14.12.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities L 338/33 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 10 December 2002 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 (notified under document number C(2002) 4883) (2002/978/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to 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 ('), and in particular Article 13 thereof, Whereas: (1) Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom have forwarded to the Commission their fisheries control programmes for the period 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2003 together with applications for a financial contribution towards the expenditure to be incurred in carrying out the programmes. The applications are broken down for 2001, 2002 and 2003. (2)  The rate of the Community contribution for each opera- tion, the conditions on which the expenditure is reim- bursed and, for each Member State and each operation, the total amount of eligible expenditure in 2002 should be laid down. (3)  Certain expenditure relating to 2002 has already been the subject of Commission Decision 2002/6/EC of 27 December 2001 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 fish- eries policy (3. (4)  Under Article 15 of Decision 2001/431/EC, the Member States must implement their scheduled expenditure within one year of the legal and financial commitment; O] L 154, 9.6.2001, p. 22. () OJ L 3,5.1.2002, p. 45. this commitment must be made at the latest within the calendar year following the year of notification of the Commission decision. (5)  Under Article 17(1) of Decision 2001/431/EC, Member States must submit their applications for reimbursement of expenditure to the Commission by 31 May of the year following the year in which it was incurred at the latest. (6)  The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor- dance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Atrticle 1 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 contri- bution may be granted, to the extent that the eligible expendi- ture is actually used to implement the control programmes. Atticle 2 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 within the limits laid down in Annex L. Atticle 3 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 IL