Council Regulation (EC) No 1759/2006 of 28 November 2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products
Date: 2006-11-28
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU financing, aquaculture, common organisation of markets, fishery product

1.12.2006

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1759/2006

of 28 November 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and
aquaculture products

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(4)

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

establishing the European

Financing expenditure
relating to fisheries markets
pursuant to Article 3(2)(f) is an implementation of the
budget on a centralised basis and is, as such, to comply
with Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of
25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to
the general budget of the European Communities (5) and
its implementing rules set out by Commission Regulation
(EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 (6).

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

Article 35 of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 shall be replaced by
the following:

‘Article 35

(1)

(2)

(3)

Expenditure incurred by Member States in accordance
with certain provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No
104/2000 (2) is currently subject to the rules laid down
by Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May
1999 on the financing of
the common agricultural
policy (3). The latter has been repealed by Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the
financing of the common agricultural policy (4), which
applies
from
to
16 October 2006.

by Member

expenditure

States

Article 2(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 sets up
a European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (hereinafter
EAGF).

Article 3(2)(f)
provides
relating to fisheries markets in a centralised manner.

abovementioned Regulation
expenditure
the
to finance

the
of
that EAGF is

Expenditure

incurred by

the Member

1.
in
accordance with Articles 10, 21, 23, 24, 25 and 27 of this
Regulation shall be deemed to be expenditure referred to in
Article 3(2)(f) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of
21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural
policy (*).

States

2.
Financing for the expenditure referred to in paragraph 1
shall be granted in respect of products from a stock or group
of stocks only up to the limit of any quantities allocated to
the Member State in question from the total volume of
allowable catches
in
question.

the stock or group of

stocks

for

3.
Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be
adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in
Article 38(2).

___________
(*) OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 1.’

(1) Opinion delivered on 14 November 2006 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(2) OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 22. Regulation as amended by the 2003 Act

of Accession.

(3) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.
(4) OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 320/2006 (OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 42).

(5) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 347, 31.12.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC, Euratom) No 1248/2006 (OJ L 227, 19.8.2006, p. 3).

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

Article 2

This Regulation shall apply from 16 October 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 November 2006.

For the Council
The President

E. HEINÄLUOMA