Article 24 Plant health programmes

The Member States shall submit programmes to the Commission for the control of organisms harmful to plants or plant products in the outermost regions. The programmes shall specify in particular the objectives to be achieved, the measures to be carried out, their duration and their cost.

The Commission shall evaluate the programmes submitted. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to approve or not approve those programmes. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 34(2).

The Union shall contribute to the financing of the programmes provided for in paragraph 1 on the basis of a technical analysis of the regional situations.

Such contribution may cover up to 75 % of eligible expenditure. Payment shall be made on the basis of documentation provided by Member States. If necessary, checks may be organised by the Commission and conducted on its behalf by the experts referred to in Article 21 of Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community^f1.

F1Union financing of the programmes for the control of pests in the outermost regions of the Union shall be implemented in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council ^f2 .

The Commission shall adopt implementing acts in respect of each region and programme, on the basis of the criteria fixed in paragraph 2 and the programme presented in accordance with paragraph 1, establishing:

Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 34(2).