GFCM/XXV/2000/6 |
GENERAL FISHERIES COMMISSION FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN |
Twenty-fifth Session |
Sliema, Malta, 12 - 15 September 2000 |
THE SCALE OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE
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INTRODUCTION
1. At the time this document was written, June 2000, two GFCM members (Malta and Turkey) had deposited their instruments of acceptance of the amendments to the Agreement of GFCM relative to the autonomous budget. Two-thirds of the membership - 15 countries - should accept these amendments before the autonomous budget comes into force, and then it comes into force only for those members who have accepted it. Thus, it is extremely unlikely that the Twenty-fifth Session of GFCM will be in a position to adopt an autonomous budget for the year 2001.
2. Each time the budget is determined an agreed procedure (algorithm) will be used to determine the scale of contributions. The scale of contributions will be expressed in terms of shares (percentages) of the total budget. Each Member will have a specified share. The scale of contributions - that is the percentage of the budget that each Member countributes - is not established once and for all. It should vary principally depending on the extent to which the particular Member participates in the fishery. Therefore, the key issue is the agreement on a procedure - or algorithm - to be used to calculate the scale of contributions. In contrast to what is the case for the scale of contributions the algorithm will be decided once and for all.
3. The discussion at the Extraordinary Session and at the Twenty-fourth Session in Alicante, Spain, July 1999, showed that few GFCM members were willing to officially agree to an algorithm before a consensus has been reached on all its aspects. However, it seems that a shared understanding has been reached and that the following three factors should be considered: membership, the wealth of a member (wealth component), and the extent of the Member's fishing and aquaculture activities (catch component). Also there seems to be a consensus that the Members' contribution in the form of a membership fee should amount to 10 percent of the autonomous budget.
4. So the Commission now needs to consider:
5. For illustrative purposes, it is useful for the discussion to apply the proposed scale of contributions to a hypothetical figure, representing the foreseen normal total size of the autonomous budget.
6. An algorithm is suggested below. It builds on the discussion that was held during the Twenty-fourth Session of GFCM.
Which factors to consider:
Which weight to give to each factor (as percentage of total autonomous budget):
How to measure the factors:
Size of the autonomous budget (for illustrative purposes): US$ 750 000 per year
(See "model autonomous budget" at the end of the document).
DISCUSSION
7. Using the above algorithm, and using the data applicable in June 2000, the scale of contributions provides the results given in "model autonomous budget". In this version of the scale of contributions, the EU and its member states would pay 55.3 percent of the autonomous budget, Turkey would pay 11.3 percent and Japan 10.2 percent. The remainder, 23.2 percent, would be shared amongst the other 15 members.
8. It should be noted that Members' shares of the budget will go up slowly if they produce an increasing share of all fish produced in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. Likewise, if their share of production were to decline, their contribution to the GFCM autonomous budget would also decline. Modifications in the per caput GDP for members will be slow to result in modifications of their share of the "Wealth Component" of the Autonomous Budget.
SUGGESTED ACTION BY THE COMMISSION
9. The Commission is invited to discuss and agree in principle on the above algorithm for calculating the scale of contributions for an autonomous GFCM budget.
1 For the EU this amount represents a sum to cover administrative and other expenses of membership.
Basic Fee | GNP Component | Catch Component | Total | Total | ||||||
Member | US $ | Index | US $ | GFCM mt | US $ | US $ | % | |||
Albania | 3409 | 0.000 | 0 | 5778 | 534 | 3943 | 0.53 | |||
Algeria | 3409 | 1.000 | 3646 | 190292 | 17591 | 24646 | 3.29 | |||
Bulgaria | 3409 | 1.000 | 3646 | 23446 | 2167 | 9222 | 1.23 | |||
Croatia | 3409 | 1.000 | 3646 | 42793 | 3956 | 11011 | 1.47 | |||
Cyprus | 3409 | 0.000 | 0 | 13183 | 1219 | 4628 | 0.62 | |||
Egypt | 3409 | 1.000 | 3646 | 158012 | 14607 | 21662 | 2.89 | |||
France | 3409 | 10.000 | 36458 | 0 | 0 | 39867 | 5.32 | |||
Greece | 3409 | 10.000 | 36458 | 0 | 0 | 39867 | 5.32 | |||
Israel | 3409 | 1.000 | 3646 | 15549 | 1437 | 8492 | 1.13 | |||
Italy | 3409 | 10.000 | 36458 | 0 | 0 | 39867 | 5.32 | |||
Japan | 3409 | 20.000 | 72917 | 1657 | 153 | 76479 | 10.20 | |||
Lebanon | 3409 | 1.000 | 3646 | 9875 | 913 | 7968 | 1.06 | |||
Libya | 3409 | 1.000 | 3646 | 93416 | 8636 | 15691 | 2.09 | |||
Malta | 3409 | 0.000 | 0 | 9518 | 880 | 4289 | 0.57 | |||
Monaco | 3409 | 0.000 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3410 | 0.45 | |||
Morocco | 3409 | 1.000 | 3646 | 67169 | 6209 | 13264 | 1.77 | |||
Romania | 3409 | 1.000 | 3646 | 5564 | 514 | 7569 | 1.01 | |||
Spain | 3409 | 10.000 | 36458 | 0 | 0 | 39867 | 5.32 | |||
Syria | 3409 | 1.000 | 3646 | 8207 | 759 | 7814 | 1.04 | |||
Tunisia | 3409 | 1.000 | 3646 | 254141 | 23494 | 30549 | 4.07 | |||
Turkey | 3409 | 1.000 | 3646 | 842504 | 77884 | 84939 | 11.33 | |||
EC* | 3409 | 0.000 | 0 | 2721080 | 251545 | 254955 | 33.99 | |||
72.000 | 4462198 | 100.00 | ||||||||
US DOLLARS | 75000 | 262500 | 412500 | 750000 | ||||||
Total Budget US $ | 750000 | Shares | ||||||||
Basic fee in percent | 10.0 | in US $ | 75000 | Countries | GNP/capita | per country | ||||
Number of Members | 22 | Japan | 30000- | 20 | ||||||
Total budget less basic fee | 675000 | 4 EU Members |
10000-29999 | 10 | ||||||
GNP Component (percent of total budget): | 35.0 | 15 Others | 1000-9999 | 1 | ||||||
US $ | 262500 | Albania | 0-999 | 0 | ||||||
Catch Component (percent of total budget) | 55.0 | |||||||||
US $ | 412500 | For those four countries that have a GNP smaller than US$ 5 billion (1997) | ||||||||
are applied a GNP category one step below that which would applied according to the above table. | ||||||||||
* Sum to cover the administrative and other expenses of membership |