MARITIME AFFAIRS & FISHERIES European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) 2014-2020.

MARITIME AFFAIRS& FISHERIES

European Maritime and Fisheries Fund(EMFF)2014-2020

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Key messages

• European Maritime and Fisheries Fund for the period 2014-2020 accompanying the implementation of the CFP with the necessary financial resources

• Focus on people and communities dependent on fisheries

• Boost to the development of EU aquaculture

• Stable financing for IMP

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Interdependence with other legal instruments

Financial Regulation

CMOs Regulation

EMFF

Common Provisions with

other funds

CFP Basic Regulation

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Interaction with other Funds

• Common Strategic Framework and Partnership Contracts:

– Same rules – simplification

– Joint framework for programming and implementation – more coordination

– Specific rules - EMFF

• IMP mainstreamed under other CSF funds, ensuring synergies with broader initiatives like the Sea basin strategies

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THE COMMON STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK

Contribution to thematic objectives (TO) of

EU2020Key actions for each TO

Key territorial challenges (sea basin, coastal areas,

local development)

EMFF Union priorities Measures

THE PARTNERSHIP CONTRACT (WHAT TO ACHIEVE)

Needs analysis referring CSF TO/

key actions

A summary of ex-ante evaluation

A summary of results expected

for each TO

Indicative allocation by TO (plus support to climate change)

EMFF OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME (HOW TO ACHIEVE)

Result indicators (performance framework) Output indicators

STRATEGIC ORIENTATION TO PROGRAMMING

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Architecture (1)

Shared management:

4 Pillars:

- Sustainable and Smart Fisheries

- Sustainable and Smart Aquaculture

- Sustainable development of fisheries areas

- Accompanying measures to the CFP:

Data collection, control and market measures

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Direct management:

- Integrated Maritime Policy

- Accompanying measures under the CFP:

• Scientific advice• Governance • Elements of control• Voluntary contributions to RFMOs • Technical assistance

Architecture (2)

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Europe 2020 & EMFF

Supports aligned with 3 thematic objectives of Europe 2020:

- Promoting employment and labour mobility

- Enhancing the competitiveness of the fisheries and aquaculture

- Protecting the environment and resource efficiency

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6 Union’s priorities Translating the Europe 2020 thematic objectives in line with the objectives of the reformed CFP and the IMP:

1. Increasing employment and territorial cohesion

2. Fostering innovative, competitive and knowledge based fisheries

3. Fostering innovative, competitive and knowledge based aquaculture

4. Promoting a sustainable and resource efficient fisheries

5. Promoting a sustainable and resource efficient aquaculture

6. Fostering the implementation of the CFP

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No more scrapping

• Fishing capacity has not decreased, in spite of €2.7 billion spent by EU and Member States on scrapping since 1994.

• Criticism of Court of Auditors

• Value for money: up to 1 million EUR for the vessel owner vs 5-6 thousand EUR creating one job in a fishing community

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New Fisheries Measures (1)

Focus on Social Sustainability:

• Support to communities dependent on fishing

• Health and safety conditions on board

• Growth and jobs through lifelong learning, new skills, business start-ups with emphasis on emerging maritime sectors

• Gender equality: “pêche à pied”, training for spouses of fishermen

• Support to social dialogue

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The importance of small scale coastal fleets• Allocation criteria based also on the share of the small

scale coastal fleet

• Increased aid intensity of 75% for all the measures (60% under EFF)

• Tailor made measures for small scale coastal fleet: advisory services, business start-ups, retrofitting of vessels and special aid for spouses of fishermen

• Local development pillar (current Axis 4) benefitting primarily small scale and coastal fleets

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New Fisheries Measures (1) Economic sustainability:

• Innovation in ideas, products, services, fishing techniques, or resources management, local innovation in fisheries areas, advisory innovation and business services

• Adding value to fishery products in particular through marketing, promotion and quality measures

• Modernisation of fishing vessels linked to safety and health on board, selectivity, energy efficiency, catch quality and the discard ban; higher aid intensity than under the EFF for both small scale and industrial fleets

• Additional sources of income through differentiation of economic activity

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New Fisheries Measures (2)

- The Sustainable Value for fisheries in line with the new CFP:

• Support to MSY and no-discards fishing

• Conservation measures (regionalisation) in line with the CFP

• Partnerships between fishermen and scientists

• Eco-innovation

• Promoting the participation of fishermen in management, restoration and monitoring of NATURA 2000 sites and other marine protected areas (marine litter, biodiversity services)

• Funding for more selective gears or fishing techniques

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Boost for Aquaculture Growth and jobs :

• Encouraging new aquaculture farmers

• Investing in human capital: support to management, advisory and relief services and life-long learning

Innovation and new forms of aquaculture:

• Off-shore and non-food aquaculture;

• New forms of income through multifunctional aquaculture

• Adding value to products through ‘in-house’ processing, marketing and direct sale

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Boost for Aquaculture (2) Environmental sustainability:

• Increasing the potential of aquaculture sites through spatial, infrastructure, and environmental planning for aquaculture areas.

• Promotion of aquaculture with high level of environmental protection and delivering environmental services (ponds).

Addressing the risks - Human and animal health:

• Development of best practices or codes of conducts on bio-security or on animal welfare

• Facilitating access to stock insurance

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Sustainable development in fisheries areas - Building on success

Bottom-up approach for:• Growth and jobs, social cohesion• Local Innovation• Environment as an development asset / local

conservation schemes

More support for the development of local strategies, networking, animations.

“Multi-funding” as an option for a Union-led support

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Control measures under shared management

Special rules:• Ring-fencing of the resources;• Specific sections in the OP for control which may be

modified every 2 years through a simplified procedure to adjust to the changing priorities of the Union in this policy

• Differentiated co-financing rates

Advantages:

Multi-annual strategic planning, less administrative burden

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Data collection measures under shared management

Special rules:

• Annual work programmes complementing the multiannual programming and allowing a regular interaction between COM and MS

• Ring-fencing of the resources allocated

• Specific sections in the OP

Advantages:

Multi-annual strategic planning, less administrative burden

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Market measuresBetter products Adding value through marketing and processing measures

Support to POs (in line with CMO Regulation)Measures specifically designed for Producers OrganisationsProduction and marketing plans Storage aid for Pos (phasing out)

Bringing outermost regions closer Specific compensation for additional costs in outermost regions

for fishery and aquaculture products

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IMP pillar (direct management)• The Integrated Maritime Policy - the coordination and

sustainable growth of sea-related activities to the benefit of coastal regions and maritime sectors.

• Maritime policy coordination tools – support to policy tools which cannot be developed within individual policy areas or at Member State level:

– Maritime spatial planning– Integrated maritime surveillance– Marine knowledge– Marine strategy framework directive

• Blue Growth: identifies and addresses barriers that hinder growth in emerging maritime sectors.

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ConditionalityEx-ante and ex-post conditions• Ex-ante: fulfilment of general pre-conditions like administrative

capacity.• Ex post: performance reserve based on the achievement of

milestones related to Europe 2020 objectives.

Specific conditionality: • Compliance of MS and operators with the rules of CFP from

admissibility to implementation of operations.• Aquaculture Multiannual national strategic plans on the basis

of Union strategic guidelines.

This results in: • Stronger compliance with CFP rules • Increased coherence with the objectives of CFP reform

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EMFF Specific ConditionalityConditions Consequences if not met

For operators

Serious infringement Art.42 IUU Regulation Non admissibility of applications

Recovery of funds

Financial correction by MS

Vessel involved in IUU

Other cases of non compliance with CFP rules

For Member States

Ex-ante: Capacity for control obligations Suspension of payments

Ex-ante: Capacity for data collection obligations

Ex-ante: National Strategic Plan on Aquaculture

Non compliance with obligations of the CFP Interruption of payments

Suspension of payments

Financial correction by COM

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New Evaluation and Monitoring Framework

• The process – dialogue with MS on both the framework and the indicators:– Result indicators (limited number – around 10)– Output indicators (common definition)– Content of evaluation plan (ongoing from ex-ante to ex-post)

• Performance framework based on result indicators– Targets set in OP, their achievement will trigger the performance reserve– Need to ensure ambitious targets

• Indicative example:– EU level: reduction of discards is a priority– PC/OP: set target on reduction of discards by milestones/choice of measures and financial

allocation– Special reports in 2017 and 2019 on achievement of targets

• Evaluation: ex-ante from early stage, ongoing for special reports, ex-post by MS

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Financial management under shared management

NEW with the EMFF:• Measures: Control, data collection and some marketing

measures• Mechanism: harmonised through new Financial

Regulation of the Union and based on AGRI model • Rules: Common provisions are proposed for all the funds

(AGRI, REGIO, EMPL, HOME, MARE)• Delegated acts and Comitology procedure: Treaty of

Lisbon

REMAINS with the EMFF:• Only 1 Operational Programme (OP) by MS =

– 1 negotiation– 1 decision adopting the OP

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Financial allocation and resources• Shared management:

MEUR 5 520 of which:MEUR 4 535 Sustainable development of fisheries, aquaculture and fisheries areasMEUR 477 Control and EnforcementMEUR 358 Data CollectionMEUR 105 Outermost regionsMEUR 45 Storage Aid

• Direct management:MEUR 1 047 IMP Scientific Advice, Control, Governance and Technical Assistance

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Simplification• One single financial instrument; Data collection, control, market

intervention moved to a shared management

• Possibility of using the same bodies for the implementation as for rural development

• Coherent programming, evaluation and monitoring framework through a limited number of common indicators for all MS

• One Operational Programme covering all regions (no distinction between Convergence and non Convergence )

• One EU co-financing rate of 75% (with the exception of data collection and control)

• One aid intensity of 50% (with few exceptions)

• Wide use of lump sums

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Integrated Maritime Policy in the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-

2020

1. Financial support for initiatives not funded by sectoral policies and that promote growth through better coordination of maritime sectors: European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF)

2. Coherence of the objectives pursued by the different EU funds, in particular with a view to ensure developing sea basin strategies: Common Strategic Framework

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European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF)

•Implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy

– Focus on people and communities dependent on fisheries

– Boost to the development of EU aquaculture

•Stable financing for maritime policy: – €432 million over 7 years

– 6.6% of the EMFF

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Architecture of the EMFF

Shared management:

1. Sustainable and Smart Fisheries

2. Sustainable and Smart Aquaculture

3. Sustainable development of fisheries areas

4. Accompanying measures to the Common Fisheries Policy : Data collection, control and market measures

Direct management:

1. Integrated Maritime Policy

2. Accompanying measures under the Common Fisheries Policy.

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Centralised funding for the IMP

1. Maritime Spatial Planning (€25.50 million): accelerates investments and lowers legal and administrative costs for maritime companies through a stable legal framework.

2. Integrated Maritime Surveillance (€100 million): increases effectiveness and cost efficiency of maritime surveillance carried out by over 400 relevant public authorities.

3. Marine Knowledge 2020 (€210 million): • Free access for industry, researchers and authorities

• European seabed map by 2020

• Increase competitiveness and innovation, reduce uncertainty

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Centralised funding for the IMP in the EMFF

4. Maritime governance, including "kick-off" support for the development of sea basin strategies (€28 million): coherent decision-making and smart public spending in coastal regions.

5. Sustainable economic growth, employment, innovation and competitiveness within emerging maritime sectors (€30 million): follows up on the ongoing Blue Growth initiative to enhance the business potential of emerging maritime sectors.

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IMP pillar (direct management)• Eligible operations (examples):

Studies

Projects, including test projects and cooperation projects;

Public information and sharing best practices, awareness raising, stakeholder platforms; development, operation and maintenance of IT systems;

Conferences, seminars, workshops;

Exchange of best practices, coordination activities including information sharing networks and steering mechanisms for sea-basin strategies.


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