Preliminary information on estimated costs
Article 1
In order to be granted a financial contribution of the Union the Member States shall provide, within 2 months from the official confirmation of the presence of a pest referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014, preliminary information concerning the outbreak of the pest. The notifications to the Commission as described in Articles 1 and 2 of Implementing Decision 2014/917/EU are considered as such preliminary information. No later than 6 months after the official confirmation of the presence of the pest, Member States shall submit to the Commission an application for a grant pursuant to Article 16(1) of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 by means of an electronic file, in accordance with the template set out in Annex I to this Decision. The application shall contain the following information: (a) the estimated operational costs as referred to in Article 18(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014; (b) the estimated costs of service contracts with third parties as referred to in Article 18(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014; (c) the estimated costs of compensation to owners and the operators as referred to in Article 18(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014; (d) where applicable, the estimated other costs essential for the eradication of the pest as referred to in Article 18(1)(e) of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014, together with an appropriate justification. Every 3 months after the submission of the information referred to in the second paragraph, Member States shall submit updated information on the costs referred to in that paragraph. Applications for a grant on the estimated cost essential for the eradication and/or containment of a pest for which an application was already sent in previous calendar years, should contain the updated version of Annex I to this decision.