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)

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.

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.

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

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 4500 per vessel.

2 Within EUR 4500 limit provided for in paragraph 1, the Community financial contribution for the first EUR 1500 of eligible expenditure shall be at a rate of 100 %.

3 The Community financial contribution for eligible expenditure comprised between EUR 1500 and EUR 4500 per vessel, shall amount to a maximum of 50 % of such expenditure.

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.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.