1. The Community financial contribution referred to at Article 1 shall be granted after the supporting documents have been submitted.
2. The documents referred to in paragraph 1 shall, as regards the compensation mentioned at Article 1, include:
(a) an epidemiological report covering each holding or epidemiological unit on which animals have been slaughtered. The report shall contain information on the subjects given below:
(i) Infected holdings and epidemiological units
- location and address,
- date and suspicion of disease and date of confirmation,
- number and date of animals slaughtered and destroyed,
- method of killing and destruction,
- type and number of samples collected and examined at the time of suspicion of the disease; results of examinations performed,
- source of infection as assumed on the basis of a completed epidemiological investigation;
(ii) Contact holdings and contact epidemiological units
- as listed at (i), indents 1, 3 and 4,
- infected holding (outbreak) with which contact has been confirmed or assumed; nature of contact.
(b) Financial report including list of the beneficiaries and their location, number of animals slaughtered, date of slaughter and amount paid.
3. The Community financial participation is limited to ECU 1 750 000. Furthermore, it is also limited to the actions for which documentation has been submitted in accordance with paragraph 2 and for which compensation has been paid to the owners within 90 days of confirmation of disease on the holding concerned.
