2006/392/EC: Commission Decision of  30 May 2006  on a Community financial contribution towards Member States’ fisheries control, inspection and surveillance programmes for 2006  (notified under document number C(2006) 2062)
Date: 2006-05-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, computer network, fishing controls, information network, maritime surveillance, remote sensing, satellite

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 May 2006
on a Community financial contribution towards Member States’ fisheries control, inspection and
surveillance programmes for 2006

(notified under document number C(2006) 2062)

(2006/392/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

to qualify for

In order
the contribution, automatic
localisation devices should satisfy the requirements fixed
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003 of
18 December 2003 laying down detailed provisions
regarding satellite-based Vessel Monitoring Systems (3).

Having regard to Council Decision 2004/465/EC of 29 April
2004 on a Community financial contribution towards Member
States fisheries control programmes (1), as amended by Council
Decision 2006/2/EC of 21 December 2005 (2), and in particular
Article 6(1) thereof,

(5)

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Member States have forwarded to the Commission their
fisheries control programme for 2006 together with the
applications
for a Community financial contribution
towards the expenditure to be incurred in carrying out
the projects contained in such programme.

Applications concerning actions listed in Article 4 of
Council Decision
for
Community funding.

2004/465/EC may

qualify

It is appropriate to fix the maximum amounts and the
rate of the Community financial contribution and to lay
down the conditions under which such contribution may
be granted.

(1) OJ L 157, 30.4.2004, p. 114; corrected in OJ L 195, 2.6.2004,

p. 36.

(2) OJ L 2, 5.1.2006, p. 4.

(6)

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

Subject matter

This Decision provides for a Community financial contribution
for 2006 towards actions referred to in Article 4 of Decision
the Community
It establishes the amount of
2004/465/CE.
financial contribution for each Member State, the rate of the
Community financial contribution and the conditions on which
such contribution may be granted.

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

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Article 2

Article 6

New technologies and IT networks

Assessment of expenditure

Expenditure incurred on the purchase of,
installation and
technical assistance for, computer technology and setting up
IT networks in order to allow efficient and secure data
of
exchange
and
surveillance of fisheries activities, shall qualify for a financial
the eligible expenditure within the
contribution of 50 % of
limits laid down in Annex I.

in connection with monitoring,

control

Article 3

Automatic localisation devices

Expenditure incurred in the purchase and fitting on board
1.
of
fishing vessels of automatic localisation devices enabling
vessels to be monitored at a distance by a fisheries monitoring
centre through a vessel monitoring system (VMS) shall qualify
for a maximum financial contribution of EUR 4 500 per vessel
within the limits established in Annex II.

Expenditure incurred in implementing a system to assess expen-
diture incurred in controlling the Common fisheries policy shall
qualify for a financial contribution of 50 % of
the eligible
expenditure within the limits laid down in Annex V.

Article 7

Seminars and media tools

Expenditure incurred in initiatives including seminar and media
tools aimed at enhancing awareness among fishermen and other
players such as inspectors, public prosecutors and judges, as
well as among the general public on the need to fight irre-
sponsible and illegal
fishing and on the implementation of
Common fisheries policy rules, shall qualify for a financial
contribution of 75 % of
the eligible expenditure within the
limits laid down in Annex VI.

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

Article 8

Fisheries patrol vessels and aircraft

The

financial

3.
expenditure
contribution for
comprised between EUR 1 500 and EUR 4 500 per vessel
shall amount to a maximum of 50 % of such expenditure.

eligible

In order to qualify, automatic localisation devices shall
(EC)
fixed

requirements

Regulation

by

4.
satisfy
No 2244/2003.

the

Expenditure related to the purchase and modernisation of
vessels and aircraft used for inspection and surveillance of
fishing activities by the competent authorities of the Member
States shall qualify, within the limits laid down in Annex VII,
for a financial contribution not exceeding:

— 50 % of the eligible expenditure incurred by Member States
which acceded to the European Union on 1 May 2004;

Article 4

Pilot projects on new technologies

— 25 % of the eligible expenditure incurred by other Member

Expenditure incurred in pilot projects relating to the implemen-
tation of new technologies to improve the monitoring of
fisheries activities shall qualify for a financial contribution of
50 % of the eligible expenditure within the limits laid down
in Annex III.

States.

Article 9

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 5

Training

Done at Brussels, 30 May 2006.

servants

Expenditure incurred on training and exchange programmes of
civil
and
surveillance tasks in the fisheries area shall qualify for a
the eligible expenditure
financial contribution of 50 % of
within the limits laid down in Annex IV.

for monitoring

responsible

control

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND IT-NETWORKS

Member State

Expenditure planned in the national fisheries
control programme

Community contribution

(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

1 333 334

210 000

229 217
2 250 000

935 000
250 000

4 000 000

83 000

30 000

470 505

735 230
250 354

402 000
120 000

838 148

Total

12 136 788

666 667

105 000

114 609
1 125 000

467 500
125 000

2 000 000

41 500

15 000

235 253

333 895
125 177

201 000
60 000

419 074

6 034 675

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ANNEX II

AUTOMATIC LOCALISATION DEVICES

Member State

Expenditure planned in the national fisheries
control programme

Community contribution

(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

190 944

132 972

25 760

33 000

18 880

22 820

Total

249 704

174 672

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ANNEX III

PILOT PROJECTS ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES

Member State

Expenditure planned in the national fisheries
control programme

Community contribution

(EUR)

275 000

137 500

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

150 000

249 700

130 000

United Kingdom

Total

804 700

75 000

124 850

65 000

402 350

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ANNEX IV

TRAINING

Member State

Expenditure planned in the national fisheries
control programme

Community contribution

(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

10 000

523 199

64 000

13 195

86 640

58 350
200 000

1 000 000

15 000
23 300

11 000

8 196

144 093

25 600
35 808

24 200
22 000

160 305

5 000

261 600

32 000

6 598

43 320

29 175
100 000

500 000

7 500
11 650

5 500

4 098

72 047

12 800
17 904

12 100
11 000

80 153

Total

2 424 886

1 212 445

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ANNEX V

ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF EXPENDITURE

Member State

Expenditure planned in the national fisheries
control programme

Community contribution

(EUR)

93 333

46 667

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

93 333

46 667

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ANNEX VI

SEMINARS AND MEDIA TOOLS

Member State

Expenditure planned in the national fisheries
control programme

Community contribution

(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

5 000

3 750

660 860

495 645

9 000

6 750

200 000

68 750
6 008

210 000

37 299

Total

1 196 917

150 000

51 563
4 506

157 500

27 974

897 688

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ANNEX VII

PATROL VESSELS AND AIRCRAFT

Member State

Expenditure planned in the national fisheries
control programme

Community contribution

(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

1 200 000

751 761
2 789 140

24 683 674

2 300 000

500 000

225 000

150 352
575 328

6 170 918

1 150 000

250 000

565 000

141 250

23 234 908
50 792

72 000 000

17 611 065

Total

145 686 340

4 110 537
25 396

4 500 000

4 402 766

21 701 547