Amendment 7
RECITAL 2b (new)
(2b) In accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EC)
No 1260/1999, each plan, Community support framework,operational programme, or single programming documentcovers a period of seven years, the programming period hav-ing begun on 1 January 2000. In the interests of consistencyand in order to avoid discrimination between the beneficiariesof any given programme, the derogations provided for underthis Regulation should apply, on an exceptional basis, to thewhole of the current programming period.
Amendment 6
ARTICLE 1
Article 7, paragraph 3, point (b), subparagraph 1a (new) (Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999)
Article 1
In Article 7(3) (b) of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999, the
following subparagraph is added:
such transfers are not allowed to third countries which
are not Contracting or Cooperating Parties to relevantregional fisheries organisations or which have beenidentified by such organisations as fishing in a mannerwhich diminishes the effectiveness of international con-servation measures.
Amendment 5
ARTICLE 1
Annex IV, table 3, row 3, group 2 (Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999)
Group 2
Outermost regions A  35 %
B 5%
C 60 %Group 2
Outermost regions A  50 %
B 10 %
C 40 %
Amendment 8
ARTICLE 2, PARAGRAPH 1
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day follow-
ing its publication in the Official Journal of the European Com-
munities.This Regulation shall enter into force on the day ofits pub-
lication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 2000.
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending
Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements regarding Com-munity structural assistance in the fisheries sector (COM(2000) 774  C5-0751/2000  2000/
0310(CNS))
(Consultation procedure)
The European Parliament,
 having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2000) 774) (
1),
 having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 37 of the EC Treaty (C5-0751/2000),
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TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSIONAMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT
 having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,
 having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market concerning
the proposed legal basis,
 having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries and the opinion of the Committee on
Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (A5-0189/2001),
1. Approves the Commission proposal as amended;
2. Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC
Treaty;
3. Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should the Council intend to depart from the text approved
by Parliament;
4. Calls for the conciliation procedure to be initiated should the Council intend to depart from the text
approved by Parliament;
5. Asks to be consulted again should the Council intend to amend the Commission proposal substan-
tially;
6. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
13. Structural assistance in the fisheries sector (derogations) *
A5-0190/2001
Proposal for a Council regulation derogating from certain provisions of Council Regulation (EC)
No 2792/1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements regarding Community structural
assistance in the fisheries sector (COM(2001) 62  C5-0077/2001  2001/0035(CNS))
The proposal was amended as follows:
TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION (1)AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT
Amendment 1
Article 1
Notwithstanding Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999, the Com-
munity fleets dependent on the Fisheries Agreement withMorocco covered by the conversion plans approved by Com-mission Decisions Nos C(2000)3059 and C(2000)3060 of
30 October 2000 may continue to receive compensation as
referred to in Article 16(1)(b) of the above Regulation until30 June 2001 .Notwithstanding Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999, the Com-
munity fleets dependent on the Fisheries Agreement withMorocco covered by the conversion plans approved by Com-mission Decisions Nos C(2000)3059 and C(2000)3060 of
30 October 2000 may continue to receive compensation as
referred to in Article 16(1)(b) of the above Regulation until31 December 2001 .
The financial contribution from the FIFG to the compensation
referred to in the previous paragraph between 1 January 2000and 30 June 2001 shall not be taken into consideration when
determining compliance with the thresholds referred to in thefirst subparagraph of Article 16(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999.The financial contribution from the FIFG to the compensation
referred to in the previous paragraph between 1 January 2000and 31 December 2001 shall not be taken into consideration
when determining compliance with the thresholds referred toin the first subparagraph of Article 16(3) of Regulation (EC)No 2792/1999.
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