Article 1
An application of a Member State for a "plant health import inspection post financial contribution" shall: (a) be made in writing by the Authority referred to in Article 1(4) of the Directive; (b) be addressed to the Commission of the European Communities, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium; (c) be submitted by 1 June, to be examined in the same year. For 2002, the submission date shall exceptionally be postponed to 15 July 2002; (d) include evidence of the equipment and/or facilities intended to be purchased by the Member State, through an appropriate programme to be implemented and including: (i) the location of the inspection post(s) where the equipment and/or facilities will be allocated; (ii) a description of the inspection post, in terms of staff presence, equipment list and nature of main trade of plants and plant products; (iii) the justification for the purchase and/or improvement of the equipment and/or facilities; (iv) the technical description of the equipment and/or facilities needed to be purchased and/or improved; (v) a detailed financial estimate on the planned purchase and/or improvement (excluding VAT and taxes) concerning the above described equipment and/or facilities; (e) concern equipment and/or facilities such as referred to in the Annex of this Regulation, with the exception of consumable goods.