2006/885/EC: Commission Decision of 6 December 2006 on a Community financial contribution for 2006 to cover expenditure incurred by Belgium and Germany for the purpose of combating organisms harmful to plants or plant products (notified under document number C(2006) 5894)
Date: 2006-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, EU aid, EU financing, Germany, parasitology, plant disease, plant health treatment

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 6 December 2006

on a Community financial contribution for 2006 to cover expenditure incurred by Belgium and
Germany for the purpose of combating organisms harmful to plants or plant products

(notified under document number C(2006) 5894)

(Only the French, Dutch and German texts are authentic)

(2006/885/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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 Article 23 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Pursuant
to Directive 2000/29/EC, a financial contri-
bution from the Community may be granted to
Member States to cover expenditure relating directly to
the necessary measures which have been taken or are
planned to be taken for
the purpose of combating
harmful organisms introduced from third countries or
from other areas
to
in order
eradicate or, if that is not possible, to contain them.

in the Community,

each

have

their

plants

territories.

introduced

established

a Community

Belgium and Germany
a
programme of actions to eradicate organisms harmful
These
in
to
programmes specify the objectives to be achieved, the
measures carried out,
their duration and their cost.
Belgium and Germany have applied for the allocation
of
contribution to these
programmes within the time limit set out in Directive
2000/29/EC and in accordance with Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1040/2002 of 14 June 2002 establishing
detailed rules for the implementation of the provisions
relating to the allocation of a financial contribution from
the Community for plant-health control and repealing
Regulation (EC) No 2051/97 (2).

financial

The technical information provided for by Belgium and
Germany has enabled the Commission to analyse the
situation
to
the granting of a
conclude that
Community financial contribution, as
laid down in
particular in Article 23 of Directive 2000/29/EC, have

comprehensively

the conditions

accurately

and

and

for

(4)

(5)

(6)

been met. Accordingly,
it is appropriate to provide a
Community financial contribution to cover the expen-
diture on these programmes.

The Community financial contribution may cover up to
in accordance
50 % of eligible expenditure. However,
with Article 23(5)
the Directive,
third paragraph of
the rate of
the Community financial contribution for
the programme presented by Belgium should be re-
duced as the programme notified by this Member State
has already been the subject of Community funding
and
under Commission Decision
2005/789/EC (4).

2004/772/EC (3)

In accordance with Article 24 of Directive 2000/29/EC
the Commission shall ascertain whether the introduction
of the relevant harmful organism has been caused by
inadequate examinations or inspections and adopt the
measures required by the findings from its verification.

In accordance with Article 3(2)(a) of Council Regulation
(EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of
the common agricultural policy (5), plant-health measures
are to be financed from the European Agricultural
Guarantee Fund. For the purpose of financial control of
these measures Articles 9, 36 and 37 of the above Regu-
lation shall apply.

(7)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The allocation of a Community financial contribution for 2006
to cover expenditure incurred by Belgium and Germany relating
to necessary measures as specified in Article 23(2) of Directive
2000/29/EC and taken for
the purpose of combating the
organisms concerned by the eradication programmes listed in
the Annex is hereby approved.

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

2006/35/EC (OJ L 88, 25.3.2006, p. 9).

(2) OJ L 157, 15.6.2002, p. 38. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 738/2005 (OJ L 122, 14.5.2005, p. 17).

(3) OJ L 341, 17.11.2004, p. 27.
(4) OJ L 296, 12.11.2005, p. 42.
(5) OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 1.

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Article 2

The total amount of the financial contribution referred to

1.
in Article 1 is EUR 101 423.

The maximum amounts of

2.
the Community financial
contribution for each of the programmes shall be as indicated
in the Annex.

Article 3

The Community financial contribution as set out in the Annex
shall be paid on the following conditions:

(a) evidence of

the measures

taken has been given in
accordance with the provisions laid down in Regulation
(EC) No 1040/2002.

The payment of the financial contribution is without prejudice
of the verifications by the Commission under Article 24 of
Directive 2000/29/EC.

Article 4

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

Done at Brussels, 6 December 2006.

(b) a request for payment has been submitted by the Member
in accordance with

State concerned to the Commission,
Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1040/2002.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

ERADICATION PROGRAMMES

SECTION I

Programmes whose Community financial contribution corresponds to 50 % of eligible expenditure

Member State

Harmful organisms combated

Affected plants

Year

Eligible
expenditure
(EUR)

Maximum
Community
contribution
(EUR)
per programme

Germany

Anoplophora glabripennis

Various trees

2004 and 2005

64 554

32 277

Programmes whose Community financial contribution rates differ, in application of degressivity

SECTION II

Member State

Harmful organisms
combated

Affected plants

Year

Belgium

Diabrotica virgifera

Maize

2006

Eligible
expenditure
(EUR)

Rate
(%)

Maximum
Community
contribution
(EUR)

172 865

40

69 146

a

4

Total Community contribution (EUR)

101 423

Legend:
a = Year of implementation of the eradication programme.