Council Regulation (EC) No 199/2008 of 25 February 2008 concerning the establishment of a Community framework for the collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the Common Fisheries Policy (repealed) (c. 199)

CHAPTER II COLLECTION, MANAGEMENT AND USE OF DATA IN THE FRAMEWORK OF MULTI-ANNUAL PROGRAMMES

SECTION 1 Community programme and national programmes

Article 7 Evaluation and approval of the outcomes of the national programmes

1. Member States shall on an annual basis submit to the Commission a report on the carrying out of their national programmes. They shall submit them by the date, in the format and to the address to be established by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27(2).

2. The STECF shall evaluate:

(a) the execution of the national programmes approved by the Commission in accordance with Article 6(3); and

(b) the quality of the data collected by the Member States.

3. The Commission shall assess the implementation of the national programmes on the basis of:

(a) the evaluation by the STECF;

(b) the consultation of appropriate regional fisheries management organisations to which the Community is contracting party or observer and relevant international scientific bodies; and

(c) the evaluation of costs carried out by its services.