CHAPTER I U.K. ANNUAL PROGRAMMES

Article 2 U.K. Bovine tuberculosis

1. The programmes for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis submitted by Ireland, Spain, Italy, Portugal 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 domestic animal sampled:

(i)

for a gamma-interferon test;

(ii)

suspected positive in the slaughterhouse;

(b) shall be at the rate of [F1 60 %] of the costs to be incurred by each Member State referred to in paragraph 1 for:

(i)

the costs of carrying out tuberculin and laboratory tests;

(ii)

the compensation to be paid to owners for the value of their animals slaughtered subject to those programmes; and

[F1 (c) shall not exceed the following:

(i)

EUR  16 000 000 for Ireland;

(ii)

EUR  18 500 000 for Spain;

(iii)

EUR  5 500 000 for Italy;

(iv)

EUR  1 440 000 for Portugal;

(v)

EUR  26 500 000 for the United Kingdom.]

3. The maximum of the costs to be reimbursed to the Member States for the programmes referred to in paragraph 1 shall on average not exceed:

[F1 (a) for a tuberculin test

:

EUR 2,4 per test;

(b) for a gamma-interferon test

:

EUR 6 per test;]

(c) for animals slaughtered

:

EUR 375 per animal.

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision of 19 December 2011 approving certain amended programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases and zoonoses for the year 2011 and amending Decision 2010/712/EU as regards the financial contribution by the Union for programmes approved by that Decision (notified under document C(2011) 9478) (2011/862/EU).