Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

TITLE III U.K. FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK

Article 12 U.K. Budget implementation

1. The Union budget allocated to the EMFF under Title V of this Regulation shall be implemented within the framework of shared management in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013.

2. The Union budget allocated to the EMFF under Title VI of this Regulation shall be implemented directly by the Commission in accordance with Article 58(1)(a) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council(1).

3. Any cancellations of all or part of the budget commitment under direct management by the Commission shall comply with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 and, where appropriate, with Article 123 of this Regulation.

4. The principle of sound financial management shall be applied in accordance with Articles 30 and 53 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.

Article 13 U.K. Budgetary resources under shared management

1. The resources available for commitments from the EMFF for the period from 2014 to 2020 under shared management shall be EUR 5 749 331 600 in current prices in accordance with the annual breakdown set out in Annex II.

[X1 2. EUR 4 340 800 000 of the budgetary resources referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allocated to the sustainable development of fisheries, aquaculture and fisheries and aquaculture areas, to marketing and processing-related measures and to technical assistance at the initiative of the Member States under Chapters I, II, III, IV and VII of Title V, with the exception of Article 67.]

3. EUR 580 000 000 of the budgetary resources referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allocated to the control and enforcement measures referred to in Article 76.

4. EUR 520 000 000 of the budgetary resources referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allocated to the measures on data collection referred to in Article 77.

5. EUR 192 500 000 of the budgetary resources referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allocated to the compensation of outermost regions under Chapter V of Title V. That compensation shall not exceed, per year:

(a) EUR 6 450 000 for the Azores and Madeira;

(b) EUR 8 700 000 for the Canary Islands;

(c) EUR 12 350 000 for the French outermost regions referred to in Article 349 TFEU.

6. EUR 44 976 000 of the budgetary resources referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allocated to the storage aid referred to in Article 67.

7. EUR 71 055 600 of the budgetary resources referred to in paragraph 1 shall be allocated to measures concerning the IMP referred to in Chapter VIII of Title V.

8. Member States shall have the possibility to use interchangeably the resources available under paragraphs 3 and 4.

Editorial Information

X1 Substituted by Corrigendum to Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2328/2003, (EC) No 861/2006, (EC) No 1198/2006 and (EC) No 791/2007 and Regulation (EU) No 1255/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Official Journal of the European Union L 149 of 20 May 2014).

Article 14 U.K. Budgetary resources under direct management

1. The resources available for commitments from the EMFF, for the period 2014 to 2020, concerning measures under direct management as specified in Chapters I to III of Title VI shall be EUR 647 275 400 in current prices.

2. For the purposes of Chapters I and II of Title VI, the indicative distribution of funds between the objectives set out in Articles 82 and 85, is set out in Annex III.

3. The Commission may depart from the indicative percentages referred to in paragraph 2 by no more than 5 % of the value of the financial envelope in each case.

4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 126, adjusting the percentages set out in Annex III.

Article 15 U.K. Mid-term review

The Commission shall review the implementation of Chapter I and II of Title VI, including the need for adjustments of the indicative distribution of funds as laid down in Annex III, and shall, by 30 June 2017, submit to the European Parliament and to the Council an interim evaluation report on the results obtained and the qualitative and quantitative aspects of the EMFF.

Article 16 U.K. Financial distribution for shared management

1. The resources available for commitments by Member States referred to in Article 13(2) to (7) for the period from 2014 to 2020, as set out in the table in Annex II, shall be determined on the basis of the following objective criteria:

(a) as regards Title V, with the exception of Articles 76 and 77:

(i)

the level of employment in the fisheries and marine and fresh water aquaculture sectors, including employment in related processing;

(ii)

the level of production in the fisheries and marine and fresh water aquaculture sectors, including related processing; and

(iii)

the share of small–scale coastal fishing fleet in the overall fishing fleet;

(b) as regards Articles 76 and 77:

(i)

the extent of the control tasks of the Member State concerned, taking into account the size of the national fishing fleet and the size of the sea area to be controlled, the volume of the landings and the value of imports from third countries;

(ii)

the available control resources compared to the extent of the control tasks of the Member State, where available means are determined by taking into account the number of controls conducted at sea and the number of landing inspections;

(iii)

the extent of the data collections tasks of the Member State concerned, taking into account the size of the national fishing fleet, the volume of the landings and of the aquaculture production, the amount of scientific monitoring activities at sea and the number of surveys the Member State is taking part in; and

(iv)

the available data collection resources compared to the extent of the data collection tasks of the Member State, where available means are determined by taking into account the human resources and technical means needed to implement the national sampling programme for data collection;

(c) as regards all measures, the historical allocations of funds in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 and the historical consumption in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 861/2006.

2. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts setting out the annual breakdown of the global resources per Member State.

(1)

Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1).