2007/877/EC: Commission Decision of 19 December 2007 on a Community financial contribution for 2007 to cover expenditure incurred by Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Finland for the purpose of combating organisms harmful to plants or plant products (notified under document number C(2007) 6405)
Date: 2007-12-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU financing, action programme, parasitology, plant disease, plant health control

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 19 December 2007

on a Community financial contribution for 2007 to cover expenditure incurred by Belgium,
Germany, France, the Netherlands and Finland for the purpose of combating organisms harmful
to plants or plant products

(notified under document number C(2007) 6405)

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

(2007/877/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
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 Article 23 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

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,

Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Finland
have each established a programme of actions
to
eradicate organisms harmful
to plants introduced in
their territories. These programmes specify the objectives
to be achieved, the measures carried out, their duration
the Neth-
and their cost. Belgium, Germany, France,
erlands and Finland have applied for the allocation of a
Community financial contribution to these programmes
within the time limit set out in Directive 2000/29/EC
and in accordance with Commission Regulation (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 Regu-
lation (EC) No 2051/97 (2).

by

provided

technical

information

Belgium,
The
the Netherlands and Finland has
Germany, France,
enabled the Commission to analyse the situation accu-
rately and comprehensively and to conclude that
the
conditions for the granting of a Community financial
contribution, as laid down in particular in Article 23
of Directive 2000/29/EC, have been met. Accordingly,
is appropriate to provide a Community financial
it
contribution to cover
on these
programmes.

expenditure

the

(4)

(5)

(6)

The Community financial contribution may cover up to
50 % of eligible expenditure. However,
in accordance
with Article 23(5) third paragraph of the Directive, the
rate of the Community financial contribution for the
programme presented by Germany and a part of the
programme of
the Netherlands should be reduced as
the programmes notified by these Member States have
already been the subject of Community funding respec-
tively under Commission Decision 2006/885/EC (3)
for Germany and Decision 2005/789/EC (4)
the
Netherlands.

for

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 (5) on the financing
of the common agricultural policy, 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,

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

2007/41/EC (OJ L 169, 29.6.2007, p. 51).

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

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

(3) OJ L 341, 7.12.2006, p. 43.
(4) OJ L 296, 12.11.2005, p. 42.
(5) OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1437/2007 (OJ L 322, 7.12.2007, p. 1).

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The allocation of a Community financial contribution for 2007
to cover expenditure incurred by Belgium, Germany, France, the
Netherlands and Finland 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.

Article 2

The total amount of the financial contribution referred to

1.
in Article 1 is EUR 694 273.

The maximum amounts of

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

(a) evidence of

the measures

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

(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.

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, the
Federal Republic of Germany,
the
Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Finnish Republic.

French Republic,

the

Done at Brussels, 19 December 2007.

Article 3

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

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

Belgium

Diabrotica virgifera

Maize

2005 and 2006

67 331

33 665

Finland

Bemisia tabaci

France

Diabrotica virgifera

The Netherlands

Diabrotica virgifera

Euphorbia
pulcherrima

Maize

Maize

2006 and 2007

109 262

54 631

2005 and 2006

871 548

435 774

2005

282 557

141 278

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

SECTION II

Member State

Harmful organisms
combated

Affected plants

Year

Germany

Anoplophora
glabripennis

Various trees

2006

The Netherlands

Diabrotica virgifera

Maize

2005
(Alsmeer area)

Eligible
expenditure
(EUR)

26 950

37 330

a

3

3

Rate
(%)

45

45

Maximum
Community
contribution
(EUR)

12 127

16 798

Total Community contribution (EUR)

694 273

Legend:

a = Year of implementation of the eradication programme.