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COMMISSION DECISION

OF 28 OCTOBER 1988

ON THE MULTIANNUAL GUIDANCE PROGRAMME FOR AQUACULTURE AND THE PROVISION OF PROTECTED MARINE AREAS IN THE FRENCH OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS ( 1987 TO 1991 ) SUBMITTED BY FRANCE PURSUANT TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 4028/86

( ONLY THE FRENCH TEXT IS AUTHENTIC )

( 88/570/EEC )

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 4028/86 OF 18 DECEMBER 1986 ON COMMUNITY MEASURES TO IMPROVE AND ADAPT STRUCTURES IN THE FISHERIES AND AQUALCULTURE SECTOR ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 4 THEREOF,

WHEREAS ON 30 APRIL 1987 THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT FORWARDED TO THE COMMISSION A MULTIANNUAL GUIDANCE PROGRAMME FOR AQUALCULTURE AND THE PROVISION OF PROTECTED MARINE AREAS, HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS "THE PROGRAMME'; WHEREAS ON 18 AUGUST 1987 IT FORWARDED THE LATEST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PROGRAMME;

WHEREAS WITH DECISION 88/1/EEC THE COMMISSION APPROVED THIS PROGRAMME ( 2 );

WHEREAS ON THAT DATE IT WAS PLANNED TO IMPLEMENT IN THE FRENCH OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS SPECIFIC MEASURES IN THE FORM OF INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS WHICH CONTAINED A SECTION RELATING TO AQUACULTURE;

WHEREAS IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES THE COMMISSION WAS PERSUADED TO ADOPT A DECISION APPROVING FOR 1987 ONLY THE SECTION OF THE PROGRAMME RELATING TO THE FRENCH OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS;

WHEREAS THE INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OPERATION FOR THE ISLAND OF REUNION WAS APPROVED ON 15 DECEMBER 1987;

WHEREAS THE COMMISSION WAS UNABLE TO ADOPT A DECISION ON THE SPECIFIC MEASURES FOR FISHERIES IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF GUADELOUPE, MARTINIQUE AND FRENCH GUIANA SINCE IT DID NOT HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR EXAMINING THEM WITH A VIEW TO THEIR APPROVAL; WHEREAS IT DECIDED THEREFORE TO EXAMINE THE FUNDING OF THESE SPECIFIC MEASURES FOR AQUACULTURE IN THESE DEPARTMENTS PART OF THE NORMAL OPERATION OF THE FUNDS AND NOT AS INTEGRATED OPERATIONS;

WHEREAS SUCH MEASURES FOR AQUACULTURE MUST BE ASSESSED THEREFORE AS PART OF THE "MULTIANNUAL GUIDANCE PROGRAMMES FOR AQUALCULTURE'; WHEREAS IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE PROGRAMME FOR THE OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS BE APPROVED THEREFORE FOR THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY ORIGINALLY PLANNED OF 1987 TO 1991;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS DECISION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE FOR THE FISHING INDUSTRY;

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1

THE MULTIANNUAL GUIDANCE PROGRAMME FOR AQUACULTURE AND THE PROVISION OF PROTECTED MARINE AREAS IN THE FRENCH OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS ( 1987 TO 1991 ) FORWARDED BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON 30 APRIL 1987 AND LAST SUPPLEMENTED ON 18 AUGUST 1987 IS HEREBY APPROVED SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SET OUT IN THE ANNEX .

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION IS WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO ANY COMMUNITY FINANCIAL AID TO INDIVIDUAL INVESTMENT PROJECTS .

ARTICLE 3

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE FRENCH REPUBLIC .

DONE AT BRUSSELS, 28 OCTOBER 1988 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ANTONIO CARDOSO E CUNHA

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION

( 1 ) OJ NO L 376, 31 . 12 . 1986, P . 7 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 4, 7 . 1 . 1988, P . 17 .

ANNEX

MULTIANNUAL GUIDANCE PROGRAMME FOR AQUACULTURE IN THE FRENCH OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS ( 1987-1991 )

I . GENERAL

THE PROGRAMME APPLIES TO THE WHOLE TERRITORY OF THE FRENCH OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS AND CONCERNES FRESHWATER AND SEAWATER AQUACULTURE .

II . AIM

THE AIM OF THE PROGRAMME IS TO :

_ DEVELOP IN MARTINIQUE, GUADELOUPE, FRENCH GUIANA AND REUNION, THE REARING OF MACROBRACHIUM ROSENBERGII BY :

_ MODERNIZING HATCHERIES,

_ PROVIDING AID FOR REARING PONDS;

_ ESTABLISH IN MARTINIQUE AND GUADELOUPE, AQUACULTURE UNDERTAKINGS AND SMALL-SCALE FARMS BY APPLYING GRADUALLY THE DATA WHICH WILL BE ACQUIRED, IN PARTICULAR REGARDING :

_ THE REARING OF TEMPERATE FISH SPECIES,

_ THE REARING OF TROPICAL FISH SPECIES,

_ THE REARING OF MOLLUSCS ( OYSTERS, LAMBIS, ETC .);

_ ESTABLISH IN MARTINIQUE AND GUADELOUPE AND FRENCH GUIANA OYSTER FARMS;

_ DEVELOP IN THE ISLAND OF REUNION THE REARING OF MACROBRACHIUM ROSENBERGII .

III . INVESTMENTS

INVESTMENTS PLANNED ARE AS FOLLOWS :

TOTAL INVESTMENT 1987 TO 1991

1.2,3.4,5.6,7.8,9INVESTMENT

COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION

NATIONAL CONTRIBUTION

INVESTMENT DURING INITIAL PERIOD

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9(FF MILLION )

( ECU MILLION )

( FF MILLION )

( ECU MILLION )

( FF MILLION )

( ECU MILLION )

( FF MILLION )

( ECU MILLION ) // // // // // // // // //

MARTINIQUE

22,5

3,21

7,1

1,01

3

0,428

8,5

1,214

GUADELOUPE

29,64

4,23

11,04

1,577

3,86

0,551

14,18

2,02

FRENCH GUIANA

25,5

3,64

9

1,285

4,05

0,578

2,5

0,357

REUNION

8,5

1,21

3,4

0,485

2,55

0,364

6

0,857 // // // // // // // // //

TOTAL

86,14

12,29

30,54

4,357

13,46

1,921

31,18

4,448 // // // // // // // // //

REARING OF MACROBRACHIUM ROSENBERGII IN THE FRENCH OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

1.2.3,4.5,6SURFACE AREA OF PONDS IN 1987

AIM AND COST OF PROGRAMME 1987 TO 1991

INVESTMENTS ADOPTED AS A FIRST PRIORITY

1.2.3.4.5.6(HA )

( HA )

( FF MILLION )

( HA )

( FF MILLION ) // // // // // //

MARTINIQUE

60

40

10

20

5 // // // // // //

GUADELOUPE

50

50

12,5

20

5 // // // // // //

FRENCH GUIANA

376 COMMITTED OF WHICH 64 IN EXISTENCE AT THE END OF 1986

80

21

5

1 // // // // // //

REUNION

2

30

9

20

6 // // // // // //

TOTAL

488

200

52,5

65

17 // // // // // //

COMMENTS

THE COMMISSION WOULD POINT OUT THAT STRUCTURAL FUNDING GRANTED BY NATIONAL, REGIONAL OR LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO THE SECTOR CONCERNED MUST COME UNDER THIS PROGRAMME .