2009/7/EC: Commission Decision of 18 December 2008 on a financial contribution from the Community for 2008 towards expenditure incurred by Greece, Spain and Italy for the purchase and modernisation of vessels and aircraft used for inspection and surveillance of fishing activities (notified under document number C(2008) 8431)
Date: 2008-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, Greece, Italy, Spain, aquaculture, common fisheries policy, fisheries policy, fishing industry, fishing vessel, shipbuilding

8.1.2009

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 December 2008

on a financial contribution from the Community for 2008 towards expenditure incurred by Greece,
Spain and Italy for the purchase and modernisation of vessels and aircraft used for inspection and
surveillance of fishing activities

(notified under document number C(2008) 8431)

(Only the Spanish, Greek and Italian texts are authentic)

(2009/7/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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)

(4)

(5)

Member States have notified to the Commission their
annual fisheries control programme for 2008 together
with the applications for a Community financial contri­
bution towards the expenditure to be incurred in carrying
out the projects contained in such programme.

Applications concerning measures in the area of control
and enforcement listed in Article 8(a) of Regulation (EC)
No 861/2006 may qualify for Community funding.

Applications for Community funding are to comply with
the rules set out
in Commission Regulation (EC) No
391/2007 of 11 April 2007 laying down detailed rules
for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No
incurred by
861/2006 as
Member States in implementing the monitoring and
control
systems applicable to the common fisheries
policy (2).

expenditure

regards

the

It is appropriate to fix the maximum amounts and the
rate of the Community financial contribution within the
limits set by Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006
and to lay down the conditions under which such contri­
bution may be granted.

It is appropriate to fix a deadline for the claims of reim­
bursement by Member States to the Commission in order
to facilitate the closure of outstanding commitments.

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

The deadline for the payments in respect of which a
reimbursement is claimed has to take into account the
rules defined in the Regulation (EC) No 391/2007 as well
as the average duration of the projects financed.

inspection and surveillance programmes

Commission Decision 2008/860/EC (3) on a Community
financial contribution towards Member States’ fisheries
control,
for
2008 was adopted on the 29 of October 2008. That
include projects over EUR
Decision however did not
1 000 000 relating to expenditure incurred by Greece,
Spain and Italy for the purchase and modernisation of
patrol vessels and aircraft used for
inspection and
surveillance of fishing activities. It is therefore necessary
the
to fix the maximum amounts and the rate of
Community financial contribution and to lay down the
conditions under which such contribution may be
granted in relation to such projects.

From the applications submitted by Spain, two projects
were finally postponed by that Member State.

Two applications
ineligible according to public procurement rules.

from Italy should be

considered

(10)

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

amount of

the maximal

the
This Decision establishes
Community financial contribution for 2008, the rate of the
Community financial contribution and the conditions on
which the contribution may be granted towards expenditure
incurred by Greece, Spain and Italy in the framework of
projects over EUR 1 000 000 for the purchase and moderni­
sation of patrol vessels and aircraft used for inspection and
surveillance of fishing activities.

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

(3) OJ L 303, 14.11.2008, p. 13.

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Article 2

Rate of contribution

1.
Expenditure concerning the purchase and modernisation
of vessels and aircraft used for inspection and surveillance of
fishing activities shall qualify, within the limits laid down in the
Annex,
the eligible
expenditure incurred by Member States.

for a financial contribution of 50 % of

The financial contribution specified for each Member State
2.
in the Annex is calculated on the basis of the utilisation of the
concerned vessels and aircraft for inspection and surveillance as
a percentage of their total yearly activity, as declared by the
Member States.

Article 3

Closure of outstanding commitments

1. Member States shall ensure that all payments in respect of
is claimed shall be made by the
which a reimbursement
Member State concerned by 30 June 2016. Payments made

by a Member State after this deadline shall not be eligible for
reimbursement.

2.
The budgetary appropriations related to the Community
financial contribution for such projects shall be decommitted at
the latest by 31 December 2017.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic,
Kingdom of Spain and the Italian Republic.

the

Done at Brussels, 18 December 2008.

For the Commission

Joe BORG
Member of the Commission

Community financial contribution granted towards the purchase and modernisation of patrol vessels and aircraft
used for inspection and surveillance of fishing activities

ANNEX

Member State

Expenditure planned in the national
fisheries control programme
(EUR)

Eligible expenditure under this
Decision
(EUR)

Community contribution
(Rate of 50 %)
(EUR)

Greece

Spain

Italy

14 603 000

44 225 546

52 500 000

Total

111 328 546

14 045 000

12 476 320

24 000 000

50 521 320

7 022 500

6 238 160

12 000 000

25 260 660