2012/362/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 4 July 2012 concerning a financial contribution by the Union to certain Member States to support voluntary surveillance studies on honeybee colony losses (notified under document C(2012) 4396)
1. The Union shall grant Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom financial assistance for their surveillance study programmes on honeybee colony losses.
2. The financial contribution by the Union:
(a)
shall be at the rate of 70 % of the eligible costs to be incurred by each Member State referred to in paragraph 1 for the surveillance study programmes on honeybee colony losses and specified in Annex I for the period from 1 April 2012 to 30 June 2013;
(b)
shall not exceed the following:
1.
EUR 62 876 for Belgium;
2.
EUR 192 688 for Denmark;
3.
EUR 294 230 for Germany;
4.
EUR 66 637 for Estonia;
5.
EUR 109 931 for Greece;
6.
EUR 205 050 for Spain;
7.
EUR 529 615 for France;
8.
EUR 521 590 for Italy;
9.
EUR 147 375 for Latvia;
10.
EUR 92 123 for Lithuania;
11.
EUR 98 893 for Hungary;
12.
EUR 254 108 for Poland;
13.
EUR 28 020 for Portugal;
14.
EUR 183 337 for Slovakia;
15.
EUR 213 986 for Finland;
16.
EUR 39 862 for Sweden;
17.
EUR 267 482 for the United Kingdom.
(c)
shall not exceed EUR 595 per visit of an apiary.
1. The maximum overall contribution authorised by this Decision for the costs incurred for the programmes referred to in Article 1 is set at EUR 3 307 803 to be financed from the general budget of the European Union.
2. Expenditure relating to staff costs for performing laboratory tests, sampling, monitoring, consumables and overheads dedicated to the surveillance studies shall be eligible in accordance with the rules set out in Annex III.
3. The Union’s financial assistance shall be paid following presentation and approval of the reports and supporting documents referred to Article 3(2) and (3).
1. The programmes shall be carried out in accordance with the technical document ‘Basis for a pilot surveillance project on honey bee colony losses’ (available at http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/liveanimals/bees/bee_health_en.htm) and in accordance with the surveillance study programmes on honeybee colony losses presented by the Member States.
2. Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom shall submit to the Commission:
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no later than 1 March 2013 an intermediate technical report on the first visit provided for in the surveillance study programme, and
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no later than 31 October 2013 a final technical report on the second and third visits provided for in the surveillance study programme,
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the technical report should be in conformity to a model to be established by the Commission in cooperation with the EU reference laboratory for bee health.
3. Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom shall submit to the Commission:
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no later than 31 December 2013 a paper version and an electronic version of their financial report drawn up in accordance with Annex II. The supporting documents, evidencing all the expenditure referred to in the application for reimbursement, shall be sent to the Commission on request.
4. The outcome of the studies shall be made available to the Commission and the EU reference laboratory for bee health.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, Hungary, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Supplementary provisions
ANNEX ISupplementary provisions
ANNEX I
Member State
Number of apiaries
Number of visits per apiary foreseen in the surveillance study
Total direct costs
(Laboratory tests + visits for sampling and monitoring)
Overheads
(7 %)
Total cost
EU contribution
(70 %)
BE
150
3
83 946
5 876
89 822
62 876
DK
194
3
257 260
18 008
275 268
192 688
DE
220
3
392 831
27 498
420 329
294 230
EE
196
3
88 968
6 228
95 196
66 637
EL
200
3
146 770
10 274
157 044
109 931
ES
200
3
273 765
19 164
292 929
205 050
FR
396
3
707 096
49 497
756 593
529 615
IT
390
3
696 382
48 747
745 129
521 590
LV
193
3
196 762
13 773
210 535
147 375
LT
193
3
122 994
8 610
131 604
92 123
HU
196
3
132 034
9 242
141 276
98 893
PL
190
3
339 263
23 749
363 012
254 108
PT
145
3
37 410
2 619
40 029
28 020
SK
198
3
244 776
17 134
261 910
183 337
FI
160
3
285 695
19 999
305 694
213 986
SE
150
3
53 220
3 725
56 945
39 862
UK
200
3
357 119
24 998
382 117
267 482
Total
4 416 293
309 141
4 725 433
3 307 803
ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
ANNEX II
MODEL FOR A FINANCIAL REPORT ON VOLUNTARY SURVEILLANCE STUDIES ON HONEYBEE COLONY LOSSES
Total expenditure for the project (real costs, VAT excl.)
Member State:
Number of apiaries visited:
Laboratory costs
Staff category
Number of working days
Daily rate
Total
…
…
Consumables (description)
Quantity
Unit cost
Total
…
…
Sampling and monitoring costs (apiary visits)
Staff category
Number of working days
Daily rate
Total
…
…
Consumables (description)
Quantity
Unit cost
Total
…
…
Certification by the beneficiary
We certify that:
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the expenditure listed above was incurred in the performance of tasks described in the technical document ‘Basis for a pilot surveillance project on honey bee colony losses’
( 1 ) and directly related to the implementation of the surveillance study programme for which financial support was granted according to Commission Implementing Decision 2012/362/EU,
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the expenditure was actually incurred, accurately accounted for and eligible under the provisions of Implementing Decision 2012/362/EU,
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all supporting documents relating to the expenditure are available for auditing,
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no other Union contribution was requested for the projects listed in this Decision.
Date:
Name and signature of the financial officer responsible:
( 1 ) Available at http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/liveanimals/bees/bee_health_en.htm
ANNEX IIISupplementary provisions
ANNEX III
ELIGIBILITY RULES
1. Laboratory costs
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Staff costs shall be limited to actual attributable labour costs (remuneration, wages, social charges and retirement costs) accrued in implementation of the study and performing laboratory tests. To this end monthly timesheets have to be maintained.
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Daily rate will be calculated on a 220 working days/year.
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Reimbursement of consumables shall be based on actual costs incurred by Member States to perform the tests at the laboratory.
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Test kits, reagents and all consumables shall only be reimbursed if used specifically in the performance of the following tests:
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varroa count (washing),
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detection and characterisation of deformed wing virus (DWV), the acute bee paralysis virus (ABPV), the small hive beetle ( Aethina tumida ) and the tropilaelaps mite),
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clinical observation (including symptom observation foulbrood, nosema, viruses) microsporidian parasite ( Nosema spp.) spore counts, cultures, microscopic examination and biochemical tests to identify the causal agent European foulbrood ( Melissococcus plutonius ) and American foulbrood (Paenibacillus larvae),
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American foulbrood — confirmation of the identity of the causal agent American foulbrood and European foulbrood via polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
2. Sampling and monitoring costs
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Costs for sampling and monitoring can only be claimed it they are directly linked to visits of apiaries.
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Staff costs shall be limited to actual attributable labour costs (remuneration, wages, social charges and retirement costs) accrued in implementation of the study. To this end monthly timesheets have to be maintained.
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Daily rate will be calculated on a 220 working days/year.
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Reimbursement of consumables shall be based on actual costs incurred by Member States and shall only be reimbursed if used specifically during visits to the apiaries.
3. Overheads
A flat rate contribution of 7 % calculated on the basis of all direct eligible costs may be claimed.
4. The expenditure submitted by the Member States for a financial contribution by the Union shall be expressed in euro and shall exclude value added tax (VAT) and all other taxes.
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