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)

Subject matter

Article 1

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.

Eligible expenditure

Article 2

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.

Global amount

Article 3

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

Rates and conditions

Article 4

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.

Currency

Article 5

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.

ANNEXSupplementary provisions

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