Commission Decision of 5 February 2010 concerning a financial contribution from the Union towards a coordinated monitoring programme on the prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in certain ready-to-eat foods to be carried out in the Member States (notified under document C(2010) 592) (2010/75/EU)

Article 6 Conditions for granting a Union financial contribution

1. A financial contribution from the Union of a total amount of 1 555 300 euros from budget line 17 04 02 towards the costs of the analyses provided for in Article 4(2) shall be granted to the Member States up to the maximum total amount for co-financing set out in Annex III.

2. The financial contribution from the Union provided for in paragraph 1 shall be paid to the Member States provided that the coordinated monitoring programme is carried out in accordance with the relevant provisions of Union law, including rules on competition and on the award of public contracts, and subject to compliance with the following conditions:

The final report on the completion of the coordinated monitoring programme must be submitted to the Commission before 31 May 2011; the report must contain:

(i)

all the information set out in Part D of Annex I;

(ii)

supporting evidence for the costs incurred by the Member States for the analyses; that evidence must comprise at least the information set out in Annex IV.

3. In the case of late submission of the final report referred to in paragraph 2 the financial contribution from the Union shall be reduced by 25 % on 1 July 2011, 50 % on 1 August 2011 and 100 % on 1 September 2011.