24. 1. 91 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 16/15 
Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86 
on Community measures to improve and adapt structures in the fisheries and aquaculture 
sector (') 
COM(90) 684 final 
(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 18 December 
1990) 
(91/C 16/12) 
1. The following recital is inserted after the first recital: 
'Whereas no fisheries structural policy can be 
successful if in parallel its socio-economic reper­
cussions are not envisaged notably with regard to 
employment and the impact on regions particularly 
dependent on fishing;'. 
2. The following recitals are inserted after the fifth 
recital: 
'Whereas it is essential that zonal plans be drawn up 
in consultation with the local fishing industry and 
that they be associated with the management of 
these plans; 
Whereas this proposal precedes the examination that 
the Commission will make on the integration of the 
fisheries structural policy with the other structural 
policies of the Community within the framework of 
the reform of the structural funds foreseen in 1993;'. 
3. Article 1 (1) (g), (2) and (3) are deleted. 
4. Article 2 (5) is amended as follows: 
'5. For the purposes of this Regulation, the term 
"zonal plan", hereinafter referred to as a "plan", 
shall mean a plan covering small-scale fisheries, an 
activity carried out by vessels which have at least the 
following characteristics:' 
— a length of less than nine metres between perpen­
diculars, or 12 metres in the case of vessels 
capable of trawling, 
— inclusion in the Community register of fishing 
vessels, 
O OJ No C 243, 28. 9. 1990, p. 6. [COM(90) 358 final]. — activity lasting at least 120 days of fishing per 
year, 
— and comprising a set of objectives, together with 
a statement of the measures and means necessary 
for obtaining them, as a guide for restructuring 
in an overall long-term context the small-scale 
fisheries sector in one or more coastal zones of 
the Member State. 
5. The following point (d) is added to Article 14 (1): 
'(d) in the waters of third countries with which the 
Community has negotiated fisheries agreements 
and foresaw, in the framework of these 
agreements the execution of experimental 
fisheries campaigns on condition that operations 
having the same aim have not already benefited 
and that the operations envisaged do not unfold 
under the cover of a licence obtained within the 
framework of this agreement.' 
6. Article 17 (d) (2) is amended as follows: 
'2. Within three months of the submission of a 
project, the Commission shall decide whether to 
grant the aid referred to in Article 17 (c). This 
decision shall be notified to the beneficiaries and to 
the Member State(s) concerned. The other Member 
States shall be informed accordingly within the 
Committee.' 
7. Article 21 (b) (2) is amended as follows: 
'2. To qualify for financial aid, the joint 
enterprise projects must relate to vessels of length 
measuring more than 12 metres between perpen­
diculars, which are technically suited to the fishing 
operations planned, have been in operation for more 
than five years, fly the flag of a Member State, are 
registered in a Community port and are to be trans­
ferred definitively to the third country concerned 
under the joint enterprise. 
However, a minimum activity of five years will not 
be required for vessels registered in a Community 
port on the date of entry into force of this Regu­
lation.' 
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8. Article 21 (d) is amended as follows: 
'2. Within three months of the submission of a 
project, the Commission shall decide whether to 
grant the aid referred to in Article 21 (c). This 
decision shall be notified to the beneficiaries and to 
the Member State(s) concerned. The other Member 
States shall be informed accordingly within the 
Committee.' 
9. Article 21 (d) (3) is amended as follows: 
'3. For each project qualifying for the financial 
aid referred to in Article 21 (b), the beneficiary or 
beneficiaries shall forward to the Commission and to 
the Member State(s) concerned a periodic report on 
the fishing activities of the joint enterprise. Once a 
year within the Committee, the Commission shall 
present a general report on the implementation of 
the projects qualifying for financial aid.' 
10. Annex la is replaced by the following: 
'Annex la 
Minimal contents of zonal plans 
— Definition of zones covered by zonal plans. 
— Review of measures taken over the previous three 
to five years and description of current situation 
of small-scale fisheries in the Member State 
concerned, through: (a) description of overall fishing capacity of 
small-scale fisheries sector, 
(b) description of overall fishing capacity of 
small-scale fishing vessels covered by the 
plan, 
(c) survey and assessment of fleets operating in 
zones covered by the plan, 
(d) estimate of available fish stocks in the zone. 
— Definition of needs and measures and means to 
be employed through: 
(a) description of strengths and weaknesses of 
small boat fleet, 
(b) estimate of optimum fishing capacity of fleet 
covered by the plan in the zones concerned 
(capacity objectives), 
(c) estimate of number of vessels to be 
modernized, converted and demolition, 
(d) estimate of technical, legal and administrative 
measures and financial resources provided 
for implementation of plan. 
— Establishment of links between the plan or plans 
envisaged and the Multiannual Guidance 
Programmes. 
— Consistent with the Community support 
frameworks.'