2000/114/EC: Commission Decision of 24 January 2000 on the eligibility of expenditure to be incurred by certain Member States in 2000 for the purpose of introducing monitoring and control systems applicable to the common fisheries policy (notified under document number C(2000) 71)
Date: 2000-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU financing, common fisheries policy, fishing controls, validation of expenditure

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 24 January 2000

on the eligibility of expenditure to be incurred by certain Member States in 2000 for the purpose
of introducing monitoring and control systems applicable to the common fisheries policy

(notified under document number C(2000) 71)

(2000/114/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(6)

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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

The Commission has received 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.

These Member States have sent the Commission applica-
tions for a financial contribution towards the expendi-
ture referred to in Article 2 of Decision 95/527/EC and
planned for 2000.

Some applications cover investment expenditure for the
purchase or modernisation of vessels, aircraft,
land
vehicles, systems to locate and record fishing activities
and systems to record, manage and trasmit data on the
controls, including computer and software applications.

Some applications relate to expenditure for specific
measures designed to improve the quality and effective-
ness of the monitoring of fishing and related activities.

Some applications relate to expenditure for the training
of national officials
involved in control activities;
Commission Decision 96/286/EC of 11 April 1996
the application of
laying down detailed rules
Decision 95/527/EC on a Community financial contri-
bution 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.

for

(1) JO 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.

to improve

introducing new technology

Some applications also cover expenditure for trying out
or
the
fishing activity and related activities,
monitoring of
which can accordingly qualify for a higher rate of
Community contribution under the second subpara-
graph of Article 3(2) of Decision 95/527/EC; priority
should be given, within the annual budget allocation
earmarked for these measures, to reimbursing invest-
ment costs associated with saltellite monitoring systems
in view of their importance for monitoring fishing activ-
ities.

for

a higher

Provision should be made
rate of
Community contribution to be granted to Ireland under
the second subparagraph of Article 3(3) of Decision
95/527/EC for some of its investment and operating
expenditure to take account of the checks needed to
ensure compliance with the system for the management
of fishing effort.

This expenditure will help to mobilise monitoring
resources for the proper application of the common
fisheries policy.

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 contribution
should be established.

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

for

and

The planned expenditure for 2000 referred to in Annex I for
the purchase or modernisation of inspection and control equip-
to
specific measures,
ment
EUR 115 560 090, shall be eligible for a financial contribution
under Decision 95/527/EC. The Community contribution shall
be 50 % of the eligible expenditure incurred within the limits
set out in Annex I, amounting to EUR 31 477 053, as set out
in the table forwarded to each Member State.

amounting

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Article 2

1.
The planned expenditure for 2000 on the activities and
projects referred to in Article 3(2) of Decision 95/527/EC and
listed in annex II, amounting to EUR 6 993 371, shall be
eligible for a financial contribution under Decision 95/527/EC.
The Community contribution shall be 100 % of the eligible
expenditure incurred.

The maximum amount taken into consideration in calculating
the contribution towards
the
purchase of a satellitebased vessel monitoring system, herein-
after called a ‘VMS’, shall be EUR 4 000 per vessel.

investment expenditure for

Paragraph 1 notwithstanding, the Community contribu-
2.
tion shall be 50 % of
the eligible expenditure incurred in
purchasing satellite tracking devices installed in Community
fishing vessels being monitored by a VMS, in accordance with
Article 3(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 (1), for
any expenditure in excess of EUR 2 500 per vessel. For such
vessels,
the contribution shall not exceed EUR 3 250 per
vessel.

In the case of Community fishing vessels being monitored by a
VMS by the flag Member State and not covered by Article 3(2)
of Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93, the Community contribution
to the purchase of satellite tracking devices shall be 50 % of the
eligible expenditure incurred and the contribution shall not
exceed EUR 2 000 per vessel.

3.
The Community contribution referred to in paragraphs 1
and 2 shall be granted within the limis set out in Annex II,
amounting to EUR 3 438 427, as
in the table
forwarded to each Member State.

set out

Article 3

The expenditure planned by Ireland for 2000, amounting to
EUR 29 233 942
and
EUR 4 704 381 for operating expenditure, shall be eligible for

expenditure

investment

for

a financial contribution under Article 3(3) of Decision 95/
527/EC. The Community contribution shall be 65 % and
100 %,
the eligible expenditure incurred.
However, the contribution shall be granted up to a maximum
of EUR 2 537 065 and EUR 3 000 000 respectively.

respectively, of

Article 4

1.
The euro exchange rate used to caculate the amounts
eligible under this Decision shall be the rate in force in June
1999.

The

expenditure declarations

2.
for
advances in national currency received from the Member States
not participating in the third stage of economic and monetary
union shall be converted into euro at the rate for the month in
which they reach the Commission.

and applications

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, 24 January 2000.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1.

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ANEXO I — BILAG I — ANHANG I — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ Ι — ANNEX I — ANNEXE I — ALLEGATO I — BIJLAGE I —
ANEXO I — LIITE I — BILAGA I

Estado miembro
Medlemsstat
Mitgliedstaat
Κράτος µέλος
Member State
État membre
Stato membro
Lidstaat
Estado-Membro
Jäsenvaltio
Medlemsstat

Gastos subvencionables en moneda nacional
Støtteberettigede udgifter i national valuta
Erstattungsfähige Ausgaben in nationaler Währung
Επιλέξιµες δαπάνες σε εθνικό νόµισµα
Eligible expenditure in national currency
Dépenses admissibles en monnaie nationale
Spese ammissibili in moneta nazionale
In aanmerking komende uitgaven in nationale valuta
Despesas elegíveis em moeda nacional
Hyväksyttävät kustannukset kansallisessa valuutassa
Bidragsberättigande kostnader i nationell valuta

Gastos subvencionables
Støtteberettigede udgifter
Erstattungsfähige Ausgaben
Επιλέξιµες δαπάνες
Eligible expenditure
Dépenses admissibles
Spese ammissibili
In aanmerking komende uitgaven
Despesas elegíveis
Hyväksyttävät kustannukset
Bidragsberättigande kostnader
(€)

Contribución máxima de la Comunidad
Fællesskabets maksimale finansielle bidrag
Maximaler Gemeinschaftsbeitrag
Μέγιστη κοινοτική συµµετοχή
Maximum Community contribution
Participation communautaire maximale
Contributo massimo della Comunità
Maximale bĳdrage van de Gemeenschap
Contribuição máxima da Comunidade
Yhteisön osuus enintään
Gemenskapens maximala bidrag
(€)

België/Belgique

Danmark

Deutschland

Ελλάδα

España

France

Ireland

Italia

Nederland

Portugal

Suomi

Sverige

United Kingdom

DKK

GRD

82 400 000

7 221 300 000

SEK

GBP

85 025 000

21 779 783

14 874

11 087 191

2 502 531

22 212 550

11 108 367

12 935 757

895 165

2 639 094

9 047 470

648 437

235 464

8 961 291

33 271 899

7 437

5 449 410

1 097 645

1 263 150

5 358 626

6 406 900

190 461

1 267 903

4 343 360

299 279

20 184

621 049

5 151 649

Total/I alt/Σύνολο/Totale/Totaal/Yhteensä/Totalt

115 560 090

31 477 053

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ANEXO II — BILAG II — ANHANG II — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ ΙI — ANNEX II — ANNEXE II — ALLEGATO II — BIJLAGE II
— ANEXO II — LIITE II — BILAGA II

Estado miembro
Medlemsstat
Mitgliedstaat
Κράτος µέλος
Member State
État membre
Stato membro
Lidstaat
Estado-Membro
Jäsenvaltio
Medlemsstat

Gastos subvencionables en moneda nacional
Støtteberettigede udgifter i national valuta
Erstattungsfähige Ausgaben in nationaler Währung
Επιλέξιµες δαπάνες σε εθνικό νόµισµα
Eligible expenditure in national currency
Dépenses admissibles en monnaie nationale
Spese ammissibili in moneta nazionale
In aanmerking komende uitgaven in nationale valuta
Despesas elegíveis em moeda nacional
Hyväksyttävät kustannukset kansallisessa valuutassa
Bidragsberättigande kostnader i nationell valuta

Gastos subvencionables
Støtteberettigede udgifter
Erstattungsfähige Ausgaben
Επιλέξιµες δαπάνες
Eligible expenditure
Dépenses admissibles
Spese ammissibili
In aanmerking komende uitgaven
Despesas elegíveis
Hyväksyttävät kustannukset
Bidragsberättigande kostnader
(€)

Contribución máxima de la Comunidad
Fællesskabets maksimale finansielle bidrag
Maximaler Gemeinschaftsbeitrag
Μέγιστη κοινοτική συµµετοχή
Maximum Community contribution
Participation communautaire maximale
Contributo massimo della Comunità
Maximale bĳdrage van de Gemeenschap
Contribuição máxima da Comunidade
Yhteisön osuus enintään
Gemenskapens maximala bidrag
(€)

België/Belgique

Danmark

Deutschland

Ελλάδα

España

France

Ireland

Italia

Nederland

Portugal

Suomi

Sverige

United Kingdom

DKK

GRD

2 000 000

785 300 000

SEK

GBP

2 100 000

90 000

49 579

269 107

127 823

2 415 565

1 502 530

600 000

700 895

0

0

847 957

121 095

221 331

137 489

49 579

269 107

127 823

496 000

500 000

487 500

700 895

0

0

349 880

111 548

208 606

137 489

Total/I alt/Σύνολο/Totale/Totaal/Yhteensä/Totalt

6 993 371

3 438 427