CELEX: 51989PC0605
Language: en
Date: 1989-11-24
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH FISHERY AND AQUACULTURE PRODUCTS ARE PROCESSED AND MARKETED

No C 4/2                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           9. 1. 90
                                                             II
                                                     (Preparatory Acts)
                                               COMMISSION
         Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on the improvement of the
             conditions under which fishery and aquaculture products are processed and marketed (')
                                                   (COM(89) 605 final
         (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(3) of the EEC Treaty on 24 November
                                                           1989)
                                                        (90/C 4/02)
         The text of the Commission proposal is modified as follows:
           1. After the first citation, insert the following:
              'Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 155
              (2) thereof,'.
           2. After the second recital, insert the following:
              'Whereas the contribution to strengthening the Community's economic and social cohesion
              which can be made by the marketing and processing of fishery products through the
              doubling of the Structural Funds between 1987 and 1993 is provided for in the financial
              perspective attached to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 29 June 1988;
              Whereas it is necessary to estimate the amount of Community finance necessary for the
              execution of this action; whereas this amount is covered by the financial perspective
              attached to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 29 June 1988; whereas the appropriations
              actually available will be determined under the budgetary procedure in compliance with the
              said agreement;'
           3. After the former seventh recital, insert the following:
              'Whereas Article 155 (2) of the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal states that it is for
              the Council to determine which of the Community's structural measures in the fisheries
              sector shall be applicable to the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla; whereas Council Regu-
              lation (EEC) No 4028/88 stipulates that most of the common actions for the improvement
              and adaptation of fishery and aquacultural structures shall apply to these territories;
              whereas the processing and marketing of fishery and aquaculture products is closely linked
              to the rest of the structural policy for fisheries; and whereas it is therefore desirable to
              extend the common action provided for in this Regulation to these territories;'
           4. After the former ninth recital, insert the following:
              'Whereas there is currently a growing imbalance between demand and supply and the
              Community has a substantial trading deficit; whereas the main imported items are
              high-value products (salmon, crustaceans, molluscs) and processed and prepared products
              derived therefrom (including tuna fish); and whereas the Community, therefore, has an
              interest in developing its own processing industry for fishery and aquaculture products;'
         (') OJ No C 143, 9. 6. 1989, p. 6.
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          5. Amend the former 13th recital as follows:
              'Whereas the basic guidelines of the new structural policy for fisheries and aquaculture
              must not only take account of the results obtained and the experience gained in the past,
              but must be defined against the background of the completion of a genuine internal market
              in fishery products and in terms of the new situation obtaining in the sector, which has
              become more important since the accession of Spain and Portugal to the Community;'
          6. After the former 13th recital, insert the following:
              'Whereas the internal market in the fisheries sector is limited to trade in a small number of
              products, mainly between neighbouring Member States; whereas this market consists, in
              fact, of several national markets, each characterized by its own structure of supply and
              demand; whereas, therefore, not only should work in progress be accelerated but new
              measures should also be taken to complete the internal market in the fisheries sector by
              1993;'
          7. Article 1 (1) (b) should read as follows:
              '(b) take account of the needs of the less favoured regions as defined in Article 8 of
                    Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 and the relevant Annex thereto;'
          8. Article (1) (1) (j) should read as follows:
             '(j) help to ensure the regular and adequate supply of raw materials . . . '
          9. Article 11, last indent, should read as follows:
             '— producers of basic products, producers' groups or associations thereof,                and
                   cooperatives, but with particular attention being paid to the needs of SMEs.'
         10. Article 14 (1) (a) should read as follows:
             '(a) 50 % in the regions concerned by Objective 1, in accordance with the provisions of
                   Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 and the relevant Annex thereto;'
         11. After Article 17, insert the following:
              'Article 17a
             The amount of Community expenditure deemed necessary for the execution of the action
             introduced by the present regulation shall be determined each financial year by the
             budgetary authority.'
         12. Article 18 should read as follows:
              'Article 18
             All references in other acts to Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 and relating to fisheries shall,
             except where otherwise stated in the transitional provisions in Article 19, be replaced by
             references to this Regulation.'
         13. After Article 18, insert the following:
              'Article 18a
             The common action established by this Regulation shall be applicable to the Canary
             Islands, Ceuta and Melilla.'