8.7.91 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 181/29 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1957/91 of 21 June 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1955/88 laying down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86 as regards joint ventures in the fisheries sector 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 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3944/90 (*), and in particular Articles 20 (4) and 21 (4) thereof, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1955/88 (*) lays down detailed rules for implementing Title VI of Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86 on exploratory fishing; Whereas changes made to the said Title VI by the recent amendment to Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86 make it necessary in turn to amend Regulation (EEC) No 1955/88; Whereas applications must be submitted through the competent authorities of the Member States who must examine them in order to formulate their opinion to send to the Commission; Whereas the Commission must have all the information it needs to make a decision on the validity of applications; » Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for the Fishing Industry, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1955/88 is hereby amended as follows: 1. Article 1 is replaced by the following: (*) OJ No L 376, 31. 12. 1986, p. 7. () OJ No L 380, 31. 12. 1990, p. 1. ¢) O] No L 171, 4. 7. 1988, p. 1. ‘Article 1 1. Joint venture projects referred to in Article 19 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 4028/86 submitted to the Commission through the Member State concerned must contain the particulars specified in Annex I and must be presented in the form shown in that Annex. 2.  Part A of Annex I shall be submitted to the Commission in duplicate. Part B of Annex I shall be kept by the competent authorities of the Member State concerned. 3. The Member State concerned shall examine the information given in Part B of Annex I and submit its opinion to the Commission under point 1 of Annex I, part A. The Member State concerned shall at the same time specify the criteria used for the selection of projects and for the granting of its financial contri- bution as provided for in point 8 of part A of Annex 4. The projects referred to in paragraph 1 shall be recorded by the Commission on the day on which it receives them.’ . Article 2 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 2 For the purposes of this Regulation: — the “commencement of fishing operations of each vessel” ‘means the day on which each vessel leaves the last port of fitting out, — the “last port of fitting out” means the port in which a vessel finishes taking on gear and supplies and brings its crew up to strength, — the “completion of fishing operations of each vessel” means the day on which each vessel returns to the last port of landing, provided that no activities other than those for which the joint venture was set up have occurred in the ineantime, — ““duration of fishing operations of each vessel” means the period between the commencement and completion of fishing operations.’