Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1587/98 of 17 July 1998 introducing a scheme to compensate for the additional costs incurred in the marketing of certain fishery products from the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands and the French departments of Guyana and Réunion as a result of those regions' remoteness (COM(2001) 498 final — 2001/0200(CNS))
Date: 2001-11-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Réunion, fishery product, island region, peripheral region, sales aid

27.11.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 332 E/247

Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1587/98 of 17 July 1998
introducing a scheme to compensate for the additional costs incurred in the marketing of certain
fishery products from the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands and the French departments of
Guyana and RØunion as a result of those regions’ remoteness

(2001/C 332 E/07)

COM(2001) 498 final (cid:151) 2001/0200(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 4 September 2001)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Having regard to the opinion of
Committee,

the Economic and Social

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions,

Whereas:

(1) On 17 July 1998 the Council adopted Regulation (EC) No
the
1587/98 introducing a scheme to compensate for
incurred in the marketing of certain
additional costs
fishery products from the Azores, Madeira,
the Canary
Islands and the French departments of Guyana and
RØunion as a result of
those regions’ remoteness. This
scheme expires on 31 December 2001, unless a new
proposal is presented by the Commission.

(2) Article 299(2) of the EC Treaty recognises the particular
handicaps affecting the structural social and economic
situation of the outermost regions, made worse by their
remoteness and insularity. This is also the case for the
fisheries sector.

(3) The Commission, in its report to the Council and to the
European Parliament of 14 March 2000 (1), undertook to
propose, where appropriate, adjustments to be made to the
measures in force after carrying out an evaluation of the
scheme.

the outermost regions is needed in order to submit the
report provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No
1587/98. It is not possible to carry out the evaluation by
1 June 2001, as required under that Article.

(5) After carrying out the above evaluation, and as part of the
debate on the future of the common fisheries policy, the
to the European
a
Commission will
Social
and
the
Parliament,
Committee and the Committee of
the Regions on the
implementation of the measures provided for in Regulation
(EC) No 1587/98 together,
if appropriate, with a new
proposal.

submit
the Council,

Economic

report

(6) The scheme should be extended for one year, to ensure the
the scheme to

framework of

continuity of
compensate for additional costs,

the legal

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1587/98 of 17 July
1998, the dates (cid:145)1 June 2001(cid:146) and (cid:145)31 December 2001(cid:146) shall be
replaced by (cid:145)1 June 2002(cid:146) and (cid:145)31 December 2002(cid:146) respectively.

Article 2

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

(4) A detailed evaluation of the impact of the implementation
of the special measures adopted for the fisheries sector in

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

(1) COM(2000) 147 final.