2004/690/EC: Commission Decision of 7 October 2004 on a financial contribution from the Community towards the purchase and fitting on board of fishing vessels of electronic localisation devices in 2004 (notified under document number C(2004) 3358)

• Articles: 7

Article 1 Subject matter

This Decision establishes the global amount of the Community financial contribution for each Member State, the rate of the Community financial contribution and the conditions on which the contribution may be granted towards the purchase and fitting on board of Community fishing vessels of electronic localisation devices.

Article 2 Eligible expenditure

1.   In order to be eligible for a financial contribution from the Community under this Decision, expenditure shall be incurred in the purchase and fitting on board of Community fishing vessels of electronic localisation devices enabling vessels to be monitored at a distance by a fisheries monitoring centre through a vessel monitoring system (VMS).

2.   The devices referred to in paragraph 1 shall satisfy the requirements laid down by Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003.

3.   Only expenditure incurred within the framework of individual national fisheries control programmes shall be considered as eligible to Community financial contribution.

Article 3 Global amount

The global amount of the financial contribution to be granted to each Member State is set out in the Annex.

Article 4 Rates and conditions

1.   The maximum eligible expenditure which may qualify for a Community financial contribution for the purchase of electronic localisation devices installed on board Community fishing vessels may not exceed EUR 4 500 per vessel.

2.   Within EUR 4 500 limit provided for in paragraph 1, the Community financial contribution for the first EUR 1 500 of eligible expenditure shall be at a rate of 100 %.

3.   The Community financial contribution for eligible expenditure comprised between EUR 1 500 and EUR 4 500 per vessel, shall amount to a maximum of 50 % of such expenditure.

Article 5 Currency

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.

Article 6

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Global amount of the financial contribution

(in EUR)

Member State

National expenditure

Max. Community contribution

Belgium

0

0

Czech Republic

0

0

Denmark

482 142

401 571

Germany

780 000

585 000

Estonia

115 050

101 775

Greece

2 569 600

876 000

Spain

2 866 500

1 911 000

France

2 047 500

1 365 000

Ireland

552 000

360 000

Italy

9 984 000

3 744 000

Cyprus

107 800

90 650

Latvia

0

0

Lithuania

30 000

22 500

Luxembourg

0

0

Hungary

0

0

Malta

321 943

159 000

Netherlands

722 500

488 750

Austria

0

0

Poland

0

0

Portugal

0

0

Slovenia

48 000

24 000

Slovakia

0

0

Finland

190 800

108 000

Sweden

262 320

176 160

United Kingdom

4 190 616

2 831 808

Total

25 270 771

13 245 214