# Commission Decision of 30 November 2007 approving annual and multi-annual national programmes and the financial contribution from the Community for the eradication, control and monitoring of certain animal diseases and zoonoses, presented by the Member States for 2008 and following years (notified under document number C(2007) 5776) (2007/782/EC), Article 16: Rabies

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The multi-annual programmes for the eradication of rabies submitted by the Czech Republic, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Slovenia, and Finland are hereby approved for the period from:
(a) 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2009 for the Czech Republic and Germany;
(b) 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2010 for Latvia and Finland;
(c) 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2011 for Estonia;
(d) 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2012 for Slovenia.
2. 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 cost of carrying out laboratory tests and for the purchase and distribution of vaccine plus baits for the programmes.
3. The maximum amounts of the costs to be reimbursed to the concerned Member State for the programmes referred to in paragraph 1 shall not exceed:
(a) for an ELISA test EUR 8 per test;
(b) for a test to detect tetracycline in bone EUR 8 per test.
4. The contribution to cover the period for the implement of the multi-annual programmes shall not exceed:
(a) EUR 1 000 000 for the Czech Republic;
(b) EUR 800 000 for Germany;
(c) EUR 4 750 000 for Estonia;
(d) EUR 3 700 000 for Latvia;
(e) EUR 1 750 000 for Slovenia;
(f) EUR 300 000 for Finland.
5. The amounts to be committed for 2008 shall be:
(a) EUR 500 000 for the Czech Republic;
(b) EUR 225 000 for Germany;
(c) EUR 860 000 for Estonia;
(d) EUR 700 000 for Latvia;
(e) EUR 380 000 for Slovenia;
(f) EUR 100 000 for Finland.
6. The amounts to be committed for the following years shall be decided in function of the execution of the programme in 2008. An indication of these amounts (in euro) is given below:
Member state
2009
2010
2011
2012
Czech republic
500 000
Germany
325 000
Latvia
1 250 000
1 250 000
Finland
100 000
100 000
Estonia
1 250 000
1 250 000
1 250 000
Slovenia
350 000
350 000
350 000
350 000

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2007/782/article/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-782/article-16
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