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(Preparatory1 Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2908/83 on a 
common measure for restructuring, modernizing and developing the fishing industry and for 
developing aquaculture 
COM(85) 592 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 4 November 1985) 
(85/C 293/10) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 
43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Whereas Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 
2908/83 (') states that the proposed duration of the 
common measure is to be three years from 1 January 
1983; 
Whereas on 4 October 1983, in implementation of its 
Resolution of 25 January 1983 (2) the Council adopted 
Regulation (EEC) No 2908/83, Regulation (EEC) No 
2909/83 on measures to encourage exploratory fishing 
and cooperation through joint ventures in the fishing 
sector (3) and Directive 83/515/EEC concerning certain 
measures to adjust capacity in the fisheries sector (4); 
Whereas the measures instituted by Regulation (EEC) 
No 2909/83 and Directive 83/525/EEC expire at the 
end of 1986; 
Whereas, to facilitate the definition of the structural 
policy measures to be adopted in the fisheries sector 
from 1987 onwards, the proposed duration of the 
common measure introduced by Regulation (EEC) No 
2908/83 should be extended by one year; 
Whereas this extension involves a change in the 
estimated total cost of the common measure to the 
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, 
Guidance Section; 
(') OJ No L 290, 22. 10. 1983, p. 1. 
(*) OJ No C 28, 3. 2. 1983, p. 1. 
O OJ No L 290, 22. 10. 1983, p. 9. 
O OJ No L 290, 22. 10. 1983, p. 15. Whereas the Spanish and Portuguese areas in which the 
contribution from the Fund may reach 50 °/o should be 
defined; 
Whereas Greenland has withdrawn from the 
Community; whereas the opportunity should be taken to 
delete 'Greenland' from the list in Article 15 of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 2908/83, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 2908/83 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. The following paragraph (6) is added to Article 12: 
'6. A single Decision shall be taken in respect of 
1986. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, this 
Decision shall be taken not later than 30 November 
1986 and shall cover the applications submitted by 30 
April 1986.' 
2. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 14 are replaced by the 
following: 
'1. The proposed duration of the common measure 
shall be four years from 1 January 1983. 
2. The estimated total cost of the common measure 
to the Fund shall be 231 million ECU.' 
3. Article 15 (3) is replaced by the following: 
'(a) In Greece, Andalusia, Castile-Leon, Castile-La 
Mancha, Extramadura, Galicia, Ireland, 
Northern Ireland, the Mezzogiorno, Portugal 
and the French overseas departments: 
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— the aid granted by the Fund may reach 50 %, 
— the contribution of the beneficiary shall be at 
least 25 %,' 
4. In Article 21 (2) '45' is replaced by '54'. »ean Communities No C 293/7 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1986. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States.