CELEX: 32007D0605
Language: en
Date: 2007-08-07 00:00:00
Title: 2007/605/EC: Commission Decision of 7 August 2007 on the eligibility of expenditure to be incurred by certain Member States in 2007 for the collection and management of the data needed to conduct the Common Fisheries Policy (notified under document number C(2007) 3737)

11.9.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 238/34
            
         
      COMMISSION DECISION
   
   of 7 August 2007
   on the eligibility of expenditure to be incurred by certain Member States in 2007 for the collection and management of the data needed to conduct the Common Fisheries Policy
   (notified under document number C(2007) 3737)
   (2007/605/EC)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   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)
            
            
               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.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               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 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).
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Finland, Slovenia, Sweden and the United Kingdom have submitted national programmes for 2007. Those Member States have also submitted applications for a financial contribution by the Community.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               The Commission has examined Member States’ programmes and has assessed the eligibility of the expenditures.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               Council Decision 2000/439/EC (4) was repealed by Council Regulation (EC) No 861/2006. Article 16 of the latter Regulation establishes that Community financial measures in the area of basic data collection shall not exceed 50 % of the costs incurred by Member States in carrying out a programme as provided for in Article 23(1) of the same Regulation (861/2006). Article 24, paragraph 3b of Council Regulation establishes that Commission Decisions shall fix the rate of the financial contribution. According to Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000 it is foreseen that Decisions covering expenditures incurred by Member States under the data collection will follow the rates of 50 % for the minimum programme and 35 % for the extended programme.
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               A first instalment should be delivered to the Member States concerned. A second instalment should be forwarded, in 2008, 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.
            
         
               (7)
            
            
               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 2007 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 2008, after the reception and approval of a financial and a technical report.
   Article 5
   1.   The euro exchange rate used to calculate the amounts eligible under this Decision shall be the rate in force in May 2006.
   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 Member States.
   
      Done at Brussels, 7 August 2007.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Joe BORG
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (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. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1581/2004 (OJ L 289, 10.9.2004, p. 6).
   
      (4)  OJ L 176, 15.7.2000, p. 42. Decision amended by Decision 2005/703/EC (OJ L 267, 12.10.2005, p. 26).
   
      ANNEX I
      Minimum programme
      
                  (EUR)
               
            
                  Member State
               
               
                  Eligible expenditure
               
               
                  Max. Community contribution
               
            
                  BELGIUM
               
               
                  1 039 161
               
               
                  519 581
               
            
                  DENMARK
               
               
                  5 723 552
               
               
                  2 861 776
               
            
                  GERMANY
               
               
                  3 927 965
               
               
                  1 963 982
               
            
                  ESTONIA
               
               
                  516 054
               
               
                  258 027
               
            
                  IRELAND
               
               
                  4 821 622
               
               
                  2 410 811
               
            
                  GREECE
               
               
                  1 781 330
               
               
                  890 665
               
            
                  SPAIN
               
               
                  8 887 744
               
               
                  4 443 872
               
            
                  FRANCE
               
               
                  7 019 156
               
               
                  3 509 578
               
            
                  ITALY
               
               
                  3 927 432
               
               
                  1 963 716
               
            
                  CYPRUS
               
               
                  597 228
               
               
                  298 614
               
            
                  LATVIA
               
               
                  412 174
               
               
                  206 087
               
            
                  LITHUANIA
               
               
                  141 947
               
               
                  70 973,5
               
            
                  MALTA
               
               
                  449 853
               
               
                  224 927
               
            
                  NETHERLANDS
               
               
                  3 537 657
               
               
                  1 768 829
               
            
                  POLAND
               
               
                  662 847
               
               
                  331 424
               
            
                  PORTUGAL
               
               
                  3 253 056
               
               
                  1 626 528
               
            
                  SLOVENIA
               
               
                  250 225
               
               
                  125 113
               
            
                  FINLAND
               
               
                  1 307 541
               
               
                  653 771
               
            
                  SWEDEN
               
               
                  3 082 718
               
               
                  1 541 359
               
            
                  UNITED KINGDOM
               
               
                  7 757 951
               
               
                  3 878 975
               
            
                  Total
               
               
                  59 097 212
               
               
                  29 548 606
               
            
   
      ANNEX II
      Extended programme
      
                  (EUR)
               
            
                  Member State
               
               
                  Eligible expenditure
               
               
                  Max. Community contribution
               
            
                  BELGIUM
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  DENMARK
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  GERMANY
               
               
                  626 510
               
               
                  219 279
               
            
                  ESTONIA
               
               
                  29 661
               
               
                  10 381
               
            
                  IRELAND
               
               
                  426 553
               
               
                  149 294
               
            
                  GREECE
               
               
                  231 600
               
               
                  81 060
               
            
                  SPAIN
               
               
                  1 276 056
               
               
                  446 620
               
            
                  FRANCE
               
               
                  342 409
               
               
                  119 843
               
            
                  ITALY
               
               
                  566 008
               
               
                  198 103
               
            
                  CYPRUS
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  LATVIA
               
               
                  5 742
               
               
                  2 010
               
            
                  LITHUANIA
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  MALTA
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  NETHERLANDS
               
               
                  450 538
               
               
                  157 688
               
            
                  POLAND
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  PORTUGAL
               
               
                  305 456
               
               
                  106 910
               
            
                  SLOVENIA
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
            
                  FINLAND
               
               
                  154 691
               
               
                  54 142
               
            
                  SWEDEN
               
               
                  60 647
               
               
                  21 226
               
            
                  UNITED KINGDOM
               
               
                  1 132 625
               
               
                  396 419
               
            
                  Total
               
               
                  5 608 495
               
               
                  1 962 973