Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 984/2012 of 24 October 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 391/2007 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 as regards the expenditure incurred by Member States in implementing the monitoring and control systems applicable to the Common Fisheries Policy

‘1 Member States wishing to receive a financial contribution for expenditure incurred in accordance with Article 8(a) of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 shall notify to the Commission an annual fisheries control programme by 15 November of the year preceding the year of implementation concerned.’

‘2 The pre-financing shall be paid either on the basis of a contract concluded between the relevant administration and the supplier or on the basis of any supporting documents which make it possible to check the conformity of the actions financed with the terms of the projects referred to in paragraph 1.’

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.