25.11.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 309/7 COMMISSION DECISION of 23 November 2010 on an additional Union financial contribution for 2010 towards expenditure incurred by Member States for certain projects in the field of fisheries control, inspection and surveillance (notified under document C(2010) 7996) (Only the Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latvian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish texts are authentic) (2010/711/EV) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, reporting devices, a priority was given to devices combining ERS and VMS functions Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, (6)  Applications concerning actions listed in Article 8(a) of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 may qualify for Union funding. 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 (7). Applications for Union fun.dir.lg are to corpply with the area of the Law of the Sea (!), and in particular Article 21 rules set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No thereof, 391/2007 (). Whereas: (8) It is appropriate to fix the maximum amounts and the rate of the Union 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 (1) Based upon the requests for Union co-finance that have may be granted. been submitted by Member States in their fisheries control programmes for 2010, the Commission has adopted Decision 2010/352/EU (3), which has left some of the 2010 budget available for fisheries control unused. () 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 the abovementioned priority areas should benefit from a high co-financing rate, within the limits laid down in Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006. (2)  That unused part of the 2010 budget should now be allocated by a new Decision. (3)  In conformity with Article 21(2) of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006, Member States havle. been askeFl to .submlt (10)  In order to qualify for the contribution, automatic locali- programimes rel.ated to addltlor?al_ fur}dlng n Fhe sation devices should satisfy the requirements fixed by priority areas defined by the Commission, i.e. automation Commission Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003 of and - management of data, new technologies, and 18 December 2003 laying down detailed provisions seminars in the area of illegal, unreported and : . L 4 unregulated (IUU) fishing. regarding satellite-based Vessel Monitoring Systems (). (11) In order to qualify for the contribution, electronic (4 On that basis requests in the programmes for Union recording and reporting devices on board fishing funding related to actions such as pilot projects, vessels should satisfy the requirements laid down by training and exchange programmes as well as the Commission Regulation (EC) No 1077/2008 of construction of patrol vessels and aircrafts, have been 3 November 2008 laying down detailed rules for the rejected since they were not dedicated to the priority implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No areas defined above. 1966/2006 on electronic recording and reporting of fishing activities and on means of remote sensing and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1566/2007 (°). (5)  Within the priority areas indicated by the Commission, pedling 76 (EQ / 0 not all the eligible expenditure in the programmes could be retained, due to budgetary restraints. The Commission (12) The measures provided for in this Decision are in selected the projects to be co-financed on the grounds accordance with the opinion of the Committee for that they were in conformity with the priorities defined Fisheries and Aquaculture, by the Commission. Concerning electronic recording and 97, 12.4.2007, p. 30. - ¢) O] L () O] L 160, 14.6.2006, p. 1. (4 O] L 333, 20.12.2003, p. 17. () O] L 160, 26.6.2010, p. 11. () O] L 295, 4.11.2008, p. 3.