5.12.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 327/1 | (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory) REGULATIONS COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1207/2008 of 28 November 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 639/2004 on the management of fishing fleets registered in the Community outermost regions THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, political agreement reached in the Council on 19 June 2006 becomes impossible within the deadline of 31 December 2008. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 37 and Article 299(2) thereof, (4) It is, therefore, appropriate to extend the deadline to 2011 for the derogation set out in Article 2(5) of Regu- Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, lation (EC) No 639/2004. Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (%), (5)  Regulation (EC) No 639/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly, Whereas: HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: (1) Council Regulation (EC) No 639/2004 of 30 March 2004 on the management of fishing fleets registered in the Community outermost regions (%) allows derogations from Article 13 of Council Regulation (EC) No Article 1 2371 2002 of 20 De.cen.qber 2002 on the conservation Regulation (EC) No 639/2004 is hereby amended as follows: and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (%). That Article provides for a general scheme to manage entries into the fleet as well as exits from the fleet. 1. Article 2(5) shall be replaced by the following: 2)  Article 2(5) of Regulation (EC) No 639/2004 fixes the period of validity of the derogation from the entry/exit ‘5. Notwithstanding paragraph 3, for fishing vessels having scheme for fishing vessels having received public aid for received public aid for renewal, the derogation in renewal. That period was originally set at 31 December paragraph 1(a) will cease to apply three years after the 2007 and was than extended until 31 December 2008 public aid for renewal has been granted and in any case following the political agreement reached in the Council not later than 31 December 2011 on 19 June 2006 concerning the European Fisheries Fund. 2. Article 6 shall be replaced by the following: (3)  The Commission act allowing the Member States concerned to grant State aid was adopted later than foreseen. Given the fact that the interested shipyards have a limited capacity, a full implementation of the Article 6 Reporting 1) Opinion delivered 21 October 2008 (not yet published in th 0 O%ﬁ;ﬁnlofrﬁ;_e o ctover (not yet published inthe The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament () OJ L 102, 7.4.2004, p. 9. and the Council a report on the implementation of this () OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59. Regulation no later than 30 June 2012’