31.12.92 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 401/3 (Acts whése publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 21 December 1992 on a multiannual guidance programme for the fishing fleet of France for the period 1993 to 1996 pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86 (Only the French text is authentic) (92/588/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86 of 18 December 1986 on Community measures to improve and adapt structures in the fisheries and aquaculture sector (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3946/92 (2), ' Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 170/83 of 25 January 1983 establishing a Community system for the conservation and management of fishery resources (3), and in particular Article 2 (d) thereof, lists as one of its objectives conservation measures consisting of restricting ~ fishing effort; Whereas the resolution of the European Parliament on the Commission’s 1991 report ~on “the <common fisheries - policy (#) refers to the structural adjustment of the fleet through the adoption of a new generation of MGPs (1) Of No L 376, 31. 12. 1986. p. 7. (2) See page 1 of this Official Journal. (3) O] No L 24, 27. 1. 1983, p. 2. (4) Resolution A3-0175/92. ensuring a reduction in fishing capacity differentiated according to region and fishery; Whereas at its meeting of 3 April 1992 the Council concluded that in order to ensure the continuity of fisheries, one of the objectives of the future common fisheries policy must be to re-establish the balance between resources and fishing effort, including capacity, and to maintain a balanced and rational management of resources; Whereas the Economic -and Social Committee, in its ‘opinion on the 1991 report delivered on 27 May 1992, takes the view that the MGPs are an essential means of matching fishing capacity to exploitable resources and that further reduction of the Community’s fleet must be differentiated; Whereas on 30 April 1991 the French Government forwarded to the Commission a multiannual guidance programme for the fishing fleet for the period 1992 to 1996, herinafter called ‘the programme’, in accordance with Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86; whereas it later forwarded additional information concerning the programme; Whereas it is necessary to consider whether the programme fulfils the conditions laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86 and constitutes a suitable framework for Community and national financial aid for the sector concerned;