CELEX: 32006D0315
Language: en
Date: 2006-04-28 00:00:00
Title: 2006/315/EC: Commission Decision of  28 April 2006  on the eligibility of expenditure to be incurred by certain Member States in 2006 for the collection and management of the data needed to conduct the common fisheries policy  (notified under document number C(2006) 1704)

29.4.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 116/68
            
         
      COMMISSION DECISION
   
   of 28 April 2006
   on the eligibility of expenditure to be incurred by certain Member States in 2006 for the collection and management of the data needed to conduct the common fisheries policy
   (notified under document number C(2006) 1704)
   (Only the Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic)
   (2006/315/EC)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Having regard to Council Decision 2000/439/EC of 29 June 2000 on a financial contribution from the Community towards the expenditure incurred by Member States in collecting data and for financing studies and pilot projects for carrying out the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Decision 2000/439/EC lays down the conditions whereby the Member States may receive a contribution from the Community for expenditure incurred in their national programmes as provided for in 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). Under that decision the Commission, on the basis of the information provided by the Member States, decides each year on the eligibility of the expenditure forecast by the Member States and on the amount of the financial assistance from the Community.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               The Commission has received the annual submissions of the national programmes from Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom that describe the data they intend to collect between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2006 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000. They have also submitted applications for a financial contribution for the expenditure referred to in Article 4 of Decision 2000/439/EC.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Pursuant to Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1639/2001 of 25 July 2001 establishing the minimum and 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 Commission has examined Member States' national programmes for 2006 and has assessed the eligibility of the expenditures on the basis of those programmes. A first instalment should be delivered to the Member States concerned in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of Decision 2000/439/EC on the basis of that assessment.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               A second instalment is to be forwarded, in 2007, following the transmission and acceptance by the Commission of a financial and technical report of activity detailing the state of completion of the aims set at the time of drawing-up the minimum and extended programmes, in accordance with Article 6(1)(b) of Decision 2000/439/EC and Article 6(2) of Regulation 1639/2001.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   This Decision establishes for 2006 the amount of the eligible expenditure for each Member State and the rates of the Community financial contribution for the collection and management of the data needed to conduct the common fisheries policy.
   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 Community not exceeding 35 % of the eligible expenditure 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 2007, after the reception and approval of a financial and a technical report as provided for in Article 6(1)(b) of Decision 2000/439/EC.
   Article 5
   1.   The euro exchange rate used to calculate the amounts eligible under this Decision shall be the rate in force in May 2005.
   2.   The expenditure declarations and applications for 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 applications are received by the Commission.
   Article 6
   This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Slovenia, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
   
      Done at Brussels, 28 April 2006.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Joe BORG
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 176, 15.7.2000, p. 42. Decision as amended by Decision 2005/703/EC (OJ L 267, 12.10.2005, p. 26).
   
      (2)  OJ L 176, 15.7.2000, p. 1.
   
      (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).
   
      ANNEX I
      Minimum programme
      
                  Member State
               
               
                  Eligible expenditure
                  (EUR)
               
               
                  Max. Community contribution
                  (EUR)
               
            
                  BELGIUM
               
               
                  1 014 257
               
               
                  507 129
               
            
                  DENMARK
               
               
                  4 299 000
               
               
                  2 149 500
               
            
                  GERMANY
               
               
                  2 444 531
               
               
                  1 222 265
               
            
                  ESTONIA
               
               
                  475 988
               
               
                  237 994
               
            
                  GREECE
               
               
                  1 620 845
               
               
                  810 423
               
            
                  SPAIN
               
               
                  6 510 667
               
               
                  3 255 334
               
            
                  FRANCE
               
               
                  6 613 877
               
               
                  3 306 939
               
            
                  IRELAND
               
               
                  4 524 442
               
               
                  2 262 221
               
            
                  ITALY
               
               
                  3 954 825
               
               
                  1 977 413
               
            
                  CYPRUS
               
               
                  589 866
               
               
                  294 933
               
            
                  LATVIA
               
               
                  317 073
               
               
                  158 536
               
            
                  LITHUANIA
               
               
                  122 691
               
               
                  61 346
               
            
                  MALTA
               
               
                  551 845
               
               
                  275 923
               
            
                  NETHERLANDS
               
               
                  3 026 346
               
               
                  1 513 173
               
            
                  POLAND
               
               
                  571 660
               
               
                  285 830
               
            
                  PORTUGAL
               
               
                  2 550 422
               
               
                  1 275 211
               
            
                  SLOVENIA
               
               
                  373 060
               
               
                  186 530
               
            
                  FINLAND
               
               
                  1 247 350
               
               
                  623 675
               
            
                  SWEDEN
               
               
                  2 709 795
               
               
                  1 354 898
               
            
                  UNITED KINGDOM
               
               
                  6 222 481
               
               
                  3 111 241
               
            
                  Total
               
               
                  49 741 021
               
               
                  24 870 511
               
            
   
      ANNEX II
      Extended programme
      
                  Member State
               
               
                  Eligible expenditure
                  (EUR)
               
               
                  Max. Community contribution
                  (EUR)
               
            
                  BELGIUM
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  DENMARK
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  GERMANY
               
               
                  544 246
               
               
                  190 486
               
            
                  ESTONIA
               
               
                  26 208
               
               
                  9 173
               
            
                  GREECE
               
               
                  215 350
               
               
                  75 373
               
            
                  SPAIN
               
               
                  1 842 106
               
               
                  644 737
               
            
                  FRANCE
               
               
                  339 500
               
               
                  118 825
               
            
                  IRELAND
               
               
                  371 426
               
               
                  129 999
               
            
                  ITALY
               
               
                  560 554
               
               
                  196 194
               
            
                  CYPRUS
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  LATVIA
               
               
                  5 364
               
               
                  1 878
               
            
                  LITHUANIA
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  MALTA
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  NETHERLANDS
               
               
                  435 762
               
               
                  152 517
               
            
                  POLAND
               
               
                  1 316
               
               
                  461
               
            
                  PORTUGAL
               
               
                  443 832
               
               
                  155 241
               
            
                  SLOVENIA
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  FINLAND
               
               
                  257 434
               
               
                  90 102
               
            
                  SWEDEN
               
               
                  81 518
               
               
                  28 531
               
            
                  UNITED KINGDOM
               
               
                  2 134 804
               
               
                  747 181
               
            
                  Total
               
               
                  7 259 420
               
               
                  2 540 798