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)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.