# Commission Implementing Decision of 4 December 2013 on the European Union financial contribution to national programmes of            3 Member States (Spain, Croatia and United Kingdom) in 2013 for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries            sector (notified under document C(2013) 8498) (Only the Croatian, English and Spanish texts are authentic) (2013/723/EU)         

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# Commission Implementing Decision

# of 4 December 2013

# on the European Union financial contribution to national programmes of 3 Member States (Spain, Croatia and United Kingdom)                        in 2013 for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector                     

# (notified under document C(2013) 8498)

# (Only the Croatian, English and Spanish texts are authentic)

# (2013/723/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 of 22 May 2006 establishing Community financial measures for the implementation                           of the common fisheries policy and in the area of the Law of the Sea(1), and in particular Article 24(1) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 lays down the conditions whereby Member States may receive a contribution from the European Union                              for expenditure incurred in their national programmes of collection and management of data.

(2)Those programmes are to be drawn up in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 of 25 February 2008 concerning                              the establishment of a Community framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support                              for scientific advice regarding the Common Fisheries Policy(2) and Commission Regulation (EC) No 665/2008(3) laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008.

(3)Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Romania, Slovenia, Finland and Sweden have not amended their                              national programmes 2011-2013 for the year 2013. The Commission decided on the contribution to those 11 national programmes,                              for the year 2013, by Commission Implementing Decision C(2013) 4434.

(4)Belgium, Estonia, Greece, France, Cyprus, Netherlands, Poland and Portugal have also not amended their national programmes                              2011-2013 for 2013. Ireland submitted amendments to their national programme for the year 2013 which were adopted by Commission                              Implementing Decision C(2013) 3533. The Commission decided on the contribution to those 9 national programmes, for the year                              2013, by Commission Implementing Decision C(2013) 6255.

(5)Spain submitted its national programme for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector for the years                              2011-2013 as provided for in Articles 4(4) and 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008. This programme was approved in 2011 in                              accordance with Article 6(3) of the same Regulation through the decision C(2011) 7645. Spain submitted amendments to its national                              programme for the year 2012 pursuant to Article 5(2) of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008. These amendments were adopted by the                              Commission in 2012 in accordance with Article 6(3) of the same Regulation through the decision C(2012) 7499. Spain did not                              submit amendments to its national programme for the year 2013.

(6)The United Kingdom submitted amendments to its national programme for the year 2013 pursuant to Article 5(2) of Regulation                              (EC) No 199/2008. These amendments were adopted by the Commission in 2013 in accordance with Article 6(3) of the same Regulation                              through the decision C(2013) 6325.

(7)Croatia submitted a national programme for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector for the period                              1 July 2013 till 31 December 2013 as provided for in Articles 4(4) and 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008. This programme                              was approved in 2013 in accordance with Article 6(3) of the same Regulation through the Commission decision C(2013) 5854.

(8)Spain, Croatia and the United Kingdom have submitted annual budget forecasts for the year 2013 according to Article 2(2) of                              Commission Regulation (EC) No 1078/2008(4) laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006. The Commission has evaluated those Member                              States’ annual budget forecasts, as laid down in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1078/2008 by taking into account the approved                              national programmes.

(9)Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1078/2008 establishes that the Commission is to approve the annual budget forecast and is                              to decide on the annual Union financial contribution to each national programme in accordance with the procedure laid down                              in Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 and on the basis of the outcome of the evaluation of the annual budget forecasts                              as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1078/2008.

(10)Article 24(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 establishes that a Commission Decision is to fix the rate of the financial                              contribution. Article 16 of that Regulation provides that Union financial measures in the area of basic data collection are                              not to exceed 50 % of the costs incurred by Member States in carrying out the programme of collection, management and use                              of data in the fisheries sector.

(11)This Decision constitutes the financing decision within the meaning of Article 84(2) of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 966/2012                              of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of                              the Union(5).

(12)The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

# Article 1U.K.

The maximum global amounts of the Union financial contribution to be granted to each Member State for the collection, management                     and use of data in the fisheries sector for 2013 and the rate of the Union financial contribution, are established in the                     Annex.                  

# Article 2U.K.

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain, the Republic of Croatia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern                     Ireland.                  

Done at Brussels, 4 December 2013.

*For the Commission*                            

Maria Damanaki                            

*Member of the Commission*                            

## ANNEXU.K.

### **NATIONAL PROGRAMMES 2011-2013**

**ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURE AND MAXIMUM UNION CONTRIBUTION FOR 2013**

1

OJ L 160, 14.6.2006, p. 1.                           

2

OJ L 60, 5.3.2008, p. 1.                           

3

OJ L 186, 15.7.2008, p. 3.                           

4

OJ L 295, 4.11.2008, p. 24.                           

5

OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.