Council Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 (repealed)Show full title

Article 8 Measures in the area of control and enforcement

In the area of control and enforcement of CFP rules, the following expenditure shall be eligible for Community financial measures:

(a)

expenditure incurred by Member States in implementing the monitoring and control systems applicable to the CFP for:

(i)

investments relating to control activities carried out by administrative bodies or by the private sector including implementation of new control technologies and the purchase and modernisation of control means;

(ii)

training and exchange programmes of civil servants responsible for monitoring, control and surveillance tasks in the fisheries area;

(iii)

implementation of pilot inspection and observer schemes;

(iv)

cost/benefit analysis as well as assessment of audits performed and expenditure incurred by competent authorities in carrying out monitoring, control and surveillance;

(v)

initiatives, including seminars and media tools, aimed at enhancing awareness both among fishermen and other players such as inspectors, public prosecutors and judges, and among the general public of the need to fight irresponsible and illegal fishing and on the implementation of the CFP rules;

(b)

expenditure relating to administrative arrangements with the Joint Research Centre, or any other Community consultative body, to analyse the implementation of new technologies;

(c)

all operational expenditure related to inspection, by Commission inspectors, of the implementation of the CFP by the Member States, and in particular inspection missions, safety equipment and training of inspectors, meetings and the charter or purchase by the Commission of inspection means;

(d)

contribution to the budget of the Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA) to cover staff, administrative and operating expenditure relating to the annual work plan of CFCA, including communication costs and expenditure linked to space technology.