L 267/20 Official Journal of the European Union 10.10.2009 (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory) DECISIONS COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 9 October 2009 on a Community financial contribution towards Member States’ fisheries control, inspection and surveillance programmes for 2009 (notified under document C(2009) 7592) (Only the Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic) (2009/746/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: Member States have forwarded to the Commission their fisheries control programme for 2009 together with the applications for a Community financial contribution towards the expenditure to be incurred in carrying out the projects contained in such programme. Applications concerning actions listed in Article 8(a) of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 may qualify for Community funding. () O] L 160, 14.6.2006, p. 1. G) ) ) 0] 0] Applications for Community funding are to comply with the rules set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 391/2007 (). 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 contribution may be granted. In order to encourage investment in the priority actions defined by the Commission and in view of the negative impact of the financial crisis on Member States’ budgets, expenditure related to electronic recording and reporting systems (ERS) and vessel monitoring systems (VMS), as well as to the prevention of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, should benefit from a high co-financing rate, within the limits laid down in Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006. In order to qualify for the contribution, automatic locali- sation 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 (°). L 97, 12.4.2007, p. 30. L 333, 20.12.2003, p. 17.