2009/147/EC: Commission Decision of 19 February 2009 on a Community financial contribution for 2008 to cover expenditure incurred by Germany, the Netherlands and Slovenia for the purpose of combating organisms harmful to plants or plant products (notified under document number C(2009) 1013)
Date: 2009-02-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU financing, action programme, financial control, parasitology, plant disease

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 19 February 2009

on a Community financial contribution for 2008 to cover expenditure incurred by Germany, the
Netherlands and Slovenia for the purpose of combating organisms harmful to plants or plant
products

(notified under document number C(2009) 1013)

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

(2009/147/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 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,

Germany, the Netherlands and Slovenia have each estab­
lished 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 and their cost.
Germany,
the Netherlands and Slovenia have applied
for the allocation of a Community financial contribution
to these programmes within the time limit set out in
accordance with
and
Directive
Commission Regulation
of
14 June 2002 establishing detailed rules for the im­
plementation 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).

2000/29/EC

1040/2002

(EC) No

in

information provided by Germany,

The technical
the
Netherlands and Slovenia has enabled the Commission
to analyse the situation accurately 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
it is appropriate to provide a
been met. Accordingly,
Community financial contribution to cover the expen­
diture on these programmes.

(4)

(5)

(6)

third

The Community financial contribution may cover up to
50 % of eligible expenditure. However,
in accordance
of Directive
paragraph
with Article 23(5)
2000/29/EC, the rate of the Community financial contri­
bution for part of the programme presented by the Neth­
erlands for the control of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera Le
Conte should be reduced as the programme notified by
this Member State has already been the subject of
Community
under Commission Decision
2007/877/EC (3).

funding

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 (4), 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.
(2) OJ L 157, 15.6.2002, p. 38.

(3) OJ L 344, 28.12.2007, p. 51.
(4) OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 1.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

(a) evidence of

the measures

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

The allocation of a Community financial contribution for 2008
to cover expenditure incurred by Germany, the Netherlands and
specified in
Slovenia
Article 23(2) of Directive 2000/29/EC and taken for
the
purpose of combating the organisms concerned by the eradi­
cation programmes listed in the Annex is hereby approved.

relating to necessary measures

as

(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
to the verifications by the Commission under Article 24 of
Directive 2000/29/EC.

Article 2

Article 4

The total amount of the financial contribution referred to

1.
in Article 1 is EUR 871 953.

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany,
the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Republic of Slovenia.

The maximum amounts of

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

Done at Brussels, 19 February 2009.

Article 3

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

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
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
per programme
(EUR)

Diabrotica virgifera

Zea mays

2007

481 817

240 908

Germany, Baden-
Wurttemberg
region

Germany, Bavaria
region

Diabrotica virgifera

Zea mays

Netherlands

Diabrotica virgifera

Zea mays

Netherlands

PSTVd

Netherlands

TRSV

Slovenia

Dryocosmus
kuriphilus

Brugmansia spp.,
Solanum jasmi­
noides

Hemerocallis spp.,
Iris spp.

Castanea sp.

2007

2006

2006, 2007

197 319

98 659

125 320

687 606

62 660

343 803

2006

2007

148 589

74 294

41 307

20 653

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

Member State

Netherlands

Harmful
organisms
combated

Diabrotica
virgifera

Affected plants

Year

Zea mays

2007

a

3

Eligible
expenditure
(EUR)

68 837

Rate
(%)

45

Maximum
Community
contribution
(EUR)

30 976

Total Community contribution (EUR)

871 953

Legend:

a = Year of implementation of the eradication programme.