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WRITTEN QUESTION E-2020/03 by Sérgio Marques (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Support scheme for producers in the fisheries sector.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2020/03 by Sérgio Marques (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Support scheme for producers in the fisheries sector.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-2020/03 by Sérgio Marques (PPE-DE) to the Commission. Support scheme for producers in the fisheries sector.
OJ C 33E, 6.2.2004, pp. 202–203
(ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)
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Official Journal of the European Union |
CE 33/202 |
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WRITTEN QUESTION E-2020/03
by Sérgio Marques (PPE-DE) to the Commission
(17 June 2003)
Subject: Support scheme for producers in the fisheries sector
In 1992, to compensate for the fact that certain outermost regions are islands, a support scheme was adopted for producers in the fisheries sector, providing for contributions to offset the additional marketing and transport costs that they were incurring because there were no regional markets near at hand and the cost of transport from the regions concerned to the mainland was high.
New regulations were adopted in 1994, 1995, and 1998 in order to continue the measures laid down in the initial regulation. The last of these regulations was intended to remain in force until 31 December 2001. Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1587/98 (1) stipulated that the Commission was to submit a report on its implementation by 1 June 2001. However, the Commission wished to probe more deeply into the impact of the measures adopted and the additional costs entailed for the fisheries sector enterprises because of their remote location and, moreover, to take into account the debate on reform of the CFP. It thus considered it necessary to put the submission date for the report back to 1 June 2002 and, consequently, to extend Regulation (EC) No 1587/98 for another year, with the result that the regulation remained in force until 31 December 2002. The Commission proposal to that effect (for which a dual legal basis was invoked, namely Articles 37 and 299(2) of the Treaty) was accepted by the Council and endorsed by Parliament.
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When will the report on compensation for the additional costs in the fisheries sector be adopted? |
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How does the Commission view the possibility of adopting a permanent scheme, to replace the extension of Regulation (EC) No 1587/98, bearing in mind that the remoteness of the outermost regions is a factor that cannot be altered? |
Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission
(23 July 2003)
The Commission can inform the Honourable Member of the following:
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the report on application of the scheme to compensate for the additional costs incurred in the marketing of certain fishery products in the outermost regions is due to be adopted in the third quarter of 2003; |
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adoption of the report goes hand in hand with the draft proposal for a Council Regulation introducing a scheme to compensate for the additional costs incurred, which the Commission is in the course of adopting, providing for application backdated to 1 January 2003 and unlimited in time; |
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as regards the duration of the scheme, the Commission has always proposed that there should be no limit in time, subject to a report on implementation of the scheme being submitted every four years. However, the Council has introduced a time limit on application of the scheme each time negotiations have been held. |
(1) OJ L 208, 24.7.1998, p. 1.