14.11.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 30313 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 29 October 2008 on a Community financial contribution towards Member States’ fisheries control, inspection and surveillance programmes for 2008 (notified under document number C(2008) 6262) (2008/860[EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to 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 ('), and in particular Article 21 thereof, Whereas: (1)  Member States have forwarded to the Commission their fisheries control programme for 2008 together with the applications for a Community financial contribution towards the expenditure to be incurred in carrying out the projects contained in such programme. (2)  Applications concerning actions listed in Article 8(a) of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 may qualify for Community funding. (3)  Applications for Community funding shall comply with the rules set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 391/2007 (). (4) It is appropriate to fix the maximum amounts and the rate of the Community financial contribution within the limits set by Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 and to lay down the conditions under which such contri- bution may be granted. () O] L 160, 14.6.2006, p. 1. () O] L 97, 12.4.2007, p. 30. (5)  In order to qualify for the contribution, automatic loca- lisation devices should satisfy the requirements fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003 of 18 December 2003 laying down detailed provisions regarding satellite-based Vessel Monitoring Systems (°). (6)  The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Atticle 1 Subject matter This Decision provides for a Community financial contribution for 2008 towards expenditure incurred by Member States for 2008 in implementing the monitoring and control systems applicable to the common fisheries policy, as referred to in Article 8(a) of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006. It establishes the amount of the Community financial contribution for each Member State, the rate of the Community financial contribution and the conditions on which such contribution may be granted. Atticle 2 Closure of outstanding commitments Member States shall ensure that all payments in respect of which a reimbursement is claimed shall be made by the Member State concerned by 30 June 2012. Payments made by a Member State after this deadline shall not be eligible for reimbursement. The budgetary appropriations related to this Decision  shall be decommitted at the latest by 31 December 2013. () O] L 333, 20.12.2003, p. 17.