Title VI, Chapter I, Article 82 · Regulation (EU) No 508/2014

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Article 82Scope and objectives#

Support under this Chapter shall contribute to enhancing the development and implementation of the Union’s IMP. It shall:

(a)foster the development and implementation of integrated governance of maritime and coastal affairs, in particular by:

(i)promoting actions which encourage Member States and their regions to develop, introduce or implement integrated maritime governance;

(ii)promoting dialogue and cooperation with and among competent authorities of the Member States and stakeholders on marine and maritime issues, including by developing and implementing integrated sea-basin strategies taking into account a balanced approach in all sea basins as well as the specific characteristics of the sea basins and sub-sea basins, and relevant macro-regional strategies where applicable;

(iii)promoting cross-sectoral cooperation platforms and networks, including representatives of public authorities at national, regional and local level, industry including tourism, research stakeholders, citizens, civil society organisations and the social partners;

(iv)improving the cooperation between Member States through exchange of information and best practices among their competent authorities;

(v)promoting the exchange of best practices and dialogue at international level, including bilateral dialogue with third countries, taking into account UNCLOS and the relevant international conventions based on UNCLOS, without prejudice to other agreements or arrangements which may exist between the Union and the third countries concerned. Such dialogue shall include, as appropriate, effective discussion on the ratification and implementation of UNCLOS;

(vi)enhancing the visibility of, and raising the awareness of public authorities, the private sector and the general public to an integrated approach to, maritime affairs;

(b)contribute to the development of cross-sectoral initiatives that are mutually beneficial to different maritime sectors and/or sectoral policies, taking into account and building upon existing tools and initiatives, such as:

(i)the IMS so as to reinforce the safe, secure and sustainable use of maritime space in particular by enhancing effectiveness and efficiency through information exchange across sectors and borders, while taking due account of existing and future cooperation mechanisms and systems;

(ii)maritime spatial planning and integrated coastal zone management processes;

(iii)the progressive development of a comprehensive and publicly accessible high quality marine data and knowledge base which shall facilitate the sharing, re-use and dissemination of those data and knowledge among various user groups, thus avoiding a duplication of efforts; for that purpose, the best use shall be made of existing Union and Member States’ programmes;

(c)support sustainable economic growth, employment, innovation and new technologies within emerging and prospective maritime sectors, as well as in coastal, insular and outermost regions of the Union, in a way that complements established sectoral and national activities;

(d)promote the protection of the marine environment, in particular its biodiversity and marine protected areas such as Natura 2000 sites, and the sustainable use of marine and coastal resources and to further define the boundaries of the sustainability of human activities that have an impact on the marine environment, in accordance with the objectives of achieving and maintaining a good environmental status as required by Directive 2008/56/EC.

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Common information sharing environment
(CISE) means a network of systems with a decentralised set-up developed for the exchange of information between users in order to improve their situational awareness of activities at sea;
cross-sectoral operations
means those initiatives that mutually benefit different sectors and/or sectoral policies, as referred to in the TFEU, and that cannot be accomplished entirely through measures encompassed within respective policy areas;
electronic recording and reporting system
(ERS) means a system for the electronic recording and reporting of data as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;
European marine observation and data network
means a network that integrates relevant national marine observation and data programmes into a common and accessible European resource;
fisheries and aquaculture area
means an area with a sea, river or lake shore, including ponds or a river basin, with a significant level of employment in fisheries or aquaculture, that is functionally coherent in geographical, economic and social terms and is designated as such by a Member State;
fisherman
means any person engaging in commercial fishing activities, as recognised by the Member State;
inland fishing
means fishing activities carried out for commercial purposes in inland waters by vessels or other devices, including those used for ice fishing;
integrated coastal zone management
means strategies and measures such as those described in Recommendation 2002/413/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council;
integrated maritime governance
means the coordinated management of all sectoral policies at Union level affecting the oceans, seas and coastal regions;
Integrated Maritime Policy
(IMP) means a Union policy whose aim is to foster coordinated and coherent decision-making to maximise the sustainable development, economic growth and social cohesion of Member States, and notably the coastal, insular and outermost regions in the Union, as well as maritime sectors, through coherent maritime-related policies and relevant international cooperation;
Integrated maritime surveillance
(IMS) means a Union initiative aimed at enhancing effectiveness and efficiency in surveillance activities in respect of the European seas through information exchange and collaboration across sectors and borders;
inter-territorial cooperation
means cooperation within a Member State, and the term ‘transnational cooperation’ means cooperation between territories in several Member States or cooperation between at least one territory of a Member State and one or more territories in third countries.
maritime spatial planning
means a process by which the relevant Member State’s authorities analyse and organise human activities in marine areas in order to achieve ecological, economic and social objectives;
measure
means a set of operations;
mutual fund
means a scheme accredited by the Member State, in accordance with its national law, which enables affiliated fishermen to insure themselves, whereby compensation payments are made to affiliated fishermen for economic losses caused by the events set out in paragraph 1.
net revenue
means the income of fishermen from the first sale of the fish or shellfish caught during the introduction and testing of the new technical or organisational knowledge less the selling costs such as auction hall fees.
small–scale coastal fishing
means fishing carried out by fishing vessels of an overall length of less than 12 metres and not using towed fishing gear as listed in Table 3 of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 26/2004;
transnational cooperation
means cooperation between territories in several Member States or cooperation between at least one territory of a Member State and one or more territories in third countries.
vessels operating exclusively in inland waters
means vessels engaged in commercial fishing in inland waters and not included in the Union fishing fleet register.
young fisherman
means a natural person who seeks to acquire a fishing vessel for the first time and who, at the moment of submitting the application, is under 40 years of age and who has worked for at least five years as fisherman, or has acquired equivalent vocational training.