Commission Implementing Decision of 30 November 2012 approving annual and multiannual programmes and the financial contribution from the Union for the eradication, control and monitoring of certain animal diseases and zoonoses presented by the Member States for 2013 (notified under document C(2012) 8682) (2012/761/EU)

Article 11U.K.Rabies

1.The programmes for the eradication of rabies submitted by Bulgaria, Greece, Estonia, Italy, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia are hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2013.

2.The financial contribution by the Union:

(a)shall include a lump sum of EUR 5 per wild animal sampled;

(b)shall be at the rate of 75 % of the costs to be incurred by each Member State referred to in paragraph 1 for the cost of:

(i)

carrying out laboratory tests for the detection of rabies antigen or antibodies;

(ii)

the isolation and characterisation of rabies virus;

(iii)

the detection of biomarker and the titration of vaccine baits;

(iv)

the purchase and distribution of oral vaccine plus baits;

(v)

the purchase and administration of parenteral vaccines to grazing animals;

(c)shall be at the rate of 75 % of the costs to be incurred by Greece for the salaries of contractual staff specially recruited for laboratory work under that programme; and

(d)shall not exceed the following:

(i)

EUR 1 540 000 for Bulgaria;

(ii)

[F1EUR  1 500 000 for Greece;]

(iii)

EUR 620 000 for Estonia;

(iv)

EUR 200 000 for Italy;

(v)

EUR 3 150 000 for Lithuania;

(vi)

EUR 1 620 000 for Hungary;

(vii)

[F1EUR  6 850 000 for Poland;]

(viii)

EUR 6 000 000 for Romania;

(ix)

EUR 800 000 for Slovenia;

(x)

EUR 400 000 for Slovakia.

3.The maximum of the costs to be reimbursed to the Member States for the programmes referred to in paragraph 1 shall on average not exceed:

(a) for a serological test

:

EUR 12 per test;

(b) for a test to detect tetracycline in bone

:

EUR 12 per test;

(c) for a fluorescent antibody test (FAT)

:

EUR 18 per test;

(d) for the purchase of oral vaccine plus baits

:

EUR 0,60 per dose;

(e) for the distribution of oral vaccine plus baits

:

EUR 0,35 per dose.

4.Notwithstanding paragraph 2 points (a) and (b) and paragraph 3, for the part of the Lithuanian and Polish programmes that will be implemented outside these Member States’ territories, the financial contribution by the Union shall:

(a)be granted only for the costs of the purchase and of the distribution of oral vaccine plus baits;

(b)be at the rate of 100 %; and

[F1(c) not exceed:

(i)

EUR  1 260 000 for the part of the Lithuanian programme implemented in Belarus;

(ii)

EUR  1 255 000 for the part of the Polish programme implemented in Ukraine;

(iii)

EUR  295 000 for the part of the Polish programme implemented in Belarus.]

5.The maximum of the costs to be reimbursed for the costs referred to in paragraph 4 shall on average not exceed for the purchase and the distribution of oral vaccine plus baits EUR 0,95 per dose.

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