Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1014/2014 of 22 July 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council 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 with regards to the content and construction of a common monitoring and evaluation system for the operations funded under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund

Article 1

Content and construction of the monitoring and evaluation system

The common monitoring and evaluation system referred to in Article 107 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 shall be constituted of the following elements:

(a) an intervention logic showing the interactions between priorities, focus areas and measures as provided for in Article 18(1)(a) and Article 116 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014;

(b) the set of common indicators referred to in Article 109 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014;

(c) the relevant cumulative data on operations selected for funding, as provided for in Article 97(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014;

(d) the annual report on the implementation of the operational programme, as provided for in Article 114 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 in conjunction with Article 50 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013;

(e) the evaluation plan as provided for in Article 115 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 in conjunction with Article 56 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013;

(f) the ex ante and ex post evaluations and all other evaluation activities linked to the EMFF programme, as provided for in Articles 115, 116 and 117 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 in conjunction with Article 55, 56 and 57 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013;

(g) the performance review as provided for in Article 21(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013.

Article 2

List of Common Indicators

The list of common indicators referred to in Article 109 of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 is set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

ANNEX

I. CONTEXT INDICATORS (³)

Union priority 1 — Promoting environmentally sustainable, resource efficient, innovative, competitive and knowledge based fisheries

1.Fishing fleet

(a) number of vessels

(b) kW

(c) GT

2.Gross value added per FTE (⁴) employee (thousand euros per FTE employee)

3.Net profit (thousand euros)

4.Return on investment of fixed tangible assets (⁵) (%)

5.Indicators of biological sustainability (⁶)

(a) sustainable harvest indicator

(b) stocks-at-risk indicator

6.Fuel efficiency of fish capture (litres fuel/tonne landed catch)

7.Ecosystem indicators as defined for the implementation of Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (⁷)

(a) Extent of the seabed significantly affected by human activities for the different substrate types (%) (⁸)

(b) Rates of incidental catches of cetaceans in fisheries (by-catch per unit effort) (⁹)

8.Number of employed (FTE)

(a) Number of employed (FTE) including male and female

(b) Number of employed (FTE) female

9.Incidence of work-related injuries and accidents

(a) Number of work-related injuries and accidents

(b) % in relation to total fishers

10.Coverage of marine protected areas (MPAs) (¹⁰)

(a) Coverage of Natura 2000 areas designated under the Birds and Habitats directives (km²)

(b) Coverage of other spatial protection measures under Article 13.4 of Directive 2008/56/EC (km²)

Union priority 2 — Fostering environmentally sustainable, resource efficient, innovative, competitive and knowledge based aquaculture

1.Volume of aquaculture production (tonnes)

2.Value of aquaculture production (thousand euros)

3.Net profit (thousand euros)

4.Volume of production organic aquaculture (tonnes)

5.Volume of production recirculation system (tonnes)

6.Number of employed (FTE)

(a) Number of employed (FTE) including male and female

(b) Number of employed (FTE) female

Union priority 3 — Fostering the implementation of the CFP (Control and Data Collection)

1.Serious infringements in the MS (total number in the last 7 years)

2.Landings that are subject to physical control (%)

3.Existing resources available for control

(a) Control vessels and aircrafts available (number)

(b) Number of employed (FTE)

(c) Budgetary allocation (evolution last 5 years, thousand euros)

(d) Vessels equipped with ERS and/or VMS (number)

Fulfilment of data calls under DCF (¹¹) (%)

Union priority 4 — Increasing employment and territorial cohesion

Extent of coastline, main waterways and main water bodies

(a) Extent of coastline (km)

(b) Extent of main waterways (km)

(c) Extent of main water bodies (km²)

Union priority 5 — Fostering marketing and processing

1.Producer organisations (POs), associations of POs, inter-branch organisations (IBOs)

(a) Number of POs

(b) Number of associations of POs

(c) Number of IBOs

(d) Number of producers or operators per PO

(e) Number of producers or operators per association of POs

(f) Number of producers or operators per IBO

(g) % of producers or operators member of PO

(h) % of producers or operators member of association of POs

(i) % of producers or operators member of IBO

2.Annual value (¹²) of turnover of EU marketed production

(a) Annual value of turnover of EU marketed production (thousand euros)

(b) % of production placed on the market (value) by POs

(c) % of production placed on the market (value) by association of POs

(d) % of production placed on the market (value) by IBOs

(e) % of production placed on the market (volume) by POs

(f) % of production placed on the market (volume) by association of POs

(g) % of production placed on the market (volume) by IBOs

Union priority 6 — Fostering the implementation of the Integrated Maritime Policy

1.Common Information Sharing Environment (CISE) for the surveillance of the EU maritime domain (%)

2.Coverage of marine protected areas(MPAs)

(a) Coverage of Natura 2000 areas designated under the Birds and Habitats directives (km²)

(b) Coverage of other spatial protection measures under Article 13.4 of Directive 2008/56/EC (km²)

II.   OUTPUT INDICATORS

Union priority 1 — Promoting environmentally sustainable, resource efficient, innovative, competitive and knowledge based fisheries (Number of operations) (*Indicators also relevant to operations in inland fisheries)

1.Innovation, advisory services and partnerships with scientists *

2.Systems of allocation of fishing opportunities *

3.Added value, quality, use of unwanted catches and fishing ports, landing sites, actions halls and shelters *

4.Conservation measures, reduction of the fishing impact on the environment and fishing adaptation to the protection of species *

5.Permanent cessation

6.Protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems (¹³) *

7.Energy efficiency and mitigation of climate change *

8.Replacement or modernisation of engines *

9.Promoting human capital and social dialogue, diversification and new forms of income, start-ups for fishermen and health/safety *

10.Temporary cessation

11.Mutual funds

Union priority 2 — Fostering environmentally sustainable, resource efficient, innovative, competitive and knowledge based aquaculture (Number of operations)

1.Innovation, advisory services

2.Productive investments in aquaculture

3.Limiting the impact of aquaculture on the environment (eco-management, audit schemes, organic aquaculture environmental services)

4.Increasing potential of aquaculture sites and measures on public and animal health

5.Promoting human capital of aquaculture in general and new aquaculture farmers

6.Aquaculture stock insurance

Union priority 3 — Fostering the implementation of the CFP: Control and Data Collection. (Number of operations)

1.Implementing the Union's control, inspections and enforcement system

2.Supporting the collection, management and use of data

Union priority 4 — Increasing employment and territorial cohesion (Number of operations, except 1)

1.Number of local development strategies selected

2.Preparatory support

3.Cooperation

Union priority 5 — Fostering marketing and processing (Number of operations, except 1 and 4)

1.Number of producers organisations or associations of producers organisations supported for production and marketing plans

2.Marketing measures and storage aid

3.Processing

4.Number of operators benefitting from compensation schemes

Union priority 6 — Fostering the implementation of the Integrated Maritime Policy (Number of operations)

1.Integrated maritime surveillance

2.Protection and improvement of knowledge on marine environment (¹⁴)

III.   RESULT INDICATORS

Union priority 1 — Promoting environmentally sustainable, resource efficient, innovative, competitive and knowledge based fisheries

1.Change in the value of production (thousand euros)

2.Change in the volume of production (tonnes)

3.Change in net profits (thousand euros)

4.Change in unwanted catches (¹⁵)

(a) Change in unwanted catches (tonnes)

(b) Change in unwanted catches (%)

5.Change in fuel efficiency of fish capture (in litres of fuel/tonnes landed catch)

6.Change in the % of unbalanced fleets (¹⁶)

7.Employment created (FTE) in the fisheries sector or complementary activities

8.Employment maintained (FTE) in the fisheries sector or complementary activities

9.Change in the work-related injuries and accidents

(a) Change in the number of work-related injuries and accidents

(b) Change in the % of work-related injuries and accidents in relation to total fishers

10.Change in the coverage of marine protected areas (MPAs) relevant for UP 1:

(a) Change in the coverage of Natura 2000 areas designated under the Birds and Habitats directives (km²)

(b) Change in the coverage of other spatial protection measures under Article 13.4 of Directive 2008/56/EC (km²)

Union priority 2 — Fostering environmentally sustainable, resource efficient, innovative, competitive and knowledge based aquaculture

1.Change in volume of aquaculture production (tonnes)

2.Change in value of aquaculture production (thousand euros)

3.Change in net profit (thousand euros)

4.Change in the volume of production organic aquaculture (tonnes)

5.Change in the volume of production recirculation system (tonnes)

6.Change in the volume of aquaculture production certified under voluntary sustainability schemes (tonnes)

7.Aquaculture farms providing environmental services (number of farms)

8.Employment created (FTE)

9.Employment maintained (FTE)

Union priority 3 — Fostering the implementation of the CFP (Control and Data Collection)

1.Amount of serious infringements detected (¹⁷)

2.Landings that have been the subject to physical control (%)

Increase in the percentage of fulfilment of data calls (%) (¹⁸)

Union priority 4 — Increasing employment and territorial cohesion

1.Employment created (FTE)

2.Employment maintained (FTE)

3.Businesses created (number)

Union priority 5 — Fostering marketing and processing

Change in the EU production with distinction between POs and non-POs

(a) Change in value of first sales in POs (thousand euros)

(b) Change in volume of first sales in POs (tonnes)

(c) Change in value of first sales in non-POs (thousand euros)

(d) Change in volume of first sales in non-POs (tonnes)

Union priority 6 — Fostering the implementation of the Integrated Maritime Policy

1.Increase in the Common Information Sharing Environment (CISE) for the surveillance of the EU maritime domain (%)

2.Change in the coverage of marine protected areas (MPAs) relevant for UP 6:

(a) Change in the coverage of Natura 2000 areas designated under the Birds and Habitats directives (km²)

(b) Change in the coverage of other spatial protection measures under Article 13.4 of Directive 2008/56/EC (km²)