Article 11 08 01 — Financial contribution to the Member States for expenses in the field of control

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover:

(a) expenditure incurred by Member States in implementing the monitoring and control systems applicable to the common fisheries policy (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 is the fisheries area; (iii) implementation of pilot inspection and observer schemes; (iv) cost/benefit analysis, assessment of expenditure and audits 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.

Legal basis

Council Decision 95/527/EC of 8 December 1995 on a Community financial contribution towards certain expenditure incurred by the Member States implementing the monitoring and control systems applicable to the common fisheries policy (OJ L 301, 14.12.1995, p. 30).

Council Decision 2001/431/EC of 28 May 2001 on a financial contribution by the Community to certain expenditure incurred by the Member States in implementing the control, inspection and surveillance systems applicable to the common fisheries policy (OJ L 154, 9.6.2001, p. 22).

Council Decision 2004/465/EC of 29 April 2004 on a Community financial contribution towards Member States fisheries control programmes (OJ L 157, 30.4.2004, p. 114), as amended by Decision 2006/2/EC of 21 December 2005 (OJ L 2, 5.1.2006, p. 4).

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 (OJ L 160, 14.6.2006, p. 1).

Article 11 08 02 — Inspection and surveillance of fishing activities in Community waters and elsewhere

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure incurred by the Commission in fulfilling its mandate to apply and verify the inspection arrangements applicable to the common fisheries policy.

The expenditure concerned is considered to be operating expenditure and covers all measures related to the mandate, including management.

It covers administrative expenditure, which includes the cost of missions to supervise national checks, accompanying national inspectors, meetings of experts, inspectors' equipment, information technology (including the setting-up and management of computerised databases) studies, training, exchange of inspectors programme and expenditure linked to Community inspections in international waters, including inspection missions and the chartering of inspection vessels.

Legal basis

Council Decision 81/608/EEC of 13 July 1981 concerning the conclusion of the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries (OJ L 227, 12.8.1981, p. 21).

Council Decision 86/238/EEC of 9 June 1986 on the accession of the Community to the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, as amended by the Protocol annexed to the Final Act of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries of the States Parties to the Convention signed in Paris on 10 July 1984 (ICCAT) (OJ L 162, 18.6.1986, p. 33).

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1956/88 of 9 June 1988 adopting provisions for the application of the scheme of joint international inspection adopted by the North-West Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (OJ L 175, 6.7.1988, p. 1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3067/95 (OJ L 329, 30.12.1995, p. 1).

Council Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (OJ L 261, 20.10.1993, p. 1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 (OJ L 409, 30.12.2006, p. 11).

Council Regulation (EC) No 894/97 of 29 April 1997 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources (OJ L 132, 23.5.1997, p. 1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1239/98 (OJ L 171, 17.6.1998, p. 1).

Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 of 30 March 1998 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (OJ L 125, 27.4.1998, p. 1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2166/2005 (OJ L 345, 28.12.2005, p. 5).

Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the common fisheries policy (OJ L 358, 31.12.2002, p. 59).

Council Regulation (EC) No 601/2004 of 22 March 2004 laying down certain control measures applicable to fishing activities in the area covered by the Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 3943/90, (EC) No 66/98 and (EC) No 1721/1999 (OJ L 97, 1.4.2004, p. 16).

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 (OJ L 160, 14.6.2006, p. 1).

Reference acts

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2807/83 of 22 September 1983 laying down detailed rules for recording information on Member States' catches of fish (OJ L 276, 10.10.1983, p. 1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1804/2005 (OJ L 290, 4.11.2005, p. 10).

Article 11 08 05 — Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA)

Item 11 08 05 01 — Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA) — Subsidy under Titles 1 and 2

Remarks

This item is intended to cover the Agency's staff and administrative expenditure (Titles 1 and 2).

The Agency must inform the budgetary authority about transfers of appropriations between operating and administrative expenditure.

The Commission, if requested by the Agency, undertakes to notify the budgetary authority of transfers made between operating and administrative appropriations.

The amounts repaid in accordance with Article 16 of the Framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of the Financial Regulation constitute assigned revenue (Article 18(1)(f) of the Financial Regulation) to be charged to Item 6 6 0 0 of the general statement of revenue.

The establishment plan of the Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA) is shown in Part C ‘Staff‚ in the general statement of revenue (volume 1).

Legal basis

Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 of 26 April 2005 establishing a Community Fisheries Control Agency and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (OJ L 128, 21.5.2005, p. 1).

Item 11 08 05 02 — Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA) — Subsidy under Title 3

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover the Agency's operating expenditure relating to the work programme (Title 3).

The Agency must inform the budgetary authority about transfers of appropriations between operating and administrative expenditure.

The Commission, if requested by the Agency, undertakes to notify the budgetary authority of transfers made between operating and administrative appropriations.

The amounts repaid in accordance with Article 16 of the Framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of the Financial Regulation constitute assigned revenue (Article 18(1) (f) of the Financial Regulation) to be charged to Item 6 6 0 0 of the general statement of revenue.

The estimate of revenue and expenditure for the financial year is as follows:

Legal basis

Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 of 26 April 2005 establishing a Community Fisheries Control Agency and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policy (OJ L 128, 21.5.2005, p. 1).

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