(a)

aid to compensate for loss or damage caused by natural disasters and exceptional occurrences referred to in Part II, Chapter 1, Section 1.1, of these Guidelines, provided that the aid is compatible with the internal market under Article 107(2), point (b), TFEU;

(b)

aid to compensate for loss or damage caused by adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to a natural disaster, animal diseases and infestations by invasive alien species and protected animals referred to in Part II, Chapter 1, Section 1.2, 1.3 or 1.4, of these Guidelines, where the financial difficulty of an undertaking active in the fishery and aquaculture sector was caused by those events, provided that aid is compatible with the internal market under Article 107(3), point (c), TFEU;

(c)

aid for the prevention, control and eradication of animal diseases in aquaculture referred to in point (188)(a) to (c) and (e) to (h) of Part II, Chapter 1, Section 1.3, of these Guidelines, where the economic situation of the undertaking should not be taken into consideration due to an emergency situation and the need to protect public health, provided that the aid is compatible with the internal market under Article 107(3), point (c), TFEU; and

(d)

aid relating to information actions and for promotion measures which are generic in character, provided that they fall under Part I, Chapter 2, Section 2.3, of these Guidelines.

(a)

aid of the same kind as aid falling within the category of aid to make good the damage caused by natural disasters set out in Article 49 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/2473 (18) is compatible with the internal market, if it meets the specific conditions set out in Part II, Chapter 1, Section 1.1, of these Guidelines;

(b)

aid of the same kind as aid falling within the category of aid to make good the damage caused by adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to a natural disaster set out in Article 51 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2473 is compatible with the internal market, if it meets the specific conditions set out in Part II, Chapter 1, Section 1.2, of these Guidelines;

(c)

aid of the same kind as aid falling within the category of aid for the costs of prevention, control and eradication of animal diseases set out in Article 42 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2473 is compatible with the internal market, if it meets the specific conditions set out in Part II, Chapter 1, Section 1.3, of these Guidelines;

(d)

aid of the same kind as aid falling within the category of aid to make good the damage caused by protected animals set out in Article 53 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2473 is compatible with the internal market, if it meets the specific conditions set out in Part II, Chapter 1, Section 1.4, of these Guidelines;

(e)

aid of the same kind as aid falling within the category of aid to prevent and mitigate the damage caused by animal diseases, natural disasters, adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to a natural disaster and protected animals set out in Articles 43, 48, 50 and 52 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2473 is compatible with the internal market, if it meets the specific conditions set out in Part II, Chapter 1, Section 1.5, of these Guidelines; and

(f)

aid of the same kind as aid falling within the category of aid for the first acquisition of a fishing vessel set out in Article 20 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2473 is compatible with the internal market, if it meets the specific conditions set out in Part II, Chapter 3, Section 3.1, of these Guidelines.

(a)

aid complying with one of the Regulations on block exemptions adopted on the basis of Article 1 of Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1588 (20), if they apply to the fishery and aquaculture sector, in particular:

(b)

de minimis aid complying with Regulation (EU) No 717/2014.

(a)

‘aid’ means any measure fulfilling all the criteria laid down in Article 107(1) TFEU;

(b)

‘ad hoc aid’ means aid not granted on the basis of an aid scheme;

(c)

‘aid intensity’ means the gross aid amount expressed as a percentage of the eligible costs, before any deduction of tax or other charge;

(d)

‘aid scheme’ means any act on the basis of which, without further implementing measures being required, individual aid may be granted to undertakings defined within the act in a general and abstract manner and any act on the basis of which aid which is not linked to a specific project may be awarded to one or several undertakings for an indefinite period of time and/or for an indefinite amount;

(e)

‘biosecurity measures’ means management and physical measures designed to reduce the risk of introduction, development and spread of diseases to, from and within: (i) an animal population, or (ii) an establishment, zone, compartment, means of transport or any other facilities, premises or location;

(f)

‘control and eradication measures’ means measures regarding animal diseases for which a competent authority has formally recognised an outbreak, or regarding invasive alien species for which a competent authority has formally acknowledged their presence;

(g)

‘date of granting the aid’ means the date when the legal right to receive the aid is conferred on the beneficiary undertaking under the applicable national legal regime;

(h)

‘depredation’ means preying on fish caught in nets or kept in ponds by protected animals such as seals, sea otters and sea birds;

(i)

‘evaluation plan’ means a document covering one or more aid schemes and containing at least the following minimum aspects: the objectives to be evaluated, the evaluation questions, the result indicators, the envisaged method to conduct the evaluation, the data collection requirements, the proposed timing of the evaluation including the date of submission of the interim and the final evaluation reports, the description of the independent body that will carry out the evaluation or the criteria that will be used for its selection and the modalities for making the evaluation publicly available;

(j)

‘fishery and aquaculture products’ means the products listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council (24);

(k)

‘fishery and aquaculture sector’ means the sector of the economy which comprises all activities of production, processing, and marketing of fishery or aquaculture products;

(l)

‘fishing capacity’ means a vessel's tonnage in GT (Gross Tonnage) and its power in kW (Kilowatt) as defined in Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1130 (25);

(m)

‘gross grant equivalent’ means the amount of the aid if it had been provided in the form of a grant to the beneficiary undertaking, before any deduction of tax or other charges;

(n)

‘individual aid’ means ad hoc aid and awards of aid to individual beneficiary undertakings on the basis of an aid scheme;

(o)

‘inland fishing’ means fishing activities carried out for commercial purposes in inland waters by vessels or other devices, including those used for ice fishing;

(p)

‘invasive alien species’ means invasive alien species of Union concern and invasive alien species of Member State concern as defined in Article 3(3) and 3(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (26) (‘Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014’);

(q)

‘large enterprises’ means any undertaking not fulfilling the criteria laid down in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2022/2473 ;

(r)

‘micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”)’ means undertakings fulfilling the criteria laid down in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2022/2473 ;

(s)

‘operating aid’ means aid that is aimed at or has the effect of increasing the business liquidity of an undertaking, reducing its production costs, or improving its income, in particular aid that is calculated solely on the basis of the quantity produced or marketed, product prices, units produced or the means of production;

(t)

‘outermost regions’ means the regions referred to in Article 349 TFEU (27);

(u)

‘prevention measures’ means measures regarding an animal disease or invasive alien species that has not yet occurred;

(v)

‘processing and marketing’ means all operations, including handling, treatment, production and distribution, performed between the time of landing or harvesting and the end-product stage;

(w)

‘protected animal’ means any animal other than fish protected either by Union or by national legislation;

(x)

‘repayable advance’ means a loan for a project which is paid in one or more instalments and the conditions for the reimbursement of which depend on the outcome of the project;

(y)

‘risk events’ means natural disasters, adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to a natural disaster, animal diseases, infestations by invasive alien species or damage caused by the behavior of the protected animals;

(z)

‘small-scale coastal fishing’ means fishing activities carried out by: (a) marine and inland fishing vessels of an overall length of less than 12 metres and not using towed gear as defined in point (1) of Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (28); or (b) fishers on foot, including shellfish gatherers;

(aa)

‘start of works on the project or activity’ means the earlier of, either the start of the activities, or the construction works relating to the investment, or the first legally binding commitment to order equipment or employ services or any other commitment that makes the project or activity irreversible; buying land and preparatory works such as obtaining permits and conducting feasibility studies are not considered start of works or activity;

(bb)

‘undertaking in difficulty’ means an undertaking fulfilling the criteria laid in Section 2.2 of the Commission Guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring non-financial undertakings in difficulty (29) or its successor.

(a)

first condition: the aid facilitates the development of an economic activity:

(b)

second condition: the aid does not adversely affect trading conditions to an extent contrary to the common interest:

(a)

granted in support of fishing activities involving serious infringements under Article 42 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 (34) or Article 90 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 (35) and constituting or supporting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing (36);

(b)

granted in support of the operation, management or ownership of a fishing vessel included in the Union IUU vessel list as referred to in Article 40(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008, or of a vessel flying the flag of countries identified as non-cooperating third countries as set out in Article 33 of that Regulation;

(c)

involving non-compliance with the rules laid down in Regulation (EU) 1379/2013 (37) governing the common organisation of the market (38); or

(d)

involving an increase in fishing capacity or construction of new vessels that directly and automatically lead to non-compliance by the Member State with Article 22(7) of Regulation (EU) 1380/2013 and the fishing capacity ceilings set out in its Annex II.

(a)

unit costs;

(b)

lump sums;

(c)

flat-rate financing.

(a)

a fair, equitable and verifiable calculation method based on:

(b)

in accordance with the rules for application of corresponding unit costs, lump sums and flat rates applicable in Union policies for a similar type of operation.

(a)

the full text of the aid scheme and its implementing provisions or legal basis for individual aid, or a link to it;

(b)

the identity of the granting authority(ies);

(c)

the identity of the individual beneficiaries, the form and amount of aid granted to each beneficiary, the date of granting, the type of undertaking (SME/large enterprise), the region in which the beneficiary is located (at NUTS level II) and the principal economic sector in which the beneficiary has its activities (at NACE group level). Such a requirement can be waived with respect of individual aid awards not exceeding the threshold of EUR 10 000 (42).

(a)

cases of significant capacity expansion which leads to or deteriorates an existing situation of overcapacity, especially in a declining market; and

(b)

cases where the aid beneficiary holds substantial market power.

(a)

that increase the fishing capacity of a fishing vessel;

(b)

for the acquisition of equipment that increases the ability of a fishing vessel to find fish;

(c)

for the construction, acquisition or importation of fishing vessels;

(d)

for the transfer or reflagging of fishing vessels to third countries, including through the creation of joint ventures with partners of third countries;

(e)

for the temporary or permanent cessation of fishing activities;

(f)

for exploratory fishing;

(g)

for the transfer of ownership of a business;

(h)

for the direct restocking, except as the case may be in the case of experimental restocking;

(i)

for the construction of new ports or new auction halls, with the exception of new landing sites;

(j)

for market intervention mechanisms aiming to temporarily or permanently withdraw fishery or aquaculture products from the market with a view to reducing supply in order to prevent price decline or to drive prices up that do not comply with Article 30 and 31 Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013;

(k)

for investments on board fishing vessels necessary to comply with the requirements under Union law in force at the time of submission of the application for aid, including requirements under the Union’s obligations in the context of regional fisheries management organisations;

(l)

for investments on board fishing vessels that have carried out fishing activities for less than 60 days in the two calendar years preceding the year of submission of the application for aid; or

(m)

for the replacement or modernisation of a main or ancillary engine of a fishing vessel.

(a)

include safeguards ensuring that the applicant for State aid, or if no application is required an equivalent act provides that the beneficiary undertaking, comply with the rules of the CFP and continue to do so throughout the period of implementation of the project and for a period of five years after the final payment of the aid to the undertaking; and

(b)

provide that a beneficiary undertaking that has not complied with the requirements in point (a), or committed one or more of the environmental offences laid down in Article 3 and 4 of Directive 2008/99/EC (57) where the application for aid is submitted under Article 32 to 39 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2473 , as determined by the competent national authority, during the periods specified in point (a) becomes inadmissible to apply for aid and must reimburse the aid in proportion to the non-compliance or offence.

—

aid that meets the specific conditions set out in Part II, Chapter 1, Section 1.1 of these Guidelines; or

—

aid for the costs of prevention, control and eradication of animal diseases in aquaculture set out in Part II, Chapter 1, Section 1.3 of these Guidelines.

(a)

the competent authority of the Member State has formally recognised the character of the event as a natural disaster or as an exceptional occurrence; and

(b)

there is a direct causal link between the natural disaster or the exceptional occurrence and the damage suffered by the undertaking.

(a)

material damage to assets (such as buildings, equipment, machinery, stocks, and means of production); and

(b)

loss of income due to the full or partial destruction of fishery or aquaculture production or the means of such production.

(a)

the result of multiplying the quantity of the fishery and aquaculture products produced in the year of the natural disaster or exceptional occurrence, or in each following year affected by the full or partial destruction of the means of production, by the average selling price obtained during that year,

from

(b)

the result of multiplying the average annual quantity of fishery and aquaculture products produced in the three-year period preceding the natural disaster or exceptional occurrence, or a three-year average based on the five-year period preceding the natural disaster or exceptional occurrence, excluding the highest and lowest entry, by the average selling price obtained.

(a)

the damage caused by the adverse climatic event which can be assimilated to a natural disaster must amount to more than 30 % of the average annual production, calculated on the basis of the preceding three calendar years, or a three-year average based on the five-year period preceding the adverse climatic event which can be assimilated to a natural disaster, excluding the highest and lowest entry;

(b)

there must be a direct causal link between the adverse climatic event which can be assimilated to a natural disaster and the damage suffered by the undertaking;

(c)

in the case of losses caused by adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to a natural disaster that could be covered under mutual funds financed through Regulation (EU) 2021/1139, the Member State must justify why it intends to grant aid rather than financial compensation being paid through such mutual funds.

(a)

material damage to assets (such as buildings, vessels, equipment, machinery, stocks, and means of production); and

(b)

loss of income due to the full or partial destruction of fishery or aquaculture production or the means of such production.

(a)

the result of multiplying the quantity of the fishery and aquaculture products produced in the year of the adverse climatic event which can be assimilated to a natural disaster, or in each following year affected by the full or partial destruction of the means of production, by the average selling price obtained during that year,

from

(b)

the result of multiplying the average annual quantity of fishery and aquaculture products produced in the three-year period preceding the adverse climatic event which can be assimilated to a natural disaster, or a three-year average based on the five-year period preceding the adverse climatic event which can be assimilated to a natural disaster, excluding the highest and lowest entry, by the average selling price obtained.

(a)

in respect of animal diseases and infestations by invasive alien species for which Union or national rules exist, whether laid down by law, regulation or administrative action; and

(b)

as part of:

(a)

aquatic animal diseases listed in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council (59), or included in the list of animal diseases of the Aquatic Animal Health Code of the World Organization for Animal Health (60);

(b)

zoonoses of aquatic animals listed in Annex III, Point 2, to Regulation (EU) 2021/690 of the European Parliament and of the Council (61);

(c)

emerging diseases, which meet the conditions set out in Article 6(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429;

(d)

diseases other than a listed disease as referred to in Article 9(1), point (d), of Regulation (EU) 2016/429, and which meet the criteria laid down in Article 226 of that Regulation.

(a)

health checks, analyses, tests, and other screening measures;

(b)

the improvement of biosecurity measures;

(c)

the purchase, storage, administration or distribution of vaccines, medicines, and substances for the treatment of animals;

(d)

the purchase, storage, deployment and distribution of protection products or equipment to address infestations by invasive alien species;

(e)

the slaughtering, culling, and destruction of animals;

(f)

the destruction of animal products and of products linked to them;

(g)

the cleaning, disinfection or disinfestation of the holding or equipment;

(h)

the damage incurred due to the slaughtering, culling or destruction of animals, animal products, and products linked to them.

(a)

the market value of animals slaughtered or culled, or that have died, or the products destroyed:

(b)

loss of income due to quarantine obligations and difficulties in restocking.

(a)

there is a direct causal link between the damage suffered and the behaviour of the protected animals;

(b)

the eligible costs are the costs of the damage incurred as a direct consequence of the behaviour of the protected animals, as assessed either by a public authority, by an independent expert recognised by the granting authority or by an insurance undertaking; and

(c)

in the fisheries sector, the aid only concerns damage to catches, irrespective of any impact of protected animals on the overall wild population.

(a)

the market value of the animals damaged or killed by the protected animals;

(b)

the material damage to the following assets: equipment, machinery and property.

(a)

the construction, acquisition, including leasing, or improvement of immovable property; and

(b)

the purchase or lease purchase of machinery and equipment up to the market value of the asset.

(a)

the new fishing vessel complies with Union and national rules on hygiene, health, safety, and working conditions for work on board of fishing vessels and characteristics of fishing vessels; and

(b)

at the date of applying for the aid the beneficiary undertaking has its main place of registration in the outermost region where the new vessel will be registered.

(a)

the Member State concerned must have submitted to the Commission the national report by 31 May of year N;

(b)

the national report must demonstrate that there is a balance between fishing capacity and fishing opportunities in the fleet segment to which the new vessel will belong; and

(c)

the conclusion of the national report of year N, and in particular the assessment of the balance contained therein, must not have been called into question by the Commission.

(a)

a natural person who is no more than 40 years of age at the date of submission of the aid application and has worked at least five years as fisher or has acquired adequate qualification;

(b)

legal entities wholly owned by one or more natural persons who each fulfil the conditions set out in point (a);

(c)

in case of joint first acquisition of a fishing vessel, several natural persons who each fulfil the conditions set out in point (a);

(d)

in case of acquisition of partial ownership of a fishing vessel, a natural person who fulfils the conditions set out in point (a) and who is deemed to have controlling rights on that vessel through ownership of at least of 33 % of the vessel or of the shares in the vessel or a legal entity which fulfils the conditions set out in point (b) and which is deemed to have controlling rights on that vessel through ownership of at least of 33 % of the vessel or of the shares in the vessel.

(a)

belongs to a fleet segment for which the latest report on fishing capacity, referred to in Article 22(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, has shown a balance with the fishing opportunities available to that segment;

(b)

is equipped for fishing activities;

(c)

is no longer than 24 metres in overall length;

(d)

has been registered in the Union fleet register for at least three calendar years preceding the year of submission of the aid application in the case of a small-scale coastal fishing vessel, and for at least five calendar years in the case of another type of vessel; and

(e)

has been registered in the Union fleet register for a maximum of 30 calendar years preceding the year of submission of the aid application.

(a)

the vessel belongs to a fleet segment for which the latest report on fishing capacity, referred to in Article 22(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, has shown a balance with the fishing opportunities available to that segment;

(b)

the vessel has been registered in the Union fleet register for at least five calendar years preceding the year of submission of the aid application;

(c)

for small-scale coastal fishing vessels and vessels used for inland fishing, the new or modernised engine does not have more power in kW than that of the current engine;

(d)

for other vessels up to 24 metres in overall length, the new or modernised engine does not have more power in kW than that of the current engine and emits at least 20 % less CO2 compared to the current engine;

(e)

the fishing capacity withdrawn due to the replacement or modernisation of a main or ancillary engine must not be replaced.

(a)

where relevant information certified by the manufacturer of the engine concerned as part of a type approval or product certificate indicates that the new engine emits 20 % less CO2 than the engine being replaced;

(b)

where relevant information certified by the manufacturer of the engine concerned as part of a type approval or product certificate indicates that the new engine uses 20 % less fuel than the engine being replaced.

(a)

the new engine uses an energy-efficient technology and the age difference between the new engine and the engine being replaced is at least seven years;

(b)

the new engine uses a type of fuel or a propulsion system which is considered to emit less CO2 than the engine being replaced;

(c)

the Member State concerned measures that the new engine emits 20 % less CO2 or uses 20 % less fuel than the engine being replaced under the normal fishing effort of the vessel concerned.

(a)

the fishing vessel belongs to a fleet segment for which the latest report on fishing capacity, referred to in Article 22(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, has shown a balance of the fishing capacity of the segment with the fishing opportunities available to that segment;

(b)

the fishing vessel is not longer than 24 metres in overall length;

(c)

the fishing vessel has been registered in the Union fleet register for at least the 10 calendar years preceding the year of submission of the aid application; and

(d)

the entry into the fishing fleet of new fishing capacity generated by the operation is compensated for by the prior withdrawal of at least the same amount of fishing capacity without public aid from the same fleet segment or from a fleet segment for which the latest report on fishing capacity, referred to in Article 22(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, has shown that the fishing capacity is not in balance with the fishing opportunities available to that segment.

(a)

the increase in gross tonnage necessary for the subsequent installation or renovation of accommodation facilities dedicated to the exclusive use of the crew, including sanitary facilities, common areas, kitchen facilities and shelter deck structures;

(b)

the increase in gross tonnage necessary for the subsequent improvement or installation of on-board fire prevention systems, safety and alarm systems or noise-reduction systems;

(c)

the increase in gross tonnage necessary for the subsequent installation of integrated bridge systems to improve navigation or engine control;

(d)

the increase in gross tonnage necessary for the subsequent installation or renovation of an engine or a propulsion system that demonstrates a better energy efficiency or lower CO2 emissions compared to the previous situation, which does not have a power exceeding the fishing vessel’s previously certified engine power pursuant to Article 40(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 (67), and whose maximum power output is certified by the manufacturer for that engine or propulsion system model;

(e)

the replacement or renovation of the bulbous bow provided that it improves the overall energy efficiency of the fishing vessel.

(a)

the cessation must be foreseen as a tool of an action plan referred to in Article 22(4) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;

(b)

the permanent cessation of fishing activities must be achieved through the scrapping of the fishing vessel or through its decommissioning and retrofitting for activities other than commercial fishing;

(c)

the fishing vessel must be registered as active and have carried out fishing activities for at least 90 days per year during the last two calendar years preceding the date of submission of the aid application;

(d)

the equivalent fishing capacity must be permanently removed from the Union fishing fleet register and must not be replaced;

(e)

the respective fishing licences and the fishing authorisations must be permanently withdrawn; and

(f)

the beneficiary undertaking must not register any fishing vessel within five years following the receipt of aid.

(a)

owners of Union fishing vessels concerned by the permanent cessation; and

(b)

fishers who have worked on board a Union fishing vessel concerned by the permanent cessation for at least 90 days per year during the last two calendar years preceding the year of submission of the aid application.

(a)

in the case of scrapping the fishing vessel:

(b)

in the case of decommissioning and retrofitting for activities other than commercial fishing: the investment costs related to converting the fishing vessel for the purposes of other economic activities; and

(c)

the costs related to the fishers identified in point (282)(b) can also include the obligatory social costs resulting from the implementation of the permanent cessation insofar as not covered by other national provisions in case of cessation of a business activity.

(a)

conservation measures, as referred to in Article 7(1), points (a), (b), (c), (i) and (j), of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 or, where applicable to the Union, equivalent conservation measures adopted by regional fisheries management organisations, provided that a reduction of fishing effort is needed, based on scientific advice, in order to achieve the objectives of the CFP, a set out in Article 2(2) and point (a) of Article 2(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;

(b)

Commission measures in case of a serious threat to marine biological resources, as referred to in Article 12 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;

(c)

Member State emergency measures pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;

(d)

the interruption, due to reasons of force majeure, of the application of a sustainable fisheries partnership agreement or protocol thereto; and

(e)

environmental incidents or health crises, as formally recognised by the competent authorities of the relevant Member State.

(a)

owners or operators of Union fishing vessels which are registered as active and which have carried out fishing activities for at least 120 days during the last two calendar years preceding the year of submission of the aid application;

(b)

fishers who have worked on board a Union fishing vessel concerned by the temporary cessation for at least 120 days during the last two calendar years preceding the year of submission of the aid application;

(c)

fishers on foot who have carried out fishing activities for at least 120 days during the last two calendar years preceding the year of submission of the aid application.

(a)

loss of income due to the temporary cessation of fishing activities; and

(b)

other costs related to the maintenance, upkeep and preservation of unutilised assets during temporary cessation of fishing activities.

(a)

the result of multiplying the quantity of the fishery products produced in the year of the temporary cessation of fishing activities, by the average selling price obtained during that year,

from

(b)

the result of multiplying the average annual quantity of fishery products produced in the three-year period preceding the temporary cessation of fishing activities, or a three-year average based on the five-year period preceding the temporary cessation of fishing activities, excluding the highest and lowest entry, by the average selling price obtained.

(a)

the cases of temporary cessation of fishing activities listed in Section 3.5 of this Chapter;

(b)

conservation measures taken in accordance with sustainable fisheries partnership agreements and of agreements on exchange or joint management;

(c)

the reduction or loss of fishing opportunities within EU waters in the framework of the implementation of the CFP;

(d)

the reduction or loss of fishing opportunities with regard to non-EU waters, e.g. due to non-renewal, suspension, termination or re-negotiation of a sustainable fisheries partnership agreement and of agreements on exchange or joint management or measures on fixing and allocation of fishing opportunities taken in accordance with such agreements or under the auspice of a regional fisheries management organisation.

(a)

the result of multiplying the quantity of the fishery products produced in the year of the exogenous events, by the average selling price obtained during that year,

from

(b)

the result of multiplying the average annual quantity of fishery products produced in the three-year period preceding the exogenous events, or a three-year average based on the five-year period preceding the exogenous events, excluding the highest and lowest entry, by the average selling price obtained.

(a)

together with the aid scheme, if the State aid budget of the aid scheme exceeds EUR 150 million in any given year or EUR 750 million over its total duration;

(b)

within 30 working days following a significant change that increases the budget of the aid scheme to over EUR 150 million in any given year or EUR 750 million over the total duration of the aid scheme;

(c)

within 30 working days following the recording in official accounts of expenditure under the aid scheme in excess of EUR 150 million in any year.