Article 9Avian influenza in poultry and wild birds#
1.The survey programmes for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds submitted by Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom are hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008.
2.The financial contribution by the Community shall be at the rate of 50 % of the costs to be incurred by each Member State for the costs of carrying out laboratory tests and a lump sum for sampling of wild birds, and shall not exceed:
(a)EUR 127000 for Belgium;
(b)EUR 76000 for Bulgaria;
(c)EUR 25000 for the Czech Republic;
(d)EUR 202000 for Denmark;
(e)EUR 280000 for Germany;
(f)EUR 8000 for Estonia;
(g)EUR 58000 for Ireland;
(h)EUR 72000 for Greece;
(i)EUR 306000 for Spain;
(j)EUR 155000 for France;
(k)EUR 600000 for Italy;
(l)EUR 15000 for Cyprus;
(m)EUR 33000 for Latvia;
(n)EUR 43000 for Lithuania;
(o)EUR 12000 for Luxembourg;
(p)EUR 184000 for Hungary;
(q)EUR 444000 for the Netherlands;
(r)EUR 55000 for Austria;
(s)EUR 81000 for Poland;
(t)EUR 165000 for Portugal;
(u)EUR 300000 for Romania;
(v)EUR 43000 for Slovenia;
(w)EUR 50000 for Slovakia;
(x)EUR 35000 for Finland;
(y)EUR 290000 for Sweden;
(z)EUR 400000 for the United Kingdom.
3.The maximum amounts of the costs to be reimbursed to the Member States for the tests covered by the programmes shall not exceed:(a)ELISA test:EUR 1 per test;(b)agar gel immune diffusion test:EUR 1,2 per test;(c)HI test for H5/H7:EUR 12 per test;(d)virus isolation test:EUR 30 per test;(e)PCR test:EUR 15 per test;(f)sampling wild birdsEUR 20 per bird.