Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending for the second time Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86 on Community measures to improve and adapt structures in the fisheries and aquaculture sector
Date: 1992-04-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU policy, financial aid, fishing industry, market

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMVKJNITIES 

COM(90) 155  final 

Brussels, 23  April  1990 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) 

amending for -the second -time Regulation  (EEC) No 4028/86 
on Community measures to improve and adapt structures 
in the fisheries and aquaculture sector 

(presented  by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

This  proposal  for  a Council  regulation  amending  for  the  second  time  the  Council 
regulation  (CEE)  n°4028/86  of  18  December  1986  ('  ) has  the  following  objective: 

- to  increase  the  rates  of  community  aid  in  the  aquaculture  sector  in  the 
following  regions:  in  the  five  new  Landers  of  Unified  Germany  and  in  Ceuta  and 
Melilla,  these  being  part  of  the  less  developed  regions  of  the  Community. 

1 O.J. a°  L 376 of  31.12.1986.  p.7 

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PROPOSAL  FOR  A 

CT 

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EEC)  No 

of 

1992 

amending  for  the  second  time  Regulation  (EEC) No  4028/86 
on  Community  measures  to  improve  and  adapt  structures 
in  the  fisheries  and  aquaculture  sector 

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 Act  of Accession  of  Spain  and  Portugal,  and  in 
particular  Article  155(2)(a)  thereof, 

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission*, 

Having  regard  to  the  opinion  of  the  European  Parliament^, 

Having  regard  to  the  opinion  of  Economic  and  Social  Committee-', 

Whereas  the  new  statistics  available  show  that  the  five  new  German  LSnder 
may,  as  far  as  aquaculture  is concerned,  be  regarded  as  less-developed 
Community  regions  in  respect  of which  Council  Regulation  (EEC) No  4028/86 
of  18 December  1986  on  Community  measures  to  improve  and  adapt  structures 
in the  fisheries  and  aquaculture  sector4,  as  last  amended  by  Council 
Regulation  (EEC) No  3944/90  of  20  December  19905,  provides  for  a  higher 
rate  of  Community  aid; 

Whereas  Ceuta  andMelilla  qualifies  as  regions  which  may  receive  the  maximum 
level  of  aid  for  aquaculture; 

Whereas  Regulation  (EEC) No  4028/86  provides  for  the  maximum  level  of 
Community  aid  for  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern  and  for  Ceuta-Melilla  for  measures 
aimed  at  the  restructuring,  renewal,  and modernisation  of  the  fishing 
fleet; 

Whereas  the  regions  in  question  should,  accordingly,  be  included  in 
Annex  III  to  that  Regulation, 

HAS ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION: 

Annex  III  to  Regulation  (EEC) No  4028/86  is  hereby  replaced  by  the  Annex  to 
this  Regulation. 

Article  1 

1 
2 
3 
4 
5 

OJ NO  C 
Opinion  delivered  on 
Opinion  delivered  on 
OJ  No  L  376, 
OJ  No  L  380, 

31.12.86, 
31.12.90, 

p.7 
p.l 

(ZPE/006) 

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Article 2 

This  Regulation  shall  enter  into  force on  the day  of  its publication  in 
the official Journal of European Communities. 

This Regulation  shall be binding  in its entirety  and directly  applicable 
in all Member States. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 
The President 

;m.  t ips/oo*) 

ANNEX 

COMMUNITY AID AND FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MEMBER STATES FOR THE 
DEVELOPMENT OF AQUACULTURE AND STRUCTURAL WORKS IN COASTAL WATERS 

I. Aquaculture 

Regions 

Community 
aid 

Financial contributions 
from Member States 

1. Greece, Andalusia, Canary Islands, 
Ceuta and Melilla, Castile-Leon, 
Castile-La-Mancha, Extremadura, 
Galicia, West of Scotland(l), 
arrondissements of Quimper and 
Lorient, Ireland, Northern 
Ireland, Mezzogiorno, Portugal, 
the French Overseas Departments, 
Veneto, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 
Brandenburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, 
Thtiringen and Sachsen 

40% 

2. Other regions 

25% 

between 10 
and 30% 

between 10 
and 25% 

(1)  The  'West of Scotland' shall mean Dumfries and Galloway, the Western 
Isles, Orkney and Shetland, together with the districts of Caithness, 
Sutherland, Ross and Cromarty, skye and Lochalsh, Lochaber, Argyll 
and Bute, cunninghame, Kyle and Carrick. 

II. Protected marine areas 

Community aid: 50% 

Contributions from Member States: between  10 and 35% 

(IPE/0O6) 

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FINANCIAL  STATEMENT 

1.  Budget  heading  involved: 

B2-9301 

2.  Appropriations  entered  under  the  heading  for  1992 

ECU  224  000  000 

3.  Carryovers  authorized  or  requested: 

automatic: 
non-automatic: 

X 

4.  Expenditure  resulting  from  amendment  of  the  proposed  Regulation: 

(a) current  budget  year: 

ECU  600  000 

(b) following  years: 

(1993) 

ECU  600  000 

5.  Other  financial  impact  of  the  amendement,  if  any: 

None 

Calculation  method  (to be  explained  in  detail): 

Increase  in  the  Community  contribution  to  the  regions  in  question 
by  between  25%  and  40%, or  15%  of  forecast  investment  in  1992  of 
ECU  4 million  and  in  1993  of  ECU  4 million.  This  gives  a  figure  of 
ECU  600  000  for  each  budget  year. 

Opinion  of  Director-General  for  Budgets: 

Approved, 

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