A summary of actions taken is to be provided on the progress to achieve the provision set out in Article 41(8) with regard to the priority up to 60 % of the public assistance to be ensured to small-scale coastal fishing sector, including data on actual share of small-scale coastal fishing within the operations financed under the measure of Article 41(2)

Moreover, in its analysis of the information set out in the ‘Detailed rules of procedure of the Fund for the prevention of risks to fishing’ (‘Mode d'emploi détaillé du Fonds de prévention des aléas pêche’), which were also forwarded to the Commission in connection with the formal investigation procedure C-9/06, the Commission found that, when contributions to the FPAP determined on a declarative basis in relation to projected fuel consumption for the year ahead were calculated on a basis which was higher than actual consumption, shipowners retained in full the tax deduction granted.

I can only express my delight at the fact that the financial payments have been brought into line with the real fishing opportunities offered by Greenland and, of course, I entirely agree with the Commissioner that Amendment 7 should be rejected, because fleets without quotas must be able to take advantage of fisheries opportunities that are not used.

With regard to the importance of the fishing licence as an instrument for both fleet management and control and inspection of fishing activities, Member States must ensure that the information contained in the licence is clear and unambiguous and corresponds at all times to the actual situation.

"The Union needs a cohesion policy which addresses three types of region and structural problems": (1) regions whose development is lagging very far behind, 60 % of which are in the applicant countries; (2) regions of the Fifteen which have not completed the process of real convergence (particularly in the three cohesion countries); (3) regions facing serious structural problems, such as some urban areas, areas affected by industrial conversion, rural areas dependent on agriculture and/or fishing, and areas suffering from natural or demographic handicaps (islands, mountain areas, outermost regions, etc.).To avoid funding being spread t ...[+++]oo thinly, cohesion policy should concentrate on those measures where the Community can add real value, resulting in stronger links between financial allocations, the value added by the measures and the anticipated results.

(21) Actual starting date of fishing activities of vessel as part of the joint enterprise (dd/mm/yyyy).