Article 1 Preliminary information on estimated costs

F1In order to be granted a financial contribution of the Union the Member States shall provide, within 2 months from the official confirmation of the presence of a pest referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014, preliminary information concerning the outbreak of the pest. That preliminary information shall be submitted by means of an electronic file, in accordance with the template set out in Annex I to this Decision. The notifications to the Commission as described in Article 1 and 2 of Implementing Decision 2014/917/EU are considered as such preliminary information.

No later than 6 months after the official confirmation of the presence of the pest, Member States shall submit to the Commission an application for a grant pursuant to Article 16(1) of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 by means of an electronic file, in accordance with templates 1 and 2 set out in Annex II to this Decision.

The application shall contain the following information:

1. (a)

   the estimated operational costs as referred to in Article 18(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014;

2. (b)

   the estimated costs of service contracts with third parties as referred to in Article 18(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014;

3. (c)

   the estimated costs of compensation to owners and the operators as referred to in Article 18(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014;

4. (d)

   where applicable, the estimated other costs essential for the eradication of the pest as referred to in Article 18(1)(e) of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014, together with an appropriate justification;

5. (e)

   F2the estimated costs of compensation to owners for the values of the destroyed plants, plant products or other objects as referred to in Article 18(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014.

Every 3 months after the submission of the information referred to in the second paragraph, Member States shall submit updated information on the costs referred to in that paragraph.

Applications for a grant for the estimated cost essential for the eradication and/or containment of a pest for which an application was already sent in previous calendar years, shall contain the updated versions of Annex II (1 and 2) to this Decision.