Mr. Dominic Rihan:

The other schemes reflect the different fleet composition and structure in the other member states. The French scheme in particular is targeted at vessels that traditionally fished in the English Channel, and have been displaced from UK waters and waters around Jersey and Guernsey. Their scheme reflects those vessels. Similarly, there is a Dutch decommissioning scheme that reflects the fact that their beam trawl fleet has been very badly impacted by Brexit. Again, their scheme reflects that. The criteria are different but all the other member states went through the same state aid approval that we did. Their schemes reflect their proposals and the outcome of the negotiation they had with DG Competition. I cannot speak for DG Competition obviously as to why and if there are differences there. It is about reflecting what those fleets are and what those schemes are trying to achieve. In our case our scheme was really about trying to balance our fishing opportunities with our fleet capacity in our whitefish sector. That is where we have ended up.