Fisheries and aquaculture sector: arrangements regarding Community structural assistance (amend. Regul. 3699/93/EEC)

OBJECTIVE: encouraging the definitive withdrawal from the fleet of vessels more than 30 years old. COMMUNITY MEASURE: Council Regulation (EC) No 96/965 amending Regulation (EC) No 3699/93 laying down the criteria and arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries and aquaculture sector and the processing and marketing of its products. CONTENT: - the ceiling for the permanent withdrawal premium shall remain constant whatever the age of the vessel withdrawn beyond 30 years. The ceiling is that fixed for vessels 30 years old; - in view of the exceptional character of the temporary cessation measures for fisheries, it is proposed to limit the scope of these measures with a ceiling for Community aid. Thus, FIFG assistance cannot exceed, for each calendar year and for each Member State, ECU 350 000 or 0.85% of the funds set aside in each Member State's financial plan for the year concerned, whichever is greater. ENTRY INTO FORCE: 8 June 1996. �