Article 48
1. The programme for the control of salmonella in breeding poultry presented by Lithuania is hereby approved for the period 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2004. 2. The financial contribution by the Community shall be at the rate of 50 % of the costs to be incurred by Lithuania for the implementation of the programme referred to in paragraph 1, and shall not exceed EUR 400000. The financial contribution by the Community shall be for: (a) either the destruction of breeding poultry or the difference between the estimated value of such breeding poultry and the income from the sale of the heat-treated meat obtained from this poultry; (b) the destruction of incubated hatching eggs; (c) either the destruction of non-incubated hatching eggs or the difference between the estimated value of such non-incubated hatching eggs and the income from the sale of the heat-treated egg products obtained from those eggs; (d) the purchase of vaccines in so far as they do not interfere with the implementation of the programme; (e) the costs of bacteriological tests performed in the framework of official sampling as laid down in Annex III, section I of Council Directive 92/117/EEC, up to a maximum amount of EUR 5 per test to be reimbursed to the Member State.