No L 116/30 Official Journal of the European Communities 28. 4. 89 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1102/89 of 27 April 1989 laying down certain measures for implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1101/89 on structural improvements in inland waterway transport THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1101/89 - of 27 April 1989 on structural improvements in inland - waterway transport ('), and in particular Article 10 (3) thereof, Having regard to the views expressed by the Member States and the organizations representing inland waterway carriers at Community level in the consultations held by the Commission on 29 March and- 3 February 1989 respectively, Whereas, under Article 6 of - Regulation (EEC) No 1101/89, the Commission must adopt a number of decisions concerning the operation of the system for structural improvements in inland waterway transport laid down in that Regulation ; Whereas, in the course of the abovementioned consul- tations, the Member States and the organizations representing inland waterway carriers at Community level took the. view. that the capacity of the fleets concerned should be cut by 10 % in the case of dry cargo vessels and pusher craft and by 15% in the case of tanker vessels ; Whereas, in view of the need to  encourage scrapping by setting attractive -premiums and considering the limited resources available to the trade associations for repaying the sums prefinanced by.the: Member States concerned - pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1101/89, a total budget of ECU 130,5 million. seems appropriate ; Whereas the Commission must determine the date on which the scrapping scheme, coordinated at Community level, is to begin ; whereas that date must coincide with the date on which- the Member States affected by structural overcapacity have adopted the necessary measures for implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1101/89. Whereas the Commission must lay down the rate for the annual contributions to the Scrapping Funds payable by carriers in respect of each vessel they operate for the: carriage of goods.on the linked inland waterway-networks of the Member States ; whereas these rates must be such as to enable the Scrapping Funds to repay the sums prefinanced by the Member States concerned within ten years at the most, and must be set at a level acceptable to (') See page 25 of this Official Journal. inland waterway undertakings in a difficult economic position ; Whereas the Commission must also lay down the rates for.the scrapping premiums, the period during which, and - the conditions subject to which, they may.be obtained; whereas, to this end, in view of the overcapacity to be shed and of a limited overall budget which would be insufficient to meet all the applications for scrapping premiums lodged with the national-Scrapping Funds, it would seem appropriate, to enable ‘as much overcapacity as possible to be scrapped, to follow a procedure whereby priority consideration. is given to applications for rates at the lower end of the 70 to 100 % bracket with respect to the maximum values laid down ; Whereas, because of the particular socio-economic situation affecting small vessels, appropriate measures should be adopted and, in particular, adjustments coeffi- cients should be set so as to take account of the lower commercial value of these vessels; whereas it would therefore be advisable to set lower scrapping premiums and, accordingly, lower annual contribution rates for such vessels ; - Whereas, in order to operate the mutual financial support arrangements between the various national Scrapping Funds, it would seem advisable for the Commission, with the help of the representatives of the national Funds, to balance the accounts of those Funds at the beginning of - - each year so as to ensure that the repayment period. for the sums prefinanced by the Member States concerned is the same for all Funds; ' Whereas the various types of waterway:-vessel differ in value and in their effect on fleet capacity ; whereas special coefficients should therefore be ldid down in order to determine the equivalent tonnage where a carrier brings a new vessel into service and presents for scrapping a vessel of a different type, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : General provisions: Article 1 . 1. This Regulation fixes, into alia, the annual contri- butions, the scrapping premiums and the conditions under which they may be obtained in respect of the vessels referred to in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1101/89 in view of the need to reduce fleet capacity by 10 % in respect of dry cargo vessels and pusher craft and by 15 % in respect of tanker vessels.