Article 2 Eligible costs

The Union financial contribution:

1. (a)

   shall be at a rate of 50 % of the costs incurred by each Member State to implement the monitoring referred to in Article 1 of Implementing Decision 2013/652/EU and performed by the competent authority;

2. (b)

   shall not exceed the following:

   1. (i)

      EUR 8 for staff costs per caecal sampling;

   2. (ii)

      EUR 11 per E. coli isolation and identification;

   3. (iii)

      EUR 21,5 per Campylobacter isolation and identification;

   4. (iv)

      EUR 15 per antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) of each Salmonella or E. coli isolate;

   5. (v)

      EUR 15 per AST of each Campylobacter isolate;

   6. (vi)

      EUR 17,5 per characterisation and classification of Salmonella or E. coli isolates showing resistance to third-generation cephalosporins and meropenem;

   7. (vii)

      EUR 22 per Salmonella serotyping;

   8. (viii)

      the maximum amounts indicated in Annex I;

3. (c)

   only the costs indicated in Annex II shall be eligible for contribution.