Commission Decision of 26 November 2009 approving annual and multi-annual programmes and the financial contribution from the Community for the eradication, control and monitoring of certain animal diseases and zoonoses presented by the Member States for 2010 and following years (notified under document C(2009) 9131) (2009/883/EC)

Article 8 U.K. Avian influenza in poultry and wild birds

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, 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 to 31 December 2010.

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 135 000 for Belgium;

(b) EUR 50 000 from Bulgaria;

(c) EUR 85 000 for the Czech Republic;

(d) EUR 200 000 for Denmark;

(e) [F1 EUR 450 000] for Germany;

(f) EUR 10 000 for Estonia;

(g) EUR 110 000 for Ireland;

(h) EUR 70 000 for Greece;

(i) EUR 300 000 for Spain;

(j) EUR 250 000 for France;

(k) [F1 EUR 1 300 000] for Italy;

(l) EUR 20 000 for Cyprus;

(m) EUR 60 000 for Latvia;

(n) EUR for 10 000 Luxembourg;

(o) EUR 300 000 for Hungary;

(p) EUR 10 000 for Malta;

(q) EUR 350 000 for the Netherlands;

(r) EUR 55 000 for Austria;

(s) EUR 100 000 for Poland;

(t) [F1 EUR 40 000] for Portugal;

(u) EUR 400 000 for Romania;

(v) EUR 40 000 for Slovenia;

(w) EUR 35 000 for Slovakia;

(x) EUR 35 000 for Finland;

(y) EUR 200 000 for Sweden;

(z) EUR 300 000 for the United Kingdom.

3. The maximum of the costs to be reimbursed to the Member States for the tests/sampling covered by the programmes shall on average not exceed:

(a) ELISA test

EUR 2 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 40 per test;

(e) PCR test

EUR 20 per test;

(f) sampling wild birds

EUR 20 per sample.

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Decision of 30 November 2010 approving certain amended programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases and zoonoses for the year 2010 and amending Decision 2009/883/EC as regards the financial contribution by the Union for programmes approved by that Decision (notified under document C(2010) 8290) (2010/732/EU).