainability of the method of capture. The results show the need to undertake synergistic actions for the fishing industry, capable of activating marketing strategies adequately to support, promote and develop the sector. The results of the study provide helpful information for food companies in order to better segment their market and target their consumers, as well as to effectively promote their product using brands, certifications and traceability.

scholarly journals Efficiency of Estonian grain farms in 2000 2004

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. VASILIEV ◽  
A. ASTOVER ◽  
M. MÕTTE
Keyword(s):  
Parametric Method ◽  
Returns To Scale ◽  
Scale Efficiency ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
The European Union ◽  
New Member States ◽  
Farm Scale ◽  
Grain Farms ◽  
The Eu

The aim of this study is to analyse the efficiency of Estonian grain farms after Estonia’s transition to a market economy and during the accession period to the European Union (EU). The non-parametric method Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) was used to estimate the total technical, pure technical and scale efficiency of Estonian grain farms in 2000–2004. Mean total technical efficiency varied from 0.70 to 0.78. Of the grain farms 62% are operating under increasing returns to scale. Solely based on the DEA model it is not possible to determine optimum farm scale and the range of Estonian farm sizes operating efficiently is extensive. The most pure technically efficient farms were the smallest and the largest but the productivity of small farms is low compared to larger farms because of their small scale. Therefore, they are the least competitive. Since pre-accession period to the EU, large input slacks of capital have replaced the former excessive use of labour and land. This raises the question about the effects on efficiency of the EU’s investment support schemes in new member states.;

scholarly journals Norway at the Border of EU – Cross-Border Shopping and its Implications

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randi Lavik ◽  
Sturla Nordlund
Keyword(s):  
Small Scale ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Political Debate ◽  
General Increase ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Obvious Reason ◽  
The Media ◽  
Price Differences ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
The Eu

Cross-border shopping has for many years been an issue in the political debate in Norway, and it remains so. The focus of the media is mostly on alcohol and tobacco shopping, but shopping for other goods such as meat and other groceries are at least as important. Aim The aim of this article is to present estimates of the total cross-border shopping, especially from Sweden, with a special focus on alcohol and tobacco. Data Data are collected from different sources, mainly from the two research institutes SIFO and SIRUS. Results The total private import by travelers to Norway has increased, and so has special cross-border shopping from Sweden. An obvious reason is the price differences on alcohol, tobacco and meat in particular, which have been increasing since the neighbouring countries Sweden and Finland became members of the EU in 1995. Another reason is the general increase in travelling, especially by airplanes, during later years. People living near the border are, not surprisingly, much more often border-shoppers than people living far away. Border-shopping also has an illegal side, since some people violate the quite restrictive Norwegian quotas on travelers import e.g. of alcohol and tobacco. Around 20 per cent of the of the Norwegian travellers see such “small-scale smuggling” of spirits as a serious crime, and 25 percent had brought too much alcohol. The total private import by travelers, legal as well as illegal, represents a considerable revenue loss to Norway.

scholarly journals Small-scale fishers’ perception of the implementation of the EU Landing Obligation regulation in the outermost region of the Azores

2019 ◽  
Vol 249 ◽  
pp. 109335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence Fauconnet ◽  
Katia Frangoudes ◽  
Telmo Morato ◽  
Pedro Afonso ◽  
Cristina Pita
Keyword(s):  
Small Scale ◽  
The Eu

Closing urban resource cycles through nature-inspired systems

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Wirth ◽  
Johannes Kisser
Keyword(s):  
Circular Economy ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Materials Management ◽  
High Resource ◽  
Resource Transformation ◽  
Local Sourcing ◽  
The Eu

<p>The present-day urban system is characterised by a one-directional flow of resources from the rural environment into cities. Cities are centres of human and economic activity, but also of resource use and waste. Therefore, they play both a critical and promising role to support the transition to a circular economy, by keeping incoming products, materials and resources in use. This requires a redesign of biological and technical material cycles in a way that their value can be maintained at the highest possible level for as long as possible, while at the same time natural systems are restored. How can we rethink urban infrastructures to transform cities from resource sinks into circular resource transformation hubs? And how can nature-inspired systems help us to create circular cities?</p><p>alchemia-nova is developing integrated, regenerative systems to close water, nutrient, material and energy cycles in cities, centred around buildings as multifunctional service providers. They include building-integrated nature-based solutions for small-scale on-site wastewater treatment, combined with organic solids management to platform chemicals, biogas and nutrients. This approach can enable the efficient valorisation of the high resource potential of urban nutrient flows, with near zero-energy and chemical input. This way, they provide a more efficient, robust and resilient alternative to the predominant chemical and energy-intensive end-of-pipe approaches to circular cities. Water and nutrients can be safely reused in urban and peri-urban agriculture, renewable energy produced on site, biomass and other solid waste further processed to secondary materials, while also gaining the multifunctional benefits of urban greening. These systems are being demonstrated through the EU H2020 HOUSEFUL project in Austria and Spain, complimented by demonstration sites in Greece (EU H2020 HYDROUSA project), thus ensuring their applicability in highly industrialised infrastructure and temperate climatic conditions, as well as in less developed communal infrastructure and Mediterranean arid climatic conditions. HOUSEFUL’s integrated management approach includes circular materials management along the entire housing value chain, e.g. to enable local sourcing of building materials. Together, the robust, low-maintenance technologies and circular materials management contribute to the creation of distributed resource transformation hubs across cities, where value is maintained, and secondary resources captured and recirculated where they occur, creating more efficient and more resilient circular cities, and a wider circular economy.</p><p>The research conducted in preparation of this presentation as well as the participation at NGU 2020 is funded by the EU-funded HOUSEFUL project (Grant Agreement number 776708).</p><p>HOUSEFUL online: http://houseful.eu/solutions/searching-local-building-material/</p>

scholarly journals A corpus-based study on deontic modality in Competition Law: Insights from the English-Greek language pair

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 91-106
Author(s):  
Stavros Kozobolis
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Competition Law ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Greek Language ◽  
Eu Competition Law ◽  
European Union Legislation ◽  
Deontic Modality ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Language Pair

This study investigates deontic modality, the grammatical category through which legal texts express mainly obligation and permission, in an English-Greek bilingual corpus composed of legislative texts related to European Union (EU) Competition Law. More specifically, the study is based on Biel’s discussion on deontic modality, i.e. deontic obligation and deontic permission (Biel 2014: 158). The analysis of the data is mainly quantitative, while a small-scale qualitative analysis is also carried out when necessary. The results of the study are compared with the specific guidelines proposed by the EU Institutions for English and Greek, i.e. the Joint Practical Guide of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission for persons involved in the drafting of European Union legislation (2015), the English Style Guide: A handbook for authors and translators in the European Commission for English (2018) and the Greek Style Guide: A handbook for authors and translators in the European Commission for Greek (n.d.), as well as with those of earlier studies on legislative texts.

scholarly journals Religious Diversity and The Challenge of Multiculturalism: Contrasting Indonesia and The European Union

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 245
Author(s):  
Muhammad Wildan
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Religious Diversity ◽  
The State ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Common Phenomenon ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The World ◽  
Social Tensions ◽  
The Eu

As the profile of religions in the world is changing rapidly, religious diversity is becoming a more common phenomenon nowadays in almost every society. Indonesia and European Union (EU) are not an exception to be more diverse and plural societies. Although religious diversity gives such richness of culture in society, religions are known as vulnerable entities. Many social problems caused by religions brought about various conflicts and violent actions on a big scale and also numerous hostilities, discriminations, and hatred on a small scale. Many regulations have been issued to address such social tensions both in Indonesia and the EU. However, many conflicts, hostilities or discriminations are recurring in both Indonesia and EU states. Interestingly, in many cases, hostilities and discrimination even done by the apparatus of the state. The current paper is dedicated to explore how these countries deal with religious diversity and whether there are social tensions and discriminations occurred. Religion as a common phenomenon in the world should be seen more as a challenge for every country rather than a contentious threat.

Review of the EU small-scale driftnet fisheries

Marine Policy ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 236-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonello Sala
Keyword(s):  
Small Scale ◽  
The Eu

scholarly journals Comparative Legal Analysis of the Legislation of Labor Protection in Construction Using the Example of the EU, Azerbaijan and Ukraine

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.2) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Volodymyr Bozhko ◽  
Inna Kulchii ◽  
Joanna Szydło
Keyword(s):  
Professional Activity ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Labor Protection ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Council Directive ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Eu

The present article deals with the legislation on labor protection in the construction of the European Union and compares it with the law ofUkraineandAzerbaijan. The main focus of the paper is on Council Directive 92/57/EEC of 24 June 1992 on the implementation of minimum safety and health requirements at temporary or mobile construction sites. Comparing its content with the legislation on labor protection at the construction sites ofUkraineandAzerbaijan, the authors conclude that the guarantees of the right to labor protection in the EU cover a much wider range of subjects than in other states. This is due to the fact that the term «worker», in accordance with the case-law of the Court of Justice, covers persons who performs  services for and under the direction of another person; pursues real, genuine activities, to the exclusion of activities on such a small scale as to be regarded as purely marginal and ancillary; in return for which he receives remuneration. In addition, guarantees of labor protection in the EU extend to the self-employed person, whose professional activity contributes to the completion of a project. Proposed ways to adapt Ukrainian and Azerbaijani legislation to EU law.  

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