Council Regulation (EEC) No 2085/93 of 20 July 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 4256/88 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) Guidance Section

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2085/93 of 20 July 1993 amending Regulation (EEC) No 4256/88 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) Guidance Section
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas the Council adopted Regulation (EEC) No 2081/93 (4) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 on the tasks of the Structural Funds and their effectiveness and on coordination of their activities between themselves and with the operations of the  European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (5);
Whereas the Council adopted Regulation (EEC) No 2082/93 (6) amending Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of the activities of the different Structural Funds between  themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (7);
Whereas, as a result of the amendments to the aforementioned Regulations and to take account of the experience acquired, Council Regulation (EEC) No 4256/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as  regards the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) Guidance Section (8) should be amended;
Whereas the acompanying measures for agri-environment, afforestation and early retirement adopted under the reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP) are to be financed in future by the EAGGF Guarantee Section;
Whereas the list of measures eligible under Objectives 1 and 5 (b) should be revised on the basis of experience and having regard to the need for rural development to be based also on non-agricultural activities and on multiple activities by farmers of  either sex, to reverse the trend towards the economic and social decline and depopulation of the countryside, strengthening, in particular, measures to promote local products and non-polluting forms of agriculture, horticulture and livestock-farming,  prevent natural disasters, renovate villages and protect and conserve the rural heritage;
Whereas, within the context of its contribution to achieving Objective 1 and Objective 5 (b) the Fund should be able to finance measures for sustainable development of the rural environment, including developing and strengthening agricultural and  forestry structures which use methods and techniques that respect the environment; whereas the Fund should also be able to finance the encouragement of tourist and craft investments, including the improvement of living accomandation on agricultural  holdings and in the countryside;
Whereas the scope of Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 4256/88 should be extended to incorporate rural development more effectively in measures carried out under that Article and to strengthen measures relating to information and the dissemination of  knowledge;
Whereas measures relating to the fisheries sector are the subject of a specific regulation and no longer fall within the scope of this Regulation,