Regulation 2020/560 - Amendment of Regulations (EU) No 508/2014 and (EU) No 1379/2013 as regards specific measures to mitigate the impact of the COVID‐19 outbreak in the fishery and aquaculture sector - Main contents
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Regulation (EU) 2020/560 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2020 amending Regulations (EU) No 508/2014 and (EU) No 1379/2013 as regards specific measures to mitigate the impact of the COVID‐19 outbreak in the fishery and aquaculture sector| Legal instrument | Regulation |
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| Number legal act | Regulation 2020/560 |
| Original proposal | COM(2020)142  |
| CELEX number i | 32020R0560 |
| Document | 23-04-2020; Date of signature |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 24-04-2020; OJ L 130 p. 11-17 |
| Signature | 23-04-2020 |
| Effect | 25-04-2020; Entry into force Date pub. +1 See Art 3 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
24.4.2020 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 130/11 |
REGULATION (EU) 2020/560 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 23 April 2020
amending Regulations (EU) No 508/2014 and (EU) No 1379/2013 as regards specific measures to mitigate the impact of the COVID‐19 outbreak in the fishery and aquaculture sector
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 43(2)and 175 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
After consulting the European Economic and Social Committee,
After consulting the Committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (1),
Whereas:
(1) |
The fishery and aquaculture sector has been particularly hard hit by the market disruption generated by a significant drop in demand ensuing from the COVID‐19 outbreak. The closure of sales venues, markets, outlets and distribution channels has seen prices and volumes drop substantially. The drop in demand and prices, combined with the vulnerability and complexity of the supply chain, has made the operations of fishing fleets and seafood production loss‐making. Consequently, fishers have been forced to stay in port and fish farmers will have to discard or destroy products within weeks. |
(2) |
It should be possible for the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) established by Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) to support specific measures until 31 December 2020 to mitigate the impact of the COVID‐19 outbreak in the fishery and aquaculture sector. Those measures should comprise support for the temporary cessation of fishing activities, including for inland fishing and fishers on foot, and for certain economic losses for aquaculture producers and processing enterprises and in the outermost regions, provided that they are the consequence of the COVID‐19 outbreak. Those measures should also comprise the provision of working capital to aquaculture producers and processing enterprises and support to producer organisations and associations of producer organisations for the storage of fishery and aquaculture products in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3). Expenditure for operations supported under those measures should be eligible as of 1 February 2020. |
(3) |
The resources available for commitments from the EMFF under shared management should be broken down in a way that ensures that fixed amounts are established for fisheries control and for the collection of scientific data, while permitting 10 % of those amounts to be used for measures related to the mitigation of the COVID‐19 outbreak, and for the compensation of additional costs in the outermost regions. The other resources under shared management should be allocated by Member States on the basis of their needs. |
(4) |
Given the significant socio‐economic consequences of the COVID‐19 outbreak and the need for liquidity in the economy, it should be possible to support the temporary cessation of fishing activities caused by the COVID‐19 outbreak crisis with a maximum co‐financing rate of 75 % of eligible public expenditure. |
(5) |
Given the need for flexibility in the reallocation of financial resources to address the consequences of the COVID‐19 outbreak, the provision of support for the temporary cessation of fishing activities caused by that outbreak should not be subject to financial capping. That should be without prejudice to the existing financial capping for the other cases of temporary cessation of fishing activities. The obligation to deduct support granted for temporary cessation from support... |
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