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) (c. 712)

CHAPTER I ANNUAL PROGRAMMES

Article 8 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, 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 EUR 0,5 per poultry sampled and EUR 5 per wild bird sampled;

(b) 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

(c) shall not exceed the following:

(i)

EUR 70 000 for Belgium;

(ii)

EUR 40 000 for Bulgaria;

(iii)

EUR 60 000 for the Czech Republic;

(iv)

EUR 80 000 for Denmark;

(v)

EUR 250 000 for Germany;

(vi)

EUR 10 000 for Estonia;

(vii)

EUR 60 000 for Ireland;

(viii)

EUR 50 000 for Greece;

(ix)

EUR 110 000 for Spain;

(x)

EUR 200 000 for France;

(xi)

EUR 800 000 for Italy;

(xii)

EUR 20 000 for Cyprus;

(xiii)

EUR 50 000 for Latvia;

(xiv)

EUR 10 000 for Lithuania;

(xv)

EUR 10 000 for Luxembourg;

(xvi)

EUR 300 000 for Hungary;

(xvii)

EUR 20 000 for Malta;

(xviii)

EUR 300 000 for the Netherlands;

(xix)

EUR 50 000 for Austria;

(xx)

EUR 120 000 for Poland;

(xxi)

EUR 300 000 for Portugal;

(xxii)

EUR 350 000 for Romania;

(xxiii)

EUR 40 000 for Slovenia;

(xxiv)

EUR 30 000 for Slovakia;

(xxv)

EUR 30 000 for Finland;

(xxvi)

EUR 120 000 for Sweden;

(xxvii)

EUR 120 000 for the United Kingdom.

3. The maximum of the costs to be reimbursed to the Member States for the tests 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.