Avian influenza in poultry and wild birds
Article 9
1. The annual surveillance programmes for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds submitted by Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Austria, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom are hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014. 2. The multiannual surveillance programmes for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds submitted by the Czech Republic and Poland are hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2016. 3. The multiannual surveillance programme for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds submitted by the Netherlands is hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2017. 4. The financial contribution by the Union for the year 2014: (a) shall be at a rate of 50 % of the unit cost defined in points 1(f) and 4(g) of Annex I for: (i) the sampling of domestic birds; (ii) ELISA tests; (iii) agar gel immune diffusion tests; (iv) HI test for H5/H7; (v) virus isolation tests; (vi) PCR tests; (b) shall be at a rate of 50 % of the eligible costs to be incurred by each Member State referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 for the delivery of wild birds to the authorities for laboratory testing in the framework of passive surveillance up to a maximum of EUR 5 on average per bird; (c) shall not exceed the following: (i) EUR 50 000 for Belgium; (ii) EUR 25 000 for Bulgaria; (iii) EUR 20 000 for Czech Republic; (iv) EUR 50 000 for Denmark; (v) EUR 55 000 for Germany; (vi) EUR 5 000 for Estonia; (vii) EUR 70 000 for Ireland; (viii) EUR 15 000 for Greece; (ix) EUR 65 000 for Spain; (x) EUR 120 000 for France; (xi) EUR 75 000 for Croatia; (xii) EUR 905 000 for Italy; (xiii) EUR 20 000 for Cyprus; (xiv) EUR 20 000 for Latvia; (xv) EUR 10 000 for Lithuania; (xvi) EUR 10 000 for Luxembourg; (xvii) EUR 160 000 for Hungary; (xviii) EUR 5 000 for Malta; (xix) EUR 160 000 for the Netherlands; (xx) EUR 25 000 for Austria; (xxi) EUR 95 000 for Poland; (xxii) EUR 25 000 for Portugal; (xxiii) EUR 260 000 for Romania; (xxiv) EUR 45 000 for Slovenia; (xxv) EUR 25 000 for Slovakia; (xxvi) EUR 40 000 for Finland; (xxvii) EUR 30 000 for Sweden; (xxviii) EUR 135 000 for the United Kingdom.