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Official Journal of the European Union
18.12.2012
DECISIONS
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 12 December 2012
on the European Union financial contribution to national programmes of five Member States
(Ireland, Spain, France, Malta and Portugal) in 2012 for the collection, management and use of
data in the fisheries sector
(notified under document C(2012) 9187)
(Only the English, Spanish, French, Maltese and Portuguese texts are authentic)
(2012/788/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008. Those
programmes were approved in 2011 in accordance
with Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008.
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 of
(4) Belgium,
Bulgaria,
Denmark,
Estonia,
Greece,
Italy,
22 May 2006 establishing Community financial measures for
Cyprus, Latvia, Romania, Slovenia and Finland have not
the implementation of the common fisheries policy and in the
amended their national programmes 2011-2013 for the
area of the Law of the Sea ( 1 ), and in particular Article 24(1)
year 2012. By Commission Implementing Decision
thereof,
2012/276/EU ( 4 ), the Commission decided on the
contribution to those national programmes for the year
2012, for these Member States, except Greece.
Whereas:
(1) Regulation
(EC)
No
861/2006
lays
down
the
conditions
whereby Member States may receive a contribution from
(5) Germany,
Ireland,
Spain,
France,
Lithuania,
Malta,
the
the European Union for expenditure incurred in their
Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Sweden and the United
national programmes of collection and management of
Kingdom submitted amendments to their national
data.
programmes for the year 2012, pursuant to Article 5(2)
of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008. The amendments for
Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden
(2) Those
programmes
are
to
be
drawn
up
in
accordance
and the United Kingdom were adopted by the
with Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 of
Commission in 2012 in accordance with Article 6(3)
25 February 2008 concerning the establishment of a
of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008. By Commission Imple
Community framework for the collection, management
menting Decision 2012/654/EU (
and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for

5 ), the Commission
decided on the contribution to those national
scientific advice regarding the Common Fisheries
programmes for the year 2012, for these Member States.
Policy ( 2 ) and Commission Regulation (EC) No
665/2008 of 14 July 2008 laying down detailed rules
for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No
199/2008 concerning the establishment of a
Community framework for the collection, management
(6) Ireland,
Spain,
France,
Malta
and
Portugal
also
submitted
and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for
annual budget forecasts for the year 2012 according to
scientific advice regarding the Common Fisheries
Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
Policy (
1078/2008 of 3 November 2008 laying down detailed

3 ).
rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC)
No 861/2006 as regards the expenditure incurred by
(3) Belgium,
Bulgaria,
Denmark,
Germany,
Estonia,
Ireland,
Member States for the collection and management of
Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania,
the basic fisheries data
( 6 ). The Commission has
Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
evaluated Member States’ annual budget forecasts, as
Slovenia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom
laid down in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1078/2008,
submitted national programmes for the collection,
by taking into account the approved amendments to the
management and use of data in the fisheries sector for
national programmes in accordance with Article 6(3) of
the years 2011-2013 as provided for in Article 4(4) and
Regulation (EC) No 199/2008.
( 1 ) OJ L 160, 14.6.2006, p. 1.
( 4 ) OJ L 134, 24.5.2012, p. 27.
( 2 ) OJ L 60, 5.3.2008, p. 1.
( 5 ) OJ L 293, 23.10.2012, p. 34.
( 3 ) OJ L 186, 15.7.2008, p. 3.
( 6 ) OJ L 295, 4.11.2008, p. 24.

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18.12.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
348/21
(7) Article
5
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
1078/2008
establishes (10) The measures provided for in this Decision are in
that the Commission is to approve the annual budget
accordance with the opinion of the Committee for
forecast and is to decide on the annual Union financial
Fisheries and Aquaculture,
contribution to each national programme in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 24 of Regulation
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
(EC) No 861/2006 and on the basis of the outcome of
Article 1
the evaluation of the annual budget forecasts as referred
to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1078/2008.
The maximum global amounts of the Union financial
contribution to be granted to each Member State for the
collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector
for 2012 and the rate of the Union financial contribution, are
(8) Article
24(3)(b)
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
861/2006
estab
established in the Annex.
lishes that a Commission Decision is to fix the rate of the
financial contribution. Article 16 of that Regulation
Article 2
provides that Union financial measures in the area of
basic data collection are not to exceed 50 % of the
This Decision is addressed to Ireland, the French Republic, the
costs incurred by Member States in carrying out the
Kingdom of Spain, the Republic of Malta and the Portuguese
programme of collection, management and use of data
Republic.
in the fisheries sector.
Done at Brussels, 12 December 2012.
(9) This
Decision
constitutes
the
financing
decision
within
the meaning of Article 75(2) of Council Regulation
For the Commission
(EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the
Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of
Maria DAMANAKI
the European Communities ( 1 ).
Member of the Commission
___________
( 1 ) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
ANNEX
NATIONAL PROGRAMMES 2011-2013
ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURE AND MAXIMUM UNION CONTRIBUTION FOR 2012
(EUR)
Member State Eligible
expenditure
Maximum Union contribution
(Rate of 50 %)
Ireland 5
771
583 2
885
791
France 14
898
076 7
449
038
Spain 15
661
034 7
830
517
Malta 658
560 329
280
Portugal 3
411
870 1
705
935
Total 40
401
123 20
200
561

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