2004/65/EC: Commission Decision of 30 December 2003 on the financial contribution towards carrying out certain operations planned by the Member States in 2003 to implement the control, inspection and surveillance systems applicable to the common fisheries policy (second instalment) (notified under document number C(2003) 5228)

• Articles: 7

Article 1

This Decision establishes for 2003 the amount of certain eligible expenditure for each Member State, the rates of the Community financial contribution and the conditions on which the contribution may be granted, provided the eligible expenditure is actually used to implement the control programmes.

Article 2

Expenditure incurred in implementing pilot projects for sending information by electronic means and for remote sensing shall qualify for a maximum financial contribution of 100 % of the eligible expenditure within the limits laid down in Annex I.

Article 3

Expenditure incurred in modernising 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 II.

Article 4

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 III.

Article 5

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.

Article 6

Applications for reimbursement and 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.

Article 7

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, 30 December 2003.

For the Commission

Franz Fischler

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 154, 9.6.2001, p. 22.

(2) OJ L 192, 31.7.2003, p. 44.

ANEXO I/BILAG I/ANHANG I/ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ I/ANNEX I/ANNEXE I/ALLEGATO I/BIJLAGE I/ANEXO I/LIITE I/BILAGA I

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ANEXO II/BILAG II/ANHANG II/ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ II/ANNEX II/ANNEXE II/ALLEGATO II/BIJLAGE II/ANEXO II/LIITE II/BILAGA II

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ANEXO III/BILAG III/ANHANG III/ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ III/ANNEX III/ANNEXE III/ALLEGATO III/BIJLAGE III/ANEXO III/LIITE III/BILAGA III

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