Granting of a financial contribution from the Community to Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
Article 1
1. In the context of the emergency measures taken to combat bluetongue in 2006 and 2007, Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands shall be entitled to a financial contribution from the Community amounting to 50 % of the expenditure incurred for the costs of the laboratory tests for serological and virological surveillance and for the costs of entomological surveillance, including the purchase of traps. 2. The maximum amounts of the costs to be reimbursed to Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands for an ELISA test for serological surveillance referred to in paragraph 1 shall not exceed EUR 2,5 per test carried out. 3. The financial contribution from the Community shall exclude value added tax.