{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-655/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-655/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2008/655",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 24 July 2008 approving the emergency vaccination plans against bluetongue of certain Member States and fixing the level of the Community’s financial contribution for 2007 and 2008 (notified under document number C(2008) 3757) (Only the Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish texts are authentic) (2008/655/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-655",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Granting of a specific financial contribution from the Community",
  "text": "1. In the context of the emergency measures taken to combat bluetongue in 2007 and 2008 Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and Sweden shall be entitled to a specific contribution from the Community for the bluetongue emergency vaccination plans referred to in Article 1 amounting to:\n(a) 100 % of the cost (not including VAT) of supply of the vaccine;\n(b) 50 % of the costs of salaries and fees paid to personnel carrying out the vaccinations, and 50 % of the cost (not including VAT) of the expenditure directly associated with the vaccinations (including consumables and specific equipment).\n2. The maximum amounts to be reimbursed to the Member States concerned for the costs referred to in paragraph 1 shall not exceed:\n(a) for the purchase of inactivated vaccine, EUR 0,6 per dose;\n(b) for the vaccination of bovine animals, EUR 2 per bovine animal vaccinated regardless the number and types of vaccine doses used;\n(c) for the vaccination of ovine or caprine animals, EUR 0,75 per ovine or caprine vaccinated regardless the number and types of vaccine doses used.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Decision of 9 January 2009 amending Decision 2008/655/EC as regards the approval of the emergency vaccination plans against bluetongue of certain Member States and fixing the level of the Community’s financial contribution for 2007 and 2008 (notified under document number C(2008) 8966) (Only the French, Dutch, Czech, Danish, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Swedish texts are authentic) (2009/19/EC)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/655/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:16:44.726536+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}