CELEX: 51985PC0592
Language: en
Date: 1985-10-30
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) AMENDING REGULATION (EEC) NO 2908/83 ON A COMMON MEASURE FOR RESTRUCTURING, MODERNIZING AND DEVELOPING THE FISHING INDUSTRY AND FOR DEVELOPING AQUACULTURE

N o C 29 3 / 6                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                   15.11.85
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                                                          (Preparatory1 Acts)
                                                    COMMISSION
               Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2908/83 on a
               common measure for restructuring, modernizing and developing the fishing industry and for
                                                       developing aquaculture
                                                         COM(85) 592 final
                                (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 4 November 1985)
                                                           (85/C 293/10)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              Whereas the Spanish and Portuguese areas in which the
                                                                      contribution from the Fund may reach 50 °/o should be
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 defined;
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and
43 thereof,
                                                                      Whereas       Greenland     has    withdrawn     from     the
                                                                      Community; whereas the opportunity should be taken to
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                      delete 'Greenland' from the list in Article 15 of Regu-
                                                                      lation (EEC) N o 2908/83,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
liament,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) N o
2908/83 (') states that the proposed duration of the
common measure is to be three years from 1 January                                               Article 1
1983;
                                                                      Regulation (EEC) N o 2908/83 is hereby amended as
Whereas on 4 October 1983, in implementation of its                   follows:
Resolution of 25 January 1983 (2) the Council adopted
Regulation (EEC) No 2908/83, Regulation (EEC) N o
                                                                      1. The following paragraph (6) is added to Article 12:
2909/83 on measures to encourage exploratory fishing
and cooperation through joint ventures in the fishing
sector (3) and Directive 83/515/EEC concerning certain                    '6.    A single Decision shall be taken in respect of
measures to adjust capacity in the fisheries sector ( 4 );                1986. By way    of derogation from paragraph 2, this
                                                                          Decision shall  be taken not later than 30 November
Whereas the measures instituted by Regulation (EEC)                       1986 and shall  cover the applications submitted by 30
No 2909/83 and Directive 83/525/EEC expire at the                         April 1986.'
end of 1986;
                                                                      2. Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 14 are replaced by the
Whereas, to facilitate the definition of the structural                   following:
policy measures to be adopted in the fisheries sector
from 1987 onwards, the proposed duration of the
common measure introduced by Regulation (EEC) N o                         '1.    The proposed duration of the common measure
2908/83 should be extended by one year;                                   shall be four years from 1 January 1983.
Whereas      this extension involves a change in the                      2.    The estimated total cost of the common measure
estimated    total cost of the common measure to the                      to the Fund shall be 231 million ECU.'
European     Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund,
Guidance    Section;
                                                                      3. Article 15 (3) is replaced by the following:
(') OJ No  L 290, 22. 10. 1983, p. 1.                                     '(a) In Greece, Andalusia, Castile-Leon, Castile-La
(*) OJ No  C 28, 3. 2. 1983, p. 1.                                             Mancha,      Extramadura,      Galicia,     Ireland,
O   OJ No  L 290, 22. 10. 1983, p. 9.                                          Northern Ireland, the Mezzogiorno, Portugal
O   OJ No  L 290, 22. 10. 1983, p. 15.                                         and the French overseas departments:
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       — the aid granted by the Fund may reach 50 %,                                       Article 2
       — the contribution of the beneficiary shall be at        This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
            least 25 %,'                                        following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                European Communities.
                                                                It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1986.
                                                                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
4. In Article 21 (2) '45' is replaced by '54'.                  directly applicable in all Member States.