COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No  1796/95 of 25 July 1995 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of assistance granted by  the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG) for schemes defined by Regulation (EC) No  3699/93
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 3699/93 of 21 December 1993 laying down the criteria  and arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries and aquaculture sector  and the processing and marketing of its products  (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1624/95   (2), and in particular Article 18 (3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2080/93 of 20 July 1993 laying down provisions for  implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance   (3), and in particular Article 9 (1) thereof, having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86  of 18 December 1986 on Community measures to improve and adapt structures in the fisheries and  aquaculture sector  (4), and in particular Articles 44 to 46 thereof and Council Regulation (EEC)  No 4042/89 of 19 December 1989 on the improvement of the conditions under which fishery and  aquaculture products are processed and marketed  (5), and in particular Article 15 thereof, in as  much as these Articles are still applicable to certain grants,
Whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2080/93 lays down that measures are to be financed within  the general programming framework of the Structural Funds;
Whereas the programmes must be executed in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 19  December 1988 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  (6), as  last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3193/94  (7), and Title VI in particular;
Whereas, with the aim of standardizing payment applications, a harmonized system of declarations of  expenditure should be established;
Whereas applications for the payment of balances must include certain information to facilitate  verification that the expenditure complies with the provisions of the relevant programmes and  Regulation (EC) No 3699/93;
Whereas, although they have been repealed, the provisions of Regulations (EEC) No 4028/86 and (EEC)  No 4042/89 remain applicable to applications for aid submitted before 1st January 1994 and approved  by the Commission before 1 November 1994; whereas these requests have been included in the  Commission Decisions approving the Community programmes for interventions in the sector based on  Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 3699/93; whereas the information required concerning projects  based on Regulatons (EEC) No 4028/86 and (EEC) No 4042/89 must therefore be included in half-yearly  statements and annual reports as stipulated by this Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the  Standing Management Committee for Fisheries Structures,
Half-yearly statements
Half-yearly statements of eligble expenses  incurred by final beneficiaries, as well as payments made to final beneficiaries, must be presented  in accordance with the declaration in Annex I.
Annual implementation reports
Annual implementation reports which form an integral  part of the monitoring and assessment arrangements referred to in Title VII of Regulation (EEC) No  4253/88 must be presented in accordance with the table contained in Annex II, each year before 1  April.
Payment applications
1.  Payment applications must be presented to the Commission in  accordance with the declaration contained in Annex I.
2.  Payment of the balance of the FIFG contribution for annual instalments under Regulation (EC) No  3699/93 shall moreover be conditional on the presentation of the annual implementation report  referred to in Article 2 of this Regulation.
The rules referred to in Articles 1 to 3 shall also apply to applications for  assistance which have been the subject of Commission decisions pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation  (EEC) No 2080/93.
The information referred to in Articles 1 to 3 shall be transmitted on paper and also,  the case of the report referred to in Article 2, in electronic form.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in  the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all  Member States.