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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(93) 630 final 
Brussels, 3 December 1993 
Proposal for a 
milNCIL REGULATION (EC) 
establishing a system of compensation for the additional costs 
incurred in the marketing of certain fishery productsfrom the Azores, 
Madeira, the Canary Islands and the French department of Guiana 
as a result of their very remote location 
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(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
The outermost regions of the Community (the Portuguese archipelagos of the Azores and 
Madeira, the Spanish archipelago of the Canary Islands and the French overseas departments 
of Guadeloupe, Guiana, Martinique and Réunion) suffer from structural backwardness 
justifying Community action to promote their economic and social development and their full 
involvement in the dynamics of the internal market. 
Against this background, Council Decisions 89/68?/EEC(I), 91/314/EEC® and 91/315/EEC(3) 
set up programmes of options specific to the remote and insular nature of those regions, 
creating a suitable framework for the adoption of measures in those economic sectors where 
particular attention must be given to strengthening the Community support required to reduce 
the permanent constraints which characterize the regions. 
Amongst those sectors in which Community measures have already been applied is the 
fisheries and aquaculture sector. Under the Poseican and Poseima programmes, the 
Community has supported research into fishery resources and the processing of certain 
products (tuna in the case of the Azores and Madeira and tuna and sardines in the Canary 
Islands)(4). 
These measures are limited to the period 1992-93. Given the usefulness of the measures and 
the efficient manner in which they have been applied, they should be continued after 
1 January 1994. This also includes aid for prawn producers in the French department of 
Guiana. 
All the above measures concern a sector which is of particular economic and social 
importance for the regions in question and for which there exists virtually no possibility of 
conversion. The measures will help to improve the competitiveness of the sector by 
compensating for the handicap isolation constitutes for the local fishery products industry. 
(,) OJ No L 399, 30. 12. 1989, p. 39. 
«OJNoL 171,29. 6. 1991, p. 5. 
°> OJ No L 171, 29. 6. 1991, p. 10. 
(4) OJ No L 248, 28. 8. 1992, pp. 73 and 75. Decisions implementing the abovementioned 
programmes of specific options and a Decision fixing the Community financial contribution 
to the construction of an océanographie research vessel for the Azores region. 
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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL figfiULATMM i£C) 
establishing a system of compensation for the additional costs 
Incurred in the marketing of certain fishery products from the Azores» 
Madeira» the Canary Islands and the frerich départaient of Guiana 
as a result of their very remote location 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing fee European Community, and in particular Article 
43 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission™, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament®, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee00, 
Whereas, by Decisions 89/687/EEC^, 91/314/EEC® and 91/315/EEC^, the Council 
established, as part of the Community's policy in favour of its outermost regions, 
programmes of opdons specific to the remote and insular nature of the French overseas 
departments (Poseidom), the Canary Islands (Poseican) and Madeira and the Azores 
(Poseima) respectively, laying down the general outlines of measures to be applied taking 
account of the special characteristics of and constraints on those regions; 
Whereas those regions aie suffering from specific development problems, in particular the 
additional costs incurred in the marketing of certain products as a result of their remoteness; 
whereas, in order to maintain the competitiveness of certain fishery products in relation to 
similar products from other Community regions, Community measures have been applied in 
the fisheries sector in 1992 and 1993 to compensate for the additional costs incurred in the 
processing of tuna in the Azores and Madeira and the production and freezing of tuna and 
the freezing and processing of sardines in the Canary Islands; whereas a system of 
conmensaflon for the additional costs incurred in the processing and marketing of those 
products should be provided for at Community level from 1994 and measures should 
therefore be adopted providing for the continuation of the existing measures; 
Whereas measures should be laid down for the fisheries sector, under the Poseidom 
programme, to improve the marketing conditions for prawns produced in the French 
department of Guiana, 
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& OJ No L 399, 30. 12. 1989, p, 39. 
® OJ No L 171, 29. 6. 1991, p. 1. 
» OJ No L 171, 29. 6. 1991, p. 10. 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 t 
A system of compensation for the additional costs incurred in the marketing of certain fishery 
products from the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands and the French department of Guiana 
as a result of their remoteness is hereby established. 
Article 2 
1. For the Azores and Madeira, the system referred to in Article 1 shall consist of the 
payment of ECU 155 per tonne up to a maximum of 15 000 tonnes per year delivered 
to local industry (10 000 tonnes for the Azores and 5 000 tonnes for Madeira). 
2. For the Canary Islands, the system referred to in Article 1 shall consist of the payment 
of ECU 125 per tonne up to a maximum of 5 000 tonnes per year of tuna for marketing 
fresh, ECU 45 per tonne up to a maximum of 7 000 tonnes per year of frozen tuna, 
ECU 85 per tonne up to a maximum of 15 000 tonnes per year of sardines for canning 
and ECU 45 per tonne up to a maximum of 10 000 tonnes per year of sardines for 
freezing . 
3. For the French department of Guiana, the system referred to in Article 1 shall consist of 
the payment of ECU 865 per tonne of prawns up to a maximum of 3 500 tonnes per year 
for industrial fishing and ECU 930 per tonne of prawns up to a maximum of 500 tonnes 
per year for non-industrial fishing. 
Article 3 
The detailed rules for the application of this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with 
the procedure laid down in Article 32 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 of 17 
December 1992 on the common organization of the market in fishery and aquaculture 
products00. 
Article 4 
The measures provided for in this Regulation are measures intended to stabilize the 
agricultural markets within the meaning of Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 
of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy(8). They are to be 
financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section. 
Article 5 
Every three years, commencing on 1 January 1997, the Commission shall present the 
European Parliament and the Council with a report on the implementation of the measures 
provided for in this Regulation accompanied, where appropriate, by proposals for any 
adjustments which might be necessary to achieve the objectives set out in Article 1. 
^ OJ No L 388, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. 
(8) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13. 
Article 6 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1994. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the Council 
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Financial Statement 
Date 
1. BUDGET HEADING = Article B1-262 
Heading B1-2622 Programmes for the most remote regions: fishery products 
Additional disposal costs 
2. TITLE : 
Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing a system of compensation for the additional costs 
incurred in the marketing of certain fishery products from the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands 
and the French department of Guiana as a result of their very remote location 
3. LEGAL BASIS : Article 43 of the EEC Treaty; Council Decision 89/687/EEC; Council Decision 91/3U/EEC 
Council Decision 91/315/EEC 
4. AIMS 
To compensate for the additional costs involved in disposing of certain fishery products in the most 
remote regions 
5. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS 
5.0 EXPENDITURE 
- CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET 
(REFUNDS/INTERVENT IONS) 
• NATIONAL AUTHORITIES 
- OTHER 
5.1 REVENUE 
• OUN RESOURCES OF THE EC 
(LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES) 
- NATIONAL PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS 
ECU 10.25 m CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR 
< 1994 \ 
ECU 6.25 m FOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR 
i 1995 I 
ECU 10.25 m 
5.0.1 TIMETABLE FOR MULTIANNUAL 
EXPENDITURE 1996 
ECU 10.25 m 1997 
ECU 10.25 m 
5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION 
Azores/Madeira 
Canaries tuna 
sardines fresh 
frozen 
tinned 
frozen 
French 
Guiana 15 000 t/yr 
5 000 t/yr 
7 000 t/yr 
15 000 t/yr 
10 000 t/yr ECU 155/t 
ECU 125/t 
ECU 45/t 
ECU 85/t 
ECU 45/t 
shrimps industrial fishing 
artisanal fishing 3 500 t/yr X ECU 865/t 
500 t/yr X ECU 930/t 
TOTAL ECU 2 325 000 
ECU 625 000 
ECU 315 000 
ECU 1 275 000 
ECU 450 000 
ECU 3 027 500 
ECU 465 000 
ECU 8 482 500 
with a correction factor of 1.207509, this amount in green-rate ECUs corresponds to close on 
ECU 10.25 m in the budget 
6.0 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET ? 
1994 - draft budget NO 
6.1 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT BUDGET ? 
1994 - draft budget NO 
6.2 WILL A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET BE NECESSARY ? 
YES 
6.3 WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY ? 
YES 
COMMENTS : 
The Regulation in question will be subject to a budgetary analysis as part of the budgetary 
procedure for 1994 
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