
Article 1 
This Decision establishes for 2007 the amount of the eligible expenditure for each Member State and the rates of the Community financial contribution for the collection and management of the data needed to conduct the common fisheries policy.
Article 2 
Expenditure incurred in collecting and managing of the data needed to conduct the Common Fisheries Policy, as set out in Annex I, shall qualify for a financial contribution from the Community not exceeding 50 % of the eligible expenditure for the minimum programme as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000.
Article 3 
Expenditure incurred in collecting and managing of the data needed to conduct the Common Fisheries Policy, as set out in Annex II, shall qualify for a financial contribution from the Community not exceeding 35 % of the eligible expenditure for the extended programme as provided for in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000.
Article 4 

1. The Community shall pay a first instalment of 50 % of the financial contribution from the Community set out in Annexes I and II.
2. A second instalment shall be delivered in 2008, after the reception and approval of a financial and a technical report.
Article 5 

1. The euro exchange rate used to calculate the amounts eligible under this Decision shall be the rate in force in May 2006.
2. The expenditure declarations and applications for advances in national currency received from the Member States not participating in the third stage of economic and monetary union shall be converted into euro at the rate in force for the month in which those declarations and applications are received by the Commission.
Article 6 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 August 2007.
For the Commission
Joe BORG
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I
(EUR)
Member State Eligible expenditure Max. Community contribution
BELGIUM 1 039 161 519 581
DENMARK 5 723 552 2 861 776
GERMANY 3 927 965 1 963 982
ESTONIA 516 054 258 027
IRELAND 4 821 622 2 410 811
GREECE 1 781 330 890 665
SPAIN 8 887 744 4 443 872
FRANCE 7 019 156 3 509 578
ITALY 3 927 432 1 963 716
CYPRUS 597 228 298 614
LATVIA 412 174 206 087
LITHUANIA 141 947 70 973,5
MALTA 449 853 224 927
NETHERLANDS 3 537 657 1 768 829
POLAND 662 847 331 424
PORTUGAL 3 253 056 1 626 528
SLOVENIA 250 225 125 113
FINLAND 1 307 541 653 771
SWEDEN 3 082 718 1 541 359
UNITED KINGDOM 7 757 951 3 878 975
Total 59 097 212 29 548 606
ANNEX II
(EUR)
Member State Eligible expenditure Max. Community contribution
BELGIUM  
DENMARK  
GERMANY 626 510 219 279
ESTONIA 29 661 10 381
IRELAND 426 553 149 294
GREECE 231 600 81 060
SPAIN 1 276 056 446 620
FRANCE 342 409 119 843
ITALY 566 008 198 103
CYPRUS  
LATVIA 5 742 2 010
LITHUANIA  
MALTA  
NETHERLANDS 450 538 157 688
POLAND  
PORTUGAL 305 456 106 910
SLOVENIA  
FINLAND 154 691 54 142
SWEDEN 60 647 21 226
UNITED KINGDOM 1 132 625 396 419
Total 5 608 495 1 962 973