Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 508/2014
Article 1
Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 is amended as follows: (1) In Article 13, the following paragraph is added: ‘9. Member States shall have the possibility to exceed the amount set out in paragraph 2 of this Article and to go below the amounts set out in paragraphs 3 to 7 of this Article to support the measures set out in Article 33 of this Regulation if the United Kingdom does not grant access rights to United Kingdom waters for Union fishing vessels that have significant dependence on access to those waters for their fishing activities in the event that the Treaties cease to apply to the United Kingdom pursuant to Article 50(3) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU).’; (2) In Article 25, the following paragraph is inserted: ‘3a. The total financial contribution from the EMFF to the measures referred to in point (d) of Article 33(1) shall not be taken into account when determining whether the thresholds set out in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 3 of this Article are exceeded.’; (3) Article 33 is amended as follows: (a) in paragraph 1, the following point is added: ‘(d) to address the consequences of a situation in which the United Kingdom does not grant access rights to United Kingdom waters for Union fishing vessels that have significant dependence on access to those waters for their fishing activities in the event that the Treaties cease to apply to the United Kingdom pursuant to Article 50(3) TEU.’; (b) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: ‘2. The support referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 may be granted for a maximum duration of six months per vessel during the period from 2014 to 2020 and the support referred to in point (d) of that paragraph may be granted for a maximum duration of nine months per vessel during the period from 2014 to 2020. Expenditure relating to point (d) of paragraph 1 shall be eligible from the date of application of Regulation (EU) 2019/497 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( *1 ) . ( *1 ) Regulation (EU) 2019/497 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 March 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 as regards certain rules relating to the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund by reason of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union ( OJ L 85 I, 27.3.2019, p. 22 ).’ "