2012/789/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 14 December 2012 on a Union financial contribution pursuant to Council Directive 2000/29/EC for 2012 to cover expenditure incurred by Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, the Netherlands and Portugal for the purpose of combating organisms harmful to plants or plant products (notified under document C(2012) 9280)

• CELEX: Directive 2000/29/EC
• Articles: 5

Article 1

On the basis of the information and documents submitted by the Member States and analysed by the Commission, the allocation of a Union financial contribution for 2012 to cover expenditure incurred by Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, the Netherlands and Portugal relating to necessary measures as specified in Article 23(2)(a), (b) and (c) of Directive 2000/29/EC and taken for the purpose of combating the organisms concerned by the eradication or containment programmes listed in the Annex, is hereby approved.

Article 2

The total amount of the Union financial contribution referred to in Article 1 is EUR 7 271 741,06. The maximum amounts of the Union financial contribution for each of the programmes shall be as indicated in the Annex.

Article 3

The Union financial contribution as set out in the Annex shall be paid on the following conditions:

(a)

evidence of the measures taken has been submitted by the Member State concerned in accordance with the provisions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1040/2002;

(b)

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

The payment of the financial contribution is without prejudice to the verifications by the Commission under Article 23(8) 2nd paragraph, Article 23(10) and Article 24 of Directive 2000/29/EC.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Portuguese Republic.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

ERADICATION/CONTAINMENT PROGRAMMES

Section I:

Programmes whose Union financial contribution corresponds to 50 % of eligible expenditure .

(EUR)

Member State

Harmful organisms combated

Affected plants

Year

a

Eligible expenditure

Maximum Union contribution per programme

Germany, NordRhein Westfalien

Diabrotica virgifera

Zea mays

08.2010 - 09.2011

1 and 2

133 400,32

66 700,16

Germany, Hessen

Diabrotica virgifera

Zea mays

2011

1

55 374,84

27 687,42

Germany, Baden-Württemberg, rural district of Rastatt and city dictrict Baden-Baden (year 1 of the measures), Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald and Freiburg city (year 2 of the measures)

Diabrotica virgifera

Zea mays

2011

1 or 2

31 750,29

15 875,14

Spain, Extremadura (outbreak 2012)

Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

Coniferous trees

2012

1

1 081 399,69

540 699,84

France, Alsace

Anoplophora glabripennis

Various tree species

11.2011-12.2012

1 and 2

213 993,15

106 996,57

Italy, Emilia-Romagna (Provinces of Bologna, Ferrara, Ravenna and Forlì-Cesena)

Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae

Actinidia sp.

2011

2

152 330,13

76 165,06

The Netherlands, Almere area

Anoplophora glabripennis

Various tree species

11.2010 - 12.2011

1 and 2

583 436

291 718

Section II:

Programmes whose Union financial contribution rates differ, in application of the principle of degressivity

(EUR)

Member State

Harmful organisms combated

Affected plants or plant products

Year

a

Eligible expenditure

Rate (%)

Maximum Union contribution

Germany, Nordrhein-Westfalen

Anoplophora glabripennis

Various tree species

08.2010 - 09.2011

3

207 314,64

45

93 291,58

Germany, Baden-Württemberg, rural district of Emmendingen, Lörrach, Konstanz

Diabrotica virgifera

Zea mays

2011

3

33 675,54

45

15 153,99

Spain, Catalonia

Pomacea insularum

Oryza sativa

2012

3

1 914 477,44

45

861 514,84

Spain, Extremadura (outbreak 2008)

Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

Coniferous trees

2012, (January-October)

4

316 519,91

40

126 607,96

Spain, Galicia

Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

Coniferous trees

2012

3

1 652 201,49

45

743 490,67

France, PACA region

Rhynchophorus ferrugineus

Palmaceae

September 2011 until September 2012

3

421 173,40

45

189 528,03

Italy, Veneto (Cornuda area)

Anoplophora glabripennis

Various tree species

2012

4

281 945

40

112 778

Cyprus

Rhynchophorus ferrugineus

Palmaceae

2012

3

299 814

45

134 916,30

Portugal, Continental Portugal, area outside the area of Setubal

Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

Coniferous trees

2012 (January to June)

4

Measures 1,2,3,4,5,9

40

Measures 1,2,3,4,5,9

1 473 813,32

589 525,32

Measure 6 (testing-sampling)

Measures 6 (testing-sampling)

0

0

Measure 7 (HT measures), i.e. 16 800 000 equivalent-pallets at 0,30 EUR

Measure 7 (HT measures)

5 040 000

2 016 000

Measure 8 (tree felling), i.e.reduced to 75 % of 1 894 606,34

Measure 8 (tree felling)

1 420 954,75

568 381,90

Sum

Sum

7 934 768,07

3 173 907,23

Portugal, Setubal area, heat treatment measures

Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

Wood and wood packaging material

2012

3

Measures 1 and 2

45

Measures 1 and 2

9 582,92

4 312,31

Measure 3 (HT measures), i.e. 5 114 059 equivalent-pallets at 0,30 EUR

Measure 3 (HT measures),

1 534 217,70

690 397,96

Sum

Sum

1 543 800,62

694 710,27

Total Union contribution: EUR 7 271 741,06

Legend:

—    a = year of implementation of the eradication programme.