No L 241/20 .Official Journal of the European Communities 10. 9. 85 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 8 May 1985 on an aid to producers’ organizations granted by the United Kingdom Government (Only the English text is authentic) (85/425/EEQC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN . COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 100/76 of 19 January 1976 on the common organization of the market in fishery products ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3443/80 (3, and in particular Articles 11 and 26 thereof, and.to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 (%), which replaced it with effect from 1 June 1982, and in particular Articles 13 and 28 thereof, Having given notice, in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2), to the parties concerned to submit their comments, and having regard to those comments, Taking the following into account: I In accordance with Article 93 (3) of the EEC Treaty, the United Kingdom Government notified the - Commission by letters dated 28 March and 4 June 1980 from its Permanent Representation to the Euro- pean Communities of its intention to grant, between 1 J No L 20, 28. 1. 1976, p. 1. J No L 359, 31. 12. 1980, p. 13. J No L 379, 31. 12. 1981, p. 1. April and 30 September 1980, an aid of £ 2 million to producers’ organizations in the fisheries sector. This aid was to be shared among the various recipients according to the size of their catch in 1979 and was to be used for several measures including the introduc- tion of temporary laying-up premiums, grants to port authorities enabling them to reduce temporarily the charges which they levy, the financitig of programmes for improving packaging methods and publicity .campaigns for fishery products and support for the autonomous systems of withdrawal prices operated by producers’ organjzations. The producers’ organizations themselves were to be responsible for allocating the aid as between these four objectives. The United Kingdom Government gave as its reason for granting this aid the difficult situation facing United Kingdom fishermen, who had been unable to raise market prices in line with the considerable rise in their production costs and in particular the rise in oil prices. The United Kingdom Government stressed that this situation had led to a decline in fishing activity and was likely to cause an uncontrolled break-up of the United Kingdom fishing fleet at a time when discussions at Community level had not yet estab- lished a common structures policy. The aid was thus intended to prevent an irreversible trend in the United Kingdom fishing industry with all the serious social and regional repercussions which it would entail. The United Kingdom Government considered that the aid in question would serve to strengthen the important position of producers’ organizations in the common organization of the market in fishery products.