98/25/EC: Commission Decision of 15 December 1997 on Community financial aid towards the eradication of classical swine fever in the Netherlands (Only the Dutch text is authentic)
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Funds of up to ECU 31,3 million shall be made available to the Netherlands by way of a financial contribution from the Community towards compensating owners of infected holdings and holdings in contact therewith, in respect of the first 195 outbreaks of classical swine fever occurring in that Member State in 1997.
1. The Community financial contribution shall be paid on production of supporting documents. 2. The documents referred to in paragraph 1 shall comprise: (a) an epidemiological report on each pigfarm where slaughtering has taken place. Such reports shall include details of the following: (i) infected holdings: - the location and address, - the date on which infection with the disease was suspected and date on which infection was confirmed, - the number of pigs slaughtered and destroyed and the date, - the method of slaughter and destruction, - the type and the number of samples collected and examined when infection with the disease was suspected; the results of examinations conducted, - the type and the number of samples collected and examined when the livestock was removed from the infected holdings; the results of examinations conducted, - the presumed origin of the infection after completion of the epidemiological examination; (ii) holdings in contact with infected holdings: - the particulars specified in the first, third, fourth and sixth indents of point (i), - the infected holding (outbreak) with which contact is confirmed or suspected to have taken place; the type of contact involved; (b) a financial report giving a list of recipients and their addresses, the number of animals slaughtered, the date of slaughter and the sum paid, exclusive of VAT.
The supporting documents referred to in Article 2 shall be forwarded by the Netherlands by 19 December 1997 at the latest.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Done at Brussels, 15 December 1997. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 19. (2) OJ L 168, 2. 7. 1994, p. 31.
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