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Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 Article 5

Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 Article 5

Objectives

Article 5

The EMFF shall contribute to the achievement of the following objectives: (a) promoting competitive, environmentally sustainable, economically viable and socially responsible fisheries and aquaculture; (b) fostering the implementation of the CFP; (c) promoting a balanced and inclusive territorial development of fisheries and aquaculture areas; (d) fostering the development and implementation of the Union’s IMP in a manner complementary to cohesion policy and to the CFP. The pursuit of those objectives shall not result in an increase in fishing capacity.

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