Article 1
1. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 23(4), first subparagraph, of Directive 2000/29/EC, Member States' applications for the allocation of a financial contribution from the Community for plant-health control pursuant to Article 23(5) of Directive 2000/29/EC shall be submitted in writing by 30 April at the latest of each year by the authority referred to in Article 1(4) of that Directive for examination in that year and addressed to the Commission of the European Communities, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium. 2. Applications shall include information on the eradication programme in respect of the harmful organism for which a financial contribution for plant-health control is requested, in particular: (a) general information on the appearance of the relevant harmful organism, including details as the date on which its presence was suspected or confirmed, and the presumed cause of the appearance; (b) the necessary measures which have been taken or are planned for combating the relevant harmful organism, their expected duration and where available, the results obtained, the actual or estimated cost of the expenditure incurred or to be incurred, and the proportion of such expenditure covered or to be covered from public funds. The duration shall be no more than two years after the date of detection of the appearance of the relevant harmful organism, except in duly justified cases, where two such further applications of each one year may be submitted.