{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-897/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-897/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2008/897",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 28 November 2008 approving annual and multi-annual 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 2009 and following years (notified under document number C(2008) 7415) (2008/897/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-897",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Bluetongue in endemic or high risk areas",
  "text": "1. The programmes for the eradication and monitoring of bluetongue submitted by Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Finland and Sweden are hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009.\n2. 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 the vaccination, the laboratory tests for virological, serological and entomological surveillance and the purchase of traps and vaccines and shall not exceed:\n(a) EUR 4 450 000 for Belgium;\n(b) EUR 5 000 for Bulgaria;\n(c) EUR 2 350 000 for the Czech Republic;\n(d) EUR 50 000 for Denmark;\n( e ) EUR 16 650 000 for Germany;\n( f ) EUR 90 000 for Estonia;\n( g ) EUR 60 000 for Ireland;\n(h) EUR 50 000 for Greece;\n(i) EUR 21 000 000 for Spain;\n( j ) EUR 55 000 000 for France;\n( k ) EUR 2 000 000 for Italy;\n( l ) EUR 20 000 for Latvia;\n(m) EUR 0 for Lithuania;\n(n) EUR 510 000 for Luxembourg;\n(o) EUR 300 000 for Hungary;\n(p) EUR 5 000 for Malta;\n(q) EUR 50 000 for the Netherlands;\n( r ) EUR 3 550 000 for Austria;\n( s ) EUR 100 000 for Poland;\n( t ) EUR 2 700 000 for Portugal;\n( u ) EUR 100 000 for Romania;\n(v) EUR 910 000 for Slovenia;\n( w ) EUR 490 000 for Finland;\n( x ) EUR 1 600 000 for Sweden.\n3. The maximum of the costs to be reimbursed to the Member States for the programmes referred to in paragraph 1 shall on average not exceed:\n(a) for an ELISA test EUR 2,5 per test;\n(b) for a PCR test EUR 10 per test;\n(c) for the purchase of monovalent vaccines EUR 0,3 per dose;\n(d) for the purchase of bivalent vaccines EUR 0,45 per dose;\n(e) for the administration of vaccines to bovine animals EUR 1,50 per bovine animal vaccinated, regardless of the number and types of doses used;\n(f) for the administration of vaccines to ovine or caprine animals EUR 0,75 per ovine or caprine animal vaccinated, regardless of the number and types of doses used.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Decision of 22 July 2009 approving certain amended programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases and zoonoses for the year 2009 and amending Decision 2008/897/EC as regards the Community’s financial contribution to certain Member States for programmes approved by that Decision (notified under document number C(2009) 5475) (2009/560/EC)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Decision of 27 November 2009 approving certain amended programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases and zoonoses for the year 2009 and amending Decision 2008/897/EC as regards the reallocation of the Community’s financial contribution to certain Member States for programmes approved by that Decision and by Decision 2009/560/EC (notified under document C(2009) 9193) (2009/858/EC)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/897/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:16:38.887472+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."
}