Commission Regulation (EC) No 2722/2000 of 13 December 2000 establishing the conditions under which the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG) may make a contribution towards the eradication of pathological risks in aquaculture
Date: 2000-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, FIFG, Structural Funds, animal disease, aquaculture

L 314/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

14.12.2000

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2722/2000

of 13 December 2000

establishing the conditions under which the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG)
may make a contribution towards the eradication of pathological risks in aquaculture

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 of 17
December 1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrange-
ments regarding Community structural assistance in the fish-
eries sector (1), and in particular Article 15(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG)

Article 15(3)(g) of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999
explicity permits Community assistance from the Finan-
cial
for the
eradication of pathological risks in aquaculture. It may
therefore be possible to compensate producers for the
slaughter of aquaculture animals.

Article 24 of Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June
1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (2), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 (3),
lays
down the rules governing a Community financial contri-
bution towards programmes for the eradication and
monitoring of animal diseases,
in particular that the
disease must be listed in the Annex to the Decision, the
slaughter programme (including possible compensation
for producers) must be approved by the Commission,
and expenditure (including any compensation for produ-
cers) may be eligible for a Community financial contri-
bution.

(3) With the exception of campaigns to vaccinate aquacul-
ture animals, a situation whereby the application of
Article 15(3)(g) of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 leads
to a different procedure and conditions from those laid
down by Article 24 of Decision 90/424/EEC should be
avoided.

(4) Where the financial provisions of the said Article 24 are
incompatible with the financial provisions laid down in
Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of 21 June

1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural
Funds (4), it should be stipulated that the Regulation will
continue to apply to the FIFG.

(5)

(6)

The cumulation of Community aid for the same scheme
to eradicate pathological risks in aquaculture must more-
over be prohibited.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. Where, for the purposes of eradicating pathological risks
in aquaculture, the competent authority of a Member State
provides for a Community financial contribution from the FIFG
under Article 15(3)(g) of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999, the
relevant provisions of Article 24 of Decision 90/424/EEC shall
apply.

Paragraph 1 shall not apply in the case of campaigns to

2.
vaccinate aquaculture animals.

3.
The financial provisions on the Structural Funds laid
down in Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 shall
continue to apply.

The FIFG aid pertaining to an eradication project is not

4.
cumulable with another Community aid.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from 1 January 2000.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 December 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 337, 17.12.1999, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.
(3) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.

(4) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1.