COMMUNITY MEASURE : Commission Decision 2002/978/EC on the eligibility of expenditure on a number of operations to be incurred by certain Member States in 2002 in implementing the control, inspection and surveillance systems applicable to the common fisheries policy.
CONTENT : this Decision establishes for 2002 the amount of the eligible expenditure for each Member State, the rates of the Community financial contribution and the conditions on which the contribution may be granted, to the extent that the eligible expenditure is actually used to implement the control programmes.
Expenditure incurred in providing training for national officials involved in monitoring activities provided for by Denmark, Germany, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Finland and the United Kingdom, as set out in Annex I, shall qualify for a financial contribution of 50 % of the eligible expenditure
Expenditure relating to the acquisition or modernisation of vessels and aircraft used for control, inspection and surveillance of fishing activities, as set out in Annex II, shall qualify for a financial contribution of 35 % of the eligible expenditure within the limits laid down in Annex II.
Expenditure incurred in implementing a system to assess expenditure incurred in controlling the common fisheries policy, as set out in Annex III, shall qualify for a financial contribution of 50 % of the eligible expenditure within the limits laid down in Annex III.�