2003/553/EC: Commission Decision of 23 July 2003 on the eligibility of expenditure to be incurred by certain Member States in 2003 for the collection and management of the data needed to conduct the common fisheries policy (notified under document number C(2003) 2629)
Date: 2003-07-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, EU programme, common fisheries policy, data collection, data processing, expenditure, shareholding

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 23 July 2003

on the eligibility of expenditure to be incurred by certain Member States in 2003 for the collection
and management of the data needed to conduct the common fisheries policy

(notified under document number C(2003) 2629)

(2003/553/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(4)

Having regard to Council Decision 2000/439/EC of 29 June
2000 on a financial contribution from the Community towards
the expenditure incurred by Member States in collecting data
and for financing studies and pilot projects for carrying out the
common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 4(3)
thereof,

the Member States concerned in accordance with Article
6(1)(a) of Decision 2000/439/EC on the basis of that
assessment.

A second instalment will be forwarded in 2004,
following the transmission and acceptance by the
Commission of a financial and technical
report of
activity detailing the state of completion of the aims set
at the time of drawing up the minimum and extended
programmes, in accordance with Article 6(1)(b) of Deci-
sion 2000/439/EC and Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 1639/2001.

Whereas:

(5)

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

(1)

(2)

(3)

According to Article 4(3) of Decision 2000/439/EC, the
Commission, on the basis of the information provided
by the Member States, decides each year on the eligibility
of the expenditure forecast by the Member States and on
the amount of the financial assistance from the Commu-
nity for the following year.

The Commission has received updates of the five-year
programmes from Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece,
Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal,
Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom that describe
the data they intend to collect between 1 January 2003
and 31 December 2003 pursuant to Council Regulation
(EC) No 1543/2000 of 29 June 2000 establishing a
Community framework for the collection and manage-
ment of the data needed to conduct the common fish-
eries policy (2). They have also submitted applications for
a financial contribution for the expenditure referred to
in Article 4 of Decision 2000/439/EC.

Pursuant to Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1639/2001 of 25 July 2001 establishing the minimum
and extended programme for the collection of data in
the fisheries sector and laying down detailed rules for
the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1543/
2000 (3), the Commission has examined Member States'
national programmes for 2003 and has assessed the elig-
ibility of
those
programmes. A first instalment should be delivered to

the expenditures on the basis of

(1) OJ L 176, 15.7.2000, p. 42.
(2) OJ L 176, 15.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 222, 17.8.2001, p. 53.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

This Decision establishes for 2003 the amount of the eligible
expenditure for each Member State and the rates of
the
Community financial contribution for
the collection and
management of the data needed to conduct the common fish-
eries policy.

Article 2

Expenditure incurred in collecting and managing the data
needed to conduct the common fisheries policy, as set out in
Annex I, shall qualify for a financial contribution up to 50 % of
the eligible expenditure within the minimum programme.

Article 3

Expenditure incurred in collecting and managing the data
needed to conduct the common fisheries policy, as set out in
Annex II, shall qualify for a financial contribution up to 35 %
of the eligible expenditure within the extended programme.

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Article 4

Article 6

The Community shall pay a first instalment of 50 % of

1.
the financial contribution set out in Annexes I and II.

2.
A second instalment will be delivered in 2004, after the
reception and acceptance of a financial and a technical report
provided for in Article 6(1)(b) of Decision 2000/439/EC.

Article 5

The euro exchange rate used to calculate the amounts
1.
eligible under this Decision shall be the rate in force in May
2002.

The

expenditure

and applications

2.
for
declarations
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 in force for the
month in which those declarations and applications reach the
Commission.

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, 23 July 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANEXO I/BILAG I/ANHANG I/ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ I/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

(EUR)

Gastos subvencionables
Støtteberettigede udgifter
Erstattungsfähige Ausgaben
Επιλέξιµες δαπάνες

Eligible expenditure
Dépenses admissibles
Spese ammissibili
In aanmerking komende uitgaven
Despesas elegíveis
Hyväksyttävät menot
Bidragsberättigande kostnader

Contribución max. de la Comunidad
Fællesskabets maksimale finansielle bidrag
Maximaler Gemeinschaftsbeitrag
Μέγιστη κοινοτική συµµετοχή

Max. Community contribution
Participation communautaire maximale
Contributo max. della Comunità
Maximale bijdrage van de Gemeenschap
Contribuição max. da Comunidade
Yhteisön osuus enintään
Gemenskapens maximala bidrag

België/Belgique

Danmark

Deutschland
Ελλάς

España

France

Ireland

Italia

Nederland

Portugal

Suomi

Sverige

United Kingdom

1 000 250

3 568 416

3 090 024

1 693 432

5 610 985

5 562 235

2 650 895

4 242 090

2 471 154

3 204 843

954 618

1 962 020

6 547 577

500 125

1 784 208

1 545 012

846 716

2 805 493

2 781 118

1 325 448

2 121 045

1 235 577

1 602 422

477 309

981 010

3 273 788

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

42 558 539

21 279 271

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ANEXO II/BILAG II/ANHANG II/ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ II/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

(EUR)

Gastos subvencionables
Støtteberettigede udgifter
Erstattungsfähige Ausgaben
Επιλέξιµες δαπάνες

Eligible expenditure
Dépenses admissibles
Spese ammissibili
In aanmerking komende uitgaven
Despesas elegíveis
Hyväksyttävät menot
Bidragsberättigande kostnader

Contribución max. de la Comunidad
Fællesskabets maksimale finansielle bidrag
Maximaler Gemeinschaftsbeitrag
Μέγιστη κοινοτική συµµετοχή

Max. Community contribution
Participation communautaire maximale
Contributo max. della Comunità
Maximale bijdrage van de Gemeenschap
Contribuição max. da Comunidade
Yhteisön osuus enintään
Gemenskapens maximala bidrag

België/Belgique

Danmark

Deutschland
Ελλάς

España

France

Ireland

Italia

Nederland

Portugal

Suomi

Sverige

United Kingdom

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

0

12 468

0

204 333

0

455 222

0

980 560

426 904

0

217 715

98 538

2 124 031

4 519 771

0

4 364

0

71 517

0

159 328

0

343 196

149 416

0

76 200

34 488

743 411

1 581 920