Article 10 Rabies
United Kingdom
The programmes for the eradication of rabies submitted by Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia are hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010.
The financial contribution by the Union shall be at the rate of 75 % of the costs to be incurred by each Member State referred to in paragraph 1 for the cost of carrying out laboratory tests for the detection of rabies antigen or antibodies, the isolation and characterisation of the rabies virus, the detection of biomarker and the titration of vaccine baits, and for the purchase and distribution of vaccine plus baits for the programmes, and shall not exceed:
EUR 1 870 000 for Bulgaria;
EUR 680 000 for Hungary;
EUR 7 380 000 for Poland;
EUR 820 000 for Romania;
EUR 490 000 for Slovakia.
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:
for a serological test: EUR 12 per test;
for a test to detect tetracycline in bone: EUR 12 per test;
for a fluorescent antibody test (FAT): EUR 18 per test.