CHAPTER IU.K. ANNUAL PROGRAMMES

Article 9U.K.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, 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 to 31 December 2013.

The survey programme for avian influenza submitted by Croatia is hereby approved for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2013.

2.The financial contribution by the Union:

(a)shall consist of a lump sum compensating for all costs incurred to perform the following activities and/or tests:

(i)

[F1EUR 0,5 per domestic bird sampled;]

(ii)

EUR 5 per wild bird sampled in the framework of the passive surveillance;

(iii)

EUR 1 per ELISA test;

(iv)

EUR 1 per agar gel immune diffusion test;

(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 other than those foreseen in point (a); and

[F1(c) shall not exceed the following:

(i)

EUR 24 000 for Belgium;

(ii)

EUR 9 000 for Bulgaria;

(iii)

EUR 14 000 for the Czech Republic;

(iv)

EUR 53 000 for Denmark;

(v)

EUR 135 000 for Germany;

(vi)

EUR 62 000 for Ireland;

(vii)

EUR 8 000 for Greece;

(viii)

EUR 67 000 for Spain;

(ix)

EUR 108 000 for France;

(x)

EUR 40 000 for Croatia;

(xi)

EUR 1 300 000 for Italy;

(xii)

EUR 4 000 for Cyprus;

(xiii)

EUR 13 000 for Latvia;

(xiv)

EUR 5 000 for Lithuania;

(xv)

EUR 6 000 for Luxembourg;

(xvi)

EUR 61 000 for Hungary;

(xvii)

EUR 8 000 for Malta;

(xviii)

EUR 154 000 for the Netherlands;

(xix)

EUR 30 000 for Austria;

(xx)

EUR 70 000 for Poland;

(xxi)

EUR 14 000 for Portugal;

(xxii)

EUR 350 000 for Romania;

(xxiii)

EUR 29 000 for Slovenia;

(xxiv)

EUR 16 000 for Slovakia;

(xxv)

EUR 25 000 for Finland;

(xxvi)

EUR 30 000 for Sweden;

(xxvii)

EUR 100 000 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) HI test for H5/H7

:

EUR 12 per test;

(b) virus isolation test

:

EUR 40 per test;

(c) PCR test

:

EUR 20 per test.

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