Commission Implementing Decision of 4 July 2012 concerning a financial contribution by the Union to certain Member States to support voluntary surveillance studies on honeybee colony losses (notified under document C(2012) 4396) (Only the Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic) (2012/362/EU) (c. 362)

ANNEX III U.K. ELIGIBILITY RULES

1. Laboratory costs U.K.

• Staff costs shall be limited to actual attributable labour costs (remuneration, wages, social charges and retirement costs) accrued in implementation of the study and performing laboratory tests. To this end monthly timesheets have to be maintained.

• Daily rate will be calculated on a 220 working days/year.

• Reimbursement of consumables shall be based on actual costs incurred by Member States to perform the tests at the laboratory.

• Test kits, reagents and all consumables shall only be reimbursed if used specifically in the performance of the following tests:

  • varroa count (washing),

  • detection and characterisation of deformed wing virus (DWV), the acute bee paralysis virus (ABPV), the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida) and the tropilaelaps mite),

  • clinical observation (including symptom observation foulbrood, nosema, viruses) microsporidian parasite (Nosema spp.) spore counts, cultures, microscopic examination and biochemical tests to identify the causal agent European foulbrood (Melissococcus plutonius) and American foulbrood (Paenibacillus larvae),

  • American foulbrood — confirmation of the identity of the causal agent American foulbrood and European foulbrood via polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

2. Sampling and monitoring costs U.K.

• Costs for sampling and monitoring can only be claimed it they are directly linked to visits of apiaries.

• Staff costs shall be limited to actual attributable labour costs (remuneration, wages, social charges and retirement costs) accrued in implementation of the study. To this end monthly timesheets have to be maintained.

• Daily rate will be calculated on a 220 working days/year.

• Reimbursement of consumables shall be based on actual costs incurred by Member States and shall only be reimbursed if used specifically during visits to the apiaries.

3. Overheads U.K.

A flat rate contribution of 7 % calculated on the basis of all direct eligible costs may be claimed.

4. The expenditure submitted by the Member States for a financial contribution by the Union shall be expressed in euro and shall exclude value added tax (VAT) and all other taxes. U.K.