Calculation of the maximum eligible compensation per animal
Article 4
1. The unit value per animal or product taken into account in calculating Community financial support shall be restricted to an average unit value calculated on the basis of the total amount of compensation for the animals or products concerned, divided by the number of corresponding animals or products. The amount shall not exceed: (a) EUR 900 per bovine animal slaughtered; (b) EUR 125 per pig slaughtered; (c) EUR 100 per sheep or goat slaughtered; (d) EUR 2,20 per laying hen slaughtered; EUR 1,20 per broiler hen slaughtered, (e) EUR 0,20 per hatching egg destroyed; EUR 0,04 per table egg destroyed. Where the average unit value calculated exceeds the maximum amounts stipulated in the first subparagraph, and where it is justified to do so on the basis of the market values communicated by Member States pursuant to Article 6(1) and the observations made in connection with the audits referred to in Article 10, the Commission shall take the calculated value as the basis for calculating the Community contribution. 2. The maximum amounts laid down in paragraph 1 shall be updated and supplemented by the Commission in respect of all or some of the animal categories or products, in order to take account of market trends and the inflation rate.