2002/988/EC: Commission Decision of 17 December 2002 on a Community financial contribution for certain Member States in order to strengthen inspection infrastructures for plant-health checks on plants and plant products coming from third countries (notified under document number C(2002) 5076)
Date: 2002-12-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, capital goods, crop production, originating product, plant health control, third country

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 17 December 2002

on a Community financial contribution for certain Member States in order to strengthen inspec-
tion infrastructures for plant-health checks on plants and plant products coming from third coun-
tries

(notified under document number C(2002) 5076)

(Only the German, French, Italian and Swedish texts are authentic)

(2002/988/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000
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 2002/36/EC (2), and in
particular the sixth subparagraph of Article 13(9) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Pursuant to Directive 2000/29/EC, a Community finan-
cial contribution is to be granted to Member States in
order to strengthen inspection infrastructures for plant-
health checks on plants and plant products coming from
third countries.

Germany, France, Italy and Sweden have each established
a programme to strengthen their inspection infrastruc-
tures for checks on plants and plant products coming
from third countries. They have applied for the alloca-
tion of a Community financial contribution for those
programmes in accordance with Commission Regulation
(EC) No 998/2002 of 11 June 2002 establishing detailed
rules for the implementation of the provisions relating
to the allocation of a Community financial contribution
for Member States in order to strengthen inspection
infrastructures for plant health checks on plants and
plant products coming from third countries (3).

The technical
information provided for by Germany,
France, Italy and Sweden has enabled the Commission to
analyse the situation accurately and comprehensively.
The Commission has prepared a list of eligible inspec-
tion posts' strengthening programmes, which give details
of the amount of the proposed Community financial
contribution to each programme. The information has
also been examined by the Standing Committee on Plant
Health. Each programme included in the list has been
individually approved. The Commission has concluded
that
in Directive
2000/29/EC and Regulation (EC) No 998/2002 for the
grant of a Community financial contribution have been
met.

the conditions and criteria set out

(4)

Accordingly, it is appropriate to provide a Community
financial contribution to cover the expenditure on those
programmes.

(1) OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 116, 3.5.2002, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 152, 12.6.2002, p. 16. Number as corrected by the corri-

gendum published in OJ L 153, 13.6.2002, p. 18.

(5)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor-
dance 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 to be incurred by Germany, France,
Italy and
Sweden for their inspection posts strengthening programmes is
hereby approved.

Article 2

The total amount of the Community financial contribu-

1.
tion referred to in Article 1 shall be EUR 201 172.

The maximum amount of

the Community financial
2.
contribution for each concerned Member State shall be as
follows:

(a) EUR 26 904: Germany;

(b) EUR 45 007: France;

(c) EUR 93 030: Italy;

(d) EUR 36 231: Sweden.

3.
The maximum Community financial contribution for
each inspection posts' strengthening programme shall be as set
out in the Annex.

Article 3

The Community financial contribution per programme as set
out in the Annex shall only be paid when:

(a) evidence of the purchase and/or improvement of the equip-
ment and/or facilities listed in the programme has been
given by the Member State concerned to the Commission
by appropriate documentation; and

(b) a request for payment of the Community financial contri-
bution has been submitted by the Member State concerned
to the Commission, in accordance with the rules provided
for in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 998/2002.

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This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, the Italian Republic
and the Kingdom of Sweden.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 17 December 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

INSPECTION POSTS' STRENGTHENING PROGRAMMES

Programmes with corresponding Community financial contribution

Member State

Names of the inspection posts (administrative unit,
name)

Eligible expenditure
(EUR)

Maximum Community
financial contribution
(EUR)

Germany

Baden-Würtemberg, Flughafen Stuttgart

Baden-Würtemberg, Lahr-Schwarzwald

Berlin

Brandenburg, Schönefeld

Hessen, Frankfurt Flughafen

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Pomellen

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Mukran

Niedersachsen, Emden

Niedersachsen, Brake

Niedersachsen, Oldenburg-Kreyenbrück

Niedersachsen, Wilhemshaven

Sachsen, Halle/Leipzig Flughafen

Sachsen-Anhalt, Magdeburg

France

Brest

Cognac

La Palice

Le Havre

Lyon

Marseille

Metz-Nancy

Montpellier

Nantes

Nice

Orly

Perpignan

Roissy

Rouen-Dieppe

Toulouse

2 300

11 251

13 117

430

22 364

899

500

750

560

1 200

580

5 401

1 000

8 296

851

1 273

11 766

5 270

12 168

2 842

9 750

5 356

206

13 720

5 812

5 031

10 125

3 048

1 150

5 574

5 773

215

8 748

449

250

375

280

600

290

2 700

500

4 040

425

636

5 883

2 635

6 084

1 421

4 260

2 678

103

5 630

2 816

1 810

5 062

1 524

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Member State

Names of the inspection posts (administrative unit,
name)

Eligible expenditure
(EUR)

Italy

Emilia Romagna, Ravenna

Lazio, Fiumicino 1

Lazio, Fiumicino 2

Liguria, Genova

Lombardia, Linate

Lombardia, Malpensa 1

Lombardia, Malpensa 2

Lombardia, Malpensa Orio al Serio

Marche, Ancona

Piemonte, Torino Caselle

Puglia, Bari

Toscana, Livorno Porto

Veneto, Chioggia e Marghera

Sicilia, Palermo porto

Sicilia, Catania Porto

Sweden

Alnarp

Helsingborg

Göteborg

Jönköping

Stockholm

46 500

11 500

4 400

0

15 300

21 100

15 300

15 300

7 000

5 986

19 800

13 800

22 000

11 000

11 000

54 943

8 651

11 337

561

2 686

Maximum Community
financial contribution
(EUR)

19 160

4 160

2 200

0

7 160

9 940

7 160

7 160

2 910

2 920

9 310

5 310

7 820

3 910

3 910

26 519

3 398

4 716

280

1 318

Total Community financial contribution (EUR)

201 172