2001/811/EC: Commission Decision of 21 November 2001 on a Community financial contribution to cover expenditure incurred by Austria, Portugal and Finland for the purpose of combating organisms harmful to plants or plant products (notified under document number C(2001) 3684)
The allocation of a Community financial contribution to cover expenditure incurred by Austria, Portugal and Finland relating directly to necessary measures as specified in Article 23(2) of Directive 2000/29/EC and taken for the purpose of combating the organisms concerned by the eradication programmes listed in the Annex to this Decision, is hereby approved.
1. The total amount of the financial contribution referred to in Article 1 is EUR 860422.
2. The maximum amounts of the Community financial contribution for each eradication programme and for each year of implementation of the eradication programme shall be as indicated in the Annex to this Decision.
3. The resulting maximum Community financial contribution for the concerned Member States shall be as follows:
- EUR 71375 to Austria,
- EUR 732624 to Portugal,
- EUR 56423 to Finland.
1. Subject to the verifications by the Commission under Article 24 of Directive 2000/29/EC, 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 the relevant harmful organisms.
2. The documentation referred to in paragraph 1 shall be included in an application including:
(a) general information on the appearance of the relevant harmful organism, including details as to the date on which its presence was suspected or confirmed, and the presumed cause of the appearance;
(b) the description of the eradication programme, including the measures taken or planned and the expected duration and, when available, a monitoring programme; except in duly justified cases, the duration shall be no more than two years;
(c) the inspections, testing and other actions undertaken to determine the nature and extent of the appearance of the relevant harmful organism;
(d) list of holdings on which plants and plant products were destroyed, indicating:
- the location and address of the holding,
- the quantity of plants and plant products destroyed;
(e) list of beneficiaries and their addresses, and the amounts excluding VAT and taxes, paid or to be paid for carrying out the necessary measures;
(f) a copy of the notification of interception, in accordance with Article 16(1) or (2) of Directive 2000/29/EC;
(g) a summary table of inspections and analyses indicating, inter alia, their dates, the method and the Unit costs;
(h) the official notification requiring the destruction and official certification, including the description of the methods of destruction and/or disinfection;
(i) proof or evidence of the above payments.
This Decision is addressed to the Austrian Republic, the Portuguese Republic and the Finnish Republic.
Done at Brussels, 21 November 2001.
For the Commission
David Byrne
Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 127, 9.5.2001, p. 42.
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
ERADICATION PROGRAMMES
Legend:
a: Year of implementation of the eradication programme
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