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25.10.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
278/11
DECISIONS
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 10 October 2011
on the Union financial contribution to national programmes of six Member States (Belgium,
Denmark, Greece, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom) in 2011 for the collection,
management and use of data in the fisheries sector
(notified under document C(2011) 7142)
(Only the Danish, Dutch, English, French, Greek and Swedish texts are authentic)
(2011/703/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(4) Those
Member
States
have
submitted
annual
budget
forecasts covering the period 2011-2013 according to
Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
1078/2008 of 3 November 2008 laying down detailed
Union,
rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC)
No 861/2006 as regards the expenditure incurred by
Member States for the collection and management of
the basic fisheries data
( 4 ). The Commission has
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 of
evaluated Member States’ annual budget forecasts, as
22 May 2006 establishing Community financial measures for
laid down in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1078/2008,
the implementation of the common fisheries policy and in the
by taking into account the approved national
area of the Law of the Sea ( 1 ), and in particular Article 24(1)
programmes.
thereof,
Whereas:
(5) Article
5
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
1078/2008
establishes
that the Commission is to approve the annual budget
forecast and is to decide on the annual Union financial
(1) Regulation
(EC)
No
861/2006
lays
down
the
conditions
contribution to each national programme in accordance
whereby Member States may receive a contribution from
with the procedure laid down in Article 24 of Regulation
the European Union for expenditure incurred in their
(EC) No 861/2006 and on the basis of the outcome of
national programmes of collection and management of
the evaluation of the annual budget forecasts as referred
data.
to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1078/2008.
(2) Those
programmes
are
to
be
drawn
up
in
accordance
with Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 of
25 February 2008 concerning the establishment of a
(6) Article
24(3)(b)
of
Regulation
(EC)
No
861/2006
estab
Community framework for the collection, management
lishes that a Commission Decision is to fix the rate of the
and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for
financial contribution. Article 16 of that Regulation
scientific advice regarding the Common Fisheries
provides that Union financial measures in the area of
Policy ( 2 ) and Commission Regulation (EC) No
basic data collection are not to exceed 50 % of the
665/2008 of 14 July 2008 laying down detailed rules
costs incurred by Member States in carrying out the
for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No
programme of collection, management and use of data
199/2008 ( 3 ).
in the fisheries sector.
(3) Belgium,
Denmark,
Greece,
the
Netherlands,
Sweden
and
the United Kingdom have submitted national
programmes for 2011-2013 as provided for in
(7) This
Decision
constitutes
the
financing
decision
within
Article 4(4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008.
the meaning of Article 75(2) of Council Regulation
These programmes were approved in 2011 in accordance
(EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the
with Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008.
Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of
the European Communities ( 5 ).
( 1 ) OJ L 160, 14.6.2006, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 60, 5.3.2008, p. 1.
( 4 ) OJ L 295, 4.11.2008, p. 24.
( 3 ) OJ L 186, 15.7.2008, p. 3.
( 5 ) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

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(8) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Decision
are
in
Article 2
accordance with the opinion of the Committee for
Fisheries and Aquaculture,
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the
Kingdom of Denmark, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of
the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Article 1
Done at Brussels, 10 October 2011.
The maximum global amounts of the Union financial
contribution to be granted to each Member State for the
For the Commission
collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector
for 2011 and the rate of the Union financial contribution, are
Maria DAMANAKI
established in the Annex.
Member of the Commission
ANNEX
NATIONAL PROGRAMMES 2011-2013
Eligible expenditure and maximum Union contribution for 2011
(in EUR)
Member State Eligible
expenditure
Maximum Union contribution
(Rate of 50 %)
Belgium 1
941
476,00 970
738,00
Denmark 6
224
501,00 3
112
250,50
Greece 4
497
987,00 2
248
993,50
Netherlands 4
295
697,00 2
147
848,50
Sweden 5
956
869,00 2
978
434,50
United Kingdom 8
976
540,00 4
488
270,00
Total 31
893
070,00 15
946
535,00

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