2007/100/EC: Commission Decision of 14 February 2007 on a Community financial contribution for Belgium for its programme for strengthening in 2007 inspection infrastructures for plant-health checks on plants and plant products coming from third countries (notified under document number C(2007) 414)
Date: 2007-02-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, EU financing, crop production, originating product, plant health control, third country

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 February 2007

on a Community financial contribution for Belgium for its programme for strengthening in 2007
inspection infrastructures for plant-health checks on plants and plant products coming from third
countries

(notified under document number C(2007) 414)

(Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic)

(2007/100/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
the introduction into the
on protective measures against
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
for
in order
plant-health checks on plants
and plant products
coming from third countries.

to strengthen inspection infrastructures

for

Belgium has established a programme to strengthen in
2007 its inspection infrastructures for checks on plants
and plant products coming from third countries. It has
applied for the allocation of a Community financial
contribution for 2007 for its programme in accordance
with Commission Regulation (EC) No 998/2002 of 11
June 2002 establishing detailed rules for the implemen-
tation 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 (2).

a

list of

and comprehensively. The Commission has
rately
for
inspection posts
prepared
strengthening, which give details of the amount of the
proposed Community financial contribution to each
inspection post. The
also been
examined by the Standing Committee on Plant Health.

information has

eligible

the conditions and criteria set out

After assessment of the programme, the Commission has
in
concluded that
Directive
(EC) No
and
998/2002 for the grant of a Community financial contri-
bution have been met.

2000/29/EC

Regulation

it is appropriate to allocate a Community
Accordingly,
financial contribution to cover the expenditure of the
programme for 2007 presented by Belgium.

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 cover
its
expenditure to be incurred in 2007 by Belgium for
is hereby
programme
approved.

strengthening inspection posts

for

(3)

The technical information provided for by Belgium has
enabled the Commission to analyse the situation accu-

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

last amended by

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

Article 2

The maximum amount of
the Community financial contri-
bution as provided for in Article 1 shall be EUR 48 842,63
and shall be as set out in the Annex.

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Article 3

Article 4

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

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium.

(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

Done at Brussels, 14 February 2007.

(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.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

PROGRAMME FOR STRENGTHENING INSPECTION POSTS

Programme with corresponding Community financial contribution to be allocated in 2007

(EUR)

Member State

Names of the inspection posts
(administrative unit, name)

Eligible expenditure

Maximum Community financial
contribution, rate of 50 %

Belgium

Antwerpen

Gent

Liège (Bierset)

Oostende

Zaventem

Zeebrugge

21 823,83

2 658,98

2 943,05

21 821,40

25 399,21

23 038,81

Total Community financial contribution

10 911,92

1 329,49

1 471,52

10 910,70

12 699,60

11 519,40

48 842,63