No L 327/44 Official Journal of the European Communities 22. 11. 86 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 25 June 1986 on an aid to fish producers’ organizations.granted by the German Government (Only the German text is authentic) (86/561/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, A Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first subpara- graph of Article 93 (2) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 of 29 December 1981 on the common organization of the markets in fishery products ("), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 28 thereof, Having given notice, pursuant to the provisions of the first subparagraph of Article 93 (2) of the Treaty, to those concerned to submit their comments (%), Whereas : Notification and description of the aid In letters from its Permanent Representative to the Euro- pean Communities dated 8 July and 22 October 1982, the German Government notified the Commission, in accordance with Article 93 (3) of the EEC Treaty, of its intention to convert into subsidies the market stabiliza- () OJ No L 379, 31. 12. 1981, p. 1. () OJ No C 57, 2. 3. 1983, p. 6. tion loans made to organizations of producers engaged in inshore and cutter fishing in 1975 and 1976. This is an aid scheme coming under the area of the market organization for fishery products. Article 6 (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 100/76, on the common organization of the markets in fishery products (®), and Article 6 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81, which succeeded the former Regulation, stipulate that the Member States may make aid available to producers’ orga- nizations, either directly or through credit institutions, in the form of loans on special terms to cover part of the anticipated cost of market intervention within the meaning of Article 8 or 9 of these Regulations, i.e. market withdrawal measures. In 1975/76, four German cutter fishing organizations obtained, under this article, loans totalling DM 4 500 000. These were to be reimbursed from 1979 onwards in ten equal annual instalments, the interest rate being between 2% and 4 %. However, several of these organizations were forced to cease repay- ments ‘because of economic problems besetting the industry. The German Government was prepared to forego reim- bursement of the amounts of these loans outstanding (DM 3150 000) provided that all the organizations of cutter fishermen agreed to market their output jointly and to set up a single marketing organization for this purpose. The draft contracts on the conversion into subsidies of the amounts of the loans outstanding stipulated that any producers’ organizations withdrawing from joint mar- keting would be required to reimburse the balance () OJ No L 20, 28. 1. 1976, p. 1.