Commission Implementing Decision 2013/410/EU

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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 of 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^note, and in particular Article 21 thereof,Whereas:

(1)The Commission, in its letter of 9 October 2012, defined the priority areas to be funded by the Union in the framework of fisheries control programmes. Those priority areas include improvements in the control system of a Member State, measurements of engine power, and the traceability of fishery products. The Commission also specified in its letter of 14 May 2012 the requirements to be met by operators and Member States when carrying out investments in traceability projects.

(2)Member States have submitted to the Commission their fisheries control programme for 2013, in accordance with Article 20 of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006, inclusive of the applications for a Union financial contribution towards the expenditure to be incurred in carrying out the projects contained in such programme.

(3)On that basis and given budgetary constraints, requests in the programmes for Union funding related to non-priority actions such as installation of Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) on board fishing vessels, those training projects having no link with improvements to be brought in the control systems of Member States, as well as the purchase or modernisation of fisheries patrol vessels and aircraft were rejected since they were not dedicated to the priority areas.

(4)It is appropriate to fix the maximum amounts and the rate of the Union financial contribution within the limits set by Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 and to lay down the conditions under which such contribution may be granted.

(5)As to traceability projects, it is important to ensure that they are developed on the basis of internationally recognised standards, as required by Article 67(8) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011 of 8 April 2011 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy^note.

(6)The applications for Union funding have been assessed with regard to their compliance with the rules set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 391/2007 of 11 April 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^note.

(7)The Commission has assessed the projects whose cost does not exceed EUR 40000 VAT excluded, and has retained those for which it is justified to provide for Union co-financing in the light of the improvements they are likely to bring to the control system of the applicant Member States.

(8)In order to encourage investment in the priority areas defined by the Commission and in view of the negative impact of the financial crisis on Member States’ budgets, expenditure related to those priority areas should benefit from a high co-financing rate, within the limits laid down in Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006.

(9)In order to qualify for the contribution, automatic localisation devices as well as electronic recording and reporting devices on board fishing vessels should satisfy the requirements established by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011.

(10)The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1Subject matter#

This Decision provides for a Union financial contribution for 2013 towards expenditure incurred by Member States for 2013 in implementing the 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.

Article 2Closure of outstanding commitments#

All payments in respect of which a reimbursement is claimed shall be made by the Member State concerned by 30 June 2017. Payments made by a Member State after that deadline shall not be eligible for reimbursement. The budgetary appropriations related to this Decision shall be decommitted at the latest by 31 December 2018.

Article 3New technologies and IT networks#

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 as well as on the verification of engine power, 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 Union 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. A maximum of two projects by private operator may be accepted per Member State and per financing decision. The total number of traceability projects carried out by private operators shall be limited to eight 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^note and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 404/2011.

4.Any other expenditure incurred in respect of projects referred to in Annex I shall qualify for a financial contribution of 50 % of the eligible expenditure within the limits laid down in that Annex.

Article 4Automatic localisation devices#

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 Commission Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003^note.

Article 5Electronic recording and reporting systems#

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.

Article 6Electronic recording and reporting devices#

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 to 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.

Article 7Pilot projects#

Expenditure incurred, in respect of projects referred to in Annex V, on pilot projects on new control technologies shall qualify for a financial contribution of 50 % of the eligible expenditure, within the limits laid down in that Annex.

Article 8Maximum Union contribution#

The maximum Union contribution per Member State shall be as follows:(EUR)Member State | Expenditure planned in the national fisheries control programme | Expenditure for projects selected under this Decision | Maximum Union contributionBelgium | 1369250 | 1369250 | 1232325Bulgaria | 15339 | 15339 | 13805Denmark | 6801633 | 5226502 | 4691350Germany | 17502400 | 4291800 | 3794200Estonia | 280000 | 280000 | 252000Ireland | 1200000 | 1200000 | 1080000Greece | 1370029 | 1370029 | 1153026Spain | 12186266 | 9137042 | 7562370France | 5373796 | 5363796 | 4811416Italy | 7480000 | 2160000 | 1944000Cyprus | 600000 | 600000 | 540000Latvia | 192735 | 192735 | 173462Lithuania | 389539 | 389539 | 350585Malta | 1375002 | 1228802 | 636605Netherlands | 3264205 | 2389410 | 2142252Poland | 3422251 | 3322251 | 2990026Portugal | 1608900 | 703500 | 633150Romania | 769000 | 419000 | 313100Slovenia | 315100 | 293400 | 241500Finland | 1682500 | 1682500 | 1514250Sweden | 1392838 | 1392838 | 1253555United Kingdom | 1039444 | 1039444 | 816423Total | 69630227 | 44067177 | 38139400

Article 9Addresses#

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, Ireland, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, Romania, the Republic of Slovenia, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Annex I

NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND IT NETWORKS
Member State and project code	Expenditure planned in the national fisheries control programme	Expenditure for projects selected under this Decision	Maximum Union contribution
(EUR)
BE/13/01	240000	240000	216000
BE/13/02	30000	30000	27000
BE/13/03	30000	30000	27000
BE/13/05	60000	60000	54000
BE/13/06	30000	30000	27000
BE/13/08	4250	4250	3825
BE/13/09	825000	825000	742500
*Sub-Total*	*1219250*	*1219250*	*1097325*
BG/13/01	15339	15339	13805
*Sub-Total*	*15339*	*15339*	*13805*
DK/13/01	536215	536215	482593
DK/13/03	402161	402161	361945
DK/13/04	335134	0	0
DK/13/05	268107	268107	241297
DK/13/06	335134	335134	301621
DK/13/07	536215	0	0
DK/13/08	201080	201080	180972
DK/13/09	134054	134054	120648
DK/13/10	335134	335134	301621
DK/13/11	402161	402161	361945
DK/13/12	100540	0	0
DK/13/13	134054	0	0
DK/13/14	536215	536215	482593
DK/13/15	201080	0	0
DK/13/16	268107	0	0
DK/13/17	1125000	1125000	1000000
DK/13/18	73000	73000	65700
DK/13/19	275000	275000	247500
DK/13/20	268107	268107	241296
*Sub-Total*	*6466498*	*4891368*	*4389731*
DE/13/09	60000	60000	54000
DE/13/10	75000	75000	67500
DE/13/12	90000	90000	81000
DE/13/15	2880000	2880000	2592000
DE/13/14	170000	170000	153000
DE/13/17	353800	353800	250000
DE/13/18	110000	110000	99000
DE/13/19	350000	0	0
DE/13/20	95000	0	0
DE/13/21	443100	0	0
DE/13/22	650000	0	0
DE/13/23	970000	0	0
DE/13/24	275000	0	0
DE/13/25	420000	0	0
DE/13/26	250000	0	0
DE/13/27	105500	105500	94950
*Sub-Total*	*7297400*	*3844300*	*3391450*
EL/13/02	300000	300000	270000
EL/13/03	200000	200000	100000
EL/13/04	300000	300000	270000
EL/13/05	50000	50000	45000
EL/13/06	50000	50000	45000
EL/13/08	169694	169694	152724
EL/13/09	230335	230335	207302
*Sub-Total*	*1300029*	*1300029*	*1090026*
IE/13/01	50000	50000	45000
IE/13/02	50000	50000	45000
*Sub-Total*	*100000*	*100000*	*90000*
ES/13/01	651500	651500	325750
ES/13/02	205971	205971	185374
ES/13/03	377698	377698	339928
ES/13/04	252976	252976	227678
ES/13/05	256514	256514	230863
ES/13/06	527423	527423	474680
ES/13/07	298291	298291	268462
ES/13/09	353996	353996	318596
ES/13/10	63457	63457	57111
ES/13/11	72922	72922	65630
ES/13/12	183900	183900	165510
ES/13/13	215814	215814	194233
ES/13/14	786000	786000	707400
ES/13/15	186567	186567	167910
ES/13/16	367543	367543	330789
ES/13/17	186754	186754	168079
ES/13/18	178000	178000	160200
ES/13/20	115000	115000	103500
ES/13/21	230000	230000	207000
ES/13/22	142400	0	0
ES/13/23	25000	25000	22500
ES/13/24	90000	90000	81000
ES/13/25	250000	0	0
ES/13/27	160000	0	0
ES/13/29	95557	95557	86001
ES/13/30	95410	95410	85869
ES/13/33	33000	33000	29700
ES/13/34	54000	54000	48600
ES/13/35	681000	0	0
ES/13/36	780000	0	0
ES/13/37	518710	518710	250000
ES/13/39	258000	258000	232200
ES/13/40	481698	481698	250000
ES/13/41	379119	263294	236966
*Sub-Total*	*9554220*	*7424995*	*6021529*
FR/13/02	180000	180000	162000
FR/13/03	150000	150000	135000
FR/13/04	400000	400000	360000
FR/13/06	1000300	1000300	900270
FR/13/07	1080600	1080600	972540
FR/13/08	1080600	1080600	972540
FR/13/09	211500	211500	190350
FR/13/10	269350	269350	242415
FR/13/11	51446	51446	46301
*Sub-Total*	*4423796*	*4423796*	*3981416*
IT/13/01	260000	260000	234000
IT/13/02	120000	0	0
IT/13/03	500000	500000	450000
IT/13/04	1000000	1000000	900000
IT/13/05	300000	300000	270000
IT/13/07	800000	0	0
IT/13/08	2000000	0	0
IT/13/09	2400000	0	0
*Sub-Total*	*7380000*	*2060000*	*1854000*
CY/13/01	50000	50000	45000
CY/13/02	150000	150000	135000
CY/13/03	400000	400000	360000
*Sub-Total*	*600000*	*600000*	*540000*
LV/13/01	11200	11200	10080
LV/13/02	58350	58350	52515
LV/13/03	123185	123185	110867
*Sub-Total*	*192735*	*192735*	*173462*
LT/13/01	144810	144810	130329
LT/13/03	13033	13033	11730
*Sub-Total*	*157843*	*157843*	*142059*
MT/13/01	55510	55510	49959
MT/13/02	1173292	1173292	586646
*Sub-Total*	*1228802*	*1228802*	*636605*
NL/13/01	278172	278172	250000
NL/13/02	277862	277862	250000
NL/13/03	286364	286364	250000
NL/13/04	276984	276984	249285
NL/13/05	129398	129398	116458
NL/13/06	200000	0	0
NL/13/07	230000	0	0
NL/13/08	36120	36120	32508
NL/13/09	89860	0	0
NL/13/10	129500	129500	116550
NL/13/11	125010	125010	112450
NL/13/12	72908	0	0
NL/13/13	282027	0	0
NL/13/14	200000	200000	180000
NL/13/15	400000	400000	360000
NL/13/16	50000	50000	45000
*Sub-Total*	*3064205*	*2189410*	*1962251*
PL/13/04	1000000	1000000	900000
PL/13/05	540000	440000	396000
PL/13/06	227350	227350	204615
PL/13/07	240300	240300	216270
PL/13/08	172600	172600	155340
PL/13/09	323000	323000	290700
PL/13/10	208760	208760	187884
PL/13/11	416000	416000	374400
PL/13/12	40500	40500	36450
*Sub-Total*	*3168510*	*3068510*	*2761659*
PT/13/01	834000	0	0
*Sub-Total*	*834000*	0	0
RO/13/03	155000	155000	139500
RO/13/04	120000	120000	60000
RO/13/05	40000	40000	20000
RO/13/06	104000	104000	93600
*Sub-Total*	*419000*	*419000*	*313100*
SI/13/01	42000	42000	37800
SI/13/02	7300	0	0
SI/13/03	1200	1200	600
SI/13/04	14400	0	0
SI/13/05	5000	5000	2500
SI/13/06	1200	1200	600
SI/13/07	40000	40000	36000
SI/13/08	40000	40000	36000
SI/13/10	45000	45000	40500
SI/13/12	49000	49000	24500
SI/13/13	20000	20000	18000
*Sub-Total*	*265100*	*243400*	*196500*
FI/13/01	1000000	1000000	900000
FI/13/03	200000	200000	180000
FI/13/04	150000	150000	135000
*Sub-Total*	*1350000*	*1350000*	*1215000*
SE/13/01	348210	348210	313389
SE/13/02	464280	464280	417852
SE/13/03	580348	580348	522314
*Sub-Total*	*1392838*	*1392838*	*1253555*
UK/13/01	496155	496155	446539
*Sub-Total*	*496155*	*496155*	*446539*
Total	*50925720*	*36617770*	*31570012*

Annex II

AUTOMATIC LOCALISATION DEVICES
Member State and project code	Expenditure planned in the national fisheries control programme	Expenditure for projects selected under this Decision	Maximum Union contribution
(EUR)
DE/13/08	12500	12500	11250
DE/13/28	367500	0	0
DE/13/02	493500	0	0
DE/13/04	50000	50000	45000
*Sub-Total*	*923500*	*62500*	*56250*
MT/13/03	146200	0	0
*Sub-Total*	*146200*	0	0
RO/13/07	100000	0	0
*Sub-Total*	*100000*	0	0
SI/13/09	10000	10000	9000
*Sub-Total*	*10000*	*10000*	*9000*
ES/13/19	1256340	1256340	1130706
ES/13/31	326124	326124	293512
*Sub-Total*	*1582464*	*1582464*	*1424218*
UK/13/03	245597	245597	221037
*Sub-Total*	*245597*	*245597*	*221037*
Total	*3007761*	*1900561*	*1710505*

III

ELECTRONIC RECORDING AND REPORTING SYSTEMS
Member State and project code	Expenditure planned in the national fisheries control programme	Expenditure for projects selected under this Decision	Maximum Union contribution
(EUR)
BE/13/04	70000	70000	63000
BE/13/07	80000	80000	72000
*Sub-Total*	*150000*	*150000*	*135000*
DK/13/02	335134	335134	301619
*Sub-Total*	*335134*	*335134*	*301619*
DE/13/11	75000	75000	67500
DE/13/13	140000	140000	126000
DE/13/16	170000	170000	153000
*Sub-Total*	*385000*	*385000*	*346500*
EE/13/01	110000	110000	99000
EE/13/02	90000	90000	81000
EE/13/03	80000	80000	72000
*Sub-Total*	*280000*	*280000*	*252000*
IE/13/03	1100000	1100000	990000
*Sub-Total*	*1100000*	*1100000*	*990000*
FR/13/05	910000	900000	810000
*Sub-Total*	*910000*	*900000*	*810000*
IT/13/06	100000	100000	90000
*Sub-Total*	*100000*	*100000*	*90000*
LT/13/02	231696	231696	208526
*Sub-Total*	*231696*	*231696*	*208526*
NL/13/17	200000	200000	180000
*Sub-Total*	*200000*	*200000*	*180000*
PL/13/01	170948	170948	153853
PL/13/02	60000	60000	54000
PL/13/03	27793	27793	20514
*Sub-Total*	*253741*	*253741*	*228367*
PT/13/03	492500	492500	443250
PT/13/05	211000	211000	189900
*Sub-Total*	*703500*	*703500*	*633150*
SI/13/11	40000	40000	36000
*Sub-Total*	*40000*	*40000*	*36000*
ES/13/08	129582	129582	116624
*Sub-Total*	*129582*	*129582*	*116624*
Total	*4818653*	*4808653*	*4327786*

Annex IV

ELECTRONIC RECORDING AND REPORTING DEVICES
Member State and project code	Expenditure planned in the national fisheries control programme	Expenditure for projects selected under this Decision	Maximum Union contribution
(EUR)
Finland
FI/13/02	157500	157500	141750
FI/13/05	175000	175000	157500
*Sub-Total*	*332500*	*332500*	*299250*
Total	*332500*	*332500*	*299250*

Annex V

PILOT PROJECTS
Member State and project code	Expenditure planned in the national fisheries control programme	Expenditure for projects selected under this Decision	Maximum Union contribution
(EUR)
ES/13/28	100000	0	0
ES/13/32	530000	0	0
ES/13/38	250000	0	0
*Sub-Total*	*880000*	0	0
FR/13/01	40000	40000	20000
*Sub-Total*	*40000*	*40000*	*20000*
UK/13/02	297693	297693	148846
*Sub-Total*	*297693*	*297693*	*148846*
Total	*1217693*	*337693*	*168846*

Annex VI

TRAINING AND EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES
Member State and project code	Expenditure planned in the national fisheries control programmes	Expenditure for projects selected under this Decision	Maximum Union contribution
(EUR)
DE/13/03	15000	0	0
DE/13/06	1500	0	0
*Sub-Total*	*16500*	0	0
EL/13/01	70000	70000	63000
*Sub-Total*	*70000*	*70000*	*63000*
RO/13/01	200000	0	0
RO/13/02	50000	0	0
*Sub-Total*	*250000*	0	0
ES/13/26	40000	0	0
*Sub-Total*	*40000*	0	0
Total	*376500*	*70000*	*63000*

Commission Implementing Decision 2013/410/EU

Article 1Subject matter#

Article 2Closure of outstanding commitments#

Article 3New technologies and IT networks#

Article 4Automatic localisation devices#

Article 5Electronic recording and reporting systems#

Article 6Electronic recording and reporting devices#

Article 7Pilot projects#

Article 8Maximum Union contribution#

Article 9Addresses#

Annex I

Annex II

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Annex IV

Annex V

Annex VI

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Article 1Subject matter#

Article 2Closure of outstanding commitments#

Article 3New technologies and IT networks#

Article 4Automatic localisation devices#

Article 5Electronic recording and reporting systems#

Article 6Electronic recording and reporting devices#

Article 7Pilot projects#

Article 8Maximum Union contribution#

Article 9Addresses#

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Annex II

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