2000/37/EC: Commission Decision of 16 December 1999 on a Community financial contribution to cover expenditure incurred by Greece for the purpose of combating organisms harmful to plants or plant products (notified under document number C(1999) 4519) (Only the Greek text is authentic)
The allocation of a Community financial contribution to cover expenditure incurred by Greece relating directly to necessary measures as specified in Article 19c(2) of Directive 77/93/EEC and taken for the purpose of combating Clavibacter michiganensis and Ralstonia solanacearum, is hereby approved.
The maximum amount of the Community financial contribution shall be EUR 32352.
The repartition of the contribution shall be:
- EUR 30885 for the measures taken for the purpose of combating Clavibacter michiganensis,
- EUR 1467 for the measures taken for the purpose of combating Ralstonia solanacearum.
1. Subject to the verifications of the Commission under Article 19d(1) of Directive 77/93/EEC, the Community's 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 the harmful organisms referred to in Article 1.
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 harmful organism 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 the harmful organism,
- method of testing,
- results of examinations and/or testing,
- presumed origin of the occurrence in Greece;
(b) a monitoring report on the presence of the harmful organisms in Article 1, and on the extent of the contamination by these organisms 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).
This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Greece.
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.
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