2014/910/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 12 December 2014 on a Union financial contribution for 2014 to cover expenditure incurred by Germany, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Austria for the purposes of combating organisms harmful to plants or plant products (notified under document C(2014) 9478)
Financial contribution
1. On the basis of the applications submitted by the Member States and analysed by the Commission, the allocation of Union funding for 2014 to cover expenditure incurred by Germany, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Austria 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 to this Decision, is hereby approved.
On the basis of the application submitted by Spain and analysed by the Commission, the allocation of Union funding for 2014 to cover expenditure incurred by that Member State and relating to further actions, as specified in Article 23(6) of Directive 2000/29/EC, to control Bursaphelenchus xylophilus in the request listed in Annex II to this Decision, is hereby approved.
2. The total amount of the Union funding referred to in paragraph 1 is EUR 5 715 000
. The maximum amounts of the Union funding for each of the requests shall be as indicated in Annex I or II to this Decision, respectively.
3. Those Union fundings shall be financed from the following line of the general budget of the European Union for 2014: budget line 17 04 04.
4. This Decision and its Annexes constitute a financing decision within the meaning of Article 84 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.
Payment of Union contribution
1. The Union funding, as set out in Annexes I and II to this Decision, shall be granted provided that the Member States concerned:
(a)
implement the measures in accordance with the relevant provisions of Union law, including rules on competition and on the award of public contracts;
(b)
submit evidence of the measures in accordance with the provisions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1040/2002;
(c)
submit a request for payment to the Commission, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1040/2002, accompanied by a technical report for the measures implemented.
2. No payment of the Union funding may occur if the request of payment mentioned under point (c) of paragraph 1 is submitted later than 31 October 2015.
Flexibility clause
Cumulated changes to the allocations to specific actions not exceeding 15 % of the maximum contribution set in Article 1 of this Decision shall not be considered to be substantial within the meaning of Article 94(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012, where those changes do not significantly affect the nature of the actions and objective of the programme. The increase of the maximum contribution set in Article 1 of this Decision shall not exceed 15 %.
The authorising officer responsible may adopt the changes referred to in the first paragraph in accordance with the principles of sound financial management and proportionality.
Addressees
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Republic of Austria.
Supplementary provisions
REQUESTS BASED ON ARTICLE 23(5) OF DIRECTIVE 2000/29/EC AND SUBJECT TO UNION FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION
ANNEX ISupplementary provisions
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
Maximum Union contribution (EUR )
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, rural districts of Alb —Donau — Kreis, and Karlsruhe
Diabrotica virgifera
Zea mays
2013
2
12 000
Germany, Baden-Württemberg,
Anoplophora glabripennis
Various tree species
2012 and 2013
1 and 2
79 000
Germany, Bayern
Anoplophora glabripennis
Various tree species
2012 and 2013
1 and 2
388 000
Germany, Hessen
Diabrotica virgifera
Zea mays
2012
2
11 500
Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate
Diabrotica virgifera
Zea mays
2013
2
31 000
Germany, Saxony
Diabrotica virgifera
Zea mays
2012 and 2013
1 and 2
27 000
Spain, Castilla y León, Sancti Spiritu
Bursaphelenchus xylophilus
Coniferous trees
2014
1
279 000
France, Corse
Anoplophora glabripennis
Various tree species
7.2013-7.2014
1
109 000
Italy, Marche
Anoplophora glabripennis
Various tree species
2014
1
178 000
Italy, Sicilia
Citrus tristeza virus
Citrus trees
9.2014-9.2015
1
891 000
Italy, Puglia
Xylella fastidiosa
Olive trees and other hosts
2013 and 2014
1 and 2
751 000
The Netherlands, Winterswijk municipality
Anoplophora glabripennis
Acer pseudoplatanus
2013
2
23 000
The Netherlands, South Holland
Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid
Dahlia sp.
2013 and 2014
1 and 2
72 000
The Netherlands, Westland
Anthonomus eugenii
Capsicum annuum
2012 and 2013
1 and 2
280 000
Austria, Sankt Georgen bei Obernberg am Inn
Anoplophora glabripennis
Various tree species
2012 and 2013
1 and 2
80 000
Austria, Gallspach
Anoplophora glabripennis
Various tree species
2013 and 2014
1 and 2
60 000
Legend: a = year of implementation of the measures in the request
Section II
Requests whose Union financial contribution rates differ, in application of the principle of degressivity
Member State
Harmful organisms combated
Affected plants
Year
a
Rate of cofinancing (%)
Maximum Union contribution (EUR )
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, rural district of Rastatt
Diabrotica virgifera
Zea mays
2013
3
45
5 000
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, rural district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Diabrotica virgifera
Zea mays
2013
4
40
33 000
Germany, Hessen
Diabrotica virgifera
Zea mays
2013
3
45
10 000
Germany, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Anoplophora glabripennis
Various tree species
8.2012-8.2013
4
40
108 000
Spain, Catalonia
Pomacea insularum
Oryza sativa
2014
4
40
235 000
Spain, Galicia, As Neves
Bursaphelenchus xylophilus
Coniferous trees
2014
4
40
1 186 000
Spain, Extremadura, Valverde del Fresno
Bursaphelenchus xylophilus
Coniferous trees
2014
3
45
397 000
France, Alsace
Anoplophora glabripennis
Various tree species
2014
3
45
75 000
The Netherlands, Winterswijk
Anoplophora glabripennis
Acer pseudoplatanus
2014
3
45
22 500
Legend: a = year of implementation of the measures in the request
REQUESTS BASED ON ARTICLE 23(6) OF DIRECTIVE 2000/29/EC AND SUBJECT TO UNION FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION
ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
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
Rate of cofinancing (%)
Maximum Union contribution (EUR )
Spain, intensive inspection programme at the border with Portugal
Bursaphelenchus xylophilus
Coniferous trees
2013
2
75
372 000
Legend: a = year of implementation of the measures in the request.
Total Union contribution (EUR )
5 715 000
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