Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision on the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument
Date: 2001-10-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: FIFG, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Structural Funds, agreement (EU), commitment of expenditure, fishing agreement, fishing fleet

26.3.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 75 E/45

Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision on the mobilisation of the flexibility
instrument

(2002/C 75 E/05)

COM(2001) 625 final

(Submitted by the Commission on 5 November 2001)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF
THE EUROPEAN UNION,

perspective and supplements the compensatory amounts
earmarked in this context since January 2000.

Having regard to the interinstitutional agreement on budgetary
discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (1), and
in particular paragraph 24 thereof,

Having regard to the Commission proposal COM(2001) 384
final of 18 July 2001 aiming to promote the conversion of
vessels and of fishermen that were, up to 1999, dependent
on the fisheries agreement with Morocco,

Having regard to the conclusions of the conciliation meeting
between the Council and a European Parliament delegation, in
which the Commission also took part, held on 21 and 22
the
November 2001 on the Council’s
2002 budget,

second reading of

Whereas:

(1) Following the non-renewal of

the fisheries agreement
between the European Union and the Kingdom of
Morocco,
called on the
Commission to put
forward proposals with a view to
restructuring the Community fleet which operated in
Moroccan waters.

the Nice European Council

(2) The targeted measure for the conversion of the Spanish and
Portuguese fleets proposed by the Commission on 18 July
2001, valued at EUR 197 million, provides for measures
similar to those financed by the Financial Instrument for
Fisheries Guidance (FIFG) and is modelled on its working
methods, although it proposes special arrangements for the
fleets concerned.

(3) This measure

under heading 2 ((cid:145)Structural
operations(cid:146)), subheading (cid:145)Structural Funds(cid:146), of the financial

comes

(4) In accordance with paragraph 12(2) of the Interinstitutional
Agreement on budgetary discipline and improvement of
the budgetary procedure, the amounts to be earmarked
for all
the measures covered by heading 2 ((cid:145)Structural
operations(cid:146)) of the financial perspective do not allow for
a margin.

(5) The conditions for the use of the flexibility instrument, as
set out in paragraph 24 of the abovementioned Interinsti-
tutional Agreement, are therefore met,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

For the 2002 budget, the flexibility instrument shall be used to
provide the sum of EUR 197 million in commitment appropri-
ations.

Article 2

This sum shall be used to finance the targeted measure for the
promotion of the conversion of the vessels and fishermen that
were, up to 1999, dependent on the fisheries agreement with
Morocco, which is covered by the (cid:145)Structural operations(cid:146)
heading in the financial perspective, under
the new line
B2-200 N of the 2002 budget.

Article 3

This decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Communities at the same time as the 2002 budget.

(1) OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1.