Article 2
1
The financial contribution shall not exceed, in total, EUR 60 000.
2
The financial contribution shall include a lump sum of EUR 5 per wild animal collected and sent for rabies investigation under the plan.
3
The financial contribution shall be at the rate of 75 % of the costs to be incurred under the plan for the laboratory tests for the detection of rabies infection and for the isolation and characterisation of rabies virus.
Those costs shall include:
a
the costs paid for the purchase of test kits, reagents and all consumables used to carry out the laboratory tests;
b
overheads equal to 7 % of the total sum of the costs referred to in point (a).
However, the maximum amount of the costs to be reimbursed for a fluorescent antibody test (FAT) shall not exceed, in total, EUR 12 per test.
4
The financial contribution shall be at the rate of 75 % of the costs for personnel specifically hired for carrying out the laboratory tests referred to in paragraph 3.
Those costs shall include:
a
the fee paid for the personnel or their actual salaries plus social security charges and other statutory costs included in their remuneration;
b
overheads equal to 7 % of the total sum of the costs referred to in point (a).
However, the maximum amount of the costs to be reimbursed for such personnel shall not exceed, in total, EUR 25 000.