As an exception to article L. 1511-2, the département may, by agreement with the region and in addition to the latter, participate, by means of subsidies, in the financing of aid granted by the region in favour of departmental, interdepartmental or regional committees for sea fishing and marine farming within the meaning of articles L. 912-1 et seq. of the rural and maritime fishing code, regional shellfish farming committees within the meaning of articles L. 912-6 et seq. of the same code, producer organisations within the meaning of articles L. 551-1 et seq. of the said code and companies engaged in the production, marketing and processing of agricultural products, forestry products or fisheries and aquaculture products.
This aid forms part of a rural and regional development programme or an operational programme for the implementation of European funds linked to fisheries and maritime affairs or an existing aid scheme within the meaning of European law, notified or exempted from notification.
The aid is to be granted in the form of a grant or a subsidy.