98/439/EC: Commission Decision of 30 June 1998 on the eligibility of expenditure to be incurred by certain Member States in 1998 for the purpose of introducing monitoring and control systems applicable to the common fisheries policy (notified under document number C(1998) 1765)
Date: 1998-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU aid, common fisheries policy, expenditure, financial aid, fishing controls

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 June 1998

on the eligibility of expenditure to be incurred by certain Member States in 1998
for the purpose of introducing monitoring and control systems applicable to the
common fisheries policy

(notified under document number C(1998) 1765)

(98/439/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 95/527/EC of 8
December 1995 on a Community financial contribution
towards certain expenditure incurred by the Member
States
in implementing the monitoring and control
systems applicable to the common fisheries policy (1), and
in particular Article 6 thereof,

has

received

the Commission

Whereas
five-year
programmes from Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece,
Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal,
Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom that describe
the controls they intend to operate between 1 January
1996 and 31 December 2000;

Whereas these Member States have sent the Commission
applications for a financial contribution in respect of the
expenditure referred to in Article 2 of Decision 95/
527/EC and planned for 1998;

Whereas some applications relate to investment expend-
iture for the purchase or modernisation of vessels, aircraft,
land vehicles, systems to locate and record fishing activ-
ities and systems to record, manage and transmit data on
the controls, including computer and software applica-
tions;

Whereas some applications relate to expenditure for
specific measures designed to improve the quality and
effectiveness of the monitoring of fishing and related
activities;

Whereas some applications relate to expenditure for the
training of national officials involved in control activities;
whereas Commission Decision 96/286/EC of 11 April
1996 laying down detailed rules for the application of
Council Decision 95/527/EC on a Community financial
contribution towards certain expenditure incurred by the
Member States in implementing the monitoring and
control
systems applicable to the common fisheries
policy (2) lays down rules for determining the amount of
eligible expenditure for training;

(1) OJ L 301, 14. 12. 1995, p. 30.

OJ L 302, 15. 12. 1995, p. 45 (corrigendum).

(2) OJ L 106, 30. 4. 1996, p. 37.

Whereas some applications also relate to expenditure for
trying out or introducing new technology to improve the
monitoring of fishing activity and related activities which
can accordingly qualify for a higher rate of Community
contribution under the second subparagraph of Article
3(2) of Decision 95/527/EC; whereas priority should be
given, within the annual budget allocation earmarked for
these measures, to reimbursing investment costs asso-
ciated with satellite monitoring systems in view of their
importance for monitoring fishing activities;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 3(3) of Decision 95/527/EC,
Ireland should qualify for a higher rate of Community
contribution for certain operating and investment ex-
penditure with a view to undertaking the necessary
checks to ensure compliance with the scheme to manage
the fishing effort;

this

Whereas
expenditure will help to mobilise
monitoring for the proper application of the common
fisheries policy;

Whereas the eligibility of the planned expenditure, the
rate of the Community contribution and the conditions
that may be attached to the grant of the financial contri-
bution should be established;

Whereas the Management Committee for Fisheries and
Aquaculture has not delivered an opinion within the time
limit set by its chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The planned expenditure for 1998 referred to in Annex I
for the purchase or modernisation of
inspection and
control equipment and for specific measures, amounting
to ECU 71 867 026, shall be eligible for a financial contri-
bution under Decision 95/527/EC. The Community
contribution shall be 50 % of the eligible expenditure
incurred. However,
the contribution shall be granted
within the limits set out in Annex I, amounting to ECU
20 570 152.

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Article 2

1.
The planned expenditure for 1998 on the activities
and projects listed in Article 3(2) of Decision 95/527/EC
and referred to in Annex II, amounting to ECU
12 316 187, shall be eligible for a financial contribution
under Decision 95/527/EC. The Community contribution
shall be 50 % of the eligible expenditure incurred.

However, the Community contribution towards invest-
ment expenditure for the purchase of satellite tracking
devices installed in fishing vessels shall not exceed ECU
2 000 per vessel.

Paragraph 1 notwithstanding,

2.
the Community
contribution shall be 100 % of the eligible expenditure
incurred in installing a satellite-based vessel monitoring
system, hereinafter called a ‘VMS', up to a maximum of:
(cid:190) ECU 400 000 per Member State for the setting up of

monitoring centres,

(cid:190) ECU 4 000 per satellite tracking device installed in
Community fishing vessels being monitored by a
VMS in accordance with Article 3(1) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2847/93.

The contribution at the rate of 100 % shall be granted up
to a maximum of ECU 6 225 000.

Article 3

Investment expenditure incurred in Ireland in 1998
amounting to ECU 12 872 971 and running costs
amounting to ECU 3 035 950 shall be eligible for a finan-
cial contribution pursuant to Article 3(3) of Decision 95/
527/EC. The Community financial contribution shall be
65 % in the case of the eligible investments incurred and

100 % in the case of the running costs incurred referred
to in this paragraph. However, the financial contribution
shall be granted up to a maximum of ECU 7 944 567 in
the case of the eligible investments incurred and ECU
3 000 000 in the case of the running costs incurred.

Article 4

1.
The ecu exchange rate in force in August 1997 shall
be used to calculate the eligible amounts under this
Decision.

2.
The expenditure declarations and applications for
advances in national currency shall be converted into ecus
at the rate for the month in which they are received by
the Commission.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium,
the Kingdom of Denmark,
the Federal Republic of
Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain,
the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the
Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Portuguese Republic,
the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Done at Brussels, 30 June 1998.

For the Commission

Emma BONINO

Member of the Commission

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ANEXO I / BILAG I / ANHANG I / PAQAQTGLA I / ANNEX I / ANNEXE I / ALLEGATO I /
B(cid:246)LAGE I / ANEXO I / LIITE I / BILAGA I

Estado miembro
Medlemsstat
Mitgliedstaat
Jq(cid:145)tor l(cid:146)kor
Member State
(cid:144)tat membre
Stato membro
Lidstaat
Estado-membro
J(cid:132)senvaltio
Medlemsstat

Gastos subvencionables en moneda nacional
Støtteberettigede udgifter i national valuta
Erstattungsf(cid:132)hige Ausgaben in nationaler W(cid:132)hrung
Epik(cid:146)niler dap(cid:145)mer se ehmij(cid:149) m(cid:149)lisla
Eligible expenditure in national currency
D(cid:130)penses admissibles en monnaie nationale
Spese ammissibili in moneta nazionale
In aanmerking komende uitgaven in nationale valuta
Despesas eleg(cid:146)veis em moeda nacional
Hyv(cid:132)ksytt(cid:132)v(cid:132)t kustannukset kansallisessa valuutassa
Bidragsber(cid:132)ttigande kostnader i nationell valuta

Gastos subvencionables
Støtteberettigede udgifter
Erstattungsf(cid:132)hige Ausgaben
Epik(cid:146)niler dap(cid:145)mer
Eligible expenditure
D(cid:130)penses admissibles
Spese ammissibili
In aanmerking komende uitgaven
Despesas eleg(cid:146)veis
Hyv(cid:132)ksytt(cid:132)v(cid:132)t kustannukset
Bidragsber(cid:132)ttigande kostnader
(ECU)

Contribuci(cid:155)n m(cid:145)xima de la Comunidad
Fællesskabets maksimale finansielle bidrag
Maximaler Gemeinschaftsbeitrag
L(cid:146)cistg joimotij(cid:147) sulletow(cid:147)
Maximum Community contribution
Participation communautaire maximale
Contributo massimo della Comunit(cid:133)
Maximale b¶drage van de Gemeenschap
Contribui(cid:135)(cid:209)o m(cid:145)xima da Comunidade
Yhteis(cid:148)n osuus enint(cid:132)(cid:132)n
Gemenskapens maximala bidrag
(ECU)

Belgi(cid:137)/Belgique

Danmark

Deutschland

Ekk(cid:145)da

Espa(cid:157)a

France

Ireland

Italia

Nederland

Portugal

Suomi

Sverige

United Kingdom

BEC

DKR

DM

DRA

PTA

FF

IRL

LIT

HFL

ESC

FMK

SKR

UKL

1 500 000

16 000 000

22 001 135

2 997 000 000

1 097 866 612

24 098 375

2 647 000

11 766 666 667

2 645 000

2 331 600 000

2 650 000

19 831 005

8 866 957

Total / I alt / S(cid:151)moko / Totale / Totaal / Yhteens(cid:132)

36 709

2 122 779

11 116 962

9 681 014

6 576 178

3 612 436

3 587 573

6 098 141

1 186 754

11 659 924

451 358

2 311 244

13 425 954

71 867 026

3 059

796 042

5 278 473

668 659

1 563 680

247 791

1 038 186

816 628

232 191

5 754 950

127 743

592 933

3 449 817

20 570 152

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ANEXO II / BILAG II / ANHANG II / PAQAQTGLA II / ANNEX II / ANNEXE II / ALLEGATO II /
B(cid:246)LAGE II / ANEXO II / LIITE II / BILAGA II

Estado miembro
Medlemsstat
Mitgliedstaat
Jq(cid:145)tor l(cid:146)kor
Member State
(cid:144)tat membre
Stato membro
Lidstaat
Estado-membro
J(cid:132)senvaltio
Medlemsstat

Gastos subvencionables en moneda nacional
Støtteberettigede udgifter i national valuta
Erstattungsf(cid:132)hige Ausgaben in nationaler W(cid:132)hrung
Epik(cid:146)niler dap(cid:145)mer se ehmij(cid:149) m(cid:149)lisla
Eligible expenditure in national currency
D(cid:130)penses admissibles en monnaie nationale
Spese ammissibili in moneta nazionale
In aanmerking komende uitgaven in nationale valuta
Despesas eleg(cid:146)veis em moeda nacional
Hyv(cid:132)ksytt(cid:132)v(cid:132)t kustannukset kansallisessa valuutassa
Bidragsber(cid:132)ttigande kostnader i nationell valuta

Gastos subvencionables
Støtteberettigede udgifter
Erstattungsf(cid:132)hige Ausgaben
Epik(cid:146)niler dap(cid:145)mer
Eligible expenditure
D(cid:130)penses admissibles
Spese ammissibili
In aanmerking komende uitgaven
Despesas eleg(cid:146)veis
Hyv(cid:132)ksytt(cid:132)v(cid:132)t kustannukset
Bidragsber(cid:132)ttigande kostnader
(ECU)

Contribuci(cid:155)n m(cid:145)xima de la Comunidad
Fællesskabets maksimale finansielle bidrag
Maximaler Gemeinschaftsbeitrag
L(cid:146)cistg joimotij(cid:147) sulletow(cid:147)
Maximum Community contribution
Participation communautaire maximale
Contributo massimo della Comunit(cid:133)
Maximale b¶drage van de Gemeenschap
Contribui(cid:135)(cid:209)o m(cid:145)xima da Comunidade
Yhteis(cid:148)n osuus enint(cid:132)(cid:132)n
Gemenskapens maximala bidrag
(ECU)

Belgi(cid:137)/Belgique

Danmark

Deutschland

Ekk(cid:145)da

Espa(cid:157)a

France

Ireland

Italia

Nederland

Portugal

Suomi

Sverige

United Kingdom

BEC

DKR

DM

DRA

PTA

FF

IRL

LIT

HFL

ESC

FMK

SKR

UKL

17 374 310

7 929 998

610 000

348 000 070

374 178 760

20 909 550

450 000

2 160 000 000

567 000

0

1 600 000

4 650 000

820 000

425 200

1 052 102

308 227

1 124 122

2 232 316

3 134 418

609 900

1 119 432

254 400

0

272 518

541 943

1 241 609

Total / I alt / S(cid:151)moko / Totale / Totaal / Yhteens(cid:132)

12 316 187

181 000

819 011

270 116

678 268

1 571 913

1 544 835

398 350

708 692

253 905

0

197 291

432 576

793 955

7 849 912