2008/793/EC: Commission Decision of 1 October 2008 on the eligibility of expenditure incurred by certain Member States in 2008 for the collection and management of the data needed to conduct the common fisheries policy (notified under document number C(2008) 4013)

• Articles: 8

Article 1

This Decision establishes for 2008 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 for collecting and managing 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 for collecting and managing 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 after notification of the present Decision to Member States.

2.   Member States shall submit by 31 May 2009 at the latest:

(a)

a technical report as referred to in Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1639/2000;

(b)

their applications for the reimbursement of expenditure incurred in 2008 with a financial report and supporting documents.

3.   A second instalment of the Community contribution shall be paid after the reception and approval of the financial and technical reports referred to in the paragraph 2.

Article 5

1.   The euro exchange rate used to calculate the amounts eligible under this Decision shall be the rate in force in May 2007.

2.   The expenditure declarations 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 are received by the Commission.

Article 6

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I

ANNEX I

MINIMUM PROGRAMME

(EUR)

Member State

Eligible expenditure

Max. Community contribution

BELGIUM

1 258 218

629 109

BULGARIA

196 760

98 380

CYPRUS

524 938

262 469

DENMARK

5 314 755

2 657 377

GERMANY

3 032 194

1 516 097

ESTONIA

588 717

294 359

GREECE

1 890 488

945 244

SPAIN

8 041 538

4 020 769

FRANCE

7 894 314

3 947 157

IRELAND

4 572 608

2 286 304

ITALY

4 272 453

2 136 227

LATVIA

407 811

203 905

LITHUANIA

141 602

70 801

MALTA

485 022

242 511

NETHERLANDS

3 356 144

1 678 072

POLAND

729 794

364 897

PORTUGAL

3 398 883

1 699 441

ROMANIA

420 866

210 433

SLOVENIA

178 910

89 455

FINLAND

1 447 228

723 614

SWEDEN

3 345 165

1 672 582

UNITED KINGDOM

7 266 446

3 633 223

Total

58 764 854

29 382 426

ANNEX II

ANNEX II

EXTENDED PROGRAMME

(EUR)

Member State

Eligible expenditure

Max. Community contribution

BELGIUM

—

—

BULGARIA

—

—

CYPRUS

—

—

DENMARK

—

—

GERMANY

744 300

260 505

ESTONIA

37 300

13 055

GREECE

243 180

85 113

SPAIN

1 377 713

482 200

FINLAND

159 392

55 787

FRANCE

438 480

153 468

IRELAND

540 267

189 093

ITALY

581 666

203 583

LATVIA

10 817

3 786

LITHUANIA

MALTA

—

—

NETHERLANDS

437 111

152 989

POLAND

PORTUGAL

247 515

86 630

ROMANIA

—

—

SLOVENIA

—

—

SWEDEN

60 457

21 160

UNITED KINGDOM

1 024 755

358 664

Total

5 902 953

2 066 033