2006/315/EC: Commission Decision of 28 April 2006 on the eligibility of expenditure to be incurred by certain Member States in 2006 for the collection and management of the data needed to conduct the common fisheries policy (notified under document number C(2006) 1704)

• Articles: 8

Article 1

This Decision establishes for 2006 the amount of the eligible expenditure for each Member State and the rates of the Community financial contribution for the collection and management of the data needed to conduct the common fisheries policy.

Article 2

Expenditure incurred in collecting and managing of the data needed to conduct the common fisheries policy, as set out in Annex I, shall qualify for a financial contribution from the Community not exceeding 50 % of the eligible expenditure for the minimum programme as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000.

Article 3

Expenditure incurred in collecting and managing of the data needed to conduct the common fisheries policy, as set out in Annex II, shall qualify for a financial contribution from the Community not exceeding 35 % of the eligible expenditure for the extended programme as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000.

Article 4

1.   The Community shall pay a first instalment of 50 % of the financial contribution from the Community set out in Annexes I and II.

2.   A second instalment shall be delivered in 2007, after the reception and approval of a financial and a technical report as provided for in Article 6(1)(b) of Decision 2000/439/EC.

Article 5

1.   The euro exchange rate used to calculate the amounts eligible under this Decision shall be the rate in force in May 2005.

2.   The expenditure declarations and applications for advances in national currency received from the Member States not participating in the third stage of economic and monetary union shall be converted into euro at the rate in force for the month in which those declarations and applications are received by the Commission.

Article 6

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, 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, the Republic of Slovenia, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I

ANNEX I

Minimum programme

Member State

Eligible expenditure

(EUR)

Max. Community contribution

(EUR)

BELGIUM

1 014 257

507 129

DENMARK

4 299 000

2 149 500

GERMANY

2 444 531

1 222 265

ESTONIA

475 988

237 994

GREECE

1 620 845

810 423

SPAIN

6 510 667

3 255 334

FRANCE

6 613 877

3 306 939

IRELAND

4 524 442

2 262 221

ITALY

3 954 825

1 977 413

CYPRUS

589 866

294 933

LATVIA

317 073

158 536

LITHUANIA

122 691

61 346

MALTA

551 845

275 923

NETHERLANDS

3 026 346

1 513 173

POLAND

571 660

285 830

PORTUGAL

2 550 422

1 275 211

SLOVENIA

373 060

186 530

FINLAND

1 247 350

623 675

SWEDEN

2 709 795

1 354 898

UNITED KINGDOM

6 222 481

3 111 241

Total

49 741 021

24 870 511

ANNEX II

ANNEX II

Extended programme

Member State

Eligible expenditure

(EUR)

Max. Community contribution

(EUR)

BELGIUM

DENMARK

GERMANY

544 246

190 486

ESTONIA

26 208

9 173

GREECE

215 350

75 373

SPAIN

1 842 106

644 737

FRANCE

339 500

118 825

IRELAND

371 426

129 999

ITALY

560 554

196 194

CYPRUS

LATVIA

5 364

1 878

LITHUANIA

MALTA

NETHERLANDS

435 762

152 517

POLAND

1 316

461

PORTUGAL

443 832

155 241

SLOVENIA

FINLAND

257 434

90 102

SWEDEN

81 518

28 531

UNITED KINGDOM

2 134 804

747 181

Total

7 259 420

2 540 798