Multiannual guidance programmes MAGP IV for the fishing fleets end 2001 and June 2002. Reports

The purpose of this document is to report on the situation at 30 June 2002 on the various fleet segments of the Member States subject to fourth generation multi-annual guidance programmes (MAGP IV) in the light of the intermediate targets fixed for those segments at that date. This information will ensure that public aid schemes for the fishing fleets are correctly and transparently implemented. As of 1 July 2002, aid may no longer be granted under the MAGP IV for the construction of new vessels in fleet segments which have not met their targets by that date. In this report, the Commission therefore explains how the intermediate targets for 30 June 2002 have been calculated for each fleet segment and then compared to the actual situation of each section at that date as evidenced by the Community register of fishing vessels. The calculations have been applied only to the targets expressed in terms of capacity (GT and kW), since the fishing effort targets (GT x days and kW x days) can only be expressed for complete years because of the seasonal nature of fishing activities. The results are as follows: - at 30 June 2002, all countries had met their overall intermediate target for kW; - only Denmark, Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Finland have met their kW targets in all segments of their fleets. Belgium, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden have therefore had to suspend their aid schemes for the construction and modernisation of their fleets for one or more segments.�