Commission Decision of 20 December 2007 concerning a financial contribution from the Community towards a survey on the prevalence of Salmonella spp. and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in herds of breeding pigs to be carried out in the Member States (notified under document number C(2007) 6579) (2008/55/EC)

Article 6 Maximum amounts to be reimbursed

1. The maximum amounts of the financial contribution from the Community towards the costs to be reimbursed to the Member States for analyses covered by the Salmonella survey shall not exceed the following:

(a) EUR 20 per test for bacteriological detection of Salmonella spp.;

(b) EUR 30 for serotyping of the relevant isolates.

2. The maximum amounts of the financial contribution from the Community towards the costs to be reimbursed to the Member States for analyses covered by the MRSA survey shall not exceed the following:

(a) EUR 30 per test for bacteriological detection of MRSA;

(b) EUR 8 per identification of the presence of MRSA by PCR;

(c) EUR 25 per Staphylococcus type A typing (Spa typing);

(d) EUR 150 per multi locus sequence typing (MLST) of relevant isolates;

(e) EUR 1,25 per swab.