CELEX: 32005D0486
Language: en
Date: 2005-06-23 00:00:00
Title: 2005/486/EC: Commission Decision of 23 June 2005 on the eligibility of expenditure to be incurred by certain Member States in 2005 for the collection and management of the data needed to conduct the common fisheries policy (notified under document number C(2005) 1858)

13.7.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 181/31
            
         
      COMMISSION DECISION
   
   of 23 June 2005
   on the eligibility of expenditure to be incurred by certain Member States in 2005 for the collection and management of the data needed to conduct the common fisheries policy
   (notified under document number C(2005) 1858)
   (Only the Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic)
   (2005/486/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 for the following year.
            
         
               (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, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom that describe the data they intend to collect between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2005 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 2005 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 2006, 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 (EC) No 1639/2001.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   This Decision establishes for 2005 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 set out in Annexes I and II.
   2.   A second instalment shall be delivered in 2006, 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 2004.
   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 Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
   
      Done at Brussels, 23 June 2005.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Joe BORG
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 176, 15.7.2000, p. 42.
   
      (2)  OJ L 176, 15.7.2000, p. 1.
   
      (3)  OJ L 222, 17.8.2001, p. 53.
   
      ANNEX I
      Minimum programme
      
                  (in EUR)
               
            
                  Member State
               
               
                  Eligible expenditure
               
               
                  Maximum Community contribution
               
            
                  Belgium
               
               
                  931 929
               
               
                  465 965
               
            
                  Denmark
               
               
                  4 632 157
               
               
                  2 316 079
               
            
                  Germany
               
               
                  3 027 084
               
               
                  1 513 542
               
            
                  Estonia
               
               
                  434 185
               
               
                  217 092
               
            
                  Greece
               
               
                  1 551 247
               
               
                  775 624
               
            
                  Spain
               
               
                  6 932 181
               
               
                  3 466 091
               
            
                  France
               
               
                  5 617 757
               
               
                  2 808 879
               
            
                  Ireland
               
               
                  4 260 714
               
               
                  2 130 356
               
            
                  Italy
               
               
                  4 214 183
               
               
                  2 107 092
               
            
                  Cyprus
               
               
                  479 018
               
               
                  239 509
               
            
                  Latvia
               
               
                  309 113
               
               
                  154 556
               
            
                  Lithuania
               
               
                  148 381
               
               
                  74 190
               
            
                  Malta
               
               
                  593 120
               
               
                  296 560
               
            
                  Netherlands
               
               
                  3 223 864
               
               
                  1 611 932
               
            
                  Poland
               
               
                  521 500
               
               
                  260 750
               
            
                  Portugal
               
               
                  2 855 414
               
               
                  1 427 707
               
            
                  Finland
               
               
                  986 122
               
               
                  493 061
               
            
                  Sweden
               
               
                  2 144 333
               
               
                  1 072 166
               
            
                  United Kingdom
               
               
                  6 791 948
               
               
                  3 395 974
               
            
                  Total
               
               
                  49 654 250
               
               
                  24 827 125
               
            
   
      ANNEX II
      Extended programme
      
                  (in EUR)
               
            
                  Member State
               
               
                  Eligible expenditure
               
               
                  Maximum Community contribution
               
            
                  Belgium
               
               
                  0
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  Denmark
               
               
                  13 745
               
               
                  4 811
               
            
                  Germany
               
               
                  0
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  Estonia
               
               
                  22 322
               
               
                  7 813
               
            
                  Greece
               
               
                  204 180
               
               
                  71 463
               
            
                  Spain
               
               
                  832 402
               
               
                  291 341
               
            
                  France
               
               
                  343 851
               
               
                  120 348
               
            
                  Ireland
               
               
                  280 878
               
               
                  98 306
               
            
                  Italy
               
               
                  470 958
               
               
                  164 835
               
            
                  Cyprus
               
               
                  0
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  Latvia
               
               
                  12 080
               
               
                  4 228
               
            
                  Lithuania
               
               
                  0
               
               
                  0
               
            
                  Malta
               
               
                  71 980
               
               
                  25 193
               
            
                  Netherlands
               
               
                  446 583
               
               
                  156 304
               
            
                  Poland
               
               
                  1 050
               
               
                  368
               
            
                  Portugal
               
               
                  442 513
               
               
                  154 880
               
            
                  Finland
               
               
                  279 723
               
               
                  97 903
               
            
                  Sweden
               
               
                  158 263
               
               
                  55 392
               
            
                  United Kingdom
               
               
                  956 754
               
               
                  334 864
               
            
                  Total
               
               
                  4 537 282
               
               
                  1 588 049