2008/66/EC: Commission Decision of 21 January 2008 on a Community financial contribution for Portugal for its programme for strengthening in 2008 inspection infrastructures for plant-health checks on plants and plant products coming from third countries (notified under document number C(2008) 43)
Date: 2008-01-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, Portugal, financial aid, import, originating product, parasitology, plant disease, plant health control, third country

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 January 2008

on a Community financial contribution for Portugal for its programme for strengthening in 2008
inspection infrastructures for plant-health checks on plants and plant products coming from third
countries

(notified under document number C(2008) 43)

(Only the Portuguese text is authentic)

(2008/66/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 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

a

Portugal

programme

It has applied for

By a letter dated 21 May 2007 (ref. DGPC 070521
000604),
to
introduced
strengthen in 2008 its inspection infrastructures for
checks on plants and plant products coming from third
countries (2).
the allocation of a
Community financial contribution for 2008 for that
programme 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 (3).

(3)

The technical
information provided by Portugal has
enabled the Commission to analyse the situation accu-
rately
and comprehensively. The Commission has
prepared a list of eligible inspection posts strengthening
programmes, which give details of the amount of the

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

last amended by
Commission Directive 2007/41/EC (OJ L 169, 29.6.2007, p. 51).
(2) This programme is the re-introduction with some modifications of
the programme already presented for 2006 and for which the
principle of Community funding had been laid down in Commission
Decision 2006/84/EC (OJ L 40, 11.2.2006, p. 21). Portugal had not
purchased the equipment within the deadline set
in Regulation
(EC) No 998/2002 and decided to re-introduce a programme in
2007.

(3) 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).

proposed Community financial contribution to each
programme. The information has also been examined
by the Standing Committee on Plant Health.

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

Accordingly,
it is appropriate to allocate a Community
financial contribution to cover the expenditure of that
programme for 2008 by 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 cover
for
expenditure to be incurred in 2008 by Portugal
its
programme
is hereby
approved.

strengthening inspection posts

for

Article 2

The maximum amount of
the Community financial contri-
bution as provided for in Article 1 shall be EUR 25 960 and
shall be as set out in the Annex.

Article 3

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

(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

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(b) a request for payment of the Community financial contribution 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.

This Decision is addressed to the Portuguese Republic.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 21 January 2008.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

ANNEX

PROGRAMMES FOR STRENGTHENING INSPECTION POSTS

Programmes with corresponding Community financial contribution to be allocated in 2008

Member State

Names of the inspection posts
(administrative unit, name)

Eligible expenditure

Maximum Community financial
contribution, rate of 50 %

(EUR)

Portugal

Porto (airport)

Leixões (port)

Aveiro (port)

Lisboa (airport)

Lisboa (port)

Setúbal (port)

Sines (port)

Faro (airport)

Ponta Delgada (airport)

Funchal (airport)

4 202

6 182

6 182

4 202

6 182

6 182

6 182

4 202

4 202

4 202

2 101

3 091

3 091

2 101

3 091

3 091

3 091

2 101

2 101

2 101

Total Community financial contribution

25 960