2006/315/EC: Commission Decision of  28 April 2006  on the eligibility of expenditure to be incurred by certain Member States in 2006 for the collection and management of the data needed to conduct the common fisheries policy  (notified under document number C(2006) 1704)
Date: 2006-04-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU financing, common fisheries policy, data collection, data processing, expenditure

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 April 2006

on the eligibility of expenditure to be incurred by certain Member States in 2006 for the collection
and management of the data needed to conduct the common fisheries policy

(notified under document number C(2006) 1704)

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

(2006/315/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
towards
in
incurred by Member States
the
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)

(3)

down the

conditions
Decision 2000/439/EC lays
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). 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
from the
financial
Community.

the data needed to conduct

amount of

framework

assistance

the

the

for

Latvia,

The Commission has received the annual submissions of
the national programmes
from Belgium, Denmark,
Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy,
Cyprus,
the Netherlands,
Lithuania, Malta,
Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland, Sweden and the
United Kingdom that describe the data they intend to
collect between 1 January 2006 and 31 December
2006 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.

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

(1) OJ L 176, 15.7.2000, p. 42. Decision as amended by Decision

2005/703/EC (OJ L 267, 12.10.2005, p. 26).

(2) OJ L 176, 15.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 222, 17.8.2001, p. 53. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1581/2004 (OJ L 289, 10.9.2004, p. 6).

States' national programmes for 2006 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)

is

to be forwarded,
in 2007,
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
Fisheries and Aquaculture,

in this Decision are in
the Committee for

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

This Decision establishes for 2006 the amount of the eligible
the
expenditure for each Member State and the rates of
collection and
Community financial
management of
the common
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
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.

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Article 4

Article 6

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

2.
A second instalment shall be delivered in 2007, 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.

Article 5

1.
The euro exchange rate used to calculate the amounts
eligible under this Decision shall be the rate in force in May
2005.

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
Lithuania, the Republic of Malta, the Kingdom of the Neth-
erlands, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, the
Republic of Slovenia, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of
Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland.

Done at Brussels, 28 April 2006.

and

expenditure

declarations

for
2.
The
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

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Minimum programme

Member State

Eligible expenditure
(EUR)

Max. Community contribution
(EUR)

BELGIUM

DENMARK

GERMANY

ESTONIA

GREECE

SPAIN

FRANCE

IRELAND

ITALY

CYPRUS

LATVIA

LITHUANIA

MALTA

NETHERLANDS

POLAND

PORTUGAL

SLOVENIA

FINLAND

SWEDEN

UNITED KINGDOM

1 014 257

4 299 000

2 444 531

475 988

1 620 845

6 510 667

6 613 877

4 524 442

3 954 825

589 866

317 073

122 691

551 845

3 026 346

571 660

2 550 422

373 060

1 247 350

2 709 795

6 222 481

Total

49 741 021

507 129

2 149 500

1 222 265

237 994

810 423

3 255 334

3 306 939

2 262 221

1 977 413

294 933

158 536

61 346

275 923

1 513 173

285 830

1 275 211

186 530

623 675

1 354 898

3 111 241

24 870 511

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ANNEX II

Extended programme

Member State

Eligible expenditure
(EUR)

Max. Community contribution
(EUR)

BELGIUM

DENMARK

GERMANY

ESTONIA

GREECE

SPAIN

FRANCE

IRELAND

ITALY

CYPRUS

LATVIA

LITHUANIA

MALTA

NETHERLANDS

POLAND

PORTUGAL

SLOVENIA

FINLAND

SWEDEN

UNITED KINGDOM

Total

544 246

26 208

215 350

1 842 106

339 500

371 426

560 554

5 364

435 762

1 316

443 832

257 434

81 518

2 134 804

7 259 420

190 486

9 173

75 373

644 737

118 825

129 999

196 194

1 878

152 517

461

155 241

90 102

28 531

747 181

2 540 798