COMMISSION DECISION

of 31 July 2008

on the attribution of action grants for translating and testing a victimisation survey module under the specific programme ‘Prevention of and fight against crime’ as part of the general programme on security and safeguarding liberties

(2008/679/JHA)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union,

Having regard to Council Decision 2007/125/JHA of 12 February 2007 establishing for the period 2007 to 2013, as part of the general programme on security and safeguarding liberties, the specific programme ‘Prevention of and fight against crime’(1), and in particular Article 7(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The Commission adopted on 16 April 2007 the 2007 annual work programme for the specific programme ‘Prevention of and fight against crime’ as part of the general programme on security and safeguarding liberties(2).

(2) A call for framework partners under the programme ‘Prevention of and fight against crime’ was published in February 2007.

(3) A specific call for proposals on translating and testing a victimisation survey module was sent on 16 August 2007 to all selected framework partners who had chosen the option ‘Statistics on crime and criminal justice’.

(4) An evaluation committee met on 6 November 2007, 22 November 2007 and 17 December 2007 and recommended the attribution of the grants for translating and testing a victimisation survey module.

(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities(3).

(6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established under Article 8 of Council Decision 2007/125/JHA,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The action grants referred to in the Annex are approved for the total amount of EUR 1 540 170,39.

Done at Brussels, 31 July 2008.

For the Commission

Joaquín

ALMUNIA

Member of the Commission

(1)

OJ L 58, 24.2.2007, p. 7

(2) C(2007) 1627.

(3)

OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1

. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1525/2007 (

OJ L 343, 27.12.2007, p. 9

ANNEX

Budget breakdown of action grants for translating and testing a victimisation survey module

Framework partnership reference	Organisation	Selected/rejected	Total eligible cost (EUR)	Amount attributed (EUR)	% grant
JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/012	Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention	Selected	113 815,90	107 702,00	94,63
JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/020	Department of Statistics, Government of Lithuania	Selected	39 855,87	27 899,11	70
JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/033	National Statistical Institute, Portugal	Selected	133 041,32	126 389,25	95
JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/037	Statistics, Denmark	Selected	160 264,87	152 250,80	95
JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/043	Statistical Office, Slovak Republic	Selected	22 115,23	19 893,11	89,95
JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/050	Institute of Justice, Poland	Selected	57 730,00	40 411,00	70
JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/051	Federal Statistical Office, Germany	Selected	402 615,32	281 830,72	70
JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/053	Statistics, Austria	Selected	120 703,15	110 703,15	91,72
JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/054	European Institute for Crime Prevention, HEUNI, Finland	Selected	221 149,06	210 091,60	95
JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/061	Ministry for Home Affairs, Catalonia	Selected	123 955,16	83 955,16	67,73
JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/079	Council for Criminal Research to Ministry of Justice, Bulgaria	Selected	23 865,49	19 092,00	80
JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/083	Statistical Office, Republic of Slovenia	Selected	86 076,32	81 772,50	95
JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/087	Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, ISTAT, Italy	Selected	175 801,15	158 779,37	90,32
JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/102	Central Statistical Bureau, Latvia	Selected	29 567,51	26 610,75	90
JLS/I2007/ISEC-FPA/103	Secretariat of State for Security, Spain	Selected	132 556,95	92 789,87	70
Total			1 843 113,30	1 540 170,39