Commission Decision of 23 November 2010 approving annual and multiannual programmes and the financial contribution from the Union for the eradication, control and monitoring of certain animal diseases and zoonoses presented by the Member States for 2011 and following years (notified under document C(2010) 8125) (2010/712/EU)

Article 9 Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE), bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and scrapie

1. The programmes for the monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE), and for the eradication of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and of scrapie 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 2011 to 31 December 2011.

2. The financial contribution by the Union:

(a) shall include a lump sum of 0,5 EUR per domestic animal sampled;

(b) shall be at the rate of 100 % of the costs to be incurred by each Member State referred to in paragraph 1 for the carrying out of:

(i)

rapid tests performed to fulfil the requirements of Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, Annex III, Chapter A, Parts I and II, points 1 to 5 to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, and Annex VII to that Regulation;

(ii)

confirmatory tests and primary molecular discriminatory tests as referred to in point 3(2)(c)(i) of Chapter C of Annex X to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001;

(c) shall be at the rate of 50 % of the cost incurred by each Member State for:

(i)

the compensation to be paid to owners for the value of their animals culled and destroyed in accordance with their BSE and scrapie eradication programmes;

(ii)

the analysis of samples for genotyping; and

(d) shall not exceed the following:

(i)

EUR 2 300 000 for Belgium;

(ii)

EUR 630 000 for Bulgaria;

(iii)

EUR 1 530 000 for the Czech Republic;

(iv)

EUR 1 570 000 for Denmark;

(v)

EUR 11 750 000 for Germany;

(vi)

EUR 330 000 for Estonia;

(vii)

EUR 4 250 000 for Ireland;

(viii)

EUR 2 500 000 for Greece;

(ix)

EUR 6 150 000 for Spain;

(x)

EUR 19 850 000 for France;

(xi)

EUR 7 000 000 for Italy;

(xii)

EUR 3 200 000 for Cyprus;

(xiii)

EUR 420 000 for Latvia;

(xiv)

EUR 720 000 for Lithuania;

(xv)

EUR 125 000 for Luxembourg;

(xvi)

EUR 1 380 000 for Hungary;

(xvii)

EUR 25 000 for Malta;

(xviii)

EUR 3 530 000 for the Netherlands;

(xix)

EUR 1 800 000 for Austria;

(xx)

EUR 5 440 000 for Poland;

(xxi)

EUR 1 450 000 for Portugal;

(xxii)

EUR 1 850 000 for Romania;

(xxiii)

EUR 275 000 for Slovenia;

(xxiv)

EUR 860 000 for Slovakia;

(xxv)

EUR 680 000 for Finland;

(xxvi)

EUR 1 050 000 for Sweden;

(xxvii)

EUR 6 250 000 for the United Kingdom.

3. The financial contribution by the Union to the programmes referred to in paragraph 1 shall be for the tests performed and for the animals culled and destroyed and the maximum amount shall on average not exceed:

(a) for tests carried out in bovine animals

:

EUR 8 per test;

(b) for tests carried out in ovine and caprine animals

:

EUR 25 per test;

(c) for confirmatory and primary molecular discriminatory tests

:

EUR 175 per test;

(d) for genotyping tests

:

EUR 10 per test;

(e) for culled bovine animals

:

EUR 500 per animal;

(f) for culled sheep or goats

:

EUR 70 per animal.