2000/35/EC: Commission Decision of 16 December 1999 on a Community financial contribution to cover expenditure incurred by Italy for the purpose of combating organisms harmful to plants or plant products (notified under document number C(1999) 4517) (Only the Italian text is authentic)

• Articles: 4

Article 1

The allocation of a Community financial contribution to cover expenditure incurred by Italy relating directly to necessary measures as specified in Article 19c(2) of Directive 77/93/EEC and taken for the purpose of combating Ralstonia solanacearum, is hereby approved.

Article 2

The maximum amount of the Community financial contribution shall be EUR 18365.

The repartition of this contribution shall be:

- EUR 9585 for measures taken for the purpose of combating Ralstonia solanacearum in Veneto,

- EUR 8780 for measures taken for the purpose of combating Ralstonia solanacearum in Emilia-Romagna.

Article 3

1. Subject to the verifications of the Commission under Article 19d(1) of Directive 77/93/EEC, the Community financial contribution shall be paid only when evidence of the measures taken has been given to the Commission through documentation related to the occurrence and the eradication of Ralstonia solanacearum.

2. The documentation referred to in paragraph 1 shall include:

(a) an eradication report in respect of each holding on which plants and plant products were destroyed. The report shall contain information on:

- location and address of the holding,

- date on which the presence of Ralstonia solanacearum was suspected and the date on which its presence was confirmed,

- quantity of plants and plant products destroyed,

- method of destruction and disinfection,

- amount of samples taken for examination and for testing for the presence of Ralstonia solanacearum,

- method of testing,

- results of examinations and/or testing,

- presumed origin of the occurrence in Italy;

(b) a monitoring report on the presence of Ralstonia solanacearum, and on the extent of the contamination by Ralstonia solanacearum including detailed data of inspections and tests carried out thereon;

(c) a financial report including the list of beneficiaries and their addresses, and the amounts paid (excluding VAT and taxes).

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.

Done at Brussels, 16 December 1999.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 26, 31.1.1977, p. 20.

(2) OJ L 142, 5.6.1999, p. 29.