# Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 of 27 July 2006 on the European Fisheries Fund (repealed) EU Regulation No 1198/2006 ยท adopted 27 July 2006 Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 of 27 July 2006 on the European Fisheries Fund (repealed) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1198/pdf/eur_20061198_adopted_en.pdf; Revised version (1 January 2014) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1198/pdf/eur_20061198_2014-01-01_en.pdf; Revised version (1 July 2013) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1198/pdf/eur_20061198_2013-07-01_en.pdf ## Introductory text Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 of 27 July 2006 on the European Fisheries Fund (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title I: OBJECTIVES AND GENERAL RULES ON ASSISTANCE ### Chapter I: Scope and definitions ## 1 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Geographical scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Objectives and missions ## 4 Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Missions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: Principles of assistance ## 6 Complementarity, consistency and compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 State aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Proportionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Shared management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Equality between men and women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter IV: Financial framework ## 12 Resources and concentration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Maximum level of transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Financial distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title II: STRATEGIC APPROACH ### Chapter I: National strategic plan ## 15 National strategic plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Strategic follow up ## 16 Strategic debate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title III: PROGRAMMING ### Chapter I: General provisions on the EFF ## 17 Preparation and approval of the operational programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Duration and revision of the operational programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Guiding principles for the operational programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Content of the operational programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IV: PRIORITY AXES ### Chapter I: Priority axis 1: measures for the adaptation of the Community fishing fleet ## 21 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Content of fishing effort adjustment plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Public aid for permanent cessation of fishing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Public aid for temporary cessation of fishing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Investments on board fishing vessels and selectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Small-scale coastal fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Socio-economic compensation for the management of the Community fishing fleet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Priority axis 2: aquaculture, inland fishing, processing and marketing of fishery and aquaculture products ## 28 Scope of intervention in aquaculture production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Measures for productive investments in aquaculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Aqua-environmental measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Public health measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Animal health measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Inland fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Investments in processing and marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Eligible measures in processing and marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: Priority axis 3: measures of common interest ## 36 Scope of intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Collective actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Measures intended to protect and develop aquatic fauna and flora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Fishing ports, landing sites and shelters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Development of new markets and promotional campaigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Pilot projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Modification for reassignment of fishing vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter IV: Priority axis 4: sustainable development of fisheries areas ## 43 Scope of assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Eligible measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Participation in the sustainable development of fisheries areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter V: Priority axis 5: technical assistance ## 46 Technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title V: EFFECTIVENESS AND PUBLICITY OF ASSISTANCE ### Chapter I: Evaluation of the operational programmes ## 47 General provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Ex ante evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Interim evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Ex post evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Information and publicity ## 51 Information and publicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VI: FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION FROM THE EFF ### Chapter I: Contribution from the EFF ## 52 Public aid intensity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Contribution from the EFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Non-Accumulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Eligibility of expenditure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 56 Durability of operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VII: MANAGEMENT, MONITORING AND CONTROL ### Chapter I: Management and control systems ## 57 General principles of the management and control systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 58 Designation of authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 59 Functions of the managing authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 Functions of the certifying authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 61 Functions of the audit authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Monitoring ## 62 Principles of monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 63 Monitoring committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 64 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65 Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 66 Arrangements for monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 67 Annual reports and final reports on implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 68 Annual report by the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 69 Annual examination of the operational programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: Responsibilities of Member States and of the Commission ### Section 1: Responsibilities of Member States ## 70 Management and control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 71 Setting up of management and control systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Responsibilities of the Commission ## 72 Responsibilities of the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 73 Cooperation with the audit authorities of the Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VIII: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ### Chapter I: Financial management ### Section 1: Budget commitments ## 74 Budget commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Payments ## 75 Common rules for payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 76 Rules for calculating interim payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 77 Rules for calculating payments of the balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 77a Limit to the Union contribution through interim payments and payments of the balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 78 Statement of expenditure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 79 Accumulation of pre-financing and interim payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80 Wholeness of payment to beneficiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Pre-financing ## 81 Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 4: Interim payments ## 82 Interim payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 83 Acceptability of applications for payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 84 Procedure for payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 5: Payment of the balance and programme closure ## 85 Partial closure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 86 Conditions for the payment of the balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 87 Availability of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 6: Interruption of the payment deadline and suspension of payments ## 88 Interruption of the payment deadline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 89 Suspension of payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 7: Automatic decommitment ## 90 Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 91 Exceptions for time limits on decommitment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 92 Period of interruption for legal proceedings and administrative appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 93 Exceptions to the automatic decommitment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 94 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 8: Use of the euro ## 95 Use of the euro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Financial corrections ### Section 1: Financial corrections by Member States ## 96 Financial corrections by Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Financial corrections by the Commission ## 97 Criteria for the corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 98 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 99 Obligations of Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: Repayment ## 100 Repayment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IX: COMMITTEE ## 101 Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 102 Implementing rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title X: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 103 Transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 104 Repeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 105 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 106 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II Aid intensity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1198 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1198 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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