Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION amending Decision 89/631/EEC on a Community financial contribution towards expenditure incurred by Member States for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the Community system for the conservation and management of fishery resources
Date: 1992-04-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, conservation of fish stocks, fishery product, fishery resources

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COM(92)150  final 

Brussels, 21  ApriI  1992 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

amending Decision 89/631/EEC on a Community  financial 
contribution towards expenditure incurred  by Member States 
for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the Community 
system for the conservation and management of fishery resources 

(presented  by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Following the presentation  of a proposal  from the Commission^),  the Council 

adopted  a Decision  (89/631/EEC) on  27 November  1989(2) making  provision  for 

a  Community  financial  contribution  towards  expenditure  incurred  by  Member 

States  in the  enforcement  of  the conservation  rules of  the Common  Fisheries 

Policy. 

Under  the  said  Decision,  the  Community  may  contribute  up  to  22 million  Ecu 

per  annum  over  an  initial  period  of  five  years  (1991  -  1995).  However, 

Article 1(1)  of  the  Decision  stipulates  that,  pending  the  adoption  of 

Community  rules  for  the  conservation  and  management  of  fishery  resources 

applicable in Mediterranean waters, the Community,  as far as Member States of 

the  Mediterranean  basin  are  concerned,  is  empowered  to  make  such  a 

contribution on a provisional basis until 31 December 1991. 

The  budgetary  commitments  made  following  the  adoption  of  Council  Decision 

89/631/EEC  made  provision  for  the  payment  by  the  Community  of  up  to  fifty 

percent  of the  total  costs of  all Member  States  engaged  in the  conservation 

of fishery resources. 

Subsequent  to  the  Council  Decision,  a  number  of  Member  States  of  the 

Mediterranean  basin  have  submitted  national  multiannual  programmes  which 

contribute  to  the  implementation  of  the  fishery  resources  conservation 

arrangements  applicable  in Mediterranean  waters.  These  programmes  have  been 

examined, approved and partially  funded by the Community  for  1991<3). 

The purpose  of  this  proposed  Council  Decision  is to  permit  the  continuation 

of a Community  financial contribution towards the expenditure borne by Member 

States  of  the  Mediterranean  basin  who  submit  investment  plans  for  the 

conservation of fishery resources  in subsequent years. 

(1)  COM(88)  703 
(2)  O.J.  No  L  364  of  1 4 . 1 2 . 8 9,  p.  6 4. 
9  of  1 2 . 0 1 . 9 1,  p.  3 4. 
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Proposal for a Council Decision 
amending Decision 89/631/EEC on a Community  financial 
contribution towards expenditure incurred  by Member States 
for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the Community 
system for the conservation and management of fishery resources 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,  and 

in particular Article 43 thereof. 

Having regard to the proposal  from the  Commission^), 

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2), 

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(-*), 

Whereas  on  27 November  1989  the  Council  adopted  Decision  89/631/EEC(4) 

providing,  on  a  provisional  basis  until  31 December  1991,  for  a  Community 

financial  contribution  towards  expenditure  incurred  by  Member  States  of  the 

Mediterranean  basin  in  the  furtherance  of  the  applicable  rules  for  the 

conservation  and  management  of  fishery  resources,  pending  the  adoption  of 

Community  rules applicable  in Mediterranean waters; 

Whereas  Community  rules  for  the  conservation  and  management  of  fishery 

resources applicable to Mediterranean waters have not yet been adopted  and it 

is essential to allow the continuation  of a Community  financial  contribution 

towards  expenditure  incurred  by  those  Member  States  of  the  Mediterranean 

Basin  pending  the  adoption  of  Community  rules  for  the  conservation  and 

management of fishery resources applicable  in that area; 

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(2) 
(3) 
(4) O.J. No L 364 of  14.12.89, p. 64. 

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 

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Article 1 

The  second  subparagraph  of  Article  1(1)  of  Decision  89/631/EEC  is  hereby 

replaced by the following : 

"Pending  the  adoption  of  Community  rules  for  the  conservation  and 

management  of  fishery  resources  applicable  in  Mediterranean  waters, the 

Community  shall  contribute under the same conditions  as those  set out in 

this Decision to the  financing of the expenditure  incurred by the Member 

States  concerned  to ensure  compliance with the  applicable  rules.  Member 

States  which  wish  to  benefit  from  this  contribution  shall  notify  such 

rules to the Commission and justify their merits." 

Article 2 

This Decision  is addressed to the Member States. 

Done at Brussels, 

1992. 

For the Council 

The President 

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