2004/555/EC: Commission Decision of 15 July 2004 on the eligibility of expenditure to be incurred by certain Member States in 2004 for the collection and management of the data needed to conduct the common fisheries policy (notified under document number C(2004) 2730) (Only the Spanish, Danish, German, Greek, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic)
Date: 2004-07-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU expenditure, EU financing, common fisheries policy, data collection, economic support, fishery management

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 15 July 2004

on the eligibility of expenditure to be incurred by certain Member States in 2004 for the collection
and management of the data needed to conduct the common fisheries policy

(notified under document number C(2004) 2730)

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

(2004/555/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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

expenditure

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

down the

Decision 2000/439/EC lays
conditions
whereby the Member States may receive a contribution
from the Community for expenditure incurred in their
national programmes as provided for in Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 1543/2000 of 29 June 2000 establishing
collection and
a Community
management of
the
common fisheries policy (2). Pursuant to that Decision
the Commission, on the basis of
the information
provided by the Member States, decides each year on
forecast by the
the
the
Member States and on the amount of
the financial
assistance from the Community for the following year.

the data needed to conduct

eligibility of

expenditure

framework

the

for

Ireland,

The Commission has received updates of the five-year
programmes from Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece,
Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal,
Spain, France,
Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom that describe
the data they intend to collect between 1 January 2004
and 31 December 2004 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No
1543/2000. They have also submitted applications for a
financial contribution for the expenditure referred to in
Article 4 of Decision 2000/439/EC.

(3)

Pursuant to Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
1639/2001 of 25 July 2001 establishing the minimum
and extended Community programmes 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 2004 and has assessed
the eligibility of the expenditure on the basis of those
programmes. A first instalment should be delivered to
concerned in accordance with
the Member States
Article 6(1)(a) of Decision 2000/439/EC on the basis
of that assessment.

(4)

is

to be forwarded,
in 2005,
A second instalment
transmission and acceptance by the
following the
Commission of a financial and technical
report of
activity detailing the state of completion of the aims
the time of drawing-up the minimum and
set at
extended programmes,
in accordance with Article
6(1)(b) of Decision 2000/439/EC and Article 6(2) of
Regulation 1639/2001.

(5)

The measures provided for
accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

in this Decision are in
the Management

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

This Decision establishes for 2004 the amount of the eligible
expenditure for each Member State and the rates of
the
collection and
Community financial
the common
management of
fisheries policy.

contribution for
the data needed to conduct

the

Article 2

Expenditure incurred in collecting and managing of the data
needed to conduct the common fisheries policy, as set out in
Annex I, shall qualify for a financial contribution from the
Community not exceeding 50 % of the eligible expenditure for
the minimum programme as provided for in Article 5 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1543/2000.

(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.

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Article 3

Expenditure incurred in collecting and managing of the data
needed to conduct the common fisheries policy, as set out in
Annex II, shall qualify for a financial contribution from the
Community not exceeding 35 % of the eligible expenditure for
the extended programme as provided for in Article 5 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1543/2000.

Article 4

The Community shall pay a first instalment of 50 % of the

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

A second instalment shall be delivered in 2005, after the
2.
reception and approval of a financial and a technical report as
provided for in Article 6(1)(b) of Decision 2000/439/EC.

and

expenditure

declarations

for
The
2.
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 appli-
cations are received by the Commission.

applications

Article 6

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.

Article 5

Done at Brussels, 15 July 2004.

1.
The euro exchange rate used to calculate the amounts
eligible under this Decision shall be the rate in force in May
2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission