31. 7. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 193/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) 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 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Eurobean Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and. Social Commlttee (3), Whereas the common fisheries policy supports the general objectives of Article 39 of the Treaty; whereas, in particular, Council Regulation (EEC) No 3760/92 of 20 December 1992 establishing a Community system for fisheries and aquaculture (*) contributes towards achieving a balance between conservation and the management of resources, on the one hand, and the fishing effort and the stable and rational exploitation of those resources, on the other; Whereas fisheries structural measures should contribute to the attainment of the objectives of the common fisheries policy and the objectives of Article 130a of the Treaty; Whereas the incorporation of structural measures in the fisheries and aquaculture sector into the operational framework resulting from the reform of the Structural Funds as laid down in 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 () OJ No C 131, 11. 5. 1993, p. 18. (*) Opinion dehvered on 14 July 1993 (not yet pubhshed in the Official Journal). (3) O] No C 201, 26. 7. 1993, p. 52. () OJ No L 389, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1. () OJ No L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 9. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2081/93 (see page 5 of this Official Journal) Council Regulation (EEC) No 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down . provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards coordination of the activities of the different Structural Funds between themselves and with the. operations of the European Investment Bank and the other existing financial instruments (¥), should improve the synergy of - Community. operations and enable a more coherent contribution to be made to the strengthening of economic and social cohesion; Whereas the tasks of the financial instrument for fisheries guidance (FIFG) should be defined on the basis of its contribution to the achievement of Objective 5 (a) as defined in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88; Whereas the Community should provide financial assistance in those fields which are crucial for the structural adaptation necessary to achieve the objectives of the common fisheries policy; whereas, furthermore, aid measures in this sector should be subject to compliance with the objectives of balance between resources and their exploitation; Whereas the Council, after consulting the European Parliament, should decide at a later date on the detailed rules and conditions for the FIFG contribution to the measures for adaptation of fisheries structures in order to guarantee the coherence of the common fisheries policy; Whereas the measures povided for will coincide with the scope of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86 of 18 December 1986 on Community measures to improve and adapt structures in the fisheries ‘and aquaculture sector (') and that of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4042/89 of 19 December 1989 on the improvement - of the conditions under which fishery and aquaculture (®) OJ No L 374, 31. 12. 1988, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2082/93 (see page 20 of this Official Journal). (7 OJ No L 376, 31. 12. 1986, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regulatlon (EEC) No 2794/92 (OJ No L 282, 26. 8 1992, p. 3).