Article 3 Bovine tuberculosis
United Kingdom
The programmes for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis submitted by Ireland, Spain, Croatia, Italy, Portugal and the United Kingdom are hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014.
The financial contribution by the Union to the Member States referred to in paragraph 1:
shall be at a rate of 50 % of the unit cost defined in points 3 and 4(b) of Annex I for:
- (i)
tuberculin testing;
- (ii)
gamma-interferon tests;
shall be at a rate of 50 % of the eligible costs to be incurred by each Member State referred to in paragraph 1 for the cost of:
- (i)
bacteriological/PCR tests up to a maximum of EUR 10 on average per test;
- (ii)
the compensation to be paid to owners for the value of their animals slaughtered subject to those programmes up to a maximum of EUR 375 on average per animal;
shall not exceed the following:
- (i)
EUR 12 700 000 for Ireland;
- (ii)
EUR 14 000 000 for Spain;
- (iii)
EUR 330 000 for Croatia;
- (iv)
EUR 5 100 000 for Italy;
- (v)
EUR 1 035 000 for Portugal;
- (vi)
EUR 31 000 000 for the United Kingdom.
By derogation to Article 3(2), when the costs of the tuberculin testing are not directly incurred by the Member State, the financial contribution by the Union shall be limited to 50 % of the real costs incurred by the Member State for the purchase of tuberculin.