Article 1
1.
The Union shall grant the Netherlands financial assistance for their studies on Q fever, as summarised in the Annex. The present Decision constitutes a financing decision in the meaning of Article 75 of the Financial Regulation.
2.
The following conditions must be fulfilled:
(a)
the outcomes of the studies must be made available to the Commission and all Member States and presented at the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health;
(b)
the Netherlands must forward a final technical and financial report to the Commission on 31 March 2012 at the latest, the financial report accompanied by supporting documents justifying evidence as to the costs incurred and the results attained.
Article 2
1.
The maximum contribution authorised by this Decision for the costs incurred for the work referred to in Article 1(1) is set at EUR 500 000 to be financed from the following Budgetary Line of the General Budget of the European Union for 2011:
Budgetary Line No 17 04 02 01: EUR 500 000.
2.
The Union’s financial assistance shall be paid following presentation of the reports and supporting documents referred to Article 1(2)(b).
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Netherlands.
Done at Brussels, 8 February 2011.
For the Commission
John Dalli
Member of the Commission