Article 1Subject matterThis Regulation lays down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 as regards the financing by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) of expenditure incurred by Member States under the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products.

Article 2DefinitionsFor the purposes of this Regulation the following definition shall apply:"Expenditure" means expenditure incurred by the Member States as referred to in Article 35(1) of Regulation (EC) No 104/2000.

Article 3Competent authorityEach Member State shall designate its competent authority for the implementation of this Regulation and notify it to the Commission.

Article 4Declarations of expenditure1.Each Member State shall draw up a declaration of expenditure in accordance with the model in the Annex. The declaration of expenditure shall consist of a statement, broken down according to the nomenclature of the budget of the European Communities and by type of expenditure on the basis of a detailed nomenclature made available to the Member States. It shall cover:(a)the expenditure incurred during the previous six-month reference period;(b)total expenditure incurred from the beginning of the financial year until the end of the previous six-month reference period.2.Each Member State shall collect all the information relevant to the declaration of expenditure.3.The reference periods shall be the six-month periods from 16 October until 15 April and from 16 April until 15 October.4.The declaration of expenditure may incorporate corrections to the amounts declared for previous reference periods.5.The competent authorities of the Member States shall submit their declaration of expenditure together with the information, referred to in paragraph 2, to the Commission electronically, respectively on 10 May and 10 November at the latest.

Article 5Biannual payments1.The appropriations necessary to finance the expenditure shall be made available to Member States by the Commission in the form of biannual reimbursements, (hereinafter referred to as "biannual payments").The amounts of the biannual payments shall be fixed in the basis of the declaration of expenditure submitted by the Member States in accordance with Article 4.2.Biannual payments shall be made to each Member State within 60 days after the complete declaration of expenditure by the Member State has been received by the Commission. The declaration shall be deemed complete if the Commission does not request further information within 30 days from receipt of declaration.3.Until they receive transfer of the biannual payments from the Commission, the Member States shall mobilise the resources required to undertake expenditure.

Article 6Exchange rates to be appliedThe exchange rate to be used by Member States for their declaration of expenditure shall be the rate most recently fixed by the European Central Bank (ECB) prior to the corresponding operative events as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1925/2000.

Article 7Entry into force and applicationThis Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.It shall apply from 16 October 2006.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 21 December 2006.For the CommissionJoe BorgMember of the CommissionANNEXDECLARATION OF EXPENDITUREData broken down according to the nomenclature of the budget of the European Communities and by type of expenditureContent of declaration of expenditure to be transmitted to the Commission by electronic mailHeader of the declarationThe header of the declaration comprises:an identifier of the message type and of the Member State transmitting the data (N.B.: this will be used to verify that the user forwarding the declaration is actually entitled to do so on behalf of the Member State concerned). The identifier will be sent to you by the Commission,the period of expenditure covered by the declaration,the language of the declaration.Body of the declarationThe body of the declaration comprises the following for each sub-item of the EAGF nomenclature:the identifier of the sub-item (e.g. 110201002610033),the wording of the sub-item in the language chosen in the header of the declaration,the amount declared for the period concerned (N) and the cumulative amount declared since the start of the financial year. All amounts must be declared in Euro.End sectionThe following appears after the list of all the sub-items:the total amount declared for the period concerned (N) and the total cumulative amount declared since the start of the financial year,space for comments.Syntax of the message 32006R2003_en_img_1

Description of the fields

Fields marked with an asterisk are compulsory.Header of the declaration: occurrence of data = 1Body of the declaration: occurrence of data = 1 to nEnd section: occurrence of data = 1

Name	Format	Description
[IDENTIFICATION] *		Identification code given by DG FISH
[PERIOD] *	Date (YYYYMM)	Expenditure period
[LANGUAGE] *	(2 characters)	ISO code for the language
[SUBITEM] *	Number (15)	Sub-item
[DESCRIPTION] *	Free text (600)	Wording of the sub-item
[AMOUNT ] *	Number (15,2)	Amount declared
[AMOUNT CUMUL] *	Number (15,2)	Cumulative amount
[AMOUNT TOT ] *	Number (15,2)	Total amount declared
[AMOUNT CUMUL TOT] *	Number (15,2)	Cumulative total amount
[COMMENT]	Free text (80)	Comments

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Amendments and corrections
December 31, 2013	Repealed by 32013R1420
January 4, 2007	Entry into force - Date pub. + 7 See Art 2
October 16, 2006	Application - See Art 2

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2003/2006 of 21 December 2006 laying down detailed rules for the financing by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) of expenditure relating to the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products