I(Acts whose publication is obligatory)COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 861/2006of 22 May 2006establishing Community financial measures for the implementation of the common fisheries policyand in the area of the Law of the SeaTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity, and in particular Article 37 thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),Whereas:(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation offisheries resources under the common fisheries policy (2)provides that the common fisheries policy (CFP) is toensure the exploitation of living aquatic resources in amanner that provides sustainable economic, environ-mental and social conditions.(2) In implementing the CFP pursuant to Regulation (EC) No2371/2002 and its implementing regulations, a crucialobjective is to make Community financial intervention inthe...