CELEX: 51997PC0580
Language: en
Date: 1997-11-11
Title: Proposal for a Council Decision fixing the amount of the Community financial contribution for 1997 to expenditure incurred by the Swedish authorities for the release of smolt

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                        Brussels, 11.11.1997
                                        COM(97) 580 final
                         Proposal for a
                     œumi, DECISION
               FIXING THE AMOUNT OF THE
COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION FOR 1997 TO EXPENDITURE
 INCURRED BY THE SWEDISH AUTHORITIES FOR THE UELEASE OF
                             SMOLT
                 (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article 125 of the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden provides that for
three years from the date of its accession Sweden will benefit from a Community
financial contribution to the financing of the release of smolt in the Baltic
This Community contribution, which must be the subject of a decision by the Council,
acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, must be assessed in
the light of the balances existing immediately before accession.
The contribution corresponds to that previously paid by the Community to Sweden under
the bilateral agreement on certain measures for the purpose of promoting the
reproduction of salmon in the Baltic Sea.
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2210/80 of 27 June 1980 on the agreement between the
European Economic Community and the Government of Sweden on certain measures for
the purpose of promoting the reproduction of salmon in the Baltic provides that the
amount of the contribution must be determined so as to cover the actual costs to the
 Swedish authorities of breeding, tagging and releasing the
 quantity of smolt necessary to produce a quantity of salmon equal to the non-reciprocal
 quota allocated to the Community in the Swedish fishery zone for the year during which
 the contribution is to be granted.
 Since the total catch from stock permitted in 1997 has been reduced, the amount of the
 financial contribution has been calculated by applying the reduction coefficient
 proportionally to the data existing immediately before accession.
         J No L 126,29.4.1980, p.7.
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 ---pagebreak---     Proposal for a Council Decision fixing the amount of the Community financial
   contribution for 1997 to expenditure incurred by the Swedish authorities for the
                                    release of smolt
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular
Article 125 thereof,
Whereas Article 125 of the Act of Accession provides that the Council, acting as a
qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, must fix annually the amount of
the Community's financial contribution to the release of smolt carried out by the
competent Swedish authorities;
Whereas that financial contribution must be approved in the light of the balances existing
immediately before Sweden's accession;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2210/80 of 27 June 1980 on the agreement
between the European Economic Community and the Government of Sweden on certain
measures for the purpose of promoting the reproduction of salmon in the Baltic provides
that the amount of the contribution must be equal to the actual costs to the Swedish
authorities of breeding, tagging and releasing the quantity of smolt necessary to produce
a quantity of salmon equal to the non-reciprocal quota allocated to the Community in the
Swedish fishery zone for the year during which the contribution is to be granted;
 Whereas the Commission has received Sweden's application for the Community financial
contribution for 1997; whereas this application is the same as for 1994;
 1
         J No L 126,29.4.1980, p.7.
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas the International Committee for Baltic Fisheries has recommended an ACR for
the Baltic salmon stock and the proportion of that ACR to be allocated to the
Community;
Whereas the ACR fixed for 1997 has been reduced and the Swedish application must be
reexamined in the light of that fact;
Whereas the amount of the Community financial contribution has been calculated by
applying proportionally this reduction in the non-reciprocal quota which Sweden is
assumed to have allocated to the Community,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
                                         Article 1
The amount of the Community financial contribution for 1997 to expenditure on
promoting salmon reproduction in the Baltic Sea shall not exceed ECU 575 382.
                                         Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Government of Sweden.
Done at Brussels,                                                          For the Council
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 ---pagebreak---                                 Financial statement
1.  Title of operation
    Financial contribution to measures to promote the reproduction of salmon in the
    Baltic.
2.  Budget heading involved
    B7 - 800
3.  Legal basis
    Article 125 of the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden.
4.  Description of operation
    4.1.    General objective
    This Commission proposal fixes the amount of the 1997 Community financial
    contribution to the release of smolt by the competent Swedish authorities as
    provided for in Article 125 of the Act of Accession.
    4.2.    Period covered and arrangements for renewal or extension
    The measure covers 1997.
 5. Classification of expenditure/revenue
    5.1.     compulsory expenditure
    5.2.     differentiated appropriations
    5.3.     no revenue
 6. Type of expenditure or revenue
     100% subsidy
 7. Financial impact
    7.1.     Method of calculating cost of operation
    The amount of the Community financial contribution to the release of smolt carried
    out by the Swedish authorities has been calculated on the basis of the balances
    existing immediately before accession. Council Regulation (EEC) No 2210/80 of
    27 June 1980 on the agreement between the European Economic Community and
    the Government of Sweden on certain measures for the purpose of promoting the
     reproduction of salmon in the Baltic1 provides that the amount of the contribution
     JNoL 126, 29.4.1980, p.7.
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 ---pagebreak--- must be determined so as to cover the actual costs to the Swedish authorities of
breeding, tagging and releasing a quantity of smolt necessary to produce a quantity
of salmon equal to the non-reciprocal quota allocated to the Community in the
Swedish fishery zone for the year during which the contribution is to be granted.
Sweden allocated the Community a salmon quota of 220 tonnes for 1994.
In 1997 the overall ACR for Baltic salmon was reduced by 31.67% and the quotas
of each of the partners were reduced by the same proportion.
To comply with existing balances it must be assumed that Sweden will allocate the
same quantities reduced by the proportion by which the Swedish quota is reduced
for 1997, i.e.:
220T-22QJL1L£Z=150T
                  100
The Swedes have indicated to the Commission that the actual cost of 1 smolt is-17
 Swedish krona and that 1 tonne of salmon is the equivalent of 2 000 smolt.
The amount of the financial contribution for 1997 is thus:
 150x2 000xl7SEK                                 5 100 000SEK
 5 100 000 SEK: 8.863670                =        ECU 575 382
 7.2          Itemised breakdown of costs
                                                                                                     in ECU
                                                                                        at 1997 prices
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                          Item                                 Total budget for one year
   Expenditure relating to release of
   smolt in the Baltic sea by the Swedish               575 3 82 (06/97 rate)
   authorities
                          TOTAL                    , 575 382
 7.3.         Operation expenditure on studies, experts' meetings, etc.. included in part B
 None.
 7.4.          Schedule for multiannual operations whose basic instrument contains an
              "amount deemed necessary"
 None.
                                               /
 ---pagebreak--- 8.  Fraud prevention measures; results of measures taken
    Anti-fraud provisions, in particular Articles 209(c), 290a and 213 of the Treaty on
    European Union, apply.
9.  Element* of c»st-effectivenesg analysis
    9.1.    Specific objectives
    Promoting the reproduction of salmon in the Baltic sea.
    9.2.    Grounds for the operation
            Need for a contribution from the Community budget.
    The Union's financial contribution is laid down in the Treaty of Accession of the
    Kingdom of Sweden and is compulsory.
    9.3.    Monitoring and evaluation of the operation
    The impact of the measure will be taken into account when fixing the overall ACR
    for salmon in the Baltic sea.
10. Administrative expenditure (Part A of the Budget)
    10.1    Will the proposed operation involve an increase in the number of
            Commission staff? jfso. how many?
    No.
    10.2    Indicate the amount of administrative and stqff expenditure involved in the
            proposed operation. Explain the method of calculation.
    None.
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