2006/84/EC: Commission Decision of  6 February 2006  on a Community financial contribution for Germany and Portugal for their programmes for strengthening inspection infrastructures for plant-health checks on plants and plant products coming from third countries  (notified under document number C(2006) 238)
Date: 2006-02-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, Germany, Portugal, plant health control

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 6 February 2006

on a Community financial contribution for Germany and Portugal for their programmes for
strengthening inspection infrastructures for plant-health checks on plants and plant products
coming from third countries

(notified under document number C(2006) 238)

(Only the German and Portuguese texts are authentic)

(2006/84/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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), and in
and against
particular the sixth subparagraph of Article 13c(5) thereof.

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Directive 2000/29/EC provides
a Community
financial contribution to be granted to Member States
in order
for
plant-health checks on plants
and plant products
coming from third countries.

to strengthen inspection infrastructures

for

and

each

have

Portugal

established

Germany
a
programme to strengthen their inspection infrastructure
for checks on plants and plant products coming from
third countries. They have applied for the allocation of a
Community financial contribution for 2006 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 infra-
structures for plant health checks on plants and plant
products coming from third countries (2).

accurately

comprehensively.

The technical information provided for by Germany and
Portugal has enabled the Commission to analyse the
The
and
situation
Commission has prepared a list of eligible inspection
posts strengthening programmes, which give details of
the amount of the proposed Community financial contri-
bution to each programme. The information has also
been examined by the Standing Committee on Plant
Health.

Each programme included in that list has been indivi-
dually assessed for approval. The Commission has
in
concluded that
Directive
(EC) No
and
998/2002 for the grant of a Community financial contri-
bution have been met.

the conditions and criteria set out

2000/29/EC

Regulation

Accordingly,
it is appropriate to allocate a Community
financial contribution to cover the expenditure of those
programmes for 2006 by Germany and Portugal.

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on Plant Health,

the

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

of

opinion

(4)

(5)

(6)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The allocation of a Community financial contribution to
1.
cover expenditure to be incurred in 2006 by Germany for its
programme
is hereby
approved.

strengthening inspection posts

for

(1) OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1. Directive as

last amended by
Commission Directive 2005/77/EC (OJ L 296, 12.11.2005, p. 17).
(2) OJ L 152, 12.6.2002, p. 16. The Regulation was published as Regu-
lation (EC) No 997/2002 but the number was corrected by a corri-
gendum (OJ L 153, 13.6.2002, p. 18).

2.
The allocation of a Community financial contribution to
cover expenditure to be incurred in 2006 by Portugal for its
programme
is hereby
approved.

strengthening inspection posts

for

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Article 2

The total amount of

1.
bution as provided for in Article 1 shall be EUR 45 625.

the Community financial contri-

(a) evidence of

the purchase and/or

the
equipment and/or facilities listed in the programme has
been given by the Member State
concerned to the
Commission by appropriate documentation; and

improvement of

The maximum amount of

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

(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.

(a) EUR 22 025: Germany;

(b) EUR 23 600: Portugal.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany
and the Portuguese Republic.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 February 2006.

Article 3

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

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

PROGRAMMES FOR STRENGTHENING INSPECTION POSTS

Programmes with corresponding Community financial contribution to be allocated in 2006

Member State

Names of the inspection posts
(administrative unit, name)

Eligible expenditure

Maximum Community
Financial contribution

(EUR)

Germany

Hessen, Frankfurt Flughafen, entry
point 7.2

Hessen, Gießen ZA Kassel, entry
point 7.3

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rostock,
entry points 8.2 and 8.3

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Wismar,
entry point 8.4

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sassnitz-
Mukran, entry points 8.5 and 8.6

Niedersachsen, ZA Wilhelmshaven,
entry point 9.5

Saarland, ZA Flughafen Saarbrücken
and ZA Im Hauptgüterbahnhof,
entry point 12.1 and 12.2

Schleswig-Holstein, Einlassstelle Kiel,
entry points 15.3 to 15.6

Thüringen, Erfurt-Kühnhausen,
entry point 16.1

Portugal

Porto (airport)

Leixões (port)

Aveiro (port)

Lisboa (airport)

Lisboa (port)

Setúbal (port)

Sines (port)

Faro (airport)

Ponta Delgada (airport)

Funchal (airport)

17 600

2 300

520

520

520

460

500

5 050

16 580

3 820

5 620

5 620

3 820

5 620

5 620

5 620

3 820

3 820

3 820

8 800

1 150

260

260

260

230

250

2 525

8 290

1 910

2 810

2 810

1 910

2 810

2 810

2 810

1 910

1 910

1 910

Total Community financial contribution

45 625