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)

• Articles: 6

Article 1 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.

Article 2 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.

Article 3 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.

Article 4 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.

Schedules & Appendices

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

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

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

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