2008/793/EC: Commission Decision of 1 October 2008 on the eligibility of expenditure incurred by certain Member States in 2008 for the collection and management of the data needed to conduct the common fisheries policy (notified under document number C(2008) 4013)
Date: 2008-10-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, common fisheries policy, data collection, data processing, fishery resources, management of resources

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 1 October 2008

on the eligibility of expenditure incurred by certain Member States in 2008 for the collection and
management of the data needed to conduct the common fisheries policy

(notified under document number C(2008) 4013)

(2008/793/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

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)

(3)

(4)

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
lishing
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 minimum and

Poland,

Ireland,

the Netherlands,

Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Greece,
Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania,
Spain, France,
Finland,
Malta,
Romania, Slovenia, Sweden and the United Kingdom
have
for 2008 as
provided for
in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1543/2000. Those Member States have also submitted
the
financial
applications
Community.

submitted national programmes

contribution by

Portugal,

for

a

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

examined Member

has

(1) OJ L 160, 14.6.2006, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 176, 15.7.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 222, 17.8.2001, p. 53.

Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000 lays down
for a minimum Community programme
the basis
the
covering the information absolutely needed for
scientific evaluations and an extended programme that
in addition to the information contained
shall
in the minimum programme,
information likely to
improve substantially the scientific evaluations.

include,

that Community

Article 24(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 estab­
lishes that a Commission Decision shall fix the rate of
the financial contribution. Article 16 of Regulation (EC)
No 861/2006 provides
financial
measures in the area of basic data collection shall not
exceed 50 % of the costs incurred by Member States in
and
of
programme
carrying
management of data. Article 24(2)
that
priority shall be given to the actions which are most
appropriate in order to improve the collection of data
necessary for the CFP.

collection
stipulates

out

the

An advance payment should be granted to the Member
States to facilitate the implementation of their national
programme. The payment of
the total Community
financial
contribution to the National Programmes
should be subject to the approval by the Commission
in
of
Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1639/2001 and its
associated costs.

technical

referred

annual

report

the

to

This Decision shall constitute the financial decision
within the meaning of Article 75(2) of Council Regu­
lation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002
on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general
budget of the European Communities (4).

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

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

in this Decision are in
the Committee for

(4) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

2. Member States shall submit by 31 May 2009 at the latest:

Article 1

(a) a technical report as referred to in Article 6(2) of Regulation

(EC) No 1639/2000;

This Decision establishes for 2008 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 for collecting and managing 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 for collecting and managing 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.

(b) their applications for the reimbursement of expenditure
incurred in 2008 with a financial report and supporting
documents.

3.
A second instalment of the Community contribution shall
be paid after the reception and approval of the financial and
technical reports referred to in the paragraph 2.

Article 5

1.
The euro exchange rate used to calculate the amounts
eligible under this Decision shall be the rate in force in May
2007.

2.
The expenditure declarations 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 are
received by the Commission.

Article 6

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 1 October 2008.

1.
The Community shall pay a first instalment of 50 % of the
financial contribution from the Community set out in Annexes
I and II after notification of the present Decision to Member
States.

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

BULGARIA

CYPRUS

DENMARK

GERMANY

ESTONIA

GREECE

SPAIN

FRANCE

IRELAND

ITALY

LATVIA

LITHUANIA

MALTA

NETHERLANDS

POLAND

PORTUGAL

ROMANIA

SLOVENIA

FINLAND

SWEDEN

UNITED KINGDOM

1 258 218

196 760

524 938

5 314 755

3 032 194

588 717

1 890 488

8 041 538

7 894 314

4 572 608

4 272 453

407 811

141 602

485 022

3 356 144

729 794

3 398 883

420 866

178 910

1 447 228

3 345 165

7 266 446

Total

58 764 854

629 109

98 380

262 469

2 657 377

1 516 097

294 359

945 244

4 020 769

3 947 157

2 286 304

2 136 227

203 905

70 801

242 511

1 678 072

364 897

1 699 441

210 433

89 455

723 614

1 672 582

3 633 223

29 382 426

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ANNEX II

EXTENDED PROGRAMME

Member State

Eligible expenditure

Max. Community contribution

(EUR)

BELGIUM

BULGARIA

CYPRUS

DENMARK

GERMANY

ESTONIA

GREECE

SPAIN

FINLAND

FRANCE

IRELAND

ITALY

LATVIA

LITHUANIA

MALTA

NETHERLANDS

POLAND

PORTUGAL

ROMANIA

SLOVENIA

SWEDEN

UNITED KINGDOM

—

—

—

—

744 300

37 300

243 180

1 377 713

159 392

438 480

540 267

581 666

10 817

—

437 111

247 515

—

—

60 457

1 024 755

5 902 953

Total

—

—

—

—

260 505

13 055

85 113

482 200

55 787

153 468

189 093

203 583

3 786

—

152 989

86 630

—

—

21 160

358 664

2 066 033