2004/690/EC: Commission Decision of 7 October 2004 on a financial contribution from the Community towards the purchase and fitting on board of fishing vessels of electronic localisation devices in 2004 (notified under document number C(2004) 3358)
Date: 2004-10-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, fishing vessel, maritime safety, maritime surveillance, remote sensing

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 7 October 2004

on a financial contribution from the Community towards the purchase and fitting on board of
fishing vessels of electronic localisation devices in 2004

(notified under document number C(2004) 3358)

(2004/690/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Decision 2004/465/EC of 29 April
2004 on a Community financial contribution towards Member
States fisheries control programmes (1), and in particular Article
6(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Member States have forwarded to the Commission their
fisheries control programmes for the period from 1
January 2004 to 31 December 2004 together with the
applications
contribution
towards the expenditure to be incurred in carrying out
such programmes.

for Community

financial

actions

concerning

Applications
listed in Decision
2004/465/EC may qualify for Community funding.
Having regard in particular to Council Regulation (EC)
No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conser-
vation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources
under the Common Fisheries Policy (2), priority is to be
given to the extension of the satellite-based monitoring
system to vessels of more than 15 metres overall
between perpendiculars, pilot projects relating to and
implementation of new technologies on the control of
fisheries activities, training and exchange of civil servants
responsible for monitoring, control and surveillance tasks
in the fisheries area.

(1) OJ L 157, 30.4.2004, p. 114. Decision as corrected in OJ L 195,

2.6.2004, p. 36.

(2) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59.

is appropriate to fix the maximum amounts of
It
Community contribution towards eligible expenditure
for 2004 for each Member State aid granted for the
purchase and fitting on board of electronic localisation
devices enabling vessels to be monitored at a distance by
fisheries monitoring centres through a vessel monitoring
system.

It is appropriate to lay down the Community contri-
bution rate for such actions and the conditions on
which national expenditure is to be reimbursed by the
Community.

devices

electronic

localisation

The
satisfy
requirements fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No
2244/2003 of 18 December 2003 laying down detailed
provisions
regarding satellite-based Vessel Monitoring
Systems (3).

should

Member States must in accordance with Article 8 of
Decision 2004/465/EC commit their expenditure within
a period of 12 months from the end of the year in which
this Decision is notified to them. They must also comply
with the provision of that Decision as regards starting
their projects and submitting applications for reimbur-
sement.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

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

in this Decision are in
the Committee for

(3) OJ L 333, 20.12.2003, p. 17.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Subject matter

This Decision establishes the global amount of the Community
financial contribution for each Member State, the rate of the
Community financial contribution and the conditions on which
the contribution may be granted towards the purchase and
fitting on board of Community fishing vessels of electronic
localisation devices.

Article 2

Eligible expenditure

In order to be eligible for a financial contribution from
1.
this Decision, expenditure shall be
the Community under
incurred in the purchase and fitting on board of Community
fishing vessels of electronic localisation devices enabling vessels
to be monitored at a distance by a fisheries monitoring centre
through a vessel monitoring system (VMS).

The devices referred to in paragraph 1 shall satisfy the

2.
requirements laid down by Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003.

Only expenditure incurred within the framework of indi-
3.
vidual national fisheries control programmes shall be considered
as eligible to Community financial contribution.

Article 3

Global amount

The global amount of the financial contribution to be granted
to each Member State is set out in the Annex.

Article 4

Rates and conditions

1.
The maximum eligible expenditure which may qualify for
a Community financial contribution for the purchase of elec-
tronic localisation devices installed on board Community fishing
vessels may not exceed EUR 4 500 per vessel.

2. Within EUR 4 500 limit provided for in paragraph 1, the
Community financial contribution for the first EUR 1 500 of
eligible expenditure shall be at a rate of 100 %.

The Community financial contribution for eligible expen-
3.
diture comprised between EUR 1 500 and EUR 4 500 per vessel,
shall amount to a maximum of 50 % of such expenditure.

Article 5

Currency

Applications for reimbursement and for 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.

Article 6

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 October 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Global amount of the financial contribution

Member State

National expenditure

Max. Community contribution

(in EUR)

Belgium

Czech Republic

Denmark

Germany

Estonia

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Cyprus

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Hungary

Malta

Netherlands

Austria

Poland

Portugal

Slovenia

Slovakia

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

Total

0

0

482 142

780 000

115 050

2 569 600

2 866 500

2 047 500

552 000

9 984 000

107 800

0

30 000

0

0

321 943

722 500

0

0

0

48 000

0

190 800

262 320

4 190 616

25 270 771

0

0

401 571

585 000

101 775

876 000

1 911 000

1 365 000

360 000

3 744 000

90 650

0

22 500

0

0

159 000

488 750

0

0

0

24 000

0

108 000

176 160

2 831 808

13 245 214