# Commission Decision of 3 June 2005 on a Community financial contribution towards Member States’ fisheries control, inspection and surveillance programmes for 2005 (notified under document number C(2005) 1630) (2005/424/EC), Article 3: Electronic localisation devices

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Expenditure incurred in the purchase and fitting on board of fishing vessels of electronic localisation devices enabling vessels to be monitored at a distance by a fisheries monitoring centre through a vessel monitoring system (VMS) shall qualify for a maximum financial contribution of EUR 4 500 per vessel within the limits established in Annex II.
2. Within the EUR 4 500 limit provided for in paragraph 1, the financial contribution for the first EUR 1 500 of eligible expenditure shall be at a rate of 100 %.
3. The financial contribution for eligible expenditure comprised between EUR 1 500 and EUR 4 500 per vessel shall amount to a maximum of 50 % of such expenditure.
4. In order to qualify, electronic localisation devices shall satisfy the requirements fixed by Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2005/424/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2005-424/article-3
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