31. 12. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 346/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3699/93 of 21 December 1993 laying down the criteria and arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries and aquaculture sector and the processing and marketing of its products THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2080/93 of 20 July 1993 laying down provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards the financial instrument of fisheries “guidance (!), and in particular Article 6 thereof," Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (2), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (3), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas Council Regulation [(EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988 on the tasks of the Structural Funds and their effectiveness and on coordination of their activities between themselves and with the operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (°) and Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down provisions for implementing the said Regulation (%), define the general objectives and tasks of the Structural Funds and the financial instrument for fisheries guidance, hereinafter referred to as the ‘FIFG’, their organization, the assistance methods, programming and general (') OJ No L 193, 31. 7. 1993, p. 1. () O] No C 305, 11. 11. 1993, p. 12. (3) Opinion delivered on 17 December 1993 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (*} Opinion delivered on 21 December 1993 (not yet published " in the Official Journal). (°) OJ No L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 9. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2081/93 (O] No L 193, 31. 7. 1993, p. 1). 4 (!) OJ No L 374, 31. 12. 1988, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2082/93 (O] No L 193, 31. 7. 1993, p. 20). organization of the aid provided by the Funds and the general financial arrangements; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20 December 1992 establishing a Community system for fisheries and aquaculture (7) lays down the objectives and general rules of the common policy; whereas the development of the Community fishing fleet must in particular be restricted according to the decisions that the Council is called to take by virtue of Article 11; whereas it is for the Commission to translate these decisions into precise measures at the level of each Member State; whereas, furthermore, the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (}) must be respected; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2080/93 defines the specific tasks of Community structural aid measures in the fisheries and aquaculture sector and the industry processing and marketing its products, hereinafter referred to as ‘the sector’; whereas under Article 6 the Council must decide, no later than 31 December 1993, on the terms and conditions of the contribution of the FIFG to adaptation measures of the structures of the sector; Whereas the Council must lay down detailed rules for the implementation of measures connected with the modification of the structures of the sector in order to ensure that FIFG assistance achieves the objectives assigned to the structural policy of the sector within the overall framework of Community structural assistance and the common fisheries policy as a whole, which comes under the exclusive competence of the Community, and so that each Member State is in a position to manage structural assistance in the sector; whereas, in so far as such assistance is not limited to the granting of Community aid, it is appropriaté in particular to integrate, in a coherent manner, the programming of the restructuring of Community fishing fleets in the context of structural assistance as a whole, - (/) OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. () OJ No L 261, 20. 10. 1993, p. 1.