# 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 18: Enzootic bovine leucosis

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

1. The multi-annual programmes for the eradication of enzootic bovine leucosis submitted by Italy, Latvia, and Portugal are hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2010.
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 compensation to owners for the value of their animals slaughtered subject to those programmes.
3. 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 an ELISA test EUR 0,5 per test;
(b) for an agar gel immune diffusion test EUR 0,5 per test.
4. The contribution to cover the period for the implementation of the multi-annual programmes shall not exceed:
(a) EUR 2 000 000 for Italy;
(b) EUR 170 000 for Latvia;
(c) EUR 1 000 000 for Portugal.
5. The amounts to be committed for 2008 shall be:
(a) EUR 650 000 for Italy;
(b) EUR 60 000 for Latvia;
(c) EUR 350 000 for Portugal.
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
Italy
800 000
800 000
Latvia
55 000
55 000
Portugal
350 000
350 000

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2007/782/article/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-782/article-18
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