2004/65/EC: Commission Decision of 30 December 2003 on the financial contribution towards carrying out certain operations planned by the Member States in 2003 to implement the control, inspection and surveillance systems applicable to the common fisheries policy (second instalment) (notified under document number C(2003) 5228)
Date: 2003-12-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU financing, common fisheries policy, exchange of information, fishing controls

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 December 2003

on the financial contribution towards carrying out certain operations planned by the Member
States in 2003 to implement the control, inspection and surveillance systems applicable to the
common fisheries policy (second instalment)

(notified under document number C(2003) 5228)

(Only the Spanish, Danish, German, Greek, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Finnish and Swedish
texts are authentic)

(2004/65/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 2001/431/EC of 28 May
2001 on a financial contribution by the Community to certain
expenditure incurred by the Member States in implementing
the control, inspection and surveillance systems applicable to
the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 13
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, France,
Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland,
Sweden and the United Kingdom have forwarded to the
Commission their fisheries control programmes for the
period from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2003
together with applications for a financial contribution
towards the expenditure to be incurred in carrying out
the programmes. The Member States have submitted
updated applications for 2003.

Certain expenditure relating to 2003 has already been
the subject of Commission Decision 2003/566/EC of 28
July 2003 on the financial contribution towards carrying
out the operations planned by the Member States in
2003 in implementing the control,
inspection and
surveillance systems applicable to the common fisheries
policy (2).

In view of
the available appropriations, a financial
contribution can be made to investments in imple-
menting pilot projects for sending information by elec-
tronic means, remote sensing, modernising vessels and
aircraft used for inspecting fishing activities and instal-
ling the mechanisms and IT networks necessary for
exchanges of information on these controls.

The rate of the Community contribution for each opera-
tion, the conditions on which the expenditure is reim-
bursed and, for each Member State and each operation,
the total amount of eligible expenditure for the second
instalment for 2003 should be laid down.

(1) OJ L 154, 9.6.2001, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 192, 31.7.2003, p. 44.

(5)

(6)

(7)

implement

Under Article 15 of Decision 2001/431/EC, the Member
States must
scheduled expenditure
their
within one year of the legal and financial commitment.
This commitment must be made at the latest within the
calendar year following the year of notification of the
Commission Decision.

Under Article 17(1) of Decision 2001/431/EC, Member
States must submit their applications for reimbursement
of expenditure to the Commission no later than 31 May
of the year following that in which it is incurred.

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

This Decision establishes for 2003 the amount of certain
eligible expenditure for each Member State, the rates of the
Community financial contribution and the conditions on which
the contribution may be granted, provided the eligible expendi-
ture is actually used to implement the control programmes.

Article 2

incurred in implementing pilot projects

for
Expenditure
sending information by electronic means and for
remote
sensing shall qualify for a maximum financial contribution of
100 % of the eligible expenditure within the limits laid down in
Annex I.

Article 3

Expenditure incurred in modernising vessels and aircraft actu-
ally used for control,
inspection and surveillance of fishing
activities shall qualify for a maximum financial contribution of
35 % of the eligible expenditure within the limits laid down in
Annex II.

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Article 4

Article 7

Expenditure incurred in putting in place the mechanisms and
IT networks necessary for exchanges of information linked to
control shall qualify for a maximum financial contribution of
50 % of the eligible expenditure within the limits laid down in
Annex III.

Article 5

Member States shall submit their applications for reimburse-
ment of the expenditure referred to in this Decision to the
Commission by 31 May 2006 at the latest.

Article 6

Applications for reimbursement and advances expressed in
currencies other than the euro shall be converted into euro at
the rate for the month in which they 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 Republic of Austria, 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 December 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

BELGIË/BELGIQUE

DANMARK

DEUTSCHLAND
ΕΛΛΑΣ

ESPAÑA

FRANCE

IRELAND

ITALIA

NEDERLAND

ÖSTERREICH

PORTUGAL

SUOMI

SVERIGE

UNITED KINGDOM

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

Gastos nacionales
Nationale udgifter
Einzelstaatliche Ausgaben
Εθνικές δαπάνες

National expenditure
Dépenses nationales
Spese nazionali
Nationale uitgaven
Despesas nacionais
Kansalliset menot
Nationella utgifter

0

0

0

(EUR)

Contribución max. de la Comunidad
Fællesskabets max. fin. bidrag
Max. Gemeinschaftsbeitrag
Μέγιστη κοινοτική συµµετοχή

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

0

0

0

150 000

150 000

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

100 000

100 000

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

250 000

250 000

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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

Gastos nacionales
Nationale udgifter
Einzelstaatliche Ausgaben
Εθνικές δαπάνες

National expenditure
Dépenses nationales
Spese nazionali
Nationale uitgaven
Despesas nacionais
Kansalliset menot
Nationella utgifter

(EUR)

Contribución max. de la Comunidad
Fællesskabets max. fin. bidrag
Max. Gemeinschaftsbeitrag
Μέγιστη κοινοτική συµµετοχή

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

BELGIË/BELGIQUE

DANMARK

DEUTSCHLAND
ΕΛΛΑΣ

ESPAÑA

FRANCE

IRELAND

ITALIA

NEDERLAND

ÖSTERREICH

PORTUGAL

SUOMI

SVERIGE

UNITED KINGDOM

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

116 510

0

350 000

0

0

233 881

350 416

0

0

0

0

0

0

15 990

1 066 797

40 779

0

122 500

0

0

81 858

122 646

0

0

0

0

0

0

5 597

373 380

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ANEXO III — BILAG III — ANHANG III — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ III — ANNEX III — ANNEXE III — ALLEGATO III —
BIJLAGE III — ANEXO III — LIITE III — BILAGA III

Estado miembro
Medlemsstat
Mitgliedstaat
Κράτος µέλος

Member State
État membre
Stato membro
Lidstaat
Estado-Membro
Jäsenvaltio
Medlemsstat

Gastos nacionales
Nationale udgifter
Einzelstaatliche Ausgaben
Εθνικές δαπάνες

National expenditure
Dépenses nationales
Spese nazionali
Nationale uitgaven
Despesas nacionais
Kansalliset menot
Nationella utgifter

(EUR)

Contribución max. de la Comunidad
Fællesskabets max. fin. bidrag
Max. Gemeinschaftsbeitrag
Μέγιστη κοινοτική συµµετοχή

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

BELGIË/BELGIQUE

DANMARK

DEUTSCHLAND
ΕΛΛΑΣ

ESPAÑA

FRANCE

IRELAND

ITALIA

NEDERLAND

ÖSTERREICH

PORTUGAL

SUOMI

SVERIGE

UNITED KINGDOM

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

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

450 000

0

450 000

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

225 000

0

225 000