Article 2 Bovine tuberculosis
United Kingdom
The programmes for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis submitted by Ireland, Spain, Italy, Portugal and the United Kingdom are hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2011.
The financial contribution by the Union:
shall include a lump sum of EUR 0,5 per domestic animal sampled:
- (i)
for a gamma-interferon test;
- (ii)
suspected positive in the slaughterhouse;
shall be at the rate of F160 % of the costs to be incurred by each Member State referred to in paragraph 1 for:
- (i)
the costs of carrying out tuberculin and laboratory tests;
- (ii)
the compensation to be paid to owners for the value of their animals slaughtered subject to those programmes; and
shall not exceed the following:
- (i)
EUR 16 000 000 for Ireland;
- (ii)
EUR 18 500 000 for Spain;
- (iii)
EUR 5 500 000 for Italy;
- (iv)
EUR 1 440 000 for Portugal;
- (v)
EUR 26 500 000 for the United Kingdom.
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:
(a) for a tuberculin testEUR 2,4 per test;
EUR 6 per test;
EUR 375 per animal.