Commission tackles the fuel crisis in the fisheries sector (EU)

The European Commission has adopted an emergency package of measures to tackle the fuel crisis in the fisheries sector, as announced on 17 June (see IP/08/960). As foreseen, the package consists primarily of a proposal for a Council regulation instituting an ad hoc special, temporary regime which will derogate from some provisions of the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) regulation for a limited period (up to the end of 2010). The proposed regulation is accompanied by a Communication outlining the Commission’s analysis of the current economic crisis, the principles which should guide action at the EU level, and the nature and rationale of the specific actions proposed.

Five main kinds of measure are envisaged:

emergency measures,

restructuring measures (Fleet Adaptation Schemes),

horizontal measures (falling outside Fleet Adaptation Schemes),

market measures, and
measures facilitating the use of the EFF.

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