European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries sector (COM(2000) 774 — C5-0751/2000 — 2000/0310(CNS))
Date: 2001-06-14
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Canary Islands, French overseas department and region, Structural Funds, fishing industry, regions of Portugal

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TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 7
RECITAL 2b (new)

(2b)
In accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EC)
No 1260/1999, each plan, Community support framework,
operational programme, or single programming document
covers a period of seven years, the programming period hav-
ing begun on 1 January 2000. In the interests of consistency
and in order to avoid discrimination between the beneficiaries
of any given programme, the derogations provided for under
this Regulation should apply, on an exceptional basis, to the
whole of the current programming period.

Amendment 6
ARTICLE (cid:141)1
Article 7, paragraph 3, point (b), subparagraph 1a (new) (Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999)

Article (cid:141)1

In Article 7(3) (b) of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999, the
following subparagraph is added:

such transfers are not allowed to third countries which
are not Contracting or Cooperating Parties to relevant
fisheries organisations or which have been
regional
identified by such organisations as fishing in a manner
which diminishes the effectiveness of international con-
servation measures.

Outermost regions

Amendment 5
ARTICLE 1
Annex IV, table 3, row 3, group 2 (Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999)

Group 2

A (cid:26) 35 %
B (cid:25) 5 %
C (cid:25) 60 %

Outermost regions

Amendment 8
ARTICLE 2, PARAGRAPH 1

Group 2

A (cid:26) 50 %
B (cid:25) 10 %
C (cid:25) 40 %

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day follow-
ing its publication in the Official Journal of the European Com-
munities.

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

It shall apply from 1 January 2000.

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending
Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements regarding Com-
munity structural assistance in the fisheries sector (COM(2000) 774 (cid:129) C5-0751/2000 (cid:129) 2000/
0310(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

(cid:129) having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2000) 774) (1),

(cid:129) having been consulted by the Council pursuant to Article 37 of the EC Treaty (C5-0751/2000),

(1) OJ C 96 E, 27.3.2001, p. 277.

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(cid:129) having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:129) having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market concerning

the proposed legal basis,

(cid:129) having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries and the opinion of the Committee on

Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (A5-0189/2001),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC

2.
Treaty;

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should the Council intend to depart from the text approved

3.
by Parliament;

Calls for the conciliation procedure to be initiated should the Council intend to depart from the text

4.
approved by Parliament;

Asks to be consulted again should the Council intend to amend the Commission proposal substan-

5.
tially;

6.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

13. Structural assistance in the fisheries sector (derogations) *

A5-0190/2001

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 (COM(2001) 62 (cid:129) C5-0077/2001 (cid:129) 2001/0035(CNS))

The proposal was amended as follows:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION (1)

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1
Article 1

Notwithstanding Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999,
the Com-
munity fleets dependent on the Fisheries Agreement with
Morocco covered by the conversion plans approved by Com-
mission 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.

Notwithstanding Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999,
the Com-
munity fleets dependent on the Fisheries Agreement with
Morocco covered by the conversion plans approved by Com-
mission 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
31 December 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.

The financial contribution from the FIFG to the compensation
referred to in the previous paragraph between 1 January 2000
and 31 December 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.

(1) OJ C 154 E, 29.5.2001, p. 278.