Proposal for a Council Regulation derogating from certain provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries sector
Date: 2001-02-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: FIFG, Structural Funds, fishing fleet, fishing industry, fishing regulations, structural policy

C 154 E/278

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

29.5.2001

Proposal for a Council Regulation derogating from certain provisions of Council Regulation (EC)
No 2792/1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements regarding Community structural
assistance in the fisheries sector

(2001/C 154 E/25)

(Text with EEA relevance)

COM(2001) 62 final (cid:151) 2001/0035(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 6 February 2001)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 36 and 37
thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

longer sufficient to take any other meaningful action under
that Article before 31 December 2006. In these circum-
stances, there should be a derogation from the thresholds
referred to in paragraph 3 of that Article, without thereby
changing the overall allocation of FIFG appropriations to
the programmes concerned.

(4) It is therefore necessary to derogate from certain provisions

of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999,

Having regard to the opinion of
Committee,

the Economic and Social

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas:

Article 1

(EC) No

Regulation

2792/1999,

the
Notwithstanding
Community fleets dependent on the Fisheries Agreement
with Morocco covered by the conversion plans approved by
Commission Decisions Nos C(2000) 3059 and C(2000) 3060
of 30 October 2000 may continue to receive compensation as
referred to in Article 16(1)(b) of the above Regulation until 30
June 2001.

The financial contribution from the FIFG to the compensation
referred to in the previous paragraph between 1 January 2000
and 30 June 2001 shall not be taken into consideration when
determining compliance with the thresholds referred to in the
first subparagraph of Article 16(3) of Regulation (EC) No
2792/1999.

Article 2

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2001.

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

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 (1) lays down the
detailed rules and arrangements
regarding Community
structural assistance in the fisheries sector. In particular,
that Regulation lays down the terms on
Article 16 of
financial
which the Member
a
Instrument for Fisheries
contribution from the Financial
Guidance (FIFG)
to
fishermen and shipowners for the temporary cessation of
activities in the event that a fisheries agreement is not
renewed or where it is suspended.

towards compensation they grant

States may

receive

(2) The fact that the Fisheries Agreement with Morocco, which
expired on 30 November 1999, has not been renewed has
had such a heavy economic and social
impact that it is
appropriate to extend the maximum period during which
compensation may be granted so as
to allow the
conversion plans
the fishing fleets concerned, as
for
approved by the Commission on 30 October 2000 (2), to
be implemented.

(3) The financial assistance paid out by the FIFG since 1
January 2000 to the crews and owners of
the vessels
affected by this situation represents such a large sum that
the remainder of the FIFG appropriations still available for
the structural programmes of the Member States concerned
under Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 is no

(1) OJ L 337, 30.12.1999, p. 10.
(2) Commission Decisions C(2000) 3059 and C(2000) 3060 of 30
the Spanish and

October 2000 on the conversion plans
for
Portuguese fleets operating in Moroccan waters.