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)
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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, 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 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) 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(5) Council Decision 2000/439/EC was repealed by Council Regulation (EC) No 861/2006.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
ANNEX
ANNEX I Minimum programme
(EUR) Member State Eligible expenditure Max. Community contribution BELGIUM 1039161 519581 DENMARK 5723552 2861776 GERMANY 3927965 1963982 ESTONIA 516054 258027 IRELAND 4821622 2410811 GREECE 1781330 890665 SPAIN 8887744 4443872 FRANCE 7019156 3509578 ITALY 3927432 1963716 CYPRUS 597228 298614 LATVIA 412174 206087 LITHUANIA 141947 70973,5 MALTA 449853 224927 NETHERLANDS 3537657 1768829 POLAND 662847 331424 PORTUGAL 3253056 1626528 SLOVENIA 250225 125113 FINLAND 1307541 653771 SWEDEN 3082718 1541359 UNITED KINGDOM 7757951 3878975 Total 59097212 29548606
ANNEX II Extended programme
(EUR) Member State Eligible expenditure Max. Community contribution BELGIUM DENMARK GERMANY 626510 219279 ESTONIA 29661 10381 IRELAND 426553 149294 GREECE 231600 81060 SPAIN 1276056 446620 FRANCE 342409 119843 ITALY 566008 198103 CYPRUS LATVIA 5742 2010 LITHUANIA MALTA NETHERLANDS 450538 157688 POLAND PORTUGAL 305456 106910 SLOVENIA FINLAND 154691 54142 SWEDEN 60647 21226 UNITED KINGDOM 1132625 396419 Total 5608495 1962973