CELEX: 51993PC0124(03)
Language: en
Date: 1993-04-07
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 4256/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards the EAGGF Guidance Section

1 . 5 . 93                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No C 121 / 13
 7 . Article 7 is replaced as follows :                                8 . Article 8 is replaced as follows :
                                                                            'Article 8
                                                                           Information and publicity
      !'Article 7
                                                                           The provisions on information and publicity referred
                                                                           to in Article 32 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/ 88
                                                                           concerning assistance from the Fund shall be adopted
                                                                           by the Commission and published in the Official
     Combination and overlapping of assistance                             Journal ofthe European Communities ' ;
                                                                      9 . Article 9 is deleted .
     Pursuant to Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                                            Article 2
     2052 / 88 , the Fund may finance under more than one
     of the objectives set out in Article 1 of the said Regu­         This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
     lation actions concerning in particular the devel­               following its publication in the Official Journal of the
     opment of employment, training and other similar                  European Communities.
     structures, including the training of teachers, trainers
     and other categories of staff of those structures as             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
     well as actions of technical assistance .';                      directly applicable in all Member States .
                  Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 4256/88 laying down
                  provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards the EAGGF Guidance
                                                               Section
                                                          (93 /C 121 /09)
                                                  COM(93) 124 final — SYN 457
                                         (Submitted by the Commission on 7 April 1993)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                             Whereas the Council has adopted Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      . . ./93 of . . . amending Regulation (EEC) No 4253 / 88
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for
Economic Community , and in particular Article 43                     implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052 / 88 as regards
                                                                      coordination of the activities of the different Structural
thereof,
                                                                      Funds between themselves and with the operations of the
                                                                      European Investment Bank and the other existing
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                    financial instruments (2);
Having regard to the opinion of the European                          Whereas, as a result of the amendments to the
Parliament,
                                                                      abovementioned Regulations and to take account of the
                                                                      experience acquired, Council Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                      4256/ 88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions
Social Committee ,                                                    for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/ 88 as
                                                                      regards the EAGGF Guidance Section (3) should be
Whereas the Council has adopted Regulation (EEC) No                   amended ;
. . ./ 93 of . . . amending Regulation ( EEC) No 2052 / 88
of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of the Structural Funds and
their effectiveness and on coordination of their activities           Whereas Objective 5a horizontal measures should be
between themselves and with the operations of the                     better integrated in development plans and Community
European Investment Bank and the other existing                       support frameworks ;
financial instruments (');
                                                                      (2) OJ No L 374 , 31 . 12 . 1988 , p. 1 .
(') OJ No L 185 , 15 . 7 . 1988 , p. 9 .                              O OJ No L 374 , 31 . 12 . 1988 , p . 25 .
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Whereas the accompanying measures for agri­                                'Article 2
environment, afforestation and early retirement adopted
under the reform of the CAP are to be financed in future                    1 . The Fund may finance common measures
by the EAGGF Guarantee Section ;                                           adopted by the Council in accordance with the
                                                                           procedure laid down in the third subparagraph of
Whereas the list of measures eligible under Objectives 1                   Article 43 (2) of the Treaty, in order to speed up the
and 5b should be revised on the basis of experience,                       adjustment of agricultural structures, in particular in
strengthening, in particular, measures to promote local                    the context of the reform of the common agri­
products, to prevent natural disasters, renovate villages                  cultural policy.
and protect and conserve the rural heritage ;
                                                                           2.     The common measures referred to in para­
                                                                           graph 1 may be :
Whereas the scope of Article 8 should be extended to
incorporate rural development more effectively in                         — measures to support farm incomes, and to
measures carried out under that Article, and to                                 maintain viable agricultural communities in
strengthen measures relating to information and the                             mountain, hill or less-favoured areas by means of
dissemination of knowledge ;                                                    agricultural aid such as compensation for
                                                                                permanent natural handicaps ,
Whereas measures relating to the fisheries sector are the
subject of a specific Regulation and no longer fall within                — measures to encourage the installation of young
                                                                                farmers ,
the scope of this Regulation,
                                                                          — measures to improve the efficiency of the
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                  structures of holdings, especially investments
                                                                               aimed at reducing production costs and
                                                                               improving the living and working conditions of
                            Article 1                                          farmers, promoting the diversification of their
                                                                               activities and promoting animal welfare , as well
Council Regulation (EEC) No 4256 / 88 of 19 December                           as preserving and improving the natural
1988 is hereby amended as follows :                                            environment,
  1 . Article 1 is replaced by the following :                            — measures to improve the marketing, including the
                                                                               marketing of produce at the farm, and processing
       'Article 1
                                                                               of agricultural and forestry products and to
                                                                               encourage the establishment of producers' associ­
                                                                               ations ,
        1.   The Guidance Section of the European Agri­
       cultural Guidance and Guarantee fund, (hereinafter                — measures to encourage assistance to farmers and
       called "the Fund"), may finance measures for                            for the creation of groupings with a view to
       performing the tasks referred to in Article 3 (3) of                    improving production conditions .
       Regulation (EEC) No 2052 / 88 in order to attain
       Objectives 1 and 5 as set out in Article 1 of that                 3 . The common measures which are applicable at
       Regulation, with the exception of Objective 5a                    present in the domain covered by this Title shall
       measures concerning fisheries structures, in                      remain in force until they are adjusted pursuant to
       accordance with the criteria and objectives set out in            Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No . . ./93 .';
       this Regulation.
       2.    The   conditions  and    criteria  laid down    in
                                                                      4. The heading of Title II is replaced by the following :
       Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253 / 88 shall apply                 'TITLE II
      to measures financed under this Regulation, except if
      this Regulation or provisions adopted under Article                Promoting rural development and the structural
      2(1 ) thereof specify otherwise .';                                adjustment of the less-developed regions (Objective
                                                                         No 1 )';
 2 . the heading of Title I is replaced by the following :
                                                                     5 . Article 3 ( 1 ) is replaced by the following :
      'TITLE I
                                                                         '1 .     Within the context of its contribution to
      Speeding up the adjustment of agricultural structures              achieving Objective 1 referred to in Article 1 of
      in the context of the reform of the common agri­                   Regulation (EEC) No 2052/ 88 , the Fund may
      cultural policy (Objective 5a)';                                   finance measures for rural development, including
                                                                         developing and strengthening agricultural and
                                                                         forestry structures, and for maintaining the
 3 . Article 2 is replaced by the following :                            landscape.';
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  6 . Article 5 is replaced by the following :                                 — the       development     and      exploitation  of
                                                                                   woodlands under the conditions laid down
       'Article 5                                                                  by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1610/ 89 of
                                                                                   29 May 1989 laying down provisions for
                                                                                   implementing Regulation (EEC) No 4256/ 88
       Financial assistance by the Fund may relate to the
       following :                                                                 as regards the scheme to develop and
                                                                                   optimally utilize woodlands in rural areas in
                                                                                   the Community (2),
       (a) the conversion , diversification , reorientation and
            adjustment of production potential, including the                  — protection of the environment, maintenance
            production of non-food agricultural products ;                         of the countryside and restoration of land­
                                                                                   scapes ;
       (b) promotion and investments in favour of local
            agricultural and forestry products ;                           (j) the development of agricultural and forestry
                                                                               advisory services, and the improvement of
       (c) if their financing is not provided for by Council                   facilities for agricultural and forestry vocational
            Regulation (EEC) No 4254 / 88 of 19 December                       training ;
             1988 laying down provisions for implementing
            Regulation (EEC) No 2052 / 88 as regards the                   (k) financial engineering measures for agricultural
            European Regional Development Fund ('), and                        and agri-food businesses , and for businesses for
            respecting the tasks of the Funds as set out in                    the processing and marketing of agricultural and
            Article 3 (3) of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2052 / 88 :                 forestry products, particularly the provision of
                                                                               guarantees where this is necessary for the
                                                                               effective implementation of the other measures
            — the development and improvement of rural                         provided for in this Article .
                infrastructures linked to agricultural and
                forestry development,
                                                                           0) OJ No L 374 , 31 . 12 . 1988 , p . 15 .
                                                                           O OJ No L 165 , 15 . 6 . 1989 , p. 3 .';
            — measures to achieve diversification , especially
                those providing multiple activities or alter­
                native incomes for farmers ,                          7 . the heading of Title III is replaced by the following :
                                                                           'TITLE III
            — the renovation and development of villages
                and the protection and conservation of the                Promoting rural development in Objective 5b areas';
                rural heritage ;
                                                                      8 . Article 7 is replaced by the following :
       (d) reparcelling and associated work ;
                                                                          'Article 7
      (e) individual or         collective land     or  pasture
            improvement ;                                                 Without prejudice to the particulars referred to in
                                                                          Article 11a (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 2052 / 88
      (f) irrigation, including the renovation and                        and Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253 / 88 ,
           improvement of irrigation networks, the creation               rural development plans shall include an identifi­
           of collective irrigation works from existing main              cation of the problems of agricultural structures at a
           channels, the creation of small irrigation systems             relevant geographical level . As a general rule these
           not supplied from collective networks , and the                plans have a duration of six years and may be
           renovation and improvement of drainage                         updated annually.';
           systems ;
                                                                      9. Article 8 is replaced by the following :
      (g) encouragement for tourist and craft investments,                'Article 8
           including the improvement of living accommo­
           dation on agricultural holdings ;
                                                                          1.    In achieving the tasks set out in the second
                                                                          subparagraph of Article 3 (3) and as part of the
      (h) restoring agricultural and forestry production                  assistance referred to in Article 5 (2) (e) of Regu­
           potential after natural disasters, and the intro­              lation (EEC) No 2052 / 88 , the Fund may devote up
           duction of appropriate prevention measures in                  to 1 % of its annual budget to financing :
           ultra-peripheral areas particularly at risk from
           such disasters ;                                               — preparatory, accompanying, information and
                                                                              evaluation measures relating to agricultural and
      (i) where their financing is not provided for under                     rural development policies, including any
           the accompanying measures adopted under the                        technical assistance measures and general studies
           reform of the common agricultural policy :                         necessary for their implementation ,
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     — pilot projects for adjusting agricultural structures          11 . Article 11 is replaced by the following :
         and promoting rural development,                                 'Article 11
     — demonstration projects, including projects for                     Regulation (EEC) No 729 /70, with the exception of
         developing and exploiting forests, to show the                   Article 1 ( 1 ) to (3) shall no longer apply as regards
          real possibilities of systems, methods and tech­                EAGGF, Guidance Section, subject to the implemen­
         niques of production and management which are                    tation of Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No
          in accordance with the objectives of the common                 2052/ 88 and Article 33 of Regulation (EEC) No
         agricultural policy,                                             4253 / 88 .'
     — the measures needed for the circulation, at                                               Article 2
         Community level, of the knowledge, experience
         and results of the work on rural development               Without prejudice to Article 33 of Council Regulation
         and improving agricultural structures.                     (EEC) No 4253/88, with a view to achieving the
                                                                    objectives referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88
                                                                    and in the light of the rules, in particular those relating
     2. Measures implemented on the initiative of the               to programming, laid down by Regulations (EEC) No
     Commission may be financed, exceptionally, at the              2052 / 88 and 4253/ 88 and of Regulation (EEC) No
     rate of 100 % ; those implemented by the                       4256/88, the Council, acting on a proposal from the
     Commission itself shall be financed at the rate of             Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down
      100 % . For other measures, the rates given in Article        in Article 43 of the Treaty, shall decide before 31
      13 of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 shall apply.'               December 1993 on the adjustment of the common
                                                                    measures financed under Article 2 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                    No 4256/ 88 .
 10. Article 10 is replaced by the following :
                                                                                                 Article 3
     'Article 10
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
     The provisions on information and publicity referred           following its publication in the Official Journal of the
     to in Article 32 of Regulation (EEC) No 4253/ 88               European Communities.
     concerning EAGGF (Guidance Section) assistance
     shall be adopted by the Commission and published              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
     in the Official Journal ofthe European Communities '          directly applicable in all Member States.
               Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) laying down provisions for implementing Council
                Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance
                                                         (93/C 121 / 10)
                                                COM(93) 124 final — SYN 457
                                        (Submitted by the Commission on 7 April 1993)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           Whereas the common fisheries policy supports the
                                                                   general objectives of Article 39 of the Treaty; whereas in
                                                                   particular Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              December 1992 establishing a Community system for
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                   fisheries and aquaculture (') contributes towards
thereof,                                                           achieving a balance between conservation and the
                                                                   management of resources, on the one hand, and the
                                                                   fishing effort and the stable and rational exploitation of
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                 those resources on the other;
                                                                  Whereas fisheries structural measures should contribute
Having regard to the opinion of the European                      to the attainment of the objectives of the common
Parliament,
                                                                   fisheries policy and the objectives of Article 130a ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,                                                 O OJ No L 389, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .