2001/646/EC: Commission Decision of 14 August 2001 concerning a financial contribution towards the eradication of foot-and-mouth disease in Ireland in 2001 (notified under document number C(2001) 2531)
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Ireland may obtain financial assistance from the Community for the adequate compensation of owners for the compulsory slaughter of their animals under eradication measures relating to outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease which occurred in 2001, in accordance with the provisions of Article 3(2) and Article 11 of Decision 90/424/EEC.
1. The Community financial contribution shall be paid on the basis of: (a) the supporting documents submitted by Ireland on the swift and adequate compensation of owners; (b) the results of the Commission checks referred to in Article 3. 2. However, Ireland may obtain, on request, an advance of EUR 2,7 million as soon as this Decision has been adopted and that credits are available. 3. The documents referred to in paragraph 1 shall include an epidemiological report covering each holding on which animals have been slaughtered and destroyed, and a financial report. The financial report shall take account of the categories of the animals destroyed, or slaughtered and destroyed in each farm due to foot-and-mouth. These reports shall be provided in computerised form in accordance with Annex 1. 4. The supporting documents relating to the measures taken in the period referred to in Article 1 shall be forwarded no later than 1 September 2001. 5. For the purposes of this Decision, "adequate compensation" means animals compensated at the value the animals had immediately before they became affected.
The Commission may make on-the-spot checks, with the cooperation of the competent national authorities, on the application of the above measures and the related expenditure incurred. The Commission shall inform the Member States of the results of the checks carried out.
This Decision is addressed to Ireland. Done at Brussels, 14 August 2001. For the Commission David Byrne Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19. (2) OJ L 3, 6.1.2001, p. 27. (3) OJ L 315, 26.11.1985, p. 11. (4) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.
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