2012/830/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 7 December 2012 on an additional financial contribution towards Member States’ fisheries control, inspection and surveillance programmes for 2012 (notified under document C(2012) 8967)

This Decision provides for an additional Union financial contribution towards expenditure incurred by Member States for 2012 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 2016. 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 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, shall qualify for a financial contribution of 90 % of the eligible expenditure, within the limits laid down in that Annex.

2 As far as traceability projects are concerned, the EU contribution shall be limited to EUR 1000000 in case of investments carried out by Member State authorities, and to EUR 250000 in case of private investments. The total number of traceability projects carried out by private operators shall be limited to 8 per Member State and per financing decision.

3 In order to qualify for the financial contribution referred to in paragraph 2, all projects co-financed according to this Decision shall satisfy the applicable requirements laid down in Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011.

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 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 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 3000 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 4500 per vessel.

The planned expenditure, the eligible share thereof, and the maximum Union contribution per Member State are as follows: (EUR)Member StateExpenditure planned in the national fisheries control additional programmeExpenditure for projects selected under this DecisionMaximum Union contributionBelgium1942509425084825Bulgaria306783067827610Denmark505511335221712941347Germany4511100425000382500Ireland520050001000000900000Greece124675012467501122075Spain1052865370290876326179France481543733495873014628Italy929900028800002592000Latvia763557635568719Lithuania150462150462135416Malta1098060951860856674Netherlands2639439250000225000Austria409102128179115361Poland477169515167411365067Portugal201350018635001677150Finland256000022800002052000Sweden298000029000002610000United Kingdom1284738545284490755Total1056693323023990426987307

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 Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Repubic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.