2007/567/EC: Commission Decision of 7 August 2007 on a Community financial contribution towards expenditure incurred by Member States in implementing the monitoring and control systems applicable to the common fisheries policy for 2007 (notified under document number C(2007) 3747)
Date: 2007-08-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU financing, common fisheries policy, fishery management, fishing controls

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DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 7 August 2007

on a Community financial contribution towards expenditure incurred by Member States
in implementing the monitoring and control systems applicable to the common fisheries policy
for 2007

(notified under document number C(2007) 3747)

(2007/567/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to 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 21
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Member States have forwarded to the Commission their
fisheries control programme for 2007 together with the
for a Community financial contribution
applications
towards the expenditure to be incurred in carrying out
the projects contained in such programme.

Applications concerning actions listed in Article 8(a) of
Regulation
for
Community funding.

861/2006 may

(EC) No

qualify

Applications for Community funding must comply with
Commission Regulation (EC) No 391/2007 of 11 April
2007 laying down detailed rules for the implementation
of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 as regards the expen-
diture incurred by Member States in implementing the
monitoring and control
to the
common fisheries policy (2).

applicable

systems

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

rate of

is appropriate to fix the maximum amounts and
It
the
contribution
the Community financial
in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EC)
No 861/2006 and to lay down the conditions under
which such contribution may be granted.

localisation

In order to qualify for the Community contribution,
automatic
the
devices
fixed by Commission Regulation (EC)
requirements
No 2244/2003 of 18 December 2003 laying down
detailed provisions regarding satellite-based Vessel Moni-
toring Systems (3).

should

satisfy

The amount of the financial contribution to be granted
to each Member State for expenditure related to the
purchase and modernisation of vessels and aircraft
should be calculated on the basis of the ratio between
the inspection and control activity carried out by such
vessels and aircraft and their total yearly activity, as
declared by the Member States.

Pursuant to Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 391/2007,
the projects listed in the fisheries control programme are
to be implemented in accordance with the schedule laid
down in that programme.

reimbursement of expenditure relating to
Claims for
those projects are to be submitted to the Commission
in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EC)
No 391/2007.

(1) OJ L 160, 14.6.2006, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 97, 12.4.2007, p. 30.

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

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(9)

The measures provided for
accordance with the opinion of
Fisheries and Aquaculture,

in this Decision are in
the Committee for

Article 5

Training

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Subject matter

servants

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

for monitoring

responsible

control

This Decision provides for a Community financial contribution
for 2007 towards expenditure incurred by Member States for
2007 in implementing the monitoring and control systems
applicable to the common fisheries policy, as referred to in
It establishes
Article 8(a) of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006.
the amount of the Community financial contribution for each
Member State, the rate of the Community financial contribution
and the conditions on which such contribution may be granted.

Article 6

Assessment of expenditure

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 2

New technologies and IT networks

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
contribution of 50 % of
the eligible expenditure within the
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.

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 %.

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
satisfy

4.
shall
No 2244/2003.

to qualify,

the

requirements

automatic

localisation devices
fixed by Regulation (EC)

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.

Article 8

Fisheries patrol vessels and aircraft

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.

Article 9

Addressees

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 August 2007.

Article 4

Pilot projects

Expenditure incurred in pilot projects on new control tech-
nologies shall qualify for a financial contribution of 50 % of
the eligible expenditure within the limits laid down in Annex III.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

NEW TECHNOLOGIES & IT NETWORKS

Member State

Expenditure planned in the national fisheries
control programme

Community contribution

(EUR)

Bulgaria

Belgium

Czech Republic

Denmark

Germany

Estonia

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Cyprus

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Hungary

Malta

Netherlands

Austria

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Slovenia

Slovakia

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

136 088

0

0

1 050 604

314 000

25 179

1 500 000

387 205

1 573 940

0

4 103 820

40 000

0

30 000

0

0

6 000

538 390

0

125 000

253 000

0

83 000

0

250 000

5 649 000

384 657

68 044

0

0

525 302

157 000

12 589

750 000

193 603

786 970

0

2 051 910

20 000

0

15 000

0

0

3 000

269 195

0

62 500

115 700

0

41 500

0

125 000

657 000

192 329

Total

16 449 883

6 046 642

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ANNEX II

AUTOMATIC LOCALISATION DEVICES

Member State

Expenditure planned in the national fisheries
control programme

Community contribution

(EUR)

Bulgaria

Belgium

Czech Republic

Denmark

Germany

Estonia

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Cyprus

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Hungary

Malta

Netherlands

Austria

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Slovenia

Slovakia

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

300 000

0

0

1 371 974

692 000

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

50 000

0

Total

2 413 974

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

225 000

0

0

600 000

646 000

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

25 000

0

1 496 000

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ANNEX III

PILOT PROJECTS

Member State

Expenditure planned in the national fisheries
control programme

Community contribution

(EUR)

Bulgaria

Belgium

Czech Republic

Denmark

Germany

Estonia

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Cyprus

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Hungary

Malta

Netherlands

Austria

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Slovenia

Slovakia

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

Total

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

31 500

0

31 500

15 750

0

15 750

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ANNEX IV

TRAINING

Member State

Expenditure planned in the national fisheries
control programme

Community contribution

(EUR)

Bulgaria

Belgium

Czech Republic

Denmark

Germany

Estonia

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Cyprus

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Hungary

Malta

Netherlands

Austria

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Slovenia

Slovakia

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

72 000

10 000

0

67 114

27 500

26 050

80 000

162 060

111 500

0

1 295 304

0

0

18 000

0

0

36 640

120 441

0

0

90 380

0

27 000

0

26 000

50 000

9 442

Total

2 229 431

36 000

5 000

0

33 557

13 750

13 025

40 000

81 030

55 750

0

532 077

0

0

9 000

0

0

18 320

60 221

0

0

45 190

0

13 500

0

13 000

25 000

4 721

999 141

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ANNEX V

ASSESSMENT OF EXPENDITURE

Member State

Expenditure planned in the national fisheries
control programme

Community contribution

(EUR)

Bulgaria

Belgium

Czech Republic

Denmark

Germany

Estonia

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Cyprus

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Hungary

Malta

Netherlands

Austria

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Slovenia

Slovakia

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

Total

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

100 000

0

100 000

50 000

0

50 000

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ANNEX VI

SEMINARS AND MEDIA TOOLS

Member State

Expenditure planned in the national fisheries
control programme

Community contribution

(EUR)

Bulgaria

Belgium

Czech Republic

Denmark

Germany

Estonia

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Cyprus

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Hungary

Malta

Netherlands

Austria

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Slovenia

Slovakia

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

0

5 000

0

0

0

0

100 000

16 000

0

0

292 000

0

0

12 000

0

0

0

0

0

210 000

0

0

14 000

0

0

0

0

0

3 750

0

0

0

0

75 000

12 000

0

0

219 000

0

0

9 000

0

0

0

0

0

157 500

0

0

10 500

0

0

0

0

Total

649 000

486 750

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ANNEX VII

PATROL VESSELS AND AIRCRAFT

Member State

Expenditure planned in the national fisheries
control programme

Community contribution

(EUR)

Bulgaria

Belgium

Czech Republic

Denmark

Germany

Estonia

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Cyprus

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Hungary

Malta

Netherlands

Austria

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Slovenia

Slovakia

Finland

Sweden

66 000

0

0

0

254 000

2 500 000

0

405 000

402 000

0

135 000

120 000

0

120 000

0

0

0

50 000

0

100 000

2 000 000

0

155 000

0

0

0

United Kingdom

7 633 872

Total

13 940 872

33 000

0

0

0

122 250

1 250 000

0

202 500

156 000

0

67 500

60 000

0

60 000

0

0

0

25 000

0

50 000

700 000

0

77 500

0

0

0

3 816 936

6 620 686