CELEX: 51993PC0630
Language: en
Date: 1993-12-03
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) establishing a system of compensation for the additional costs incurred in the marketing of certain fishery products from the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands and the French department of Guiana as a result of their very remote location

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       COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                      C0M(93) 630 final
                                                      Brussels, 3 December 1993
                                       Proposal for a
                                 milNCIL REGULATION (EC)
               establishing a system of compensation for the additional costs
           incurred in the marketing of certain fishery productsfrom the Azores,
             Madeira, the Canary Islands and the French department of Guiana
                           as a result of their very remote location
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                              (presented by the Commission)
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                                EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
    The outermost regions of the Community (the Portuguese archipelagos of the Azores and
    Madeira, the Spanish archipelago of the Canary Islands and the French overseas departments
    of Guadeloupe, Guiana, Martinique and Réunion) suffer from structural backwardness
    justifying Community action to promote their economic and social development and their full
    involvement in the dynamics of the internal market.
    Against this background, Council Decisions 89/68?/EEC(I), 91/314/EEC® and 91/315/EEC(3)
    set up programmes of options specific to the remote and insular nature of those regions,
    creating a suitable framework for the adoption of measures in those economic sectors where
    particular attention must be given to strengthening the Community support required to reduce
    the permanent constraints which characterize the regions.
    Amongst those sectors in which Community measures have already been applied is the
    fisheries and aquaculture sector. Under the Poseican and Poseima programmes, the
    Community has supported research into fishery resources and the processing of certain
    products (tuna in the case of the Azores and Madeira and tuna and sardines in the Canary
    Islands)(4).
    These measures are limited to the period 1992-93. Given the usefulness of the measures and
     the efficient manner in which they have been applied, they should be continued after
     1 January 1994. This also includes aid for prawn producers in the French department of
     Guiana.
     All the above measures concern a sector which is of particular economic and social
     importance for the regions in question and for which there exists virtually no possibility of
     conversion. The measures will help to improve the competitiveness of the sector by
     compensating for the handicap isolation constitutes for the local fishery products industry.
(,)
     OJ No L 399, 30. 12. 1989, p. 39.
« O J N o L 171,29. 6. 1991, p. 5.
°> OJ No L 171, 29. 6. 1991, p. 10.
(4)
     OJ No L 248, 28. 8. 1992, pp. 73 and 75. Decisions implementing the abovementioned
programmes of specific options and a Decision fixing the Community financial contribution
to the construction of an océanographie research vessel for the Azores region.
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                                        Proposal for a
                                   COUNCIL   figfiULATMM    i£C)
                establishing a system of compensation for the additional costs
           Incurred in the marketing of certainfisheryproducts from the Azores»
            Madeira» the Canary Islands and thefrerichdépartaient of Guiana
                            as a result of their very remote location
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION.
  Having regard to the Treaty establishingfeeEuropean Community, and in particular Article
  43 thereof,
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission™,
  Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament®,
  Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee00,
  Whereas, by Decisions 89/687/EEC^, 91/314/EEC® and 91/315/EEC^, the Council
  established, as part of the Community's policy in favour of its outermost regions,
  programmes of opdons specific to the remote and insular nature of the French overseas
  departments (Poseidom), the Canary Islands (Poseican) and Madeira and the Azores
   (Poseima) respectively, laying down the general outlines of measures to be applied taking
  account of the special characteristics of and constraints on those regions;
  Whereas those regions aie suffering from specific development problems, in particular the
  additional costs incurred in the marketing of certain products as a result of their remoteness;
  whereas, in order to maintain the competitiveness of certain fishery products in relation to
  similar products from other Community regions, Community measures have been applied in
  thefisheriessector in 1992 and 1993 to compensate for the additional costs incurred in the
  processing of tuna in the Azores and Madeira and the production and freezing of tuna and
  the freezing and processing of sardines in the Canary Islands; whereas a system of
  conmensaflon for the additional costs incurred in the processing and marketing of those
  products should be provided for at Community level from 1994 and measures should
  therefore be adopted providing for the continuation of the existing measures;
  Whereas measures should be laid down for the fisheries sector, under the Poseidom
  programme, to improve the marketing conditions for prawns produced in the French
  department of Guiana,
«OJNoC
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& OJ No L 399, 30. 12. 1989, p, 39.
® OJ No L 171, 29. 6. 1991, p. 1.
» OJ No L 171, 29. 6. 1991, p. 10.
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                                               Article 1
    A system of compensation for the additional costs incurred in the marketing of certain fishery
    products from the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands and the French department of Guiana
    as a result of their remoteness is hereby established.
                                               Article 2
    1. For the Azores and Madeira, the system referred to in Article 1 shall consist of the
        payment of ECU 155 per tonne up to a maximum of 15 000 tonnes per year delivered
        to local industry (10 000 tonnes for the Azores and 5 000 tonnes for Madeira).
    2. For the Canary Islands, the system referred to in Article 1 shall consist of the payment
        of ECU 125 per tonne up to a maximum of 5 000 tonnes per year of tuna for marketing
        fresh, ECU 45 per tonne up to a maximum of 7 000 tonnes per year of frozen tuna,
        ECU 85 per tonne up to a maximum of 15 000 tonnes per year of sardines for canning
        and ECU 45 per tonne up to a maximum of 10 000 tonnes per year of sardines for
        freezing .
    3. For the French department of Guiana, the system referred to in Article 1 shall consist of
        the payment of ECU 865 per tonne of prawns up to a maximum of 3 500 tonnes per year
        for industrial fishing and ECU 930 per tonne of prawns up to a maximum of 500 tonnes
        per year for non-industrial fishing.
                                               Article 3
    The detailed rules for the application of this Regulation shall be adopted in accordance with
    the procedure laid down in Article 32 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3759/92 of 17
    December 1992 on the common organization of the market in fishery and aquaculture
    products00.
                                               Article 4
    The measures provided for in this Regulation are measures intended to stabilize the
    agricultural markets within the meaning of Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70
    of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy(8). They are to be
    financed by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section.
                                               Article 5
    Every three years, commencing on 1 January 1997, the Commission shall present the
    European Parliament and the Council with a report on the implementation of the measures
    provided for in this Regulation accompanied, where appropriate, by proposals for any
    adjustments which might be necessary to achieve the objectives set out in Article 1.
^ OJ No L 388, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
(8)
    OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13.
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This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1994.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels,
                                                                           For the Council
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        Financial Statement                                                 Date
1. BUDGET HEADING = Article B1-262                    Programmes for the most remote regions: fishery products
                      Heading B1-2622                                     Additional disposal costs
2. TITLE :
      Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing a system of compensation for the additional costs
      incurred in the marketing of certain fishery products from the Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands
      and the French department of Guiana as a result of their very remote location
3. LEGAL BASIS : Article 43 of the EEC Treaty; Council Decision 89/687/EEC;        Council Decision 91/3U/EEC
                   Council Decision 91/315/EEC
4. AIMS
         To compensate for the additional costs involved in disposing of certain fishery products in the most
         remote regions
5. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS            PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS    CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR     FOLLOWING FINANCIAL YEAR
                                                                     < 1994   \             i 1995 I
5.0 EXPENDITURE
      - CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET       ECU 10.25 m               ECU 6.25 m                  ECU 10.25 m
         (REFUNDS/INTERVENT IONS)
      • NATIONAL AUTHORITIES
      - OTHER
5.1 REVENUE
      • OUN RESOURCES OF THE EC
         (LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES)
      - NATIONAL
5.0.1 TIMETABLE FOR MULTIANNUAL                                             1996                 1997
      EXPENDITURE                                                         ECU 10.25 m        ECU 10.25 m
5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION
      Azores/Madeira                                      15 000  t/yr       ECU 155/t       ECU 2 325 000
      Canaries               tuna       fresh              5 000   t/yr      ECU 125/t       ECU    625 000
                                        frozen             7 000   t/yr      ECU 45/t        ECU    315 000
                        sardines        tinned            15 000  t/yr       ECU 85/t        ECU 1 275 000
                                        frozen            10 000  t/yr       ECU 45/t        ECU    450 000
       French
      Guiana              shrimps  industrial fishing      3 500 t/yr     X ECU 865/t        ECU 3 027 500
                                   artisanal fishing         500 t/yr     X ECU 930/t        ECU    465 000
                TOTAL                                                                        ECU 8 482 500
         with a correction factor of 1.207509, this amount in green-rate ECUs corresponds to close on
         ECU 10.25 m in the budget
6.0 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET ?
                                                          1994 - draft budget                            NO
6.1 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT BUDGET ?
                                                          1994 - draft budget                            NO
6.2 WILL A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET BE NECESSARY ?
                                                                                                          YES
6.3 WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY ?
                                                                                                          YES
COMMENTS :
         The Regulation in question will be subject to a budgetary analysis as part of the budgetary
          procedure for 1994
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