2000/38/EC: Commission Decision of 16 December 1999 on a Community financial contribution to cover expenditure incurred by France for the purpose of combating organisms harmful to plants or plant products (notified under document number C(1999) 4520) (Only the French text is authentic)
Date: 1999-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, France, crop production, financial aid, parasitology, plant health treatment

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 16 December 1999

on a Community financial contribution to cover expenditure incurred by France for the purpose of
combating organisms harmful to plants or plant products

(notified under document number C(1999) 4520)

(Only the French text is authentic)

(2000/38/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December
1976 on protective measures against the introduction into the
Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products
their spread within the Community (1), as last
and against
amended by Commission Directive 1999/53/EC (2), and in
particular Article 19c thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Pursuant to Directive 77/93/EEC, a financial contribu-
tion from the Community may be granted to Member
States to cover expenditure relating directly to the neces-
sary measures which have been taken or are planned to
be taken for the purpose of combating harmful organ-
isms introduced from third countries or from other
areas in the Community, in order to eradicate or, if that
is not possible, to contain them;

and

financial

contribution

the allocation of

such a
France has applied for
Community
supplied
programmes of actions to eradicate: Clavibacter michiga-
nensis ssp. sepedonicus (Smith) Davis et al., the causal
agent of potato ring rot, introduced in France in 1997;
Globodera pallida (Wollenweber) Behrens and Globodera
introduced in France in
rostochiensis (Stone) Behrens,
1997; Xanthomonas axonopolis pv. dieffenbachiae
(Mc
Culloch & Pirone) Vauterin et al., introduced in France in
1997. These programmes specify the objectives to be
achieved, the measures carried out, their duration and
their cost so that the Community may contribute to
financing them;

The Community financial contribution may cover up to
50 % of eligible expenditure;

The expenditure which France has incurred in the years
1997, 1998 and 1999 relates directly to the destruction
of infected plants and plant products, the disinfection of
machinery and premises, plant health inspections, plant
sampling and analyses and financial

losses;

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

The technical
information provided by France has
enabled the Standing Committee on Plant Health to
analyse the situation accurately and comprehensively;

The Overseas Departments benefit of
specific
Community financial contribution for the implementa-
tion of a programme for the eradication and control of
harmful organisms for plants and plant products, other
than Xanthomonas axonopodis;

a

The contribution referred to in Article 2 is without
prejudice to a possible contribution for other expendi-
ture specified in the application by France, but not taken
into account in this Decision, or for further actions
taken or to be taken and necessary for the achievement
of the objective of eradication or control of the relevant
harmful organisms; such a contribution would be the
subject of a subsequent Decision;

The present Decision is without prejudice to the
outcome of the verifications by the Commission under
Article 19d of Directive 77/93/EEC on whether the
introduction of the relevant harmful organisms has been
caused by inadequate examinations or inspections and
the consequences of such verifications;

The measures provided in this Decision are in accord-
ance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
Plant Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The allocation of a Community financial contribution to cover
expenditure incurred by France relating directly to necessary
measures as specified in Article 19c(2) of Directive 77/93/EEC
and taken for the purpose of combating Clavibacter michiga-
nensis, Globodera pallida and Globodera rostochiensis, Xanthomonas
axonopodis,

is hereby approved.

Article 2

(1) OJ L 26, 31.1.1977, p. 20.
(2) OJ L 142, 5.6.1999, p. 29.

The maximum amount of the Community financial contribu-
tion shall be EUR 89 972.

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The repartition of the contribution shall be:
— EUR 5 437 for the measures taken for the purpose of

combating Clavibacter michiganensis,

— EUR 3 821 for the measures taken for the purpose of

combating G. pallida and G. rostochiensis,

— EUR 80 714 for measures

taken for

the purpose of

combating Xanthomonas axonopodis.

Article 3

1.
Subject to the verifications of the Commission under
Article 19d(1) of Directive 77/93/EEC, the Community finan-
cial contribution shall be paid only when evidence of the
measures taken has been given to the Commission through
documentation related to the occurrence and the eradication of
the harmful organisms referred to in Article 1.

The documentation referred to in paragraph 1 shall

2.
include:

(a) an eradication report in respect of each holding on which
plants and plant products were destroyed. The report shall
contain information on:
— location and address of the holding,
— date on which the presence of harmful organism was
suspected and the date on which its presence was
confirmed,

— quantity of plants and plant products destroyed,
— method of destruction and disinfection,
— amount of samples taken for examination and for
testing for the presence of the harmful organism,

— method of testing,
— results of examinations and/or testing,
— presumed origin of the occurrence in France;

(b) a monitoring report on the presence of the harmful organ-
isms in Article 1, and on the extent of the contamination
by these organisms including detailed data of inspections
and tests carried out thereon.

(c) a financial report including the list of beneficiaries and their
addresses, and the amounts paid (excluding VAT and taxes).

This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 16 December 1999.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission