2013/800/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 18 December 2013 on a Union financial contribution for 2013 to cover expenditure incurred by Germany, Spain, France, the Netherlands and Portugal for the purposes of combating organisms harmful to plants or plant products (notified under document C(2013) 8999)

• Articles: 6

Article 1

1.   On the basis of the requests submitted by the Member States and analysed by the Commission, the allocation of a Union financial contribution for 2013 to cover expenditure incurred by Germany, Spain, France, 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 requests listed in Annex I, is hereby approved.

2.   On the basis of the requests submitted by Spain and Portugal, and analysed by the Commission, the allocation of a Union financial contribution for 2013 to cover expenditure incurred by those Member States and relating to further actions, as specified in Article 23(6), to control Bursaphelenchus xylophilus in the requests listed in Annex II, is hereby approved.

Article 2

The total amount of the Union financial contribution referred to in Article 1(1) and (2) is EUR 7 713 355,31. The maximum amounts of the Union financial contribution for each of the requests shall be as indicated in Annex I or II respectively.

Article 3

The Union financial contribution as set out in Annexes I and II 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) 2 nd paragraph, Article 23(10) and Article 24 of Directive 2000/29/EC.

No payment of the Union financial contribution will occur if the request of payment mentioned under point (b) is submitted later than 31 October 2014. Exceptionally, for the measures taken at a later stage in 2014 by Portugal in the buffer zone with Spain, the deadline of submission of that request shall be 31 October 2015.

Article 4

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

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I

ANNEX I

REQUESTS BASED ON ARTICLE 23(5) OF DIRECTIVE 2000/29/EC AND SUBJECT TO UNION FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION

Section I

Requests whose Union financial contribution corresponds to 50 % of eligible expenditure

Member State

Harmful organisms combated

Affected plants

Year

a

Eligible expenditure, including overheads (EUR)

Maximum Union contribution (EUR)

Germany, Rheinland-Pfalz

Diabrotica virgifera

Zea mays

2012

1

37 925,05

18 962,52

Germany, Baden-Württemberg, rural district of Alb-Donaukreis, Biberach, Karlsruhe and Ravensburg (year 1 of the measures), Rastatt (year 2 of the measures)

Diabrotica virgifera

Zea mays

2012

1 or 2

76 335,15

38 167,58

Spain, Extremadura (outbreak 2012)

Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

Coniferous trees

2013

2

873 501,52

436 750,76

France, Alsace

Anoplophora glabripennis

Various tree species

November 2012 to October 2013

2

157 334,94

78 667,47

The Netherlands, Winterswijk

Anoplophora glabripennis

Various tree species

July to October 2012

1

389 548,48

194 774,24

Section II

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

Member State

Harmful organisms combated

Affected plants or plant products

Year

a

Eligible expenditure, including overheads (EUR)

Rate (%)

Maximum Union contribution (EUR)

Germany, Baden-Württemberg, rural district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald and Freiburg city

Diabrotica virgifera

Zea mays

2012

3

17 716,79

45

7 972,56

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

Diabrotica virgifera

Zea mays

2012

4

48 067,72

40

19 227,09

Germany, Nordrhein-Westfalen

Anoplophora glabripennis

Various tree species

8.2011 - 8.2012

3

156 536,72

45

70 441,52

Spain, Catalonia

Pomacea insularum

Oryza sativa

2013

4

1 685 969,84

40

674 387,93

Spain, Galicia

Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

Coniferous trees

2013

4

1 632 820

40

653 128

France, PACA region

Rhynchophorus ferrugineus

Palmaceae

October 2012 until September 2013

4

476 231,32

40

190 492,52

Portugal, Setubal area, heat treatment

Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

Wood and wood packaging material

2013

4

35 845

40

14 338

Legend : a = year of implementation of the measures in the request.

ANNEX II

ANNEX II

REQUESTS BASED ON ARTICLE 23(6) OF DIRECTIVE 2000/29/EC AND SUBJECT TO UNION FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION

Member State

Harmful organisms combated

Affected plants or plant products

Year

a

Eligible expenditure, including overheads (EUR)

Rate (%)

Maximum Union contribution (EUR)

Spain, Intensive inspection programme at the border with Portugal

Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

Coniferous trees

2012

1

533 935,71

75

400 451,75

Portugal, Continental Portugal, buffer zone at the border with Spain

Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

Coniferous trees

2013 and 2014

1 and 2

6 554 124,50

(= 7 490 428 × 87,5 %, i.e. with a reduction of 12,5 % corresponding linearly to one trimester in 2013 out of eight for the two years)

75

4 915 593,37

Legend : a = year of implementation of the measures in the request.

Total Union contribution (EUR)

7 713 355,31