31.12.2004 Official Journal of the European Union L 396/51 COMMISSION DECISION of 28 December 2004 on a financial contribution from the Community towards actions planned by Member States to implement control, inspection and surveillance programmes in 2004 (second instalment) (notified under document number C(2004) 5310) (2004/930/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Decision 2004/465/EC of 29 April 2004 on a Community financial contribution towards Member States fisheries control programmes (1), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Member States have forwarded to the Commission their fisheries control programmes for the period from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2004 together with the applications for Community financial contribution towards the expenditure to be incurred in carrying out such programmes. (2)  Applications concerning actions listed in Article 4 of Decision 2004/465/EC may qualify for Community funding. (3) It is appropriate to fix the maximum amounts of Community contribution towards eligible expenditure for 2004 for each Member State aid granted for actions included in Article 4 of Decision 2004/465/EC, the Community contribution rate for such actions and the conditions on which national expenditure is to be reimbursed by the Community. (4 Member States must, in accordance with Article 8 of Decision 2004/465/EC, commit their expenditure within a period of 12 months from the end of the year in which this Decision is notified to them. They must also comply with the provision of that Decision as regards starting their projects and submitting appli- cations for reimbursement. (") OJ L 157, 30.4.2004, p. 114, corrigendum in OJ L 195, 2.6.2004, p. 36. (5)  The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Atticle 1 Subject matter This Decision establishes the amount of the Community financial contribution for each Member State, the rate of the Community financial contribution and the conditions on which the contribution may be granted towards actions referred to in Article 4 of Decision 2004/465/EC. Article 2 Electronic localisation devices 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 L 2. Within the EUR 4 500 limit provided for in paragraph 1, the Community financial contribution for the first EUR 1 500 of eligible expenditure shall be at a rate of 100 %. 3. The Community financial contribution for eligible expen- diture comprised between EUR 1500 and EUR 4 500 per vessel, shall amount to a maximum of 50% of such expen- diture. 4.  The electronic localisation devices should satisfy requirements fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2244/2003 of 18 December 2003 laying down detailed provisions  regarding  satellite-based  vessel  monitoring systems (2). () O] L 333, 20.12.2003, p. 17.