Proposal for a Council Decision fixing the amount of the Community financial contribution for 1997 to expenditure incurred by the Swedish authorities for the release of smolt
Date: 1997-11-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Baltic Sea, Sweden, animal breeding, financial aid, sea fish

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 11.11.1997 
COM(97) 580 final 

Proposal for a 

œumi, DECISION 
FIXING THE AMOUNT OF THE 

COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION FOR 1997 TO EXPENDITURE 

INCURRED BY THE SWEDISH AUTHORITIES FOR THE UELEASE OF 

SMOLT 

(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Article  125 of the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden provides that for 

three years from the date of its accession Sweden will benefit from  a Community 

financial  contribution to the financing  of the release of smolt in the Baltic 

This Community contribution, which must be the subject of a decision by the Council, 

acting by a qualified  majority  on a proposal from the Commission, must be assessed in 

the light of the balances existing immediately before accession. 

The contribution corresponds to that previously paid by the Community to Sweden under 

the bilateral agreement on certain measures for the purpose of promoting the 

reproduction of salmon in the Baltic Sea. 

Council Regulation (EEC) No 2210/80 of 27 June  1980 on the agreement between the 

European Economic Community and the Government of Sweden on certain measures for 

the purpose of promoting the reproduction of salmon in the Baltic  provides that the 

amount of the contribution must be determined so as to cover the actual costs to the 

Swedish authorities of breeding, tagging and releasing the 

quantity of smolt necessary to produce a quantity of salmon equal to the non-reciprocal 

quota allocated to the Community in the Swedish fishery zone for the year during which 

the contribution is to be granted. 

Since the total catch from stock permitted in 1997 has been reduced, the amount of the 

financial contribution has been calculated by applying the reduction  coefficient 

proportionally to the data existing immediately before  accession. 

J No L 126,29.4.1980, p.7. 

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Proposal for a Council Decision fixing the amount of the Community  financial 

contribution for 1997 to expenditure incurred by the Swedish authorities for the 

release of smolt 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the  Treaty establishing the European Community, 

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular 

Article  125 thereof, 

Whereas Article  125 of the Act of Accession provides that the Council, acting as a 

qualified  majority  on a proposal from the Commission, must fix annually the amount of 

the Community's financial  contribution to the release of smolt carried out by the 

competent Swedish authorities; 

Whereas that financial contribution must be approved in the light of the balances existing 

immediately before  Sweden's accession; 

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2210/80 of 27 June  1980 on the agreement 

between the European Economic Community and the Government of Sweden on certain 

measures for the purpose of promoting the reproduction of salmon in the Baltic  provides 

that the amount of the contribution must be equal to the actual costs to the Swedish 

authorities of breeding, tagging and releasing the quantity of smolt necessary to produce 

a quantity of salmon equal to the non-reciprocal  quota allocated to the Community  in the 

Swedish fishery  zone for the year during which the contribution  is to be granted; 

Whereas the Commission has received Sweden's application for the Community  financial 

contribution for  1997; whereas this application is the same as for  1994; 

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J No L 126,29.4.1980, p.7. 

Whereas the International Committee for Baltic Fisheries has recommended an ACR for 

the Baltic salmon stock and the proportion of that ACR to be allocated to the 

Community; 

Whereas the ACR fixed for  1997 has been reduced and the Swedish application must be 

reexamined in the light of that  fact; 

Whereas the amount of the Community financial  contribution has been calculated by 

applying proportionally this reduction in the non-reciprocal quota which Sweden is 

assumed to have allocated to the Community, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 

Article 1 

The amount of the Community financial  contribution for  1997 to expenditure on 

promoting salmon reproduction in the Baltic Sea shall not exceed ECU 575 382. 

Article 2 

This Decision is addressed to the Government of Sweden. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 

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Financial statement 

1. 

Title of operation 

Financial contribution to measures to promote the reproduction of salmon in the 
Baltic. 

2. 

Budget heading involved 

B7 - 800 

3. 

Legal basis 

Article  125 of the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden. 

4. 

Description of operation 

4.1.  General objective 

This Commission proposal fixes the amount of the 1997 Community  financial 
contribution to the release of smolt by the competent Swedish authorities as 
provided for in Article 125 of the Act of Accession. 

4.2. 

Period covered and arrangements for renewal or extension 

The measure covers 1997. 

5. 

Classification  of expenditure/revenue 

5.1. 
5.2. 

compulsory expenditure 
differentiated  appropriations 

5.3. 

no revenue 

6. 

Type of expenditure or revenue 

100%  subsidy 

7. 

Financial impact 

7.1.  Method of calculating cost of operation 
The amount of the Community financial contribution to the release of smolt carried 
out by the Swedish authorities has been calculated on the basis of the balances 
existing immediately before accession. Council Regulation (EEC) No 2210/80 of 
27 June 1980 on the agreement between the European Economic Community and 
the Government of Sweden on certain measures for the purpose of promoting the 
reproduction of salmon in the Baltic1 provides that the amount of the contribution 

JNoL  126, 29.4.1980, p.7. 

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must be determined so as to cover the actual costs to the Swedish authorities of 
breeding, tagging and releasing a quantity of smolt necessary to produce a quantity 
of salmon equal to the non-reciprocal quota allocated to the Community in the 
Swedish fishery zone for the year during which the contribution is to be granted. 

Sweden allocated the Community a salmon quota of 220 tonnes for  1994. 

In 1997 the overall ACR for Baltic salmon was reduced by 31.67% and the quotas 
of each of the partners were reduced by the same proportion. 

To comply with existing balances it must be assumed that Sweden will allocate the 
same quantities reduced by the proportion by which the Swedish quota is reduced 
for  1997, i.e.: 

220T-22QJL1L£Z=150T 
100 

The Swedes have indicated to the Commission that the actual cost of 1  smolt is-17 
Swedish krona and that 1  tonne of salmon is the equivalent of 2 000 smolt. 

The amount of the financial contribution for  1997 is thus: 

150x2  000xl7SEK 
5 100 000 SEK: 8.863670  = 

5 100 000SEK 
ECU 575 382 

7.2 

Itemised breakdown of costs 

in ECU 
at 1997 prices 

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Total budget for one year 

Expenditure relating to release of 
smolt in the Baltic sea by the Swedish 
authorities 

575 3 82 (06/97 rate) 

TOTAL 

,  575 382 

7.3.  Operation expenditure on studies, experts' meetings, etc.. included in part B 

None. 

7.4. 

None. 

Schedule for multiannual operations whose basic instrument contains an 
"amount deemed necessary" 

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8. 

Fraud prevention measures; results of measures taken 

Anti-fraud  provisions, in particular Articles 209(c), 290a and 213 of the Treaty on 
European Union, apply. 

9. 

Element* of c»st-effectivenesg  analysis 

9.1. 

Specific  objectives 

Promoting the reproduction of salmon in the Baltic sea. 

9.2.  Grounds for the operation 

Need for a contribution from the Community budget. 

The Union's financial contribution is laid down in the Treaty of Accession of the 
Kingdom of Sweden and is compulsory. 

9.3.  Monitoring and evaluation of the operation 

The impact of the measure will be taken into account when fixing the overall ACR 
for salmon in the Baltic sea. 

10. 

Administrative expenditure (Part A of the Budget) 

10.1  Will the proposed operation involve an increase in the number of 

Commission staff? jfso.  how many? 

No. 

10.2 

None. 

Indicate the amount of administrative and stqff expenditure involved in the 
proposed operation.  Explain the method of calculation. 

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