Article 1

United Kingdom

The programmes for the eradication of rabies presented by the Czech Republic, Germany, Estonia, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Austria, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland are hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2006.

The financial contribution by the Community shall be at the rate of 50 % of the costs to be incurred by each Member State referred to in paragraph 1 for the purchase and distribution of vaccine plus baits for the programmes and shall not exceed:

(a)

EUR 390 000 for the Czech Republic;

(b)

EUR 750 000 for Germany;

(c)

EUR 990 000 for Estonia;

(d)

F1EUR 0 for France;

(e)

EUR 650 000 for Latvia;

(f)

EUR 0 for Lithuania;

(g)

EUR 180 000 for Austria;

(h)

EUR 3 750 000 for Poland;

(i)

EUR 300 000 for Slovenia;

(j)

EUR 400 000 for Slovakia;

(k)

EUR 100 000 for Finland.

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

(a)

for the purchase of one vaccine dose EUR 0,5 per dose for the programmes referred to in paragraph 2(c) and (d); and

(b)

for the purchase of one vaccine dose EUR 0,3 per dose for the other programmes referred to in paragraph 2.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Substituted by Commission Decision of 8 December 2006 amending Decisions 2005/723/EC and 2005/873/EC as regards the reallocation of the Community’s financial contribution to certain Member States for their programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases and for checks aimed at the prevention of zoonoses for 2006 (notified under document number C(2006) 5937) (2006/912/EC).