2003/787/EC: Commission Decision of 6 November 2003 on a Community financial contribution to cover expenditure incurred by France, Portugal and Finland for the purpose of combating organisms harmful to plants or plant products (notified under document number C(2003) 4027)

• Articles: 5

Article 1

The allocation of a Community financial contribution to cover expenditure incurred by France, 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.

Article 2

1. The total amount of the financial contribution referred to in Article 1 is EUR 858454.

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 259104 to France,

- EUR 518007 to Portugal,

- EUR 81343 to Finland.

Article 3

Subject to the verifications by the Commission under Article 24 of Directive 2000/29/EC, the Community financial contribution as set out in the Annex shall be paid only when:

(a) evidence of the measures taken has been given to the Commission through appropriate documentation, in accordance with the provisions laid down in the Regulation, in particular Article 1(2) and Article 2 thereof;

(b) a request for payment of the Community financial contribution has been submitted by the Member State concerned to the Commission, in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1040/2002.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the French Republic, the Portuguese Republic and the Finnish Republic.

Done at Brussels, 6 November 2003.

For the Commission

David Byrne

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 138, 5.6.2003, p. 47.

(3) OJ L 157, 15.6.2002, p. 38.

(4) OJ L 306, 23.11.2001, p. 25.

(5) OJ L 311, 14.11.2002, p. 16.

(6) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ERADICATION PROGRAMMESLegend:

a: Year of implementation of the eradication programme.

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