2013/498/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 10 October 2013 concerning a Union financial contribution towards surveillance and other emergency measures implemented in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland against African swine fever in neighbouring third countries (notified under document C(2013) 6540)

• Articles: 9

Article 1

1.   In the framework of the emergency measures for the protection against ASF taken by Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland in 2013, those Member States shall be entitled to a specific contribution from the Union to the expenditure incurred for the implementation of the surveillance activities and the serological and virological laboratory testing carried out on samples obtained after 1 July 2013 during surveillance in domestic pigs and wild boars in those Member States.

2.   The financial contribution by the Union shall be at the rate of 50 % of the costs to be incurred by Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland for the activities referred to in paragraph 1, and shall not exceed:

(i)

EUR 15 000 for Estonia;

(ii)

EUR 80 000 for Latvia;

(iii)

EUR 46 000 for Lithuania;

(iv)

EUR 20 000 for Poland.

3.   The maximum of the cost to be reimbursed to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland for the activities referred to in paragraph 1 shall in average not exceed:

(i)

EUR 0,5 per domestic pig sampled;

(ii)

EUR 5 per wild boar sampled;

(iii)

EUR 2 per ELISA test;

(iv)

EUR 10 per PCR test;

(v)

EUR 10 per virological test.

4.   The expenditure eligible for a financial contribution by the Union for the measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be limited to the costs incurred by the Member States for:

(a)

laboratory testing:

(i)

the purchase of test kits, reagents and all consumables identifiable and especially used for carrying out the laboratory tests;

(ii)

personnel, whatever the status, specifically allocated entirely or in part for carrying out the tests in the premises of the laboratory;

(b)

personnel, whatever the status, specifically allocated to entirelly or in part for the implementation of the surveillance activities of the programmes other than laboratory testing.

(c)

overheads equal to 7 % of the sum of the costs referred to in (a) and (b).

The costs for the personell referred to in points (a)(ii) and (b) are limited to actual salaries plus social security charges and other statuary costs included in the remuneration.

Article 2

1.   In the framework of the emergency measures taken for the protection against ASF in 2013, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland shall be entitled to a specific contribution from the Union to the expenditure incurred for the purchase of equipment and consumables for cleansing and disinfection activities carried out in those Member States after the date of 1 July 2013.

2.   The financial contribution by the Union shall be at the rate of 100 % of the costs to be incurred by Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland for the activities referred to in paragraph 1, and shall not exceed:

(a)

EUR 20 000 for Estonia;

(b)

EUR 735 000 for Latvia;

(c)

EUR 738 000 for Lithuania;

(d)

EUR 98 000 for Poland.

Article 3

1.   In the framework of the emergency measures taken for the protection against ASF in 2013, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland shall be entitled to a specific contribution from the Union to the expenditure incurred for the costs of the awareness campaigns implemented in those Member States after the date of 1 July 2013.

2.   The financial contribution by the Union shall be at the rate of 50 % of the costs to be incurred by Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland for the activities referred to in paragraph 1, and shall not exceed:

(a)

EUR 10 000 for Estonia;

(b)

EUR 14 000 for Latvia;

(c)

EUR 40 000 for Lithuania;

(d)

EUR 25 000 for Poland.

Article 4

1.   In the framework of the emergency measures taken for the protection against ASF in 2013, Lithuania shall be entitled to a specific contribution from the Union to the expenditure incurred for the purchase of repellent substances for wild boars to be used in selected high risk areas of Lithuania after the date of 1 July 2013.

2.   The financial contribution by the Union shall be at the rate of 50 % of the costs to be incurred by Lithuania for the activities referred to in paragraph1, and shall not exceed EUR 30 000.

Article 5

1.   In the framework of the emergency measures taken for the protection against ASF in 2013, Lithuania shall be entitled to specific contribution from the Union to the expenditure incurred for the costs of compensating pig owners for losses caused by early slaughter in the buffer zone of 10 kilometres deep along the border with Belarus.

2.   The financial contribution by the Union shall be at the rate of 30 % of the costs to be incurred by Lithuania and shall not exceed EUR 600 000.

Article 6

1.   The financial contribution from the Union as referred to in Articles 1 to 4 shall be paid on the basis of:

(a)

a final technical report in accordance with Annex I on the technical execution of the surveillance measures referred to in Article 1, including the results attained during the period from 2 July 2013 to 31 December 2013;

(b)

a final financial report, in computerised format, in accordance with Annex II, on the costs incurred during the period from 2 July 2013 to 31 December 2013;

(c)

the results of any on-the-spot checks carried out in accordance with Article 11(1) of Decision 2009/470/EC.

The documents supporting the reports referred to in points (a) and (b) shall be made available for on-the-spot checks referred to in point (c) carried out by the Commission.

2.   The final technical report and the final financial report referred to in paragraph 1(a) and (b) shall be submitted by 30 April 2014 at the latest. If that time limit is not observed, except if duly justified circumstances exist for this delay, the specific financial contribution from the Union shall be reduced by 25 % for every calendar month of delay.

Article 7

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania and the Republic of Poland.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I

ANNEX I

Final technical report on surveillance measures in relation to African swine fever in wild boars and domestic pigs

Member State:

Date:

1.

Technical evaluation of the situation:

1.1.

Epidemiological maps:

1.2.

Information on surveillance:

Member State

Number of domestic pigs sampled

Number of wild boars sampled

Type of test  ( 1 )

Number of tests

Number of positive domestic pigs

Number of positive wild boars

Totals 2013

2.

Achievement of targets and technical difficulties:

3.

Additional epidemiological information: epidemiological inquiries, dead animals found, age distribution of positive reactors, lesions found, etc.:

( 1 )   Indicate: ELISA, PCR, Ag-ELISA, virus isolation, other (specify).

ANNEX II

ANNEX II

Final financial report on emergency measures in relation to African swine fever

Member State:

Date:

1.

Surveillance measures in relation to African swine fever in wild boars and domestic pigs:

Sampling

Category

Cost of sampling

Number of animals sampled

Unit cost per animal sampled

Total cost

Domestic pigs

Wild boars

Personnel

Type

Unit cost

Number of staff

Total costs

Laboratory tests

Number of tests carried out

Cost of tests  ( *1 )

Laboratory test

(1)

Personnel

(2)

Overhead

Total Costs

Serological tests (ELISA)

PCR tests

Virological tests

2.

Cleansing and disinfection:

2(a)   EQUIPMENT

Description

Cost/value (excl. VAT)

Date of purchase

Total

2(b)   CONSUMABLES

Description

Cost/value (excl. VAT)

Date of purchase

Total

3.

Awareness campaigns:

Description of activities

Cost/value (excl. VAT)

Date of delivery

Total

4.

Use of repellents:

CONSUMABLES

Description

Cost/value (excl. VAT)

Date of purchase

Total

5.

Pigs slaughtered in the buffer zone at the border with Belarus — for Lithuania:

Holding identification number

Farmer: Surname & Name

Municipality

Date of slaughtering

Number of animal slaughtered per category

Compensation amount paid per category (excl. VAT)

Total compensation paid (excl. VAT)

Date of payment

sows

boars

piglets

pigs

sows

boars

piglets

pigs

I certify that:

—

this expenditure was actually incurred, accurately accounted for and eligible under the provisions of this Decision,

—

all supporting documents relating to the expenditure are available for inspection,

—

no other Union contribution was requested for these measures and all revenue accruing from operations under them is declared to the Commission,

—

the programme was executed in accordance with the relevant Union legislation,

—

control procedures apply, in particular to verify the accuracy of the amounts declared, to prevent, detect and correct irregularities.

Date:

Name and signature of Operational Director:

( *1 )   All costs are VAT excluded