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THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 of 30 January 2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union(1) and in particular the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 17(3),
Whereas:
(1) Growing conditions in the French overseas departments require special measures concerning crop production. Those measures include expensive plant health measures.
(2) Commission Decision 2007/609/EC of 10 September 2007 on the definition of the measures eligible for Community financing in the programmes for the control of organisms harmful to plants and plant products in the French overseas departments, in the Azores and in Madeira(2) defines the measures eligible for Community financing under programmes for the control of organisms harmful to plants and plant products in the French overseas departments, the Azores and Madeira.
(3) The French authorities have submitted to the Commission a programme for 2008 providing for plant health measures in the French overseas departments. That programme specifies the objectives to be achieved, the expected deliverables, the measures to be carried out, their duration and their cost with a view to a possible Community financial contribution. The measures provided for in that programme fulfill the requirements of Decision 2007/609/EC.
(4) In accordance with Article 3(2)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy(3), planthealth measures are to be financed from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund. For the purposes of financial control of those measures Articles 9, 36 and 37 of that Regulation apply.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
A Community financial contribution to France for the official programme for the control of organisms harmful to plants and plant products in the French overseas departments for 2008, as specified in Part A of the Annex, is approved.
It shall be limited to 60 % of the total eligible expenditure, as specified in Part B of the Annex, with a maximum of EUR 282 000 (VAT excluded).
1.An advance of EUR 100 000 shall be paid within 60 days after receipt of a request for payment by France.
2.The balance of the financial contribution shall be paid provided that a final implementation report on the programme is submitted to the Commission in electronic form by 15 March 2009 at the latest.
That report shall contain:
(a)a concise technical evaluation of the entire programme, including the degree of achievement of physical and qualitative objectives and of progress accomplished, and an assessment of the immediate phytosanitary and economic impact, and
(b)a financial cost statement indicating the actual expenditure broken down by sub-programme and by measure.
3.With respect to the indicative budget breakdown specified in Part B of the Annex, France may adjust the financing between different measures in the same sub-programme within a limit of 15 % of the Community contribution to this sub-programme, provided that the total amount of eligible costs scheduled in the programme is not exceeded and that the main objectives of the programme are not thereby compromised.
It shall inform the Commission of any adjustments made.
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2008.
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Done at Brussels, 12 March 2008.
For the Commission
Androulla Vassiliou
Member of the Commission
The programme shall consist of four sub-programmes:
inter-DOM sub-programme:
Measure 1.1: development of detection methods for harmful organisms based on quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
sub-programme for the department of Martinique:
Measure 2.1: plant health evaluation and diagnostics by use of the regional laboratory and its mobile unit (labo vert), and integrated control of pests in vegetable crops;
sub-programme for the department of Guyane:
Measure 3.1: set up of an agricultural phytosanitary warning system for rice production;
Measure 3.2: strengthening of the diagnosis capacity by the use of the regional laboratory and its mobile unit (labo vert);
sub-programme for the department of Guadeloupe:
Measure 4.1: organisation of a survey network for fruit flies;
Measure 4.2: management of the risk of introduction of harmful organisms by the touristic activity;
Measure 4.3: study on the possible integrated control of the manioc ant;
Measure 4.4: development of a competence pool for the control of rodents in rural and urban areas
Sub-programmes | Nature of deliverable(S: provision of services, R: research or study work) | Eligible expenditure | National contribution | EC contribution |
---|---|---|---|---|
Inter-DOM sub-programme | ||||
Measure 1,1 | Quantitative PCR (R) | 155 000 | 62 000 | 93 000 |
Sub-total | 155 000 | 62 000 | 93 000 | |
Martinique | ||||
Measure 2,1 | On-site phytosanitary diagnostics and integrated control of pests in vegetable crops (S) | 95 000 | 38 000 | 57 000 |
Sub-total | 95 000 | 38 000 | 57 000 | |
Guyane | ||||
Measure 3,1 | Modelised phytosanitary warning system (R) | 115 000 | ||
Measure 3,2 | On-site phytosanitary diagnostics (S) | 31 000 | ||
Sub-total | 146 000 | 58 400 | 87 600 | |
Guadeloupe | ||||
Measure 4,1 | Organisation of a survey network for fruit flies (S) | 12 000 | ||
Measure 4,2 | Actions of communication to the public on the risks of introduction of harmful organisms (S) | 12 000 | ||
Measure 4,3 | Study on the possible integrated control of a harmful organism (R) | 30 000 | ||
Measure 4,4 | Development of a competence pool for the control of rodents in rural and urban areas (R) | 20 000 | ||
Sub-total | 74 000 | 29 600 | 44 400 | |
Total | 470 000 | 188 000 | 282 000 |
OJ L 42, 14.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1276/2007 (OJ L 284, 30.10.2007, p. 11).
OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1437/2007 (OJ L 322, 7.12.2007, p. 1).
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