Article 1U.K.Subject matter

This Decision provides for a Union financial contribution for 2012 towards expenditure incurred by Member States for 2012 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 2U.K.Closure of outstanding commitments

[F1All payments in respect of which a reimbursement is claimed shall be made by the Member State concerned by 31 March 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 2017.

Article 3U.K.New technologies & 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.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 4U.K.Automatic 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 2 500 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 Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003.

Article 5U.K.Electronic 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 6U.K.Electronic 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 3 000 per vessel, without prejudice of 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 4 500 per vessel.

Article 7U.K.Pilot 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 8U.K.Addresses

1.This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, 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.

2.The planned expenditure, the eligible share thereof, and the maximum Union contribution per Member State are as follows:

(in EUR)
Member StateExpenditure planned in the national fisheries control programmeExpenditure for projects selected under this DecisionMaximum Union contribution
Belgium610 000410 000345 000
Bulgaria25 56525 56523 009
Denmark3 462 7222 656 5632 350 599
Germany5 971 900181 000162 900
Ireland52 370 000270 000163 000
Greece12 110 0006 040 0005 400 000
Spain207 08084 20075 780
France3 550 9552 152 5001 937 250
Italy5 877 0004 412 0003 846 000
Cyprus65 00065 00038 500
Latvia17 85617 85613 400
Lithuania284 939284 939256 445
Malta117 000104 50094 050
Netherlands1 709 4001 580 0001 422 000
Poland2 674 00000
Portugal3 379 192539 979485 981
Romania615 000430 000367 000
Slovenia204 800185 800145 700
Finland2 500 0001 987 5001 584 750
Sweden11 463 574242 177195 782
United Kingdom10 017 8034 424 3093 705 547
Total117 233 78626 093 88922 612 693