L 224[54 Official Journal of the European Communities 21.8.2002 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 19 August 2002 on the eligibility of expenditure to be incurred by certain Member States in 2002 for the collection and management of the data needed to conduct the Common Fisheries Policy (notified under document number C(2002) 3080) (2002/659EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Decision 2000/439/EC of 29 June 2000 on a financial contribution from the Community towards the expenditure incurred by Member States in collecting data and for financing studies and pilot projects for carrying out the common fisheries policy ('), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof, Whereas: (1) According to Article 4(3) of Decision 2000/439/EC, the Commission, on the basis of the information provided by the Member States, decides each year on the eligibility of the expenditure forecast by the Member States and on the amount of the financial assistance from the Commu- nity for the following year. (2)  The Commission has received five-year programmes from Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom that describe the data they intend to collect between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2006 pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1543/2000 of 29 June 2000 establishing a Community framework for the collection and management of the data needed to conduct the common fisheries policy (3. They have also submitted applications for a financial contribution for the expenditure referred to in Article 4 of Decision 2000/439/EC. (3)  Following Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1639/2001 of 25 July 2001 establishing the minimum () OJL 176, 15.7.2000, p. 42. OJ L 176, 15.7.2001, p. 1. and extended programme for the collection of data in the fisheries sector and laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1543/ 2000 (°), the Commission has examined Member States’ National Programmes for 2002 and has assessed the elig- ibility of the expenditures on the basis of those programmes. A first instalment should be delivered to the Member States concerned in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) of Decision 2000/439/EC on the basis of that assessment. (4) A second instalment will be forwarded, in 2003, following the transmission and acceptance by the Commission of a financial and technical report of activity detailing the state of completion of the aims set at the time of drawing-up the minimum and extended programmes, in accordance with Article 6(1)(b) of Deci- sion 2000/439/EC and Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1639/2001. (5)  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: Article 1 This Decision establishes for 2002 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 fish- eries policy. () OJ L 222, 17.8.2001, p. 53.