CHAPTER IANNUAL PROGRAMMES

Article 11Rabies

1.

The programmes for the eradication of rabies submitted by Bulgaria, Greece, Estonia, Italy, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia are hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2013.

2.

The financial contribution by the Union:

(a)

shall include a lump sum of EUR 5 per wild animal sampled;

(b)

shall be at the rate of 75 % of the costs to be incurred by each Member State referred to in paragraph 1 for the cost of:

  1. (i)

    carrying out laboratory tests for the detection of rabies antigen or antibodies;

  2. (ii)

    the isolation and characterisation of rabies virus;

  3. (iii)

    the detection of biomarker and the titration of vaccine baits;

  4. (iv)

    the purchase and distribution of oral vaccine plus baits;

  5. (v)

    the purchase and administration of parenteral vaccines to grazing animals;

(c)

shall be at the rate of 75 % of the costs to be incurred by Greece for the salaries of contractual staff specially recruited for laboratory work under that programme; and

F1(d)

shall not exceed the following:

  1. (i)

    EUR 1 650 000 for Bulgaria;

  2. (ii)

    EUR 1 500 000 for Greece;

  3. (iii)

    EUR 620 000 for Estonia;

  4. (iv)

    EUR 190 000 for Italy;

  5. (v)

    EUR 2 200 000 for Lithuania;

  6. (vi)

    EUR 1 080 000 for Hungary;

  7. (vii)

    EUR 7 240 000 for Poland;

  8. (viii)

    EUR 2 300 000 for Romania;

  9. (ix)

    EUR 810 000 for Slovenia;

  10. (x)

    EUR 380 000 for Slovakia.

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:

  • (a) for a serological test

    EUR 12 per test;

  • (b) for a test to detect tetracycline in bone

    EUR 12 per test;

  • (c) for a fluorescent antibody test (FAT)

    EUR 18 per test;

  • (d) for the purchase of oral vaccine plus baits

    EUR 0,60 per dose;

  • (e) for the distribution of oral vaccine plus baits

    EUR 0,35 per dose.

4.

Notwithstanding paragraph 2 points (a) and (b) and paragraph 3, for the part of the Lithuanian and Polish programmes that will be implemented outside these Member States’ territories, the financial contribution by the Union shall:

(a)

be granted only for the costs of the purchase and of the distribution of oral vaccine plus baits;

(b)

be at the rate of 100 %; and

F2(c)

not exceed:

  1. (i)

    EUR  1 260 000 for the part of the Lithuanian programme implemented in Belarus;

  2. (ii)

    EUR  1 255 000 for the part of the Polish programme implemented in Ukraine;

  3. (iii)

    EUR  295 000 for the part of the Polish programme implemented in Belarus.

5.

The maximum of the costs to be reimbursed for the costs referred to in paragraph 4 shall on average not exceed for the purchase and the distribution of oral vaccine plus baits EUR 0,95 per dose.