2010/352/: Commission Decision of 22 June 2010 on a Union financial contribution towards Member States’ fisheries control, inspection and surveillance programmes for 2010 (notified under document C(2010) 3940)

This Decision provides for a Union financial contribution for 2010 towards expenditure incurred by Member States for 2010 in implementing the monitoring and control systems applicable to the common fisheries policy (CFP), as referred to in Article 8(a) of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006. It establishes the maximum 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 2014. Payments made by a Member State after that deadline shall not be eligible for reimbursement. The budgetary appropriations related to this Decision shall be de-committed at the latest by 31 December 2015.

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 Expenditure incurred, in respect of projects referred to in Annex I and related to vessel monitoring system (VMS), electronic recording and reporting system (ERS) or illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing shall qualify for a financial contribution of 90 % of the eligible expenditure, within the limits laid down in that Annex.

3 Any other expenditure incurred for new technologies and IT networks, in respect of projects referred in Annex I, shall qualify for a financial contribution of 50 % of the eligible expenditure, within the limits let 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 limited to EUR 2500 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 limited to EUR 3000 per vessel, without prejudice to paragraph 4.

3 In order to qualify for a financial contribution, ERS devices shall satisfy the requirements established pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1077/2008.

4 In case of devices combining ERS and VMS functions, and fulfilling the requirements laid down in Regulations (EC) No 2244/2003 and (EC) No 1077/2008, the financial contribution referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be limited to EUR 4500.

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 90 % of the eligible expenditure, within the limits laid down in that Annex.

Expenditure incurred, in respect of projects referred to in Annex VI, on training and exchange programmes of civil servants responsible for monitoring, control and surveillance tasks in the fisheries area 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 VIII, on initiatives including seminar and media tools aimed at enhancing awareness among fishermen and other players such as inspectors, public prosecutors and judges, as well as among the general public, on the need to fight irresponsible and illegal fishing and to implement the new control Regulation, 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 for initiatives raising awareness of CFP rules, in respect of projects referred in Annex VIII, shall qualify for a financial contribution of 50 % of the eligible expenditure, within the limits let down in that Annex.

1 Expenditure incurred, in respect of projects referred to in Annex IX, on the purchase and modernisation of vessels and aircraft used for inspection and surveillance of fishing activities by the competent authorities of the Member States shall qualify for a financial contribution up to 50 % of the eligible expenditure, within the limits laid down in that Annex.

2 The financial contribution specified for each Member State in Annex IX shall be calculated on the basis of the utilisation of the concerned vessels and aircraft for inspection and surveillance as a percentage of their total yearly activity, as declared by the Member States.

The planned expenditure, the eligible share thereof, and the maximum Union contribution per Member State are as follows: (in EUR)Member StateExpenditure planned in the national fisheries control programmeEligible expenditureMaximum Union contributionBelgium254270254270176343Bulgaria195828195828153748Denmark321574931485592729961Germany64180611120000893600Estonia239745239745207873Ireland51495000463950001997500Greece1859500070857505111175Spain956324591530937735444France453637034977682640008Italy2665060026256001312800Cyprus357800357800318900Lithuania460001460001404001Netherlands280900016160001424000Poland702600696000600000Romania593600593600334240Slovenia510807507649383900Finland981000881000766500Sweden235301621393271902083United Kingdom216433414085281036432Total1320960278237551730128508

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, Ireland, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Lithuania, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Poland, Romania, the Republic of Slovenia, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.