2005/703/EC: Council Decision of 6 October 2005 amending Decision 2000/439/EC on a financial contribution from the Community towards the expenditure incurred by certain Member States in collecting data, and for financing studies and pilot projects for carrying out the common fisheries policy
Date: 2005-10-06
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU financing, EU programme, common fisheries policy, data collection, fishing industry

L 267/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.10.2005

COUNCIL DECISION

of 6 October 2005

amending Decision 2000/439/EC on a financial contribution from the Community towards the
expenditure incurred by certain Member States in collecting data, and for financing studies and
pilot projects for carrying out the common fisheries policy

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

(5)

(2005/703/EC)

The financial reference laid down in Article 1 of Decision
2000/439/EC does no longer reflect the actual needs
proved true for the previous years and the updated esti-
mations for the following years. Furthermore it does not
take into account the needs of the new Member States.
the reference should be adapted to the
Therefore,
updated estimations.

(6)

Decision 2000/439/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2000/439/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1.

in Article 1(2), the first sentence shall be replaced by the
following:

‘2.
The financial reference for the implementation of the
measures for which financial assistance is provided for the
period 2001 to 2006 shall be EUR 164,5 million.’;

2.

in Article 4(3)(b), the words ‘for the following year’ shall be
deleted.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Luxembourg, 6 October 2005.

For the Council

The President

A. DARLING

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,

establishing the European

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Decision 2000/439/EC (2) provides that the Community
may grant a financial contribution towards the expen-
diture incurred by Member States in collecting fisheries
data within the Community framework laid down in
Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000 (3) for the period from
2002 to 2006 inclusive.

The collection and management of data in 2001 was
organised by means of calls for proposals and invitations
to tender in accordance with Decision 2000/439/EC.

the preparation of

the financial assistance towards

the expenditure
For
incurred by certain Member States during the period
2002 to 2006,
the national
programmes
corresponding Commission
and
Decision to co-finance them were planned to take
the
place the year before their execution. Therefore,
implementation period laid down in Article 1 of
Decision 2000/439/EC is from 2000 to 2005.

the

and financial procedures,

Due to an underestimation of the length of the necessary
administrative
it proved
impossible to follow the procedure of preparation and
decision making in the year before the execution of the
national programmes.
the administrative and
Instead,
financial procedures have proved to take place within
the same year as the execution itself. Therefore,
the
reference period laid down in Article 1 of Decision
2000/439/EC should be changed in order to cover the
period of execution from 2001 to 2006.

(1) Opinion delivered on 26 May 2005 (not yet published in the Official

Journal).

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