2007/605/EC: Commission Decision of 7 August 2007 on the eligibility of expenditure to be incurred by certain Member States in 2007 for the collection and management of the data needed to conduct the Common Fisheries Policy (notified under document number C(2007) 3737)
Date: 2007-08-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU financing, common fisheries policy, data collection, document management, expenditure

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DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 7 August 2007

on the eligibility of expenditure to be incurred by certain Member States in 2007 for the collection
and management of the data needed to conduct the Common Fisheries Policy

(notified under document number C(2007) 3737)

(2007/605/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to the Council Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 of
22 May 2006 establishing Community financial measures for
the implementation of the common fisheries policy and in the
area of the Law of the Sea (1), and in particular Article 24(1)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 lays down the conditions
whereby Member States may receive a contribution from
the Community for expenditure incurred in their national
programmes of collection and management of data.

Those programmes are to be drawn up in accordance
with 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) and Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1639/2001 of 25 July 2001 estab-
extended Community
lishing

the minimum and

(1) OJ L 160, 14.6.2006, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 176, 15.7.2000, p. 1.

(3)

(4)

(5)

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).

Ireland, Greece,
Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Estonia,
Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the
Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Finland, Slovenia, Sweden
and the United Kingdom have
submitted national
programmes for 2007. Those Member States have also
submitted applications for a financial contribution by the
Community.

States’
The Commission
programmes and has assessed the eligibility of the expen-
ditures.

examined Member

has

latter Regulation establishes

Council Decision 2000/439/EC (4) was
repealed by
Council Regulation (EC) No 861/2006. Article 16 of
the
that Community
financial measures in the area of basic data collection
shall not exceed 50 % of the costs incurred by Member
States in carrying out a programme as provided for in
Article 23(1) of the same Regulation (861/2006). Article
24, paragraph 3b of Council Regulation establishes that
Commission Decisions shall fix the rate of the financial
contribution. According to Article 5 of Regulation (EC)
No 1543/2000 it is foreseen that Decisions covering
expenditures incurred by Member States under the data
collection will follow the rates of 50 % for the minimum
programme and 35 % for the extended programme.

(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).

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

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

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(6)

in 2008,

concerned. A second instalment

A first instalment should be delivered to the Member
States
should be
forwarded,
following the transmission and
acceptance by the Commission of a financial and
state of
technical
completion of the aims set at the time of drawing-up
the minimum and extended programmes.

activity detailing the

report of

(7)

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 2007 the amount of the eligible
expenditure for each Member State and the rates of
the
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
the eligible expenditure
Community not exceeding 35 % of

for the extended programme as provided for in Article 5 of
Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000.

Article 4

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 2008, after the
reception and approval of a financial and a technical report.

Article 5

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

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 6

Done at Brussels, 7 August 2007.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Minimum programme

Member State

Eligible expenditure

Max. Community contribution

(EUR)

BELGIUM

DENMARK

GERMANY

ESTONIA

IRELAND

GREECE

SPAIN

FRANCE

ITALY

CYPRUS

LATVIA

LITHUANIA

MALTA

NETHERLANDS

POLAND

PORTUGAL

SLOVENIA

FINLAND

SWEDEN

UNITED KINGDOM

1 039 161

5 723 552

3 927 965

516 054

4 821 622

1 781 330

8 887 744

7 019 156

3 927 432

597 228

412 174

141 947

449 853

3 537 657

662 847

3 253 056

250 225

1 307 541

3 082 718

7 757 951

519 581

2 861 776

1 963 982

258 027

2 410 811

890 665

4 443 872

3 509 578

1 963 716

298 614

206 087

70 973,5

224 927

1 768 829

331 424

1 626 528

125 113

653 771

1 541 359

3 878 975

Total

59 097 212

29 548 606

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ANNEX II

Extended programme

Member State

Eligible expenditure

Max. Community contribution

(EUR)

BELGIUM

DENMARK

GERMANY

ESTONIA

IRELAND

GREECE

SPAIN

FRANCE

ITALY

CYPRUS

LATVIA

LITHUANIA

MALTA

NETHERLANDS

POLAND

PORTUGAL

SLOVENIA

FINLAND

SWEDEN

UNITED KINGDOM

Total

626 510

29 661

426 553

231 600

1 276 056

342 409

566 008

5 742

450 538

305 456

154 691

60 647

1 132 625

5 608 495

219 279

10 381

149 294

81 060

446 620

119 843

198 103

2 010

157 688

106 910

54 142

21 226

396 419

1 962 973