2011/779/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 25 November 2011 on an additional financial contribution towards Member States’ fisheries control, inspection and surveillance programmes for 2011 (notified under document C(2011) 8359)
2011/779/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 25 November 2011 on an additional financial contribution towards Member States’ fisheries control, inspection and surveillance programmes for 2011 (notified under document C(2011) 8359)
Decision · 19 articles
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This Decision provides for an additional Union financial contribution towards expenditure incurred by Member States for 2011 in implementing monitoring and control systems applicable to the common fisheries policy (CFP), as referred to in Article 8(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006. It establishes the amount of the Union financial contribution for each Member State, the rate of the Union financial contribution and the conditions on which such contribution may be granted.
All payments in respect of which a reimbursement is claimed shall be made by the Member State concerned by 30 June 2015. Payments made by a Member State after that deadline shall not be eligible for reimbursement. Unused budgetary appropriations related to this Decision shall be de-committed at the latest by 31 December 2016.
1. Expenditure incurred, in respect of projects referred to in Annex I, on the setting up of new technologies and IT networks in order to allow efficient and secure collection and management of data in connection with monitoring, control and surveillance of fisheries activities, shall qualify for a financial contribution of 90 % of the eligible expenditure, within the limits laid down in that Annex.
2. Any other expenditure incurred, in respect of projects referred in Annex I, shall qualify for a financial contribution of 50 % of the eligible expenditure, within the limits laid down in that Annex.
1. Expenditure incurred, in respect of projects referred to in Annex II, on the purchase and fitting on board of fishing vessels of automatic localisation devices enabling vessels to be monitored at a distance by a fisheries monitoring centre through a vessel monitoring system (VMS) shall qualify for a financial contribution of 90 % of the eligible expenditure, within the limits established in that Annex.
2. The financial contribution referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated on the basis of a price capped at EUR 2 500 per vessel.
3. In order to qualify for the financial contribution referred to in paragraph 1, automatic localisation devices shall satisfy the requirements laid down in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011.
Expenditure incurred, in respect of projects referred to in Annex III, on the development, purchase, and installation of, as well as technical assistance for, the components necessary for electronic recording and reporting systems (ERS), in order to allow efficient and secure data exchange related to monitoring, control and surveillance of fisheries activities, shall qualify for a financial contribution of 90 % of the eligible expenditure, within the limits laid down in that Annex.
1. Expenditure incurred, in respect of projects referred to in Annex IV, on the purchase and fitting on board of fishing vessels of ERS devices enabling vessels to record and report electronically to a Fisheries Monitoring Centre data on fisheries activities, shall qualify for a financial contribution of 90 % of the eligible expenditure, within the limits established in that Annex.
2. The financial contribution referred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated on the basis of a price capped at EUR 3 000 per vessel, without prejudice of paragraph 4.
3. In order to qualify for a financial contribution, ERS devices shall satisfy the requirements established in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011.
4. In case of devices combining ERS and VMS functions and fulfilling the requirements laid down in Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011, the financial contribution referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be calculated on the basis of a price capped at EUR 4 500 per vessel.
Expenditure incurred, in respect of projects referred to in Annex V, on pilot projects on new control technologies shall qualify for a financial contribution of 50 % of the eligible expenditure, within the limits laid down in that Annex.
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Bulgaria, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, 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, Romania, the Republic of Finland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
ANNEX V
PILOT PROJECTS
(in EUR)
Member State and project code
Expenditure planned in the national fisheries control additional programme
Expenditure for projects selected under this Decision
Maximum Union contribution
Italy:
IT/11/20
750 000
0
0
Sub-total
750 000
0
0
Malta:
MT/11/06
88 320
88 320
44 160
MT/11/08
3 447
0
0
Sub-total
91 767
88 320
44 160
United Kingdom:
UK/11/66
359 820
0
0
Sub-total
359 820
0
0
Total
1 201 587
88 320
44 160
ANNEX VI
TRAINING AND EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES
(in EUR)
Member State and project code
Expenditure planned in the national fisheries control additional programme
Expenditure for projects selected under this Decision
Maximum Union contribution
Ireland:
IE/11/20
25 000
0
0
Sub-total
25 000
0
0
Malta:
MT/11/11
12 731
0
0
MT/11/12
11 000
0
0
Sub-total
23 731
0
0
Portugal:
PT/11/23
100 226
0
0
PT/11/24
15 995
0
0
Sub-total
116 221
0
0
Total
164 952
0
0
ANNEX VII
PILOT INSPECTION AND OBSERVER SCHEMES
(in EUR)
Member State and project code
Expenditure planned in the national fisheries control additional programme
Expenditure for projects selected under this Decision
Maximum Union contribution
Romania:
RO/11/11
180 000
0
0
Sub-total
180 000
0
0
Total
180 000
0
0
ANNEX VIII
ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT EXPENDITURE
(in EUR)
Member State and project code
Expenditure planned in the national fisheries control additional programme
Expenditure for projects selected under this Decision
Maximum Union contribution
Portugal:
PT/11/21-04
50 000
0
0
PT/11/21-05
42 000
0
0
Sub-total
92 000
0
0
Total
92 000
0
0
ANNEX IX
INITIATIVE RAISING AWARENESS OF CFP RULES
(in EUR)
Member State and project code
Expenditure planned in the national fisheries control additional programme
Expenditure for projects selected under this Decision
Maximum Union contribution
Italy:
IT/11/16
110 000
0
0
IT/11/17
110 000
0
0
Sub-total
220 000
0
0
Total
220 000
0
0
