2012/294/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 25 May 2012 on a Union financial contribution towards Member States’ fisheries control, inspection and surveillance programmes for 2012 (notified under document C(2012) 3262)
2012/294/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 25 May 2012 on a Union financial contribution towards Member States’ fisheries control, inspection and surveillance programmes for 2012 (notified under document C(2012) 3262)
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This Decision provides for a Union financial contribution for 2012 towards expenditure incurred by Member States for 2012 in implementing the 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.
All payments in respect of which a reimbursement is claimed shall be made by the Member State concerned by 30 June 2016. Payments made by a Member State after that deadline shall not be eligible for reimbursement. The budgetary appropriations related to this Decision shall be decommitted at the latest by 31 December 2017.
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 as well as on the verification of engine power, 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 to 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 Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003.
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.
1. This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, 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 Slovenia, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
2. The planned expenditure, the eligible share thereof, and the maximum Union contribution per Member State are as follows:
(in EUR)
Member State
Expenditure planned in the national fisheries control programme
Expenditure for projects selected under this Decision
Maximum Union contribution
Belgium
610 000
410 000
345 000
Bulgaria
25 565
25 565
23 009
Denmark
3 462 722
2 656 563
2 350 599
Germany
5 971 900
181 000
162 900
Ireland
52 370 000
270 000
163 000
Greece
12 110 000
6 040 000
5 400 000
Spain
207 080
84 200
75 780
France
3 550 955
2 152 500
1 937 250
Italy
5 877 000
4 412 000
3 846 000
Cyprus
65 000
65 000
38 500
Latvia
17 856
17 856
13 400
Lithuania
284 939
284 939
256 445
Malta
117 000
104 500
94 050
Netherlands
1 709 400
1 580 000
1 422 000
Poland
2 674 000
0
0
Portugal
3 379 192
539 979
485 981
Romania
615 000
430 000
367 000
Slovenia
204 800
185 800
145 700
Finland
2 500 000
1 987 500
1 584 750
Sweden
11 463 574
242 177
195 782
United Kingdom
10 017 803
4 424 309
3 705 547
Total
117 233 786
26 093 889
22 612 693
ANNEX IV
ELECTRONIC RECORDING AND REPORTING DEVICES
(in EUR)
Member State & project code
Expenditure planned in the national fisheries control programme
Expenditure for projects selected under this Decision
Maximum Union contribution
Greece
EL/12/09
2 700 000
2 700 000
2 430 000
Sub-total
2 700 000
2 700 000
2 430 000
Finland
FI/12/09
25 000
15 000
13 500
Sub-total
25 000
15 000
13 500
Total
2 725 000
2 715 000
2 443 500
ANNEX V
PILOT PROJECTS
(in EUR)
Member State & project code
Expenditure planned in the national fisheries control programme
Expenditure for projects selected under this Decision
Maximum Union contribution
Belgium
BE/12/05
60 000
60 000
30 000
Sub-total
60 000
60 000
30 000
Denmark
DK/12/16
134 360
0
0
Sub-total
134 360
0
0
United Kingdom
UK/12/49
341 161
341 161
170 581
Sub-total
341 161
341 161
170 581
Total
535 521
401 161
200 581
ANNEX VI
AMOUNTS RELATED TO TRAINING, INITIATIVES RAISING AWARENESS OF CFP RULES AND ACQUISITION OR MODERNISATION OF PATROL VESSELS AND AIRCRAFT THAT WERE REJECTED
(in EUR)
Type of expenditure
Expenditure planned in the national fisheries control programmes
Expenditure for projects selected under this Decision
Maximum Union contribution
Training and exchange programmes
Sub-total
825 931
0
0
Initiatives raising awareness of CFP rules
Sub-total
849 713
0
0
Patrol vessels and aircraft
Sub-total
60 528 109
0
0
Total
62 203 753
0
0