2003/566/EC: Commission Decision of 28 July 2003 on the financial contribution towards carrying out the operations planned by the Member States in 2003 in implementing the control, inspection and surveillance systems applicable to the common fisheries policy (notified under document number C(2003) 2693)
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This Decision establishes for 2003 the amount of the eligible expenditure for each Member State, the rates of the Community financial contribution and the conditions on which the contribution may be granted, to the extent that the eligible expenditure is actually used to implement the control programmes.
Expenditure incurred in putting in place the mechanisms and IT networks necessary for exchanges of information linked to control shall qualify for a maximum financial contribution of 50 % of the eligible expenditure within the limits laid down in Annex I.
Expenditure relating to experiments with, and the implementation of, new technologies to improve the monitoring of fishing activities other than those provided for in Articles 4 and 5 shall qualify for a maximum financial contribution of 50 % of the eligible expenditure within the limits laid down in Annex II.
Expenditure incurred in investments in extending the satellite-based monitoring system to vessels between 18 and 24 metres long shall qualify for a maximum financial contribution of 100 % of the eligible expenditure within the limits laid down in Annex III: - the maximum admissible cost of purchasing satellite tracking devices installed in Community fishing vessels may not exceed EUR 4500 per vessel, - the financial contribution towards the purchase of satellite tracking devices shall be reduced to 50 % for that part of the expenditure in excess of EUR 1500 per vessel.
Expenditure incurred in implementing pilot projects for sending information by electronic means and for remote-sensing of fishing vessels shall qualify for a maximum financial contribution of 100 % of the eligible expenditure within the limits laid down in Annex IV.
Expenditure incurred in the training of national officials involved in control activities shall qualify for a maximum financial contribution of 50 % of the eligible expenditure within the limits laid down in Annex V.
Expenditure relating to the acquisition or modernisation of vessels and aircraft actually used for control, inspection and surveillance of fishing activities shall qualify for a maximum financial contribution of 35 % of the eligible expenditure within the limits laid down in Annex VI.
Expenditure incurred in implementing a system to assess expenditure incurred in controlling the common fisheries policy shall qualify for a financial contribution of 50 % of the eligible expenditure within the limits laid down in Annex VII.
Member States shall submit their applications for reimbursement of the expenditure referred to in this Decision to the Commission by 31 May 2006 at the latest.
Applications for reimbursement and for advances expressed in currencies other than the euro shall be converted into euro at the rate for the month in which they reach the Commission.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Done at Brussels, 28 July 2003. For the Commission Franz Fischler Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 154, 9.6.2001, p. 22. (2) OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59. ANEXO I/BILAG I/ANHANG I/ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ I/ANNEX I/ANNEXE I/ALLEGATO I/BIJLAGE I/ANEXO I/LIITE I/BILAGA I >TABLE> ANEXO II/BILAG II/ANHANG II/ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ II/ANNEX II/ANNEXE II/ALLEGATO II/BIJLAGE II/ANEXO II/LIITE II/BILAGA II >TABLE> ANEXO III/BILAG III/ANHANG III/ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ III/ANNEX III/ANNEXE III/ALLEGATO III/BIJLAGE III/ANEXO III/LIITE III/BILAGA III >TABLE> ANEXO IV/BILAG IV/ANHANG IV/ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ IV/ANNEX IV/ANNEXE IV/ALLEGATO IV/BIJLAGE IV/ANEXO IV/LIITE IV/BILAGA IV >TABLE> ANEXO V/BILAG V/ANHANG V/ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ V/ANNEX V/ANNEXE V/ALLEGATO V/BIJLAGE V/ANEXO V/LIITE V/BILAGA V >TABLE> ANEXO VI/BILAG VI/ANHANG VI/ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ VI/ANNEX VI/ANNEXE VI/ALLEGATO VI/BIJLAGE VI/ANEXO VI/LIITE VI/BILAGA VI >TABLE> ANEXO VII/BILAG VII/ANHANG VII/ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ VII/ANNEX VII/ANNEXE VII/ALLEGATO VII/BIJLAGE VII/ANEXO VII/LIITE VII/BILAGA VII >TABLE>
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