Commission Implementing Decision of 16 December 2014 approving certain amended programmes for the eradication, control and monitoring of animal diseases and zoonoses for the year 2014 and amending Implementing Decision 2013/722/EU as regards the Union financial contribution for certain programmes approved by that Decision (notified under document C(2014) 9650) (2014/925/EU)

Article 5 U.K. Amendments to Implementing Decision 2013/722/EU

Implementing Decision 2013/722/EU is amended as follows:

(1)

in Article 2(2), point (b)(iii) is replaced by the following:

‘(iii) bacteriological/PCR tests up to a maximum of EUR 10 on average per test’

(2)

in Article 2(2), point (c) is replaced by the following:

‘(c) shall not exceed the following:

(i)

EUR 5 100 000 for Spain;

(ii)

EUR 150 000 for Croatia;

(iii)

EUR 2 715 000 for Italy;

(iv)

EUR 805 000 for Portugal;

(v)

EUR 1 560 000 for the United Kingdom.’

(3)

the introductory phrase of Article 3(2) is replaced by the following:

‘2. The financial contribution by the Union to the Member States referred to in paragraph 1:’

(4)

in Article 3(2), point (b)(i) is replaced by the following:

‘(i) bacteriological/PCR tests up to a maximum of EUR 10 on average per test’

(5)

in Article 3(2), point (c) is replaced by the following:

‘(c) shall not exceed the following:

(i)

EUR 12 700 000 for Ireland;

(ii)

EUR 14 000 000 for Spain;

(iii)

EUR 330 000 for Croatia;

(iv)

EUR 5 100 000 for Italy;

(v)

EUR 1 035 000 for Portugal;

(vi)

EUR 31 000 000 for the United Kingdom.’

(6)

Article 3(3) is replaced by the following:

‘3. By derogation to Article 3(2), when the costs of the tuberculin testing are not directly incurred by the Member State, the financial contribution by the Union shall be limited to 50 % of the real costs incurred by the Member State for the purchase of tuberculin.’

(7)

in Article 4(2), point (b)(i) is replaced by the following:

‘(i) bacteriological/PCR tests up to a maximum of EUR 10 on average per test’

(8)

in Article 4(2), point (c) is replaced by the following:

‘(c) shall not exceed the following:

(i)

EUR 7 300 000 for Spain;

(ii)

EUR 385 000 for Croatia;

(iii)

EUR 3 935 000 for Italy;

(iv)

EUR 160 000 for Cyprus;

(v)

EUR 1 125 000 for Portugal.’

(9)

in Article 5, the first paragraph is replaced by the following:

‘1. The programmes for the eradication and monitoring of bluetongue in domestic animals submitted by Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, and Finland are hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014.’

(10)

in Article 5(2), point (c) is replaced by the following:

‘(c) shall not exceed the following:

(i)

EUR 11 000 for Belgium;

(ii)

EUR 100 000 for Bulgaria;

(iii)

EUR 72 000 for Germany;

(iv)

EUR 3 000 for Estonia;

(v)

EUR 75 000 for Greece;

(vi)

EUR 850 000 for Spain;

(vii)

EUR 170 000 for France;

(viii)

EUR 2 150 000 for Italy;

(ix)

EUR 6 000 for Latvia;

(x)

EUR 8 000 for Lithuania;

(xi)

EUR 5 000 for Malta;

(xii)

EUR 5 000 for Austria;

(xiii)

EUR 25 000 for Poland;

(xiv)

EUR 155 000 for Portugal;

(xv)

EUR 115 000 for Romania;

(xvi)

EUR 16 000 for Slovenia;

(xvii)

EUR 25 000 for Slovakia;

(xviii)

EUR 5 000 for Finland.’

(11)

in Article 6(8), point (c) is replaced by the following:

‘(c) shall not exceed the following:

(i)

EUR 1 000 000 for Belgium;

(ii)

EUR 70 000 for Bulgaria;

(iii)

EUR 175 000 for the programme of the Czech Republic referred to in paragraph 3;

(iv)

EUR 710 000 for the programme of the Czech Republic referred to in paragraph 4;

(v)

EUR 320 000 for Denmark;

(vi)

EUR 980 000 for Germany;

(vii)

EUR 10 000 for Estonia;

(viii)

EUR 25 000 for Ireland;

(ix)

EUR 860 000 for Greece;

(x)

EUR 1 390 000 for Spain;

(xi)

EUR 1 360 000 for France;

(xii)

EUR 205 000 for Croatia;

(xiii)

EUR 1 700 000 for Italy;

(xiv)

EUR 95 000 for Cyprus;

(xv)

EUR 75 000 for Latvia;

(xvi)

EUR 10 000 for Luxembourg;

(xvii)

EUR 1 940 000 for Hungary;

(xviii)

EUR 20 000 for Malta;

(xix)

EUR 2 880 000 for the Netherlands;

(xx)

EUR 1 190 000 for Austria;

(xxi)

EUR 20 000 for the programme of Poland referred to in paragraph 2;

(xxii)

EUR 3 180 000 for the programme of Poland referred to in paragraph 6;

(xxiii)

EUR 35 000 for Portugal;

(xxiv)

EUR 250 000 for Romania;

(xxv)

EUR 35 000 for Slovenia;

(xxvi)

EUR 2 500 000 for Slovakia;

(xxvii)

EUR 150 000 for the United Kingdom.’

(12)

In Article 7(2), point (c) is replaced by the following:

‘(c) shall not exceed the following:

(i)

EUR 150 000 for Bulgaria;

(ii)

EUR 710 000 for Germany;

(iii)

EUR 35 000 for France;

(iv)

EUR 145 000 for Croatia;

(v)

EUR 170 000 for Latvia;

(vi)

EUR 60 000 for Hungary;

(vii)

EUR 835 000 for Romania;

(viii)

EUR 485 000 for Slovakia.’

(13)

Article 7(3) is deleted.

(14)

in Article 8(2), point (c) is replaced by the following:

‘(c) shall not exceed EUR 815 000 for Italy.’

(15)

in Article 9(4), point (c) is replaced by the following:

‘(c) shall not exceed the following:

(i)

EUR 50 000 for Belgium;

(ii)

EUR 15 000 for Bulgaria;

(iii)

EUR 15 000 for the Czech Republic;

(iv)

EUR 65 000 for Germany;

(v)

EUR 5 000 for Estonia;

(vi)

EUR 70 000 for Ireland;

(vii)

EUR 15 000 for Greece;

(viii)

EUR 65 000 for Spain;

(ix)

EUR 120 000 for France;

(x)

EUR 40 000 for Croatia;

(xi)

EUR 1 115 000 for Italy;

(xii)

EUR 20 000 for Cyprus;

(xiii)

EUR 20 000 for Latvia;

(xiv)

EUR 10 000 for Lithuania;

(xv)

EUR 10 000 for Luxembourg;

(xvi)

EUR 165 000 for Hungary;

(xvii)

EUR 5 000 for Malta;

(xviii)

EUR 160 000 for the Netherlands;

(xix)

EUR 25 000 for Austria;

(xx)

EUR 95 000 for Poland;

(xxi)

EUR 25 000 for Portugal;

(xxii)

EUR 165 000 for Romania;

(xxiii)

EUR 45 000 for Slovenia;

(xxiv)

EUR 25 000 for Slovakia;

(xxv)

EUR 40 000 for Finland;

(xxvi)

EUR 30 000 for Sweden;

(xxvii)

EUR 140 000 for the United Kingdom.’

(16)

in Article 10(4), point (e) is replaced by the following:

‘(e) shall not exceed the following:

(i)

EUR 260 000 for Belgium;

(ii)

EUR 330 000 for Bulgaria;

(iii)

EUR 165 000 for the Czech Republic;

(iv)

EUR 2 390 000 for Germany;

(v)

EUR 45 000 for Estonia;

(vi)

EUR 755 000 for Ireland;

(vii)

EUR 1 355 000 for Greece;

(viii)

EUR 1 525 000 for Spain;

(ix)

EUR 7 700 000 for France;

(x)

EUR 2 115 000 for Italy;

(xi)

EUR 300 000 for Croatia;

(xii)

EUR 815 000 for Cyprus;

(xiii)

EUR 65 000 for Latvia;

(xiv)

EUR 75 000 for Lithuania;

(xv)

EUR 30 000 for Luxembourg;

(xvi)

EUR 660 000 for Hungary;

(xvii)

EUR 15 000 for Malta;

(xviii)

EUR 465 000 for the Netherlands;

(xix)

EUR 175 000 for Austria;

(xx)

EUR 1 220 000 for Poland;

(xxi)

EUR 475 000 for Portugal;

(xxii)

EUR 1 060 000 for Romania;

(xxiii)

EUR 115 000 for Slovenia;

(xxiv)

EUR 170 000 for Slovakia;

(xxv)

EUR 100 000 for Finland;

(xxvi)

EUR 105 000 for Sweden;

(xxvii)

EUR 1 475 000 for the United Kingdom.’

(17)

in Article 11(6), point (c) is replaced by the following:

‘(c) shall not exceed the following:

(i)

EUR 1 665 000 for Bulgaria;

(ii)

EUR 1 300 000 for Greece;

(iii)

EUR 460 000 for Estonia;

(iv)

EUR 140 000 for Italy;

(v)

EUR 1 400 000 for Croatia;

(vi)

EUR 400 000 for Latvia;

(vii)

EUR 2 350 000 for Lithuania;

(viii)

EUR 1 970 000 for Hungary;

(ix)

EUR 6 400 000 for Poland;

(x)

EUR 3 000 000 for Romania;

(xi)

EUR 810 000 for Slovenia;

(xii)

EUR 285 000 for Slovakia;

(xiii)

EUR 250 000 for Finland.’

(18)

in Article 11(7), point (c) is replaced by the following:

‘(c) not exceed:

(i)

EUR 110 000 for the part of the Estonian programme implemented in the Russian Federation;

(ii)

EUR 400 000 for the part of the Latvian programme implemented in Belarus;

(iii)

EUR 1 110 000 for the part of the Lithuanian programme implemented in Belarus;

(iv)

EUR 1 500 000 for the part of the Polish programme implemented in Ukraine;

(v)

EUR 95 000 for the part of the Finnish programme implemented in the Russian Federation.’

(19)

Article 13(2) is replaced by the following:

‘2. Only costs incurred in carrying out the annual or multiannual programmes referred to Articles 2 to 12 and paid before the submission of the final report by the Member State shall be eligible for co-financing by means of a financial contribution by the Union with the exception of costs referred to in Article 11(7).’

(20)

in Annex I, the table set out in point 3 is replaced by the following:

‘3. Tuberculin testing under the bovine tuberculosis programmes:

(in EUR)
Member State	Unit cost
Croatia Portugal	1,12
Spain	2,63
Ireland Italy United Kingdom	4,36’