2005/486/EC: Commission Decision of 23 June 2005 on the eligibility of expenditure to be incurred by certain Member States in 2005 for the collection and management of the data needed to conduct the common fisheries policy (notified under document number C(2005) 1858)
Date: 2005-06-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU financing, co-financing, common fisheries policy, data collection, data processing, expenditure

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 23 June 2005

on the eligibility of expenditure to be incurred by certain Member States in 2005 for the
collection and management of the data needed to conduct the common fisheries policy

(notified under document number C(2005) 1858)

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

(2005/486/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

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
the common fisheries policy (1), and in
for carrying out
particular Article 4(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Decision 2000/439/EC lays down the

as provided for

conditions
whereby the Member States may receive a contribution
from the Community for expenditure incurred in their
national programmes
in Council
Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000 of 29 June 2000
establishing a Community framework for the collection
and management of the data needed to conduct the
common fisheries policy (2). Under that decision 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 Community
for the following year.

(2) The Commission has received the annual submissions of
the national programmes
from Belgium, Denmark,
Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy,
Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland,
Portugal, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom that
describe the data they intend to collect between 1 January
2005 and 31 December 2005 pursuant to Regulation
(EC) No 1543/2000. They have also submitted applica-
tions 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 Community programmes for
the collection of data in the fisheries sector and laying
the application of Council
down detailed rules for
Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000 (3), the Commission has
examined Member States’ national programmes for 2005
and has assessed the eligibility of the expenditures on the
basis of those programmes. A first instalment should be
delivered to the Member States concerned in accordance
with Article 6(1)(a) of Decision 2000/439/EC on the
basis of that assessment.

(4) A second instalment

is to be forwarded,

in 2006,
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
Decision 2000/439/EC and Article 6(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 1639/2001.

(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in
the Management

accordance with the opinion of
Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

This Decision establishes for 2005 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
fisheries policy.

(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 2

Article 5

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
Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000.

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
Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000.

Article 4

1. The euro exchange rate used to calculate the amounts
eligible under this Decision shall be the rate in force in May
2004.

and applications

expenditure declarations

2. The
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 in
the month in which those declarations and
force for
applications are received by the Commission.

Article 6

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the
Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the
Republic of Estonia, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of
Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the
Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of
the
Lithuania,
Netherlands, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic,
the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

the Republic of Malta,

the Kingdom of

1. The Community shall pay a first instalment of 50 % of the
financial contribution set out in Annexes I and II.

Done at Brussels, 23 June 2005.

2. A second instalment shall be delivered in 2006, after the
reception and approval of a financial and a technical report as
provided for in Article 6(1)(b) of Decision 2000/439/EC.

For the Commission
Joe BORG
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Minimum programme

Member State

Eligible expenditure

Maximum Community contribution

(in EUR)

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
Estonia
Greece
Spain
France
Ireland
Italy
Cyprus
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Finland
Sweden
United Kingdom

931 929
4 632 157
3 027 084
434 185
1 551 247
6 932 181
5 617 757
4 260 714
4 214 183
479 018
309 113
148 381
593 120
3 223 864
521 500
2 855 414
986 122
2 144 333
6 791 948

465 965
2 316 079
1 513 542
217 092
775 624
3 466 091
2 808 879
2 130 356
2 107 092
239 509
154 556
74 190
296 560
1 611 932
260 750
1 427 707
493 061
1 072 166
3 395 974

Total

49 654 250

24 827 125

ANNEX II

Extended programme

Member State

Eligible expenditure

Maximum Community contribution

(in EUR)

Belgium
Denmark
Germany
Estonia
Greece
Spain
France
Ireland
Italy
Cyprus
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Finland
Sweden
United Kingdom

0
13 745
0
22 322
204 180
832 402
343 851
280 878
470 958
0
12 080
0
71 980
446 583
1 050
442 513
279 723
158 263
956 754

0
4 811
0
7 813
71 463
291 341
120 348
98 306
164 835
0
4 228
0
25 193
156 304
368
154 880
97 903
55 392
334 864

Total

4 537 282

1 588 049