The European Commission on Wednesday adopted a decision on allocating EUR 19.33m to Slovenia from the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) for the 2007-2013 period. The total amount of money dished out by the fund stands at EUR 3.849bn in the period.
The bulk of the funds, EUR 2.6bn, will go to underdeveloped regions, among them Slovenia. Around EUR 272m has also been set aside for Bulgaria and Romania.
The largest chunk has meanwhile been awarded to Spain, which is to receive just over EUR 1bn. Poland can look forward to EUR 652 and Italy to EUR 377m.
The EFF replaces the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG) as the EU's core instrument for financial support to the fisheries sector and fishing communities.
The total budget allocated for the FIFG for the 2000-2006 period was EUR 37bn for the 15 member states. An additional EUR 272m was earmarked for the 10 new members for the period from 1 May 2004 to 31 December 2006.
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