Article 2 Granting of a financial contribution from the Community to France

For the purposes of combating bluetongue in 2004 and during the first half of 2005, France is entitled, for the campaign of vaccination against bluetongue in Corsica, to a financial contribution from the Community amounting to:

• 100 % of the costs incurred (not including VAT) in purchasing 300 000 doses of inactivated serotype 2 vaccine,

• 50 % of the costs of salaries and fees paid to personnel specifically employed to carry out the vaccinations, and 50 % of the cost (not including VAT) of the expenditure directly associated with the vaccinations (consumables and small items of equipment).