Avian influenza in poultry and wild birds
Article 8
1. The survey programmes for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds submitted by Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom are hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009. 2. The financial contribution by the Community shall be at the rate of 50 % of the costs to be incurred by each Member State for the costs of carrying out laboratory tests and a lump sum for sampling of wild birds, and shall not exceed: (a) EUR 90 000 for Belgium; (b) EUR 70 000 from Bulgaria; (c) EUR 60 000 for the Czech Republic; (d) EUR 200 000 for Denmark; (e) EUR 500 000 for Germany; (f) EUR 7 000 for Estonia; (g) EUR 60 000 for Ireland; (h) EUR 70 000 for Greece; (i) EUR 350 000 for Spain; (j) EUR 200 000 for France; (k) EUR 550 000 for Italy; (l) EUR 15 000 for Cyprus; (m) EUR 30 000 for Latvia; (n) EUR 40 000 for Lithuania; (o) EUR for 10 000 Luxembourg; (p) EUR 180 000 for Hungary; (q) EUR 7 000 for Malta; (r) EUR 500 000 for the Netherlands; (s) EUR 50 000 for Austria; (t) EUR 80 000 for Poland; (u) EUR 200 000 for Portugal; (v) EUR 400 000 for Romania; (w) EUR 55 000 for Slovenia; (x) EUR 50 000 for Slovakia; (y) EUR 35 000 for Finland; (z) EUR 280 000 for Sweden; (za) EUR 380 000 for the United Kingdom. 3. The maximum of the costs to be reimbursed to the Member States for the tests covered by the programmes shall on average not exceed: (a) ELISA test EUR 1 per test; (b) agar gel immune diffusion test EUR 1,2 per test; (c) HI test for H5/H7 EUR 12 per test; (d) virus isolation test EUR 30 per test; (e) PCR test EUR 15 per test; (f) sampling wild birds EUR 20 per sample.