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22.7.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
191/23
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 11 July 2011
on the Union financial contribution to national programmes of 15 Member States (Bulgaria,
Germany, Estonia, Ireland, France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Slovenia and Finland) in 2011 for the collection, management and use of data in the
fisheries sector
(notified under document C(2011) 4918)
(Only the Bulgarian, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese,
Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, and Swedish texts are authentic)
(2011/446/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Those Member States have submitted annual budget
forecasts covering the period 2011–2013 according to
Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1078/2008
of 3 November 2008 laying down detailed rules for the
implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 861/2006
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
as regards the expenditure incurred by Member States for
Union,
the collection and management of the basic fisheries
data ( 4 ). The Commission has evaluated Member States’
annual budget forecasts, as laid down in Article 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 1078/2008, by taking into account
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 of
the approved national programmes.
22 May 2006 establishing Community financial measures for
the implementation of the common fisheries policy and in the
area of the Law of the Sea ( 1 ), and in particular Article 24(1)
thereof,
(2) 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
contribution to each national programme in accordance
with the procedure laid down in Article 24 of Regulation
Whereas:
(EC) No 861/2006 and on the basis of the outcome of
the evaluation of the annual budget forecasts as referred
to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1078/2008.
(1) Regulation
(EC)
No
861/2006
lays
down
the
conditions
whereby Member States may receive a contribution from
the European Union for expenditure incurred in their
Article 24(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 estab
national programmes of collection and management of
lishes that a Commission Decision is to fix the rate of the
data. Those programmes are to be drawn up in
financial contribution. Article 16 of that Regulation
accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008
provides that Union financial measures in the area of
of 25 February 2008 concerning the establishment of a
basic data collection are not to exceed 50 % of the
Community framework for the collection, management
costs incurred by Member States in carrying out the
and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for
programme of collection, management and use of data
scientific advice regarding the Common Fisheries
in the fisheries sector.
Policy ( 2 ) and Commission Regulation (EC) No 665/2008
of 14 July 2008 laying down detailed rules for the appli
cation of Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 ( 3 ).
(3) This
Decision
constitutes
the
financing
decision
within
the meaning of Article 75(2) of Council Regulation
(EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the
Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of
Bulgaria, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, France, Italy, Cyprus,
the European Communities (
Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania,

5 ).
Slovenia and Finland have submitted national
programmes for 2011–2013 as provided for in
Article 4(4) and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008.
These programmes were approved in 2011 in accordance
(4) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Decision
are
in
with Article 6(3) of Regulation (EC) No 199/2008.
accordance with the opinion of the Committee for
Fisheries and Aquaculture,
( 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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Official Journal of the European Union
22.7.2011
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of
Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the
Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese
Article 1
Republic, Romania, the Republic of Slovenia and the Republic
The maximum global amounts of the Union financial
of Finland.
contribution to be granted to each Member State for the
collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector
for 2011 and the rate of the Union financial contribution, are
Done at Brussels, 11 July 2011.
established in the Annex.
Article 2
For the Commission
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Bulgaria, the
Maria DAMANAKI
Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, Ireland,
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 %)
BULGARIA 366
500,00 183
250,00
GERMANY 6
615
835,00 3
307
917,50
ESTONIA 626
997,00 313
498,50
IRELAND 5
831
252,00 2
915
626,00
FRANCE 14
408
590,00 7
204
295,00
ITALY 7
799
304,00 3
899
652,00
CYPRUS 489
211,00 244
605,50
LATVIA 309
381,00 154
690,50
LITHUANIA 279
742,00 139
871,00
MALTA 576
570,00 288
285,00
POLAND 1
046
307,00 523
153,50
PORTUGAL 4
289
311,00 2
144
655,50
ROMANIA 634
469,00 317
234,50
SLOVENIA 207
349,00 103
674,50
FINLAND 1
736
460,00 868
230,00
TOTAL 45
217
278,00 22
608
639,00

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