Commission Implementing Decision of 11 July 2011 on a Union financial contribution towards Member States’ fisheries control, inspection and surveillance programmes for 2011 (notified under document C(2011) 4852) (Only the Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic) (2011/431/EU)

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Contents

Preamble
ANNEX
ANNEX I NEW TECHNOLOGIES & IT NETWORKS
ANNEX II AUTOMATIC LOCALISATION DEVICES
ANNEX III ELECTRONIC RECORDING AND REPORTING SYSTEMS
ANNEX IV ELECTRONIC RECORDING AND REPORTING DEVICES
ANNEX V PILOT PROJECTS

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to 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 21 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Member States have submitted to the Commission their fisheries control programmes for 2011, in accordance with Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006, inclusive of the applications for a Union financial contribution towards the expenditure to be incurred in carrying out the projects contained in such programme.

(2) Applications concerning actions listed in Article 8(a) of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 may qualify for Union funding.

(3) The applications for Union funding have been assessed with regard to their compliance with the rules set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 391/2007.

(4) It is appropriate to fix the maximum amounts and the rate of the Union financial contribution within the limits set by Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 and to lay down the conditions under which such contribution may be granted.

(5) In order to encourage investment in the priority actions defined by the Commission in its letter of 6 December 2010, which announced that priority and higher contribution rates would be given to projects required by the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, and in view of the negative impact of the financial crisis on Member States’ budgets, expenditure related to automation and management of data, electronic recording and reporting systems, electronic recording and reporting devices (ERS) and vessel monitoring systems (VMS), as well as to traceability and control of engine power should benefit from a high co-financing rate, within the limits laid down in Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006.

(6) In order to encourage investments in the priorities defined by the Commission and given budgetary constraints, all the Member States’ applications for a Union financial contribution towards projects related to training, to initiatives raising awareness of CFP rules as well as to the purchase and modernisation of fisheries patrol vessels and aircraft were rejected.

(7) In order to qualify for the contribution, automatic localisation devices should satisfy the requirements fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003 of 18 December 2003 laying down detailed provisions regarding satellite-based Vessel Monitoring Systems.

(8) In order to qualify for the contribution, electronic recording and reporting devices on board fishing vessels should satisfy the requirements laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1077/2008 of 3 November 2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1966/2006 on electronic recording and reporting of fishing activities and on means of remote sensing and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1566/2007.

(9) 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 Subject matter

This Decision provides for a Union financial contribution towards expenditure incurred by Member States in 2011 in implementing the monitoring and control systems applicable to the common fisheries policy (CFP), as referred to in Article 8(a) of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006.

Article 2 Closure of outstanding commitments

All payments in respect of which a reimbursement is claimed shall be made by the Member State concerned by 30 June 2015. Payments made by a Member State after that deadline shall not be eligible for reimbursement. The budgetary appropriations related to this Decision shall be decommitted at the latest by 31 December 2016.

Article 3 New technologies & IT networks

1. Expenditure incurred, in respect of projects referred to in Annex I, on the setting up of new technologies and IT networks in order to allow efficient and secure collection and management of data in connection with monitoring, control and surveillance of fisheries activities, shall qualify for a financial contribution of 90 % of the eligible expenditure, within the limits laid down in that Annex.

2. Any other expenditure incurred, in respect of projects referred in Annex I, shall qualify for a financial contribution of 50 % of the eligible expenditure, within the limits laid down in that Annex.

Article 4 Automatic localisation devices

1. Expenditure incurred, in respect of projects referred to in Annex II, on the purchase and fitting on board of fishing vessels of automatic localisation devices enabling vessels to be monitored at a distance by a fisheries monitoring centre through a vessel monitoring system (VMS) shall qualify for a financial contribution of 90 % of the eligible expenditure, within the limits established in that Annex.

2. The financial contribution referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated on the basis of a price capped at EUR 2500 per vessel.

3. In order to qualify for the financial contribution referred to in paragraph 1, automatic localisation devices shall satisfy the requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003.

Article 5 Electronic recording and reporting systems

Expenditure incurred, in respect of projects referred to in Annex III, on the development, purchase, and installation of, as well as technical assistance for, the components necessary for electronic recording and reporting systems (ERS), in order to allow efficient and secure data exchange related to monitoring, control and surveillance of fisheries activities, shall qualify for a financial contribution of 90 % of the eligible expenditure, within the limits laid down in that Annex.

Article 6 Electronic recording and reporting devices

1. Expenditure incurred, in respect of projects referred to in Annex IV, on the purchase and fitting on board of fishing vessels of ERS devices enabling vessels to record and report electronically to a Fisheries Monitoring Centre data on fisheries activities, shall qualify for a financial contribution of 90 % of the eligible expenditure, within the limits established in that Annex.

2. The financial contribution referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated on the basis of a price capped at EUR 3000 per vessel, without prejudice of paragraph 4.

3. In order to qualify for a financial contribution, ERS devices shall satisfy the requirements established pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1077/2008.

4. In case of devices combining ERS and VMS functions, and fulfilling the requirements laid down in Regulations (EC) No 2244/2003 and (EC) No 1077/2008, the financial contribution referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be calculated on the basis of a price capped at EUR 4500 per vessel.

Article 7 Pilot projects

Expenditure incurred, in respect of projects referred to in Annex V, on pilot projects on new control technologies shall qualify for a financial contribution of 50 % of the eligible expenditure, within the limits laid down in that Annex.

Article 8 Total maximum Union contribution per Member State

The planned expenditure, the eligible share thereof, and the maximum Community contribution per Member State are as follows: (EUR) Member State Expenditure planned in the national fisheries control programme Expenditure for projects selected under this Decision Maximum Union contribution Belgium 1362000 212000 190800 Bulgaria 79251 53686 48318 Cyprus 555000 130000 105000 Denmark 8657750 5057415 4546308 Germany 2967500 1771500 1575950 Estonia 459584 448280 400140 Ireland 55448000 3405000 2824500 Greece 7150000 4100000 3690000 Spain 1351154 890751 801675 France 7145920 6591920 4906008 Italy 25012000 5590000 3367000 Latvia 140885 140885 126796 Lithuania 360966 149887 134899 Malta 159693 97885 86497 Netherlands 932500 632500 569250 Poland 381565 338686 304817 Portugal 5661152 1758079 1582271 Romania 597000 136000 94000 Slovenia 597800 591400 531900 Finland 2470000 2055000 1729500 Sweden 6574335 3847033 3284814 United Kingdom 8119733 4916541 4327317 Total 136183788 42914447 35227760

Article 9 Addressees

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, Ireland, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, 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, Romania, 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, 11 July 2011. For the Commission Maria Damanaki Member of the Commission

ANNEX

ANNEX I NEW TECHNOLOGIES & IT NETWORKS

(EUR) Member State & project code Expenditure planned in the national fisheries control programme Expenditure for projects selected under this Decision Maximum Union contribution Belgium BE/11/02 20000 20000 18000 BE/11/03 40000 40000 36000 BE/11/06 1150000 0 0 Sub-Total 1210000 60000 54000 Bulgaria BG/11/01 15339 15339 13805 BG/11/04 15339 15339 13805 BG/11/05 23008 23008 20708 Sub-Total 53686 53686 48318 Cyprus CY/11/01 100000 100000 90000 CY/11/02 4000 0 0 CY/11/03 10000 0 0 CY/11/06 10000 10000 5000 CY/11/08 55000 0 0 Sub-Total 179000 110000 95000 Denmark DK/11/01 804894 804894 724405 DK/11/02 1556128 1556128 1400515 DK/11/03 335372 335372 301835 DK/11/04 201223 201223 181101 DK/11/05 134149 134149 120734 DK/11/06 469522 469522 422569 DK/11/08 1341489 1341489 1207341 DK/11/09 134149 134149 120734 DK/11/12 13414 13414 6707 Sub-Total 4990340 4990340 4485941 Germany DE/11/02 14000 14000 12600 DE/11/10 6000 6000 3000 DE/11/11 40000 40000 20000 DE/11/13 20000 20000 18000 DE/11/24 50000 0 0 DE/11/25 50000 50000 45000 DE/11/26 100000 100000 90000 DE/11/27 50000 50000 45000 DE/11/28 95500 95500 85950 DE/11/29 101000 101000 90900 DE/11/30 200000 170000 153000 DE/11/16 10000 0 0 Sub-Total 736500 646500 563450 Estonia EE/11/02 8280 8280 4140 EE/11/03 350000 350000 315000 Sub-Total 358280 358280 319140 Ireland IE/11/02 218000 0 0 IE/11/03 60000 60000 54000 IE/11/04 30000 30000 27000 IE/11/05 400000 400000 360000 IE/11/10 400000 400000 200000 IE/11/11 1000000 1000000 900000 IE/11/12 225000 225000 202500 IE/11/15 100000 0 0 Sub-Total 2433000 2115000 1743500 Greece EL/11/05 750000 750000 675000 EL/11/01 2300000 2300000 2070000 Sub-Total 3050000 3050000 2745000 Spain ES/11/09 250070 250070 225063 ES/11/01 237931 237931 214138 ES/11/04 5400 0 0 ES/11/05 1300 0 0 ES/11/06 106687 106687 96018 Sub-Total 601388 594688 535219 France FR/11/04 532000 532000 478800 FR/11/10 19800 19800 9900 FR/11/12 761120 761120 685008 FR/11/11 2220000 2220000 1110000 Sub-Total 3532920 3532920 2283708 Italy IT/11/04 375000 375000 337500 IT/11/03 325000 325000 292500 IT/11/02 300000 300000 270000 IT/11/05 190000 190000 171000 IT/11/07 7000000 0 0 IT/11/08 120000 0 0 IT/11/11 260000 260000 130000 IT/11/12 100000 0 0 IT/11/13 150000 0 0 IT/11/01 3900000 3900000 1950000 Sub-Total 12720000 5350000 3151000 Lithuania LT/11/04 18000 18000 16200 LT/11/05 41887 41887 37698 LT/11/01 30000 30000 27000 Sub-Total 89887 89887 80898 Malta MT/11/01 93885 93885 84497 MT/11/04 4000 4000 2000 Sub-Total 97885 97885 86497 Netherlands NL/11/01 345000 345000 310500 NL/11/02 300000 0 0 NL/11/03 235000 235000 211500 Sub-Total 880000 580000 522000 Poland PL/11/01 338686 338686 304817 Sub-Total 338686 338686 304817 Portugal PT/11/02 1093579 1093579 984221 PT/11/06 150000 150000 135000 PT/11/11 81500 0 0 PT/11/12 01 12196 0 0 PT/11/12 02 406 0 0 PT/11/14 125000 125000 112500 PT/11/15 105000 0 0 PT/11/16 1500000 0 0 PT/11/17 200000 0 0 PT/11/18 108000 80500 72450 PT/11/20 98000 98000 88200 Sub-Total 3473681 1547079 1392371 Romania RO/11/04 120000 0 0 RO/11/05 26000 26000 13000 RO/11/07 30000 30000 15000 RO/11/08 15000 15000 7500 RO/11/09 50000 50000 45000 Sub-Total 241000 121000 80500 Slovenia SI/11/02 150000 150000 135000 SI/11/05 40000 40000 36000 SI/11/06 900 900 450 SI/11/07 15000 15000 13500 SI/11/08 10500 10500 9450 SI/11/09 400 0 0 SI/11/10 15000 15000 13500 Sub-Total 231800 231400 207900 Finland FI/11/01 1500000 1500000 1350000 FI/11/06 300000 300000 150000 FI/11/07 130000 0 0 FI/11/08 170000 0 0 Sub-Total 2100000 1800000 1500000 Sweden SE/11/01 852275 852275 767048 SE/11/04 535764 0 0 SE/11/07 277368 277368 249631 SE/11/09 221894 221894 199705 SE/11/10 332841 332841 299557 SE/11/06 221894 221894 199705 SE/11/11 110947 0 0 SE/11/12 554736 554736 499262 SE/11/13 554736 554736 499262 Sub-Total 3662455 3015745 2714170 United Kingdom UK/11/06 8139 0 0 UK/11/07 1163 0 0 UK/11/09 52325 52325 47093 UK/11/34 3488 3488 1744 UK/11/35 4390 4390 2195 UK/11/36 3488 3488 1744 UK/11/37 9564 0 0 UK/11/38 4535 0 0 UK/11/43 401163 401163 361047 UK/11/44 668605 668605 601744 UK/11/48 156977 156977 141279 UK/11/49 3488 0 0 UK/11/50 5215 0 0 UK/11/55 418605 418605 376744 UK/11/63 1727 0 0 UK/11/65 11703 0 0 UK/11/64 5227 0 0 Sub-Total 1759802 1709041 1533590 Total 42740311 30392137 24447019

ANNEX II AUTOMATIC LOCALISATION DEVICES

(EUR) Member State & project code Expenditure planned in the national fisheries control programme Expenditure for projects selected under this Decision Maximum Union contribution Germany DE/11/04 437500 0 0 DE/11/07 67000 50000 45000 DE/11/15 48000 40000 36000 Sub-Total 552500 90000 81000 Estonia EE/11/01 101304 90000 81000 Sub-Total 101304 90000 81000 Ireland IE/11/06 200000 200000 180000 Sub-Total 200000 200000 180000 Greece EL/11/06 400000 0 0 EL/11/02 2100000 1050000 945000 Sub-Total 2500000 1050000 945000 Spain ES/11/02 356600 0 0 Sub-Total 356600 0 0 France FR/11/01 1730000 1730000 1557000 Sub-Total 1730000 1730000 1557000 Italy IT/11/06 240000 240000 216000 Sub-Total 240000 240000 216000 Lithuania LT/11/03 164198 0 0 Sub-Total 164198 0 0 Netherlands NL/11/04 52500 52500 47250 Sub-Total 52500 52500 47250 Slovenia SI/11/03 30000 30000 27000 Sub-Total 30000 30000 27000 Finland FI/11/02 120000 75000 67500 Sub-Total 120000 75000 67500 Sweden SE/11/03 429920 387500 348750 Sub-Total 429920 387500 348750 United Kingdom UK/11/04 17441 15000 13500 UK/11/40 797674 490000 441000 UK/11/45 166860 102500 92250 UK/11/52 366279 225000 202500 Sub-Total 1348255 832500 749250 Total 7825278 4777500 4299750

ANNEX III ELECTRONIC RECORDING AND REPORTING SYSTEMS

ANNEX IV ELECTRONIC RECORDING AND REPORTING DEVICES

(EUR) Member State & project code Expenditure planned in the national fisheries control programme Expenditure for projects selected under this Decision Maximum Union contribution Germany DE/11/05 135000 135000 121500 DE/11/06 417000 375000 337500 DE/11/14 105000 105000 94500 Sub-Total 657000 615000 553500 Ireland IE/11/08 600000 240000 216000 Sub-Total 600000 240000 216000 France FR/11/02 1002000 1002000 901800 Sub-Total 1002000 1002000 901800 Portugal PT/11/05 211000 211000 189900 Sub-Total 211000 211000 189900 Romania RO/11/03 100000 15000 13500 Sub-Total 100000 15000 13500 Finland FI/11/04 180000 180000 162000 Sub-Total 180000 180000 162000 United Kingdom UK/11/05 26744 26744 24070 UK/11/08 53489 53489 48139 UK/11/39 364535 364535 328081 UK/11/41 455814 455814 410233 UK/11/42 534884 534884 481396 UK/11/46 27907 27907 25116 UK/11/47 37209 37209 33489 UK/11/53 213953 213953 192558 UK/11/54 427907 427907 385116 Sub-Total 2142442 2142442 1928198 Total 4892442 4405442 3964898

ANNEX V PILOT PROJECTS

(EUR) Member State & project code Expenditure planned in the national fisheries control programme Expenditure for projects selected under this Decision Maximum Union contribution Cyprus CY/11/04 20000 20000 10000 Sub-Total 20000 20000 10000 Ireland IE/11/01 200000 200000 100000 Sub-Total 200000 200000 100000 France FR/11/05 227000 227000 113500 FR/11/06 148000 0 0 FR/11/07 100000 100000 50000 FR/11/09 208000 0 0 FR/11/08 150000 0 0 Sub-Total 833000 327000 163500 Portugal PT/11/04 89500 0 0 Sub-Total 89500 0 0 Sweden SE/11/05 221895 221895 110947 SE/11/08 221894 221894 110947 Sub-Total 443789 443789 221894 United Kingdom UK/11/51 232558 232558 116279 Sub-Total 232558 232558 116279 Total 1818847 1223347 611673

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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2091 of 17 November 2015 amending Implementing Decision 2011/431/EU on a Union financial contribution towards Member States' fisheries control, inspection and surveillance programmes for 2011 (notified under document C(2015) 7856) (Only the Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic) Decision · Grade B
The Commission fixed in its Implementing Decision 2011/431/EU the maximum amount by project and the rate of the Union financial contribution within the limits set by Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 and laid down the conditions under which such contribution may be granted.
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2091 of 17 November 2015 amending Implementing Decision 2011/431/EU on a Union financial contribution towards Member States' fisheries control, inspection and surveillance programmes for 2011 (notified under document C(2015) 7856) (Only the Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic) Decision · Grade B
Article 2 of Implementing Decision 2011/431/EU provides that all payments in respect of which a reimbursement is claimed are to be made by the Member State concerned by 30 June 2015 and that payments made after that deadline are not eligible for reimbursement.
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2091 of 17 November 2015 amending Implementing Decision 2011/431/EU on a Union financial contribution towards Member States' fisheries control, inspection and surveillance programmes for 2011 (notified under document C(2015) 7856) (Only the Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic) Decision · Grade B
In order to ensure that Member States are able to pursue the execution of these projects and do not abandon them further to the interruption of the reimbursements by the Commission from the second half of 2015, the deadline provided for in Article 2 of Implementing Decision 2011/431/EU should be extended until 31 March 2016.
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2091 of 17 November 2015 amending Implementing Decision 2011/431/EU on a Union financial contribution towards Member States' fisheries control, inspection and surveillance programmes for 2011 (notified under document C(2015) 7856) (Only the Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic) Decision · Grade B
Implementing Decision 2011/431/EU should therefore be amended accordingly.
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2091 of 17 November 2015 amending Implementing Decision 2011/431/EU on a Union financial contribution towards Member States' fisheries control, inspection and surveillance programmes for 2011 (notified under document C(2015) 7856) (Only the Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic) Decision · Grade B
In Article 2 of Implementing Decision 2011/431/EU, the first sentence is replaced by the following: All payments in respect of which a reimbursement is claimed shall be made by the Member State concerned by 31 March 2016.
Commission Implementing Decision of 25 November 2011 on an additional financial contribution towards Member States’ fisheries control, inspection and surveillance programmes for 2011 (notified under document C(2011) 8359) (Only the Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic) (2011/779/EU) Decision · Grade B
Based upon the requests for Union co-finance that have been submitted by Member States in their fisheries control programmes for 2011, the Commission has adopted Implementing Decision 2011/431/EU of 11 July 2011 on a Union financial contribution towards Member States’ fisheries control, inspection and surveillance programmes for 2011, which has left some of the 2011 budget available unused.