TITLE II GENERAL FRAMEWORK

CHAPTER I Establishment and objectives of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund

Article 5 Objectives

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.