# Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2328/2003, (EC) No 861/2006, (EC) No 1198/2006 and (EC) No 791/2007 and Regulation (EU) No 1255/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (revoked) EU Regulation No 508/2014 · adopted 15 May 2014 Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2328/2003, (EC) No 861/2006, (EC) No 1198/2006 and (EC) No 791/2007 and Regulation (EU) No 1255/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council ## Introductory text Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2328/2003, (EC) No 861/2006, (EC) No 1198/2006 and (EC) No 791/2007 and Regulation (EU) No 1255/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title I: SUBJECT-MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS ## 1 Subject-matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Geographical scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title II: GENERAL FRAMEWORK ### Chapter I: Establishment and objectives of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund ## 4 Establishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Union priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Shared and direct management ## 7 Shared and direct management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: General Principles of Assistance under Shared Management ## 8 State aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Specific ex ante conditionalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter IV: Admissibility of applications and ineligible operations ## 10 Admissibility of applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Ineligible operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title III: FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK ## 12 Budget implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Budgetary resources under shared management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Budgetary resources under direct management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Mid-term review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Financial distribution for shared management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IV: PROGRAMMING ### Chapter I: Programming for measures financed under shared management ## 17 Preparation of operational programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Content of the operational programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Approval of the operational programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Amendment of the operational programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Work plans for data collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Rules on procedures and timetables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Programming for measures financed under direct management ## 23 Annual work programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title V: MEASURES FINANCED UNDER SHARED MANAGEMENT ### Chapter I: Sustainable development of fisheries ## 24 Specific objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 General conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Innovation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Advisory services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Partnerships between scientists and fishermen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Promotion of human capital, job creation and social dialogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Diversification and new forms of income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Start-up support for young fishermen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Health and safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Temporary cessation of fishing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Permanent cessation of fishing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Mutual funds for public health crises, adverse climatic events and environmental incidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Support for the systems of allocation of fishing opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Support for the design and implementation of conservation measures and regional cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Limitation of the impact of fishing on the marine environment and adaptation of fishing to the protection of species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Innovation linked to the conservation of marine biological resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Protection and restoration of marine biodiversity and ecosystems and compensation regimes in the framework of sustainable fishing activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Energy efficiency and mitigation of climate change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Added value, product quality and use of unwanted catches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Fishing ports, landing sites, auction halls and shelters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Inland fishing and inland aquatic fauna and flora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Sustainable development of aquaculture ## 45 Specific objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 General conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Innovation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Productive investments in aquaculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Management, relief and advisory services for aquaculture farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Promotion of human capital and networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Increasing the potential of aquaculture sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Encouraging new aquaculture farmers practising sustainable aquaculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Conversion to eco-management and audit schemes and organic aquaculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Aquaculture providing environmental services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Public health measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 56 Animal health and welfare measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 Aquaculture stock insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: Sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture areas ### Section 1: Scope and objectives ## 58 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 59 Specific objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Community–led local development strategies and fisheries local action groups ## 60 Community–led local development strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 61 Fisheries local action groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Eligible operations ## 62 Support from the EMFF for community–led local development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 63 Implementation of community–led local development strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 64 Cooperation activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter IV: Marketing and processing related measures ## 65 Specific objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 66 Production and marketing plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 67 Storage aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 68 Marketing measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 69 Processing of fishery and aquaculture products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter V: Compensation for additional costs in outermost regions for fishery and aquaculture products ## 70 Compensation regime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 71 Calculation of the compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 72 Compensation plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 73 State aid for implementing compensation plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter VI: Accompanying measures for the CFP under shared management ## 74 Geographical scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 75 Specific objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 76 Control and enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 77 Data collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter VII: Technical assistance at the initiative of Member States ## 78 Technical assistance at the initiative of Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter VIII: The IMP measures financed under shared management ## 79 Specific objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80 Eligible operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VI: MEASURES FINANCED UNDER DIRECT MANAGEMENT ### Chapter I: Integrated maritime policy ## 81 Geographical scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 82 Scope and objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 83 Eligible operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Accompanying measures for the CFP and the IMP under direct management ## 84 Geographical scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 85 Specific objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 86 Scientific advice and knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 87 Control and enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 88 Voluntary financial contributions to international organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 89 Advisory Councils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 90 Market intelligence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 91 Communication activities under the CFP and the IMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: Technical assistance ## 92 Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VII: IMPLEMENTATION UNDER SHARED MANAGEMENT ### Chapter I: General provisions ## 93 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Delivery mechanism ### Section 1: Support from the EMFF ## 94 Determination of co-financing rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 95 Intensity of public aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 96 Calculation of additional costs or income foregone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: Management and control systems ## 97 Managing authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 98 Transmission of financial data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter IV: Control by Member States ## 99 Financial corrections by Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter V: Control by the Commission ### Section 1: Interruption and suspension ## 100 Interruption of the payment deadline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 101 Suspension of payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 102 Commission powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Information exchange and financial corrections ## 103 Access to information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 104 Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 105 Financial corrections by the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 106 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter VI: Monitoring, evaluation, information and communication ### Section 1: Establishment and objectives of a common monitoring and evaluation system ## 107 Monitoring and evaluation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 108 Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 2: Technical provisions ## 109 Common indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 110 Electronic information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 111 Provision of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 3: Monitoring ## 112 Monitoring procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 113 Functions of the monitoring committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 114 Annual implementation report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 4: Evaluation ## 115 General provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 116 Ex ante evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 117 Ex post evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 118 Synthesis of evaluations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Section 5: Information and communication ## 119 Information and publicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title VIII: IMPLEMENTATION UNDER DIRECT MANAGEMENT ### Chapter I: General provisions ## 120 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter II: Control ## 121 Protection of Union financial interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 122 Audits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 123 Suspension of payments, reduction and cancellation of the financial contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter III: Evaluation and reporting ## 124 Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 125 Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title IX: PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS ## 126 Exercise of delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 127 Committee procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Title X: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 128 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 129 Transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 130 Entry into force and date of application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III INDICATIVE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS UNDER CHAPTERS I AND II OF TITLE VI AMONG THE OBJECTIVES SET OUT IN ARTICLES 82 AND 85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex V: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION ON SUPPORT FROM THE EMFF ## 1 List of operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 2: Information and publicity measures for the public ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 The Member State shall be responsible for organising at least the following information and publicity measures: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 The managing authority shall involve in information and publicity measures, in accordance with national laws and practices, the following bodies: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Division 3: Information measures for potential beneficiaries and beneficiaries ### Division 3.1: Information measures for potential beneficiaries ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 The managing authority shall ensure that potential beneficiaries are informed of at least the following: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2 Information measures for beneficiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/508 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-508 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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