Council Regulation (EC) No 2468/98 of 3 November 1998 laying down the criteria and arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries and aquaculture sector and the processing and marketing of its products
Date: 1998-11-03
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: aquaculture, common fisheries policy, fishing industry, intervention policy, marketing, structural policy

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COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC)  No  2468/98

of  3  November  1998

laying  down  the  criteria  and  arrangements  regarding  Community  structural  assistance  in
the  fisheries  and  aquaculture  sector  and  the  processing  and  marketing  of  its  products

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION,

fisheries  guidance  (‘FIFG’),  their  organisation,  the
assistance  methods,  programming  and  general
organisation  of  the  aid  provided  by  the  Funds  and
the  general  financial  arrangements;

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European
Community,  and  in  particular  Article  43  thereof,

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission,

Having  regard 
Parliament (1),

to 

the  opinion  of 

the  European

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (2),

regarding  Community 

(1)  Whereas  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  3699/93  of
21  December  1993  laying  down  the  criteria  and
arrangements 
structural
assistance  in  the  fisheries  and  aquaculture  sector
and 
its
the  processing  and  marketing  of 
products (3)  has  been  frequently  and  substantially
amended (4);  whereas  for  reasons  of  clarity  and
rationality  the  said  Regulation  should  be  codified;

themselves  and  with 

(2)  Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of
24  June  1988  on  the  tasks  of  the  Structural  Funds
and their effectiveness and on coordination of their
the
activities  between 
operations  of  the  European  Investment  Bank  and
the  other  existing  financial  instruments (5)  and
Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  4253/88  of  19
December  1988 
for
implementing  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2052/88 (6)
define  the  general  objectives  and  tasks  of  the
Structural  Funds  and  the  financial  instrument  for

laying  down  provisions 

(1)  OJ  C  313,  12.10.1998.
(2)  OJ  C  129,  27.4.1998,  p.  74.
(3)  OJ  L  346,  31.12.1993,  p.  1.  Regulation  as  last  amended  by

Regulation  (EC)  No  25/97  (OJ  L  6,  10.1.1997,  p.  7).

(4)  See  Annex  IV,  Part  B.
(5)  OJ  L  185,  15.7.1988,  p.  9.  Regulation  as  last  amended  by

the  Act  of  Accession  of  Austria,  Finland  and  Sweden.

(6)  OJ  L  374,  31.12.1988,  p.  1.  Regulation  as  last  amended  by
Regulation  (EC)  No  3193/94  (OJ  L  337,  24.12.1994,  p.
11).

the 

development 

(3)  Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of
20  December  1992  establishing  a  Community
system  for  fisheries  and  aquaculture (7)  lays  down
the  objectives  and  general  rules  of  the  common
policy;  whereas 
the
Community  fishing  fleet  must  in  particular  be
restricted  according  to  the  decisions  that  the
Council  is  called  to  take  by  virtue  of  Article  11;
whereas it is for the Commission to translate these
decisions into precise measures at the level of each
the
Member 
provisions  of  Council  Regulation 
(EEC)  No
2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control
system  applicable 
fisheries
policy (8)  must  be  respected;

State;  whereas, 

the  common 

furthermore, 

to 

of 

financial 

July  1993 

laying  down  provisions 

instrument  of 
the 

(4)  Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2080/93 of
20 
for
implementing  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2052/88,  as
fisheries
regards 
the 
guidance (9),  defines 
tasks  of
Community structural aid measures in the fisheries
and aquaculture sector and the industry processing
and  marketing  its  products,  hereinafter  referred  to
as ‘the sector’; whereas under Article 6 the Council
must  decide  on  the  terms  and  conditions  of  the
contribution  of  the  FIFG  to  adaptations  measures
of  the  structures  of  the  sector;

specific 

(5)  Whereas  the  Council  must  lay  down  detailed  rules
for the implementation of measures connected with
the  modification  of  the  structures  of  the  sector  in
order  to  ensure  that  FIFG  assistance  achieves  the

(7)  OJ  L  389,  31.12.1992,  p.  1.  Regulation  as  last  amended  by
Regulation  (EC)  No  1181/98  (OJ  L  164,  9.6.1998,  p.  1).
(8)  OJ  L  261,  20.10.1993,  p.  1.  Regulation  as  last  amended  by
Regulation  (EC)  No  2635/97  (OJ  L  356,  31.12.1997,  p.
14).

(9)  OJ  L  193,  31.7.1993,  p.  1.

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objectives  assigned  to  the  structural  policy  of  the
sector within the overall framework of Community
structural  assistance  and  the  common  fisheries
policy as a whole, which comes under the exclusive
competence  of  the  Community,  and  so  that  each
Member State is in a position to manage structural
assistance  in  the  sector;  whereas,  in  so  far  as  such
assistance 
limited  to  the  granting  of
Community  aid,  it  is  appropriate  in  particular  to
integrate,  in  a  coherent  manner,  the  programming
of  the  restructuring  of  Community  fishing  fleets  in
the  context  of  structural  assistance  as  a  whole;

is  not 

(6)  Whereas  promotion  of  products  or  forms  of
processing  should  be  encouraged  in  those  cases
where  official  recognition  of  origin  with  reference
to  a  specified  geographical  zone 
is  granted
pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92
of  14  July  1992  on  the  protection  of  geographical
indications  and  designations  of  origin 
for
agricultural  products  and  foodstuffs (1);  whereas
the use of geographical references can be permitted
only  if  such  official  recognition  of  origin  has  been
granted;

(7)  Whereas  Article  7b  of  Council  Regulation  (EEC)
No 3759/92 of 17 December 1992 on the common
fishery  and
the  market 
organisation  of 
aquaculture  products (2)  provides  for  financial  aid
to  producer  organisations  implementing  a  plan  to
improve 
their
legal  and
products;  whereas 
budgetary consistency, this Regulation should refer
to  this  aid;

the  quality  and  marketing  of 

for  reasons  of 

in 

type  of 

intervention,  must 
it 

(8)  Whereas  financial  aid  for  FIFG  in  the  case  of
temporary cessation of activities, taking account of
remain  an
this 
therefore
is 
exceptional  measure;  whereas 
advisable  to  set  a  ceiling  on  the  funds  allocated  to
this  measure,  without  prejudice 
to  possible
recourse,  on  a  case-by-case  basis,  to  the  specific
measures  referred  to  in  Article  3  of  Regulation
(EEC)  No  2080/93;

(9)  Whereas  the  fishing  industry  is  now  undergoing
far-reaching  changes  in  the  context  of  a  serious

crisis;  whereas  the  necessary  adjustments  to  the
industry entailed by the application of the common
fisheries  policy  as  laid  down  in  Regulation  (EEC)
No  3760/92  are  creating  a  need  for  an  extensive
a
range 
socio-economic  nature;

accompanying  measures 

of 

of 

(10)  Whereas  a  range  of  socio-economic  accompanying
measures to assist enterprises and individuals in the
fishing  industry  as  well  as  areas  dependent  on
fishing  is  already  available  at  Community  level  in
the  general  context  of  the  Structural  Funds;

(11)  Whereas 

these  measures  are  not,  however,
sufficient  to  prevent  the  fishing  industry  from
losing  dynamic  and  skilled  members  through  the
reduction  of  fishing  capacity;  whereas  appropriate
measures  should  therefore  be 
implemented  at
Community  level,  in  particular  to  assist  the  oldest
fishermen;

(12)  Whereas  the  provisions  of  the  London  Convention
(ITC  69)  were  extended  to  all  fishing  vessels  by
Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2930/86  of  22
September  1986  defining  characteristics  of  fishing
vessels (3);  whereas  the 
implementation  of  the
provisions  of  the  said  Convention  will  generalise,
by  1  January  2004  at  the  latest,  the  use  of  gross
tonnage as the unit of tonnage to all vessels of the
fishing  fleet  of  the  Community;

(13)  Whereas  there  should  be  provision  for  a  specific
activity  threshold  that  renders  a  fishing  vessel
eligible  for  measures  of  permanent  withdrawal  as
regards  fishing  vessels  registered  in  the  North
Baltic  ports,  having  regard  to  the  special  climatic
conditions  of  the  region  which  cause  its  water
which is only slightly salty to freeze for a large part
of  the  year;

(14)  Whereas  national  and  Community  rules  are  at  the
the  conditions
heart  of  a  strengthening  of 
controlling access to fish resources, in particular by
the  introduction  of  systems  of  fishing  licences  and
permits;  whereas  those  new  restrictions  on  access
are  having  the  effect  of  increasing  the  value  of
vessels, in particular those more than 30 years old;
whereas 
in  value  has  made
withdrawals  of  those  fishing  vessels  more  difficult
to  guarantee  than  in  the  past;

increase 

this 

(1)  OJ  L  208,  27.7.1992,  p.  1.  Regulation  as  last  amended  by
Regulation  (EC)  No  1068/97  (OJ  L  156,  13.6.1997,  p.  10).
(2)  OJ  L  388,  31.12.1992,  p.  1.  Regulation  as  last  amended  by
Regulation  (EC)  No  3318/94  (OJ  L  350,  31.12.1994,  p.
15).

(3)  OJ  L  274,  25.9.1986,  p.  1.  Regulation  as  last  amended  by
Regulation  (EC)  No  3259/94  (OJ  L  339,  29.12.1994,  p.
11).

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(15)  Whereas  provision  should  be  made  to  ensure  that
preference is given to the withdrawal from the fleet
of  the  oldest  of  the  vessels;  whereas  the  premiums
should  therefore  be  maintained  at  a  sufficiently
high  level  to  guarantee  the  withdrawal  of  that
category  of  vessels,

For  the  remainder  of  the  programme  period  not  yet
covered by a multiannual guidance programme approved
by the Commission, the programme information given in
the  document  shall  be  purely  indicative;  it  shall  be
specified  by  Member  States  when  the  new  multiannual
guidance  programme  is  approved,  in  accordance  with  its
objectives.

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION:

Article  1

Scope

The  financial  instrument  of  fisheries  guidance  (FIFG)
may,  under  the  conditions  laid  down  in  this  Regulation,
provide  assistance  for  the  measures  referred  to  in  Titles
II,  III  and  IV,  within  the  fields  covered  by  the  common
fisheries  policy  as  defined  in  Article  1  of  Regulation
(EEC)  No  3760/92.

TITLE  I

PROGRAMMING

Article  2

General provisions

in  Article  1  of  this
1. The  measures  referred  to 
Regulation 
two-stage
programming  procedure  under  the  conditions  laid  down
in  Articles  3  and  4.

subject  of  a 

shall  be 

the 

2. Provision  for  the  restructuring  of  the  Community’s
fishing  fleets  shall  be  made  in  multiannual  guidance
programmes,  as  referred  to  in  Article  5.

Article  3

Sectoral  plans  and  aid  applications

1. Each  Member  State  shall  present  to  the  Commission
in the form of a single programme document, hereinafter
referred  to  as  ‘the  document’:

—  a  sectoral  plan,

—  an  aid  application.

Each document shall cover a period of six years, the first
programming  period  beginning  on  1  January  1994.

The  documents  covering  programme  periods  following
the  first  period  shall  be  submitted  at  least  six  months
before  the  start  of  each  period.

2. Each sectoral plan may cover all of the fields referred
to  in  Titles  II,  III  and  IV.  It  shall  contain  all  the
information specified in Annex I. It shall be drawn up in
accordance  with  the  objectives  of  the  common  fisheries
policy  and  the  provisions  of  the  multiannual  guidance
programme  referred  to  in  Article  5.

Aid  applications  shall  be  drawn  up  in  accordance  with
Article  14(1)  and  (2)  of  Regulation  (EEC)  No  4253/88.
They  shall  describe  all  the  measures  that  are  planned  in
order to give effect to common measures and shall specify
the forms of assistance within the meaning of Article 5 of
Regulation  (EEC)  No  2052/88.

3. The  document  shall  draw  a  distinction  between
regions  and
relating 
information 
information  relating  to  other  regions.

to  Objective  1 

The  information  relating  to  Objective  1  regions  shall  be
covered by the programming referred to in Article 8(7) of
Regulation  (EEC)  No  2052/88  and  Article  5(2)  of
Regulation  (EEC)  No  4253/88.

Article  4

Community  programmes

1. The  Commission  shall  examine  the  sectoral  plans  to
determine  whether  they  are  consistent  with  the  tasks  of
the FIFG as provided for in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC)
No 2080/93 and with the provisions and policies referred
to  in  Articles  6  and  7  of  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2052/88.

Aid  applications  shall  be  examined  in  accordance  with
Article  14(3)  and  (4)  of  Regulation  (EEC)  No  4253/88.

For  the  part  of  the  programme  period  covered  by  a
multiannual  guidance  programme  already  approved  by
the  Commission  under  Article  5(2),  the  document  shall
be  drawn  up  in  accordance  with  paragraph  2  of  this
Article.

2. On the basis of the document referred to in Article 3
of  this  Regulation,  within  six  months  of  receiving  it,  the
Commission  shall  adopt  a  single  decision  on  a
Community  programme  for  structural  assistance  in  the
sector.

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The Commission’s decision, taken in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No
2080/93,  shall  be  taken 
in  the  framework  of  the
partnership  referred  to  in  Article  4(1)  of  Regulation
(EEC)  No  2052/88  and  in  agreement  with  the  Member
State  concerned.

The Commission’s  decision on  a  Community  programme
shall  be  communicated  to  the  Member  State  concerned
and  published  in  the  Official  Journal  of  the  European
Communities.

3. Community  programmes  shall  be  drawn  up 
in
accordance  with  the  objectives  of  the  common  fisheries
policy  and  the  provisions  of  the  multiannual  guidance
programmes  referred  to  in  Article  5.  They  may  in
particular,  to  this  end,  be  revised  in  the  event  of  major
changes and at the end of each programme period for the
restructuring  of  the  Community’s  fishing  fleets.

Article  5

Multiannual  guidance  programmes  for  fishing  fleets

1. For  the  purposes  of  this  Regulation,  a  ‘multiannual
guidance  programme  for  the  fishing  fleet’  shall  mean  a
series of objectives accompanied by a set of measures for
their  realisation,  allowing  for  management  of  fishing
effort  on  a  consistent,  longer-term  basis.

2. On  the  basis  of  multiannual  objectives  and  measures
for  restructuring  the  fisheries  sector  as  laid  down  by  the
Council  pursuant  to  Article  11  of  Regulation  (EEC)  No
3760/92,  the  Commission  shall,  acting  in  accordance
in  Article  18  of
with  the  procedure  provided  for 
Regulation  (EEC)  No  3760/92,  approve  the  multiannual
guidance  programmes  for  individual  Member  States.

3. The  multiannual  guidance  programmes  adopted  for
the  period  from  1  January  1993  to  31  December  1996,
as  referred  to  in  Article  9(1)  of  Regulation  (EEC)  No
2080/93,  shall  remain  in  effect  until  they  expire.

Article  6

Monitoring  multiannual  guidance  programmes

1. For the purpose of  monitoring the implementation of
multiannual  guidance  programmes,  Member  States  shall
transmit  to  the  Commission,  before  1  April  each  year,  a
document  reviewing  the  progress  made  with  their
multiannual  guidance  programme.  Within  three  months
of this deadline the Commission shall forward an annual

report  to  the  European  Parliament  and  the  Council  on
the implementation of multiannual guidance programmes
throughout  the  Community.

2. Member  States  shall  transmit  to  the  Commission
information  on  the  monitoring  of  fishing  effort  by  fleet
segment,  particularly  as  regards  the  development  of
capacities  and  the  corresponding  fishing  activities,  in
accordance  with  the  procedures  implemented  by  the
Commission.

this  end 

3. To 
the  Commission  shall  operate  a
Community  register  of  fishing  vessels  designed  for  use  in
managing  fishing  effort.

4. The  Commission  shall  adopt  the  rules  relating  to  the
register referred to in paragraph 3 in accordance with the
procedure  laid  down  in  Article  18  of  Regulation  (EEC)
No  3760/92.

5. At  the  request  of  the  Member  State  concerned  or  the
Commission,  or  pursuant  to  provisions  laid  down  in  the
multiannual  guidance  programmes,  any  multiannual
guidance  programme  which  has  been  approved  may  be
re-examined  and,  if  necessary,  revised.

6. The  Commission  shall  decide  whether  or  not  to
approve the revisions provided for in paragraph 5 of this
Article  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  laid  down  in
Article  18  of  Regulation  (EEC)  No  3760/92.

7. For the implementation of this Article, Member States
must  comply  in  particular  with  Article  24  of  Regulation
(EEC)  No  2847/93.

TITLE  II

IMPLEMENTATION  FOR  MULTIANNUAL  GUIDANCE
PROGRAMMES  FOR  FISHING  FLEETS

Article  7

Common  provisions

1. At  the  end  of  a  multiannual  guidance  programme,
where,  with  regard  to  a  given  segment  of  a  Member
State’s  fleet,  the  reductions  in  capacity  financed  by
official  aid  lead  to  overachievement  of  the  objectives  for
that segment, the new situation brought about solely as a
result  of  that  aid  may  not  be  invoked  to  bring  into
service  new  capacity.

These  provisions  do  not  apply  in  the  particular  case  of
small  local  coastal  fishing  fleets  made  up  of  vessels  of
under  220  kW,  for  which  fisheries  quotas  have  not  been
set  at  Community  level.

For  such  fleets,  the  Member  State  may  finance,  by  State
aids  alone  and  within  the  limits  of  the  premiums  and

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ceilings  of  the  official  aids  referred  to  in  1.3  and  2.1  of
Annex  III,  the  capacities  corresponding  to  this  excess.

Article  9

Reorientation  of  fishing  activities  —  temporary  joint
ventures  and  joint  enterprises

2. Each  year,  for  each  fleet  segment,  Member  States
shall  ensure  that  aid  for  modernisation  and  construction
does  not  result  in  an  increase  in  fishing  effort.

Article  8

Adjustment  of  fishing  effort

1. Member  States  shall  take  measures  to  adjust  fishing
effort to achieve at least the objectives of the multiannual
guidance  programmes  referred  to  in  Article  5.

Where  necessary,  Member  States  shall  take  measures  to
stop  vessels’  fishing  activities  permanently  or  restrict
them.

2. Measures 
stop 
permanently  may  include:

to 

vessels’ 

fishing 

activities

—  scrapping,

—  permanent  transfer  to  a  third  country,  provided  such
transfer  is  not  likely  to  infringe  international  law  or
affect  the  conservation  and  management  of  marine
resources,

—  permanent  re-assignment  of  the  vessel  in  question  to

uses  other  than  fishing  in  Community  waters.

For  vessels  of  less  than  25  gross  registered  tonnes  (GRT)
or  27  gross  tonnes  (GT)  only  the  scrapping  of  the  vessel
may  qualify  for  official  aid  within  the  meaning  of  this
Article.

Member  States  shall  ensure  that  vessels  concerned  by
such  measures  are  deleted  from  the  registration  lists  for
fishing  vessels  and  from  the  Community  fishing  vessel
register.  They  shall  also  ensure  that  deleted  vessels  are
in  Community
from 
permanently  excluded 
waters.

fishing 

1. Member  States  may  take  measures  to  promote  the
reorientation  of  fishing  activities  by  encouraging  the
creation  of 
joint
enterprises.

joint  ventures  and/or 

temporary 

2. For  the  purposes  of  this  Regulation  ‘temporary  joint
venture’  means  any  association  based  on  a  contractual
agreement  of 
limited  duration  between  Community
shipowners  and  physical  or  legal  persons  in  one  or  more
third  countries  with  which  the  Community  maintains
relations,  with  the  aim  of 
jointly  fishing  for  and
exploiting  the  fishery  resources  of  the  third  country  or
countries  and  sharing  the  costs,  profits  or  losses  of  the
economic  activity  jointly  undertaken,  with  a  view  to  the
priority  supply  of  the  Community  market.

The  contractual  agreement  shall  provide  for  the  catching
and, where necessary, the processing and/or marketing of
those species covered, the provision of know-how and/or
the  transfer  of  technology  where  linked  to  the  said
operations.

3. For  the  purposes  of  this  Regulation  ‘joint  enterprise’
means  any  company  regulated  by  private  law  comprising
one  or  more  Community  shipowners  and  one  or  more
partners in a third country, constituted in the framework
of formal relations between the Community and the third
country,  with  the  aim  of  fishing  for  and  possibly
exploiting  fishery  resources  in  the  waters  under  the
sovereignty  and/or  jurisdiction  of  the  third  country,  with
a  view  to  the  priority  supply  of  the  Community  market.

4. Where  necessary 
in
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 8 of
Regulation  (EEC)  No  2080/93,  shall  set  conditions  for
implementing  this  Article.

the  Commission,  acting 

Article  10

Fleet  renewal  and  modernisation  of  fishing  vessels

1. Member  States  may  take  such  measures  to  promote
the  construction  of  fishing  vessels  as  comply  with  the
global  annual 
intermediate  objectives  and  the  final
objectives  by  segment  under  their  multiannual  guidance
programme  within  the  stated  time  limits.

3. Measures  to  restrict  fishing  activities  may  include
restrictions on fishing days or days at sea authorised for a
specific  period.  Such  measures  may  not  give  rise  to  any
State  aid.

Member  States  shall,  when  forwarding  any  pertinent  aid
proposal,  inform  the  Commission  of  provisions  taken  to
ensure  that  this  condition  is  complied  with.

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2. Member  States  may  take  measures  to  promote  the
modernisation  of  fishing  vessels.  Such  measures  shall  be
subject  to  conditions  referred  to  in  paragraph  1  where
investments  are  likely  to  result  in  an  increase  in  fishing
effort.

—  operations  associated  with  quality  certification  and

product labelling,

—  promotion  campaigns,  including  those  highlighting

quality  issues,

—  consumer  surveys,

TITLE  III

—  projects  to  test  consumer  reactions,

INVESTMENT  AID  IN  THE  FIELDS  OF  AQUACULTURE,
THE  DEVELOPMENT  OF  COASTAL  WATERS,  FISHING
PORT  FACILITIES  AND  PROCESSING  AND  MARKETING

Article  11

Scope

—  organisation  of  and  participation  in  trade  fairs  and

exhibitions,

—  organisation  of  study  and  sales  visits,

—  market  studies, 

including  those  relating  to  the
prospects for marketing Community products in third
countries,  and  surveys,

—  campaigns  improving  marketing  conditions,

1. Member States may, under the conditions specified in
Annex  II,  take  measures  to  encourage  capital  investment
in  the  following  fields:

—  sales advice and aids, services provided to wholesalers

and retailers.

—  aquaculture,

—  protection  and  development  of  marine  resources  in
coastal  waters,  in  particular  by  the  installation  of
fixed  or  movable  facilities  to  enclose  protected
underwater  areas,

—  fishing  port  facilities,

—  processing  and  marketing  of  fishery  and  aquaculture

products.

2.
In  addition,  Member  States  may  take  measures  to
encourage the devising and implementation of systems for
improvement  and  control  of  quality,  hygiene
the 
instruments  and  environmental
conditions,  statistical 
impact,  as  well  as  research  and  training  initiatives  in
enterprises.  The  relevant  expenditure,  with  the  exception
of beneficiary enterprises’ operating costs, may be funded
from  the  FIFG,  provided  that  it  is  directly  linked  to  the
investments  referred  to  in  paragraph  1.

TITLE  IV

OTHER  MEASURES

Article  12

Measures  to  find  and  promote  new  market  outlets

The  above  measures  must  not  be  based  around
commercial  brands  nor  make  reference  to  particular
countries or regions except in specific cases where official
recognition  of  origin  with  reference  to  a  specified
geographical  zone  for  a  product  or  process  is  granted
pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92. The reference
may  be  used  only  from  the  date  on  which  the  name  has
been  entered  on  the  register  provided  for  in  Article  6(3)
of  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2081/92.

Article  13

Operations  by  members  of  the  trade

Member States may take measures to promote operations
carried  out  by  members  of  the  trade  themselves  and
regarded  by  the  competent  authorities  in  the  Member
State  as  short-term  operations  of  collective  interest,
provided such operations serve to attain the objectives of
the  common  fisheries  policy.

The  measures  referred  to  in  this  first  subparagraph
include in particular aid to producer organisations within
the meaning of Articles 7 and 7b of Regulation (EEC) No
3759/92.

Article  14

Temporary  cessation  of  activities

Member  States  may  take  measures  in  favour  of  finding
and  promoting  new  market  outlets  for  fishery  and
aquaculture  products,  in  particular:

Member  States  may  take  measures  for  the  temporary
cessation  of  activities.

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FIFG  assistance  may  be  used  only  to  finance  measures
intended to offset partially the loss of income suffered as
a  result  of  a  temporary  cessation  of  fishing  activities
caused  by  unforeseen  and  non-repetitive  events  resulting
from  biological  phenomena  in  particular.

This grant cannot exceed, for each calendar year and for
each  Member  State,  ECU  350 000  or  0,85 %  of  the
funds  foreseen  in  the  financial  plan  for  each  Member
State  for  the  year  concerned,  whichever  amount  is  the
greater.

Article  15

Measures  of  a  socio-economic  nature

1. For  the  purposes  of  this  Article,  ‘fisherman’  shall
mean  anyone  engaging  in  his  main  occupation  on  board
an  operational  seagoing  fishing  vessel.

2. The  Member  States  may 
fishermen,
measures  of  a  socio-economic  nature  associated  with
restructuring  of  the  Community  fisheries  sector  within
the  meaning  of  Article  11  of  Regulation  (EEC)  No
3760/92.

take, 

for 

(b) granting 

individual 

compensatory  payments 

to
fishermen,  on  the  basis  of  an  eligible  cost  limited  to
ECU  7 000  per  individual  beneficiary,  provided  the
vessel  on  which  the  beneficiaries  were  employed  has
been  the  object  of  measures  permanently  stopping  its
activities,  within  the  meaning  of  Article  8(2),  or
permanently  transferring  it  to  a  third  country  in  the
context  of  the  creation  of  a  joint  enterprise,  within
the  meaning  of  Article  9(3).

Under  no  circumstances  may  any  one 
fisherman
accumulate  the  benefits  of  the  two  measures  referred  to
in  points  (a)  and  (b).

fisherman 

to  prohibit  any  one 

the  necessary
4. The  Member  States  shall  adopt 
provisions 
from
accumulating  benefits  from  the  two  measures  referred  to
in  paragraph  3(a)  and  (b).  They  shall  also  make  the
necessary arrangements to ensure that the beneficiaries of
the  measure  referred  to  in  paragraph  3(a)  permanently
give  up  work  as  fishermen  and  that  the  compensation
referred  to  in  paragraph  3(b)  is  refunded  on  a  pro  rata
temporis  basis  where  the  beneficiaries  return  to  their
work  as  fishermen  within  a  period  of  less  than  six
months  after 
the
compensation.

the  decision 

to  grant 

them 

to 

5. Unless  provisions 
the  contrary  are  adopted
according  to  the  procedure  provided  for  in  Article  43  of
the  Treaty,  this  Article  shall  automatically  be  repealed
when  the  first  programming  period  referred  to  in  Article
3  of  this  Regulation  expires.

3. Financial  assistance  from  the  FIFG  may  only  be
granted  for  the  following  measures:

(a)  part-financing  of  national  early-retirement  schemes
for  fishermen,  provided  that  the  following  conditions
are fulfilled:

TITLE  V

GENERAL  AND  FINANCIAL  PROVISIONS

—  at  the  time  of  early  retirement,  the  age  of  the
beneficiaries  of  the  measure  must  be  not  more
than 10 years from the legal retirement age for the
purposes of the legislation in force in the Member
State,  or  the  beneficiaries  must  be  aged  at  least
55,

—  the  beneficiaries  can  show  that  they  have  worked

for  at  least  10  years  as  fishermen.

However,  contributions  to  the  normal  retirement
scheme  for  fishermen  during  the  period  of  early
retirement shall not be eligible for financial assistance
from  the  FIFG.

In  each  Member  State,  for  the  entire  programming
period  referred  to  in  Article  3,  the  number  of
beneficiaries  may  not  exceed  the  number  of  jobs
eliminated on board fishing vessels as a result of those
vessels  permanently  stopping  fishing  activities,  within
the  meaning  of  Article  8(2),  or  because  of  the
permanent transfer of vessels to a third country in the
context  of  the  creation  of  a  joint  enterprise,  within
the  meaning  of  Article  9(3);

Article  16

Compliance  with  the  conditions  governing  assistance

1. Member States shall ensure that the special conditions
governing assistance listed in Annex II to this Regulation
are  complied  with.

2. When  requesting  payment  of  each  annual  aid
instalment,  Member  States  shall  certify  that  compliance
with  the  conditions  governing  assistance  set  out  in  this
Regulation  has  been  verified.

3. Where the conditions referred to in paragraph 2 have
not  been  complied  with,  the  Commission  shall  carry  out
a  suitable  examination  of  the  circumstances  in  the
framework  of  the  partnership,  in  particular  asking  the
Member  State  or  the  authorities  appointed  by  it  for
implementation of the measure to submit their comments
within  a  given  period.

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that  examination, 

Following 
the  Commission  may
suspend,  reduce  or  cancel  FIFG  assistance  in  the  area  of
assistance  concerned  as  defined  in  point  1  of  Annex  I  if
the  examination  confirms  that  the  conditions  referred  to
in  paragraph  2  have  not  been  complied  with.

Article  17

Scales  and  rates  of  assistance

1. The  maximum  amounts  of  assistance  payable  under
this  Regulation  and  the  limits  on  financial  participation
from 
the
Community  are  listed  in  Annex  III.

the  Member  States,  beneficiaries  and 

2. Amounts  in  ecus  set  by  this  Regulation  shall  be
converted  into  national  currency  at  the  rate  published  in
the  Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities,  C
series.

The conversion shall be made at the rate applicable on 1
January  of  the  year  of  the  Member  State’s  decision  to
grant  the  premium  or  aid.

3. Within  the  scope  of  this  Regulation,  Member  States
may  introduce  supplementary  aid  measures  subject  to
conditions  or  rules  other  than  those  laid  down  in  this
Regulation, or covering a sum in excess of the maximum
amounts  referred  to  in  this  Article,  provided  that  they
comply  with  Articles  92,  93  and  94  of  the  Treaty.

4. From  1  January  2004  only  reference  to  the  GT  unit
of  tonnage  shall  be  possible  in  this  Regulation.

Article  18

Budget  commitments

forward 

In the case of multiannual operations, Member States
1.
shall 
the
information  required  to  permit  commitment  of  the
in  Article  20  of
annual 
Regulation  (EEC)  No  4253/88.

the  Commission  each  year 

instalments  provided  for 

to 

2. Budgetary  resources  shall  be  committed  in  line  with
the 
in  the  decisions
granting assistance.

implementation  stages  set  out 

3. Detailed  rules  for  the  application  of  this  Article  shall
be  adopted  by  the  Commission  in  accordance  with  the
procedure laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No
2080/93.

Article  19

Procedures  for  the  payment  of  assistance

1. Financial  assistance  shall  be  paid  in  accordance  with
Article  21  of  Regulation  (EEC)  No  4253/88  and  in  line
with  the  implementation  stages  and  financial  provisions
set  out  in  the  decision  to  grant  assistance.

2. Applications  for  payment  must  be  accompanied  by
documents  providing  evidence  of  the  progress  made  in
implementing  the  operation  and  any  payments  made  by
the  Community  and  national  authorities 
the
beneficiaries.

to 

3. Detailed  rules  for  the  application  of  this  Article  shall
be  adopted  by  the  Commission  in  accordance  with  the
procedure laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No
2080/93.

Article  20

Repeal

Regulation  (EC)  No  3699/93  is  repealed.

The references to the above Regulation shall be construed
as  references  to  this  Regulation  and  should  be  read  in
accordance  with  the  correlation  table  set  out  in  Annex
IV,  Part  A.

Article  21

Entry  into  force

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

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

Done  at  Brussels,  3  November  1998.

For  the  Council

The  President

B.  PRAMMER

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ANNEX  I

INDICATIVE  CONTENTS  OF  SECTORAL  PLANS

1.  Description  of  current  situation  broken  down  by  area  of  assistance (1)

—  Strengths  and  weaknesses,

—  summary  of  operations  undertaken  and  impact  of  funds  used  in  previous  years,

—  needs  of  the  sector.

2.  Strategy  for  adjustment  of  fishery  structures

—  General  objectives  under  the  common  fisheries  policy,

—  objectives  specific  to  each  area  of  assistance,  quantified  if  possible,

—  anticipated  impact  (on  employment,  production,  etc.).

3.  Means  to  attain  the  objectives

—  Measures  selected  (legal,  financial  or  other)  in  each  area  of  assistance,

—  indicative  financing  schedule  covering  the  entire  programming  period  and  listing  the  national  and

Community  resources  provided  for  each  area  of  assistance,

—  indications  of  how  the  FIFG  assistance  is  to  be  used  (forms  of  assistance,  etc.),

—  justification  for  Community  assistance.

(1)  ‘Area  of  assistance’  means  subsectors  of  the  fishery  sector  whose  problems  can  be  grouped  together,  for  example:

—  adjustment  of  fishing  effort,
—  renewal  and  modernisation  of  the  fishing  fleet,
—  aquaculture,
—  enclosed  seawater  areas,
—  fishing  port  facilities,
—  product  processing  and  marketing,
—  product  promotion.

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ANNEX  II

SPECIAL  CONDITIONS  AND  CRITERIA  FOR  ASSISTANCE

1. 

Implementation  of  multiannual  guidance  programmes  (Title  II)

1.1.  Permanent  withdrawal  (Article  8(2))

(a)  Permament  withdrawal  may  concern  only  vessels  which  have  carried  out  a  fishing  activity  for  at
least  75  days  at  sea  in  each  of  the  two  periods  of  12  months  preceding  the  date  of  request  for
permanent withdrawal or, as the case may be, a fishing activity for at least 80 % of the number of
days at sea permitted by current national regulations. In the Baltic Sea the number of seventy five
days shall be reduced to sixty days for vessels registered in ports situated north of parallel 59° 309
N.

(b) Operations  may  concern  only  vessels  more  than  10  years  old.

1.2.  Temporary  joint  ventures  and  joint  enterprises  (Article  9)

(a)  Operations  must  satisfy  the  following  conditions:

—  they  must  involve  vessels  of  more  than  25  GRT  or  27  gross  tonnes  (GT),  registered  in  a
Community  port,  operating  for  more  than  five  years  under  the  flag  of  a  Community  Member
State and technically suited to the proposed fishing operations; however, a minimum operating
period  of  five  years  will  not  be  required  of  vessels  registered  in  a  Community  port  between  1
January  1989  and  31  December  1990,

—  the  vessels  in  question  must  fly  the  flag  of  a  Member  State  throughout  the  duration  of  the
temporary  joint  venture,  which  must  consist  of  fishing  activities  lasting  between  six  months
and  one  year,

—  in the case of the founding of a joint enterprise, they must be accompanied by the permanent
transfer  of  the  vessels  to  the  third  country  concerned  with  no  possibility  of  a  return  to
Community  waters.

(b) The  financial  assistance  given  to  joint  enterprise  projects  may  not  be  added  to  other  Community
aid granted under this Regulation or Regulations (EEC) No 2908/83 (1) or (EEC) No 4028/86 (2).
The assistance granted is to be reduced pro rata temporis by the amount previously received in the
following cases:

—  aid  for  construction  during  the  10  years  preceding  the  setting-up  of  the  joint  enterprise,

—  aid for the modernisation and/or allowance for a temporary joint venture during the five years

preceding  the  setting-up  of  the  joint  enterprise.

1.3.  Vessel  construction  (Article  10)

(a)  Vessels  must  be  built  to  comply  with  the  regulations  and  directives  governing  hygiene  and  safety
and  the  Community  provisions  concerning  the  dimension  of  vessels.  They  shall  be  entered  in  the
appropriate  segment  of  the  Community  register.

(b) Financial  assistance  shall  be  granted  by  way  of  priority  to  those  vessels  using  the  most  selective

fishing  gear  and  methods.

1.4.  Vessel  modernisation  (Article  10)

(a)  Investments  should  relate  to:

—  the rationalisation of fishing operations, in particular by the use of more selective fishing gear

and  methods,  and/or

(1)  OJ L 290, 22.10.1983, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3733/85 (OJ L 361, 31.12.1985, p.

78).

(2)  OJ  L  376,  31.12.1986,  p.  7.  Regulation  repealed  by  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2080/93  (OJ  L  193,  31.7.1993,  p.  1).

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—  improvement  of  the  quality  of  products  caught  and  preserved  on  board,  the  use  of  better
fishing  and  preserving  techniques  and  the  implementation  of  legal  and  regulatory  provisions
regarding  health,  and/or

—  improvement  of  working  conditions  and  safety,  and/or

—  equipment  on  board  vessels  to  monitor  fishing  activities.

(b) Operations  may  cover  only  vessels  less  than  30  years  old.  This  limit  shall  not  apply  where
investment  relates  to  the  improvement  of  working  conditions  and  safety  and/or  equipment  on
board  vessels  to  monitor  fishing  activities.

2. 

Investment  in  the  areas  referred  to  in  Title  III

2.0.  General

(a)  Investments  must:

—  contribute  to  lasting  economic  benefits  from  the  structural  improvement  in  question,

—  offer  an  adequate  guarantee  of  technical  and  economic  viability,  in  particular  by  avoiding  the

risk  of  creating  surplus  production  capacity.

(b) In  all  the  spheres  referred  to  in  Title  III,  physical  investment  intended  to  improve  conditions  of
hygiene  or  human  or  animal  health,  to  improve  product  quality  or  reduce  pollution  of  the
environment  shall  be  eligible.

(c)  Investment  in  the  purchase  of  land,  coverage  of  general  expenses  beyond  12 %  of  costs  and

vehicles  for  passenger  transport  shall  not  be  eligible.

2.1.  Aquaculture

Measures  may  involve  physical  investments:

(a)  in  the  construction,  equipping,  expansion  and  modernisation  of  aquaculture  installations,  such

as:

—  the  construction,  modernisation  and  acquisition  of  buildings,

—  works  concerning  the  development  or  improvement  of  water  circulation  in  aquaculture

enterprises,

—  the  acquisition  and  installation  of  new  plant  and  machinery  intended  exclusively  for
aquaculture  production,  including  service  vessels  and  equipment  concerned  with  data
processing  and  data  transmission;

(b) concerning  projects  intended  to  demonstrate,  on  a  scale  approaching  that  of  normal  productive
investments, the technical and economic viability of farming species not yet commercially exploited
in  the  aquaculture  sector  or  innovative  farming  techniques,  provided  that  they  are  based  on
successful  research  work.

2.2.  Development  of  coastal  waters

Investments  should  meet  the  following  conditions:

(a)  they  must  include  scientific  monitoring  of  the  operation  for  at  least  five  years,  in  particular  the
evaluation  and  monitoring  of  the  development  of  marine  resources  in  the  waters  concerned;

(b) they  must  be  carried  out  by  public  institutions,  recognised  producer  organisations  or  bodies

designated  for  that  purpose  by  the  competent  authorities  of  the  Member  State  concerned.

2.3.  Fishing  port  facilities

(a)  Eligible  investments  shall  relate  in  particular  to  installations  and  equipment:

—  to  improve  the  conditions  under  which  fishery  products  are  landed,  handled  and  stored  in

ports,

—  to support fishing vessel activities (provision of fuel, ice and water, maintenance and repair of

vessels),

—  to  improve  jetties  with  a  view  to  improving  safety  during  the  landing  or  loading  of

products.

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(b) Priority  is  to  be  given  to  investments:

—  of  interest  to  all  fishermen  using  a  port,

—  contributing to the general development of the port and to the improvement of services offered

to  fishermen.

2.4.  Processing  and  marketing

(a)  Eligible  investments  shall  relate  in  particular  to:

—  the  construction  and  acquisition  of  buildings  and  installations,

—  the acquisition of new equipment and installations needed for the processing and marketing of
fishery  and  aquaculture  products  between  the  time  of  landing  and  the  end-product  stage
(including  in  particular  data-processing  and  data-transmission  equipment),

—  the  application  of  new  technologies  intended  in  particular  to  improve  competitiveness  and

increase value added.

(b) Investments  shall  not  be  eligible  for  assistance  where  they  concern:

—  fishery  and  aquaculture  products  intended  to  be  used  and  processed  for  purposes  other  than
human consumption, with the exception of investments exclusively for the handling, processing
and  marketing  of  fishery  and  aquaculture  product  wastes,

—  the  retail  trade.

3. 

Promotion  (Article  12)

(a)  Eligible  expenditure  shall  cover  in  particular:

—  expenditure by advertising agencies and other providers of services involved in the preparation

and  implementation  of  promotion  campaigns,

—  the  purchase  or  hire  of  advertising  space  and  the  creation  of  slogans  and  labels  for  the

duration  of  promotion  campaigns,

—  expenditure  on  publishing,  external  staff,  premises  and  vehicles  required  for  the  campaigns.

(b) Priority  is  to  be  given  to:

—  campaigns  to  encourage  the  sale  of  surplus  or  underexploited  species,

—  campaigns  of  a  collective  nature,

—  operations  to  develop  a  quality  policy  for  fishery  and  aquaculture  products.

(c)  The  beneficiary’s  operating  costs  (staff,  equipment,  vehicles,  etc.)  shall  not  be  eligible.

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ANNEX  III

SCALES  AND  RATES  OF  ASSISTANCE

1. 

Scales  of  assistance  relating  to  fishing  fleets  (Title  II)

1.1.  Permanent  withdrawal  and  joint  enterprises  (Articles  8(2)  and  9(3);  Annex  II,  1.1  and  1.2)

TABLE  1

Class  of  vessel  by  gross  registered  tonnage  (GRT)

Maximum  amount  of  premium  for  a  15-year-old  vessel
(in  ecus)

0 , 25
25 , 50
50 , 100
100 , 400
400  and  over

6 215/GRT
5 085/GRT + 28 250
4 520/GRT + 56 500
2 260/GRT + 282 500
1 130/GRT + 734 500

TABLE  2 (*)

Class  of  vessel  (GT)

Maximum  amount  of  premium  for  a  15-year-old  vessel
(in  ecus)

0,2 , 10
10 , 25
25 , 100
100 , 300
300 , 500
500  and  over

8 130/GT +
1 200
4 100/GT + 41 500
3 520/GT + 56 000
2 348/GT + 173 200
1 912/GT + 304 000
1 045/GT + 737 500

(*)  Vessels  longer  than  24  metres  between  perpendiculars  may  only  benefit  from  the  premiums  in  Table  2  or  4.

(a)  The  premiums  for  scrapping  of  a  vessel  for  setting  up  joint  enterprises  paid  to  beneficiaries  may

not  exceed  the  following  amounts:

—  15-year-old  vessels:  see  Tables  1  and  2  above,

—  vessels less than 15 years old: scale from Tables 1 and 2 increased by 1,5 % per year less than

15,

—  vessels more than 15 years old: scale from Tables 1 and 2 decreased by 1,5 % per year over 15
and up to 30 years old, the age beyond which premiums are limited to the amount for vessels
30  years  old.

(b) Premiums  for  the  permanent  transfer  of  a  vessel  to  a  third  country  or  for  permanent
re-assignment,  in  Community  waters,  to  uses  other  than  fishing  paid  to  beneficiaries,  may  not
exceed  the  maximum  amounts  for  the  scrapping  premiums  referred  to  in  (a)  above,  less  50 %.

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1.2.  Temporary cessation of fishing activities and temporary joint ventures (Articles 14 and 9(2); Annex II,

1.2)

The  laying-up  premiums  (for  temporary  cessation)  and  cooperation  premiums  (for  temporary  joint
ventures)  paid  to  beneficiaries  may  not  exceed  the  scales  set  out  in  Tables  3  and  4  below.

Class  of  vessel  by  gross  registered  tonnage  (GRT)

Maximum  amount  of  premium  per  vessel  (ecu/day)

TABLE  3

0 , 25
25 , 50
50 , 70
70 , 100
100 , 200
200 , 300
300 , 500
500 , 1 000
1 000 , 1 500
1 500 , 2 000
2 000 , 2 500
2 500  and  over

20
4,52/GRT +
25
4,30/GRT +
65
3,50/GRT +
3,12/GRT +
88
2,74/GRT + 120
2,36/GRT + 177
2,05/GRT + 254
1,76/GRT + 372
1,50/GRT + 565
1,34/GRT + 764
1,23/GRT + 956
1,15/GRT + 1 137

TABLE  4 (*)

Class  of  vessel  (GT)

Maximum  amount  of  premium  per  vessel  per  day  for  a
vessel  (in  ecus)

0 , 10
10 , 25
25 , 50
50 , 100
100 , 250
250 , 500
500 , 1 500
1 500 , 2 500
2 500  and  over

20
5,2 /GT +
30
4,3 /GT +
55
3,2 /GT +
2,5 /GT +
90
2,0 /GT + 140
1,5 /GT + 265
1,1 /GT + 465
0,9 /GT + 765
0,67/GT + 1 340

(*)  Vessels  longer  than  24  metres  between  perpendiculars  may  only  benefit  from  the  premiums  in  Table  2  or  4.

1.3.  Construction  aid  (Article  10;  Annex  II,  1.3)

The  eligible  expenditure  for  aid  for  the  construction  of  fishing  vessels  may  not  exceed  the  scales  in
Tables  1  and  2  above,  increased  by  37,5 %.  However,  for  vessels  with  a  steel  or  glass  fibre  hull,  the
coefficient  of  increase  is  92,5 %.

1.4.  Modernisation  aid  (Article  10;  Annex  II,  1.4)

The  eligible  expenditure  for  aid  for  the  modernisation  of  fishing  vessels  may  not  exceed  50 %  of  the
eligible  costs  for  construction  aid  referred  to  in  1.3  above.

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2. 

Participation  rates

For all the operations referred to in Titles II, III and IV, the restrictions on Community participation
(A),  total  State  participation  (national,  regional  and  others)  by  the  Member  State  concerned  (B)  and,
where  applicable,  participation  by  private  beneficiaries  (C)  shall  be  subject  to  the  following
conditions,  expressed  as  a  percentage  of  eligible  costs:

2.1.  Investments  in  enterprises

Group  1:

construction  and  modernisation  of  vessels,  aquaculture;

Group  2:

other  investments  and  measures  with  financial  participation  by  private  beneficiaries.

Objective  1  regions

Other  regions

TABLE  5

Group  1

Group  2

A  #  50 %
B  $  5 %
C  $  40 %

A  #  30 %
B  $  5 %
C  $  60 %

A  #  50 %
B  $  5 %
C  $  25 %

A  #  30 %
B  $  5 %
C  $  50 %

2.2.  Other  measures:  scrapping  premiums,  temporary  cessation  premiums,  temporary  joint  ventures,  joint
enterprises  and  investments  and  measures  financed  exclusively  by  the  Community  and  the  national,
regional  or  other  authorities  of  the  Member  States  concerned,  including  the  measures  referred  to  in
Article  15(3).

Objective  1  regions

Other  regions

TABLE  6

50 % #  A  # 75 %
B  $ 25 %

25 % #  A  # 50 %
B  $ 50 %

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ANNEX  IV

Part  A

CORRELATION  TABLE

Regulation  (EC)  No  3699/93

Present  Regulation

Article  1

Article  2

Article  1

Article  2

Article  3(1),  first  to  fourth  subparagraphs

Article  3(1),  first  to  fourth  subparagraphs

Article  3(1),  fifth  subparagraph  (up  to  semi-colon)

—

Article  3(1),  fifth  subparagraph  (after  semi-colon)

Article  3(1),  fifth  subparagraph

Article  4

Article  5(1)

Article  5(2)

Article  5(3)

Article  5(4)

Article  6

Article  7

Article  8

Article  9

Article  10(1)

Article  10(2),  first  subparagraph

Article  10(2),  second  subparagraph

Article  11

Article  12

Article  13

Article  14

Article  14a

Article  15

Article  16(1)

Article  16(1)(a)

Article  16(2)

Article  16(3)

Article  17

Article  18

—

—

Annex  I

Annex  II

Article  4

Article  5(1)

Article  5(2)

Article  5(3)

—

Article  6

Article  7

Article  8

Article  9

Article  10(1)

Article  10(2)

—

Article  11

Article  12

Article  13

Article  14

Article  15

Article  16

Article  17(1)

Article  17(2)

Article  17(3)

Article  17(4)

Article  18

Article  19

Article  20

Article  21

Annex  I

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Present  Regulation

Annex  III

Annex  IV,  1

Annex  IV,  1.1,  Table  1

Annex  IV,  1.1,  Table  1a

Annex  IV,  1.1(a)  and  (b)

Annex  IV,  1.2,  Table  2

Annex  IV,  1.2,  Table  2a

Annex  IV,  1.3  and  1.4

Annex  IV,  2

Annex  IV,  2.1,  Table  3

Annex  IV,  2.1,  Table  4

—

Annex  II

Annex  III,  1

Annex  III,  1.1,  Table  1

Annex  III,  1.1,  Table  2

Annex  III,  1.1(a)  and  (b)

Annex  III,  1.2,  Table  3

Annex  III,  1.2,  Table  4

Annex  III,  1.3  and  1.4

Annex  III,  2

Annex  III,  2.1,  Table  5

Annex  III,  2.1,  Table  6

Annex  IV

Part  B

REGULATIONS  AMENDING  REGULATION  (EC)  No  3699/93

Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  1624/95  of  29  June
1995

Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  2719/95  of  20  November
1995

Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  965/96  of  28  May  1996

Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  25/97  of  20  December
1996

No

L  155

L  283

L  131

L  6

Official Journal
page

1

3

1

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date

6.7.1995

25.11.1995

1.6.1996

10.1.1997