Temporary cessation of fishing activities
Article 6
1. In addition to the measures provided for in Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006, the EFF may contribute to the financing of aid measures for the temporary cessation of fishing activities for fishers and owners of fishing vessels for a maximum duration of three months implemented during the period from 1 July 2008 to 31 December 2009, provided that: (a) the temporary cessation of fishing activities commenced before 31 December 2008, and (b) the beneficiary enterprises become subject until 31 January 2009 to restructuring measures such as Fleet Adaptation Schemes, fishing effort adjustment plans, national decommissioning schemes, catch plans, other restructuring/modernisation measures. The management plans provided for in Articles 9 and 10 of Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 shall be covered by this paragraph, insofar as they involve fishing effort adjustment plans pursuant to Article 21 of Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006. 2. The measures provided for in paragraph 1 may cover the following costs: (a) part of the fixed cost incurred by the vessel owners when the vessel is tied-up in the port (such as port charges, insurance cost, maintenance costs, financial costs related to loans); (b) part of the basic salary of the fishers. 3. The total public aid per Member State to the measures provided for in paragraph 1 shall not exceed the higher of the following two thresholds: EUR 6 million or an amount equal to 8 % of the EFF financial assistance allocated to the sector in the Member State concerned.