Article 2
1. The Community financial contribution shall be paid on the basis of: (a) the supporting documents submitted by France on the swift and adequate compensation of owners; (b) the results of the Commission checks referred to in Article 3. 2. However, France may obtain, on request, an advance of EUR 3,3 million as soon as this Decision has been adopted. 3. The documents referred to in paragraph 1 shall include an epidemiological report covering each holding on which animals have been slaughtered and destroyed, and a financial report. The financial report shall take account of the categories of the animals destroyed, or slaughtered and destroyed in each farm due to foot-and-mouth. These reports shall be provided in computerised form in accordance with Annex 1. 4. The supporting documents relating to the measures taken in the period referred to in Article 1 shall be forwarded no later than 1 September 2001. 5. For the purposes of this Decision, "adequate compensation" means animals compensated at the value the animals had immediately before they became affected.