1. For the programmes referred to in Articles 2 to 5 and 7, the eligible costs for the compensation for the losses due to the slaughtering or culling of animals shall be limited as provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3.
2. The average compensation to be reimbursed to the Member States shall be calculated on the basis of the number of animals slaughtered or culled in the Member State and:
(a)
for bovine animals, up to a maximum of EUR 300 per animal;
(b)
for sheep and goats, up to a maximum of EUR 35 per animal;
(c)
for breeding poultry, up to a maximum of EUR 2,5 per bird.
3. The maximum amount of compensation to be reimbursed to the Member States per single animal shall not exceed EUR 1 000 per bovine animal and EUR 100 per sheep or goat.
The expenditure presented by the Member State for a financial contribution by the Community shall exclude value added tax and other taxes.
The conversion rate for applications submitted in national currency in month ‘n’ shall be that of the tenth day of month ‘n+1’ or for the first preceding day for which a rate is quoted.
1. The financial contribution by the Community for the programmes referred to in Articles 1 to 15 shall be granted provided that the Member States implement the programmes in accordance with the relevant provisions of Community law, including rules on competition and on the award of public contracts, and subject to the conditions provided for in points (a) to (f):
(a)
bringing into force by 1 January 2007 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions by the Member State concerned for implementing the programme;
(b)
forwarding by 1 June 2007 at the latest, the preliminary technical and financial evaluation of the programme, in accordance with Article 24(7) of Decision 90/424/EEC;
(c)
for the programmes referred to in Articles 1 to 11, forwarding an intermediate report, covering the first six months of the programme, at the latest four weeks after the end of the implementation period covered by the report;
(d)
for the programmes referred to in Article 12, Member States shall report to the Commission positive and negative results of investigations detected during their surveillance of poultry and wild birds every three months by the end of the following month;
(e)
for the programmes referred to in Articles 13 to 15, forwarding a report to the Commission every month on the progress of the TSE monitoring programme and the costs paid by the Member State; that report must be forwarded within a period of four weeks following the end of the month covered by the report;
(f)
forwarding a final report by 1 June 2008 at the latest, on the technical execution of the programme accompanied by justifying evidence as to the costs paid by the Member State and the results attained during the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007;
(g)
details of the costs paid by the Member State as referred to in point (d) and (e) must be provided in a form in accordance with the table set out in the Annexes I and II;
(h)
implementing the programme efficiently;
(i)
no other Community contribution has been or will be requested for these measures.
2. Where a Member State does not comply with paragraph 1, the Commission shall reduce the financial contribution by the Community having regard to the nature and gravity of the infringment, and to the financial loss for the Community.
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2007.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
