8.7.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 172/45 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 7 June 1999 amending Decision 98/119/EC approving the multiannual guidance programme for the fishing fleet of France for the period from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2001 (notified under document number C(1999) 1475) (Only the French text is authentic) (1999/442/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2468/98 of 3 November 1998 laying down the criteria and arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries and aquaculture sector and the processing and marketing of its products (1), and in particular Articles 5 and 6 thereof, Having regard to Council Decision 97/413/EC of 26 June 1997 concerning the objectives and detailed rules for restructuring the Community fisheries sector for the period from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2001 with a view to achieving a balance on a sustainable basis between resources and their exploita- tion (3), and in particular Article 9(1) thereof, (1)  Whereas the objectives fixed by Commission Decision 98/119/EC of 16 December 1997 approving the multi- annual guidance programme for the fishing fleet of France for the period from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2001 (%), were calculated using the informa- tion available at that time; (2)  Whereas Decision 98/119/EC stated that the objectives for the fleets operating in the French Overseas Depart- ments would be fixed when the Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries had given its opinion on the information supplied by France concerning these areas; 0] L 312, 20.11.1998, p. 19. (3 O] L 175, 30.7.1997, p. 27. 0] L 39, 12.2.1998, p. 1. (3)  Whereas in the light of the comments of this Committee and on the request of France the objectives for 31 December 2001 for these fleets should now be specified; (40 Whereas the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture failed to deliver an opinion within the time allowed by its chairman, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The table of objectives for the multiannual guidance programmes for the fishing fleet of France for the period 1997 to 2001, shown in the Annex to the present Decision, including the footnotes, cancels and replaces that shown in the Annex to Decision 98/119/EC. Atticle 2 This Decision is addressed to the French Republic. Done at Brussels, 7 June 1999. For the Commission Emma BONINO Member of the Commission