CELEX: 51990PC0684
Language: en
Date: 1990-12-18
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 4028/86 ON COMMUNITY MEASURES TO IMPROVE AND ADAPT STRUCTURES IN THE FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SECTOR

24. 1. 91                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No C 16/15
               Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86
               on Community measures to improve and adapt structures in the fisheries and aquaculture
                                                              sector (')
                                                        COM(90) 684 final
                (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 18 December
                                                                1990)
                                                           (91/C 16/12)
  1. The following recital is inserted after the first recital:              — activity lasting at least 120 days of fishing per
                                                                                 year,
      'Whereas no fisheries structural policy can be
                                                                             — and comprising a set of objectives, together with
      successful if in parallel its socio-economic reper-
                                                                                 a statement of the measures and means necessary
      cussions are not envisaged notably with regard to
                                                                                 for obtaining them, as a guide for restructuring
      employment and the impact on regions particularly
                                                                                 in an overall long-term context the small-scale
      dependent on fishing;'.
                                                                                 fisheries sector in one or more coastal zones of
                                                                                 the Member State.
  2. The following recitals are inserted after the fifth
      recital:                                                          5. The following point (d) is added to Article 14 (1):
                                                                             '(d) in the waters of third countries with which the
      'Whereas it is essential that zonal plans be drawn up                       Community has negotiated fisheries agreements
      in consultation with the local fishing industry and                         and foresaw, in the framework of these
     that they be associated with the management of                               agreements the execution of experimental
     these plans;                                                                 fisheries campaigns on condition that operations
                                                                                  having the same aim have not already benefited
                                                                                  and that the operations envisaged do not unfold
     Whereas this proposal precedes the examination that                          under the cover of a licence obtained within the
     the Commission will make on the integration of the                           framework of this agreement.'
     fisheries structural policy with the other structural
     policies of the Community within the framework of
     the reform of the structural funds foreseen in 1993;'.            6. Article 17 (d) (2) is amended as follows:
                                                                            '2.     Within three months of the submission of a
 3. Article 1 (1) (g), (2) and (3) are deleted.                            project, the Commission shall decide whether to
                                                                           grant the aid referred to in Article 17 (c). This
                                                                           decision shall be notified to the beneficiaries and to
 4. Article 2 (5) is amended as follows:                                   the Member State(s) concerned. The other Member
                                                                           States shall be informed accordingly within the
                                                                           Committee.'
     '5. For the purposes of this Regulation, the term
     "zonal plan", hereinafter referred to as a "plan",
     shall mean a plan covering small-scale fisheries, an              7. Article 21 (b) (2) is amended as follows:
     activity carried out by vessels which have at least the
     following characteristics:'                                           '2.     To qualify for financial aid, the joint
                                                                           enterprise projects must relate to vessels of length
                                                                           measuring more than 12 metres between perpen-
    — a length of less than nine metres between perpen-                    diculars, which are technically suited to the fishing
         diculars, or 12 metres in the case of vessels                     operations planned, have been in operation for more
         capable of trawling,                                              than five years, fly the flag of a Member State, are
                                                                           registered in a Community port and are to be trans-
                                                                           ferred definitively to the third country concerned
    — inclusion in the Community register of fishing                       under the joint enterprise.
         vessels,
                                                                           However, a minimum activity of five years will not
                                                                           be required for vessels registered in a Community
                                                                           port on the date of entry into force of this Regu-
O OJ No C 243, 28. 9. 1990, p. 6. [COM(90) 358 final].                     lation.'
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 8. Article 21 (d) is amended as follows:                              (a) description of overall fishing capacity of
                                                                           small-scale fisheries sector,
    '2.   Within three months of the submission of a
    project, the Commission shall decide whether to                    (b) description of overall fishing capacity of
    grant the aid referred to in Article 21 (c). This                      small-scale fishing vessels covered by the
    decision shall be notified to the beneficiaries and to                 plan,
    the Member State(s) concerned. The other Member
    States shall be informed accordingly within the                    (c) survey and assessment of fleets operating in
    Committee.'                                                            zones covered by the plan,
                                                                       (d) estimate of available fish stocks in the zone.
 9. Article 21 (d) (3) is amended as follows:
                                                                    — Definition of needs and measures and means to
    '3.    For each project qualifying for the financial               be employed through:
    aid referred to in Article 21 (b), the beneficiary or
    beneficiaries shall forward to the Commission and to               (a) description of strengths and weaknesses of
    the Member State(s) concerned a periodic report on                     small boat fleet,
    the fishing activities of the joint enterprise. Once a
    year within the Committee, the Commission shall                    (b) estimate of optimum fishing capacity of fleet
    present a general report on the implementation of                      covered by the plan in the zones concerned
    the projects qualifying for financial aid.'                            (capacity objectives),
                                                                       (c) estimate of number of vessels to              be
10. Annex la is replaced by the following:
                                                                           modernized, converted and demolition,
                           'Annex la                                   (d) estimate of technical, legal and administrative
                                                                           measures and financial resources provided
                Minimal contents of zonal plans                            for implementation of plan.
    — Definition of zones covered by zonal plans.                   — Establishment of links between the plan or plans
                                                                       envisaged and the Multiannual              Guidance
    — Review of measures taken over the previous three                 Programmes.
        to five years and description of current situation
        of small-scale fisheries in the Member State                — Consistent     with    the    Community       support
        concerned, through:                                            frameworks.'