Commission Decision

of 31 July 2008

on the attribution of action grants for translating and testing a victimisation survey module under the specific programme "Prevention of and fight against crime" as part of the general programme on security and safeguarding liberties

(2008/679/JHA)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,

Having regard to Council Decision 2007/125/JHA of 12 February 2007 establishing for the period 2007 to 2013, as part of the general programme on security and safeguarding liberties, the specific programme "Prevention of and fight against crime" [1], and in particular Article 7(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The Commission adopted on 16 April 2007 the 2007 annual work programme for the specific programme "Prevention of and fight against crime" as part of the general programme on security and safeguarding liberties [2].

(2) A call for framework partners under the programme "Prevention of and fight against crime" was published in February 2007.

(3) A specific call for proposals on translating and testing a victimisation survey module was sent on 16 August 2007 to all selected framework partners who had chosen the option "Statistics on crime and criminal justice".

(4) An evaluation committee met on 6 November 2007, 22 November 2007 and 17 December 2007 and recommended the attribution of the grants for translating and testing a victimisation survey module.

(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities [3].

(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established under Article 8 of Council Decision 2007/125/JHA,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The action grants referred to in the Annex are approved for the total amount of EUR 1540170,39.

Done at Brussels, 31 July 2008.

For the Commission

Joaquín Almunia

Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 58, 24.2.2007, p. 7.

[2] C(2007) 1627.

[3] OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1525/2007 (OJ L 343, 27.12.2007, p. 9).

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ANNEX

Budget breakdown of action grants for translating and testing a victimisation survey module

Framework partnership reference | Organisation | Selected/rejected | Total eligible cost (EUR) | Amount attributed (EUR) | % grant |

JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/012 | Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention | Selected | 113815,90 | 107702,00 | 94,63 |

JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/020 | Department of Statistics, Government of Lithuania | Selected | 39855,87 | 27899,11 | 70 |

JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/033 | National Statistical Institute, Portugal | Selected | 133041,32 | 126389,25 | 95 |

JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/037 | Statistics, Denmark | Selected | 160264,87 | 152250,80 | 95 |

JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/043 | Statistical Office, Slovak Republic | Selected | 22115,23 | 19893,11 | 89,95 |

JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/050 | Institute of Justice, Poland | Selected | 57730,00 | 40411,00 | 70 |

JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/051 | Federal Statistical Office, Germany | Selected | 402615,32 | 281830,72 | 70 |

JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/053 | Statistics, Austria | Selected | 120703,15 | 110703,15 | 91,72 |

JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/054 | European Institute for Crime Prevention, HEUNI, Finland | Selected | 221149,06 | 210091,60 | 95 |

JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/061 | Ministry for Home Affairs, Catalonia | Selected | 123955,16 | 83955,16 | 67,73 |

JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/079 | Council for Criminal Research to Ministry of Justice, Bulgaria | Selected | 23865,49 | 19092,00 | 80 |

JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/083 | Statistical Office, Republic of Slovenia | Selected | 86076,32 | 81772,50 | 95 |

JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/087 | Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, ISTAT, Italy | Selected | 175801,15 | 158779,37 | 90,32 |

JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/102 | Central Statistical Bureau, Latvia | Selected | 29567,51 | 26610,75 | 90 |

JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/103 | Secretariat of State for Security, Spain | Selected | 132556,95 | 92789,87 | 70 |

Total | | | 1843113,30 | 1540170,39 | |

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