1.The programmes for the eradication of rabies submitted by Bulgaria, Greece, Estonia, Italy, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia are hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2013.
2.The financial contribution by the Union:
(a)shall include a lump sum of EUR 5 per wild animal sampled;
(b)shall be at the rate of 75 % of the costs to be incurred by each Member State referred to in paragraph 1 for the cost of:
(i)carrying out laboratory tests for the detection of rabies antigen or antibodies;
(ii)the isolation and characterisation of rabies virus;
(iii)the detection of biomarker and the titration of vaccine baits;
(iv)the purchase and distribution of oral vaccine plus baits;
(v)the purchase and administration of parenteral vaccines to grazing animals;
(c)shall be at the rate of 75 % of the costs to be incurred by Greece for the salaries of contractual staff specially recruited for laboratory work under that programme; and
(d)shall not exceed the following:
(i)EUR 1650000 for Bulgaria;
(ii)EUR 1500000 for Greece;
(iii)EUR 620000 for Estonia;
(iv)EUR 190000 for Italy;
(v)EUR 2200000 for Lithuania;
(vi)EUR 1080000 for Hungary;
(vii)EUR 7240000 for Poland;
(viii)EUR 2300000 for Romania;
(ix)EUR 810000 for Slovenia;
(x)EUR 380000 for Slovakia.
3.The maximum of the costs to be reimbursed to the Member States for the programmes referred to in paragraph 1 shall on average not exceed: (a) for a serological testEUR 12 per test; (b) for a test to detect tetracycline in boneEUR 12 per test; (c) for a fluorescent antibody test (FAT)EUR 18 per test; (d) for the purchase of oral vaccine plus baitsEUR 0,60 per dose; (e) for the distribution of oral vaccine plus baitsEUR 0,35 per dose.
4.Notwithstanding paragraph 2 points (a) and (b) and paragraph 3, for the part of the Lithuanian and Polish programmes that will be implemented outside these Member States’ territories, the financial contribution by the Union shall:
(a)be granted only for the costs of the purchase and of the distribution of oral vaccine plus baits;
(b)be at the rate of 100 %; and
(c)not exceed:
(i)EUR 1260000 for the part of the Lithuanian programme implemented in Belarus;
(ii)EUR 1255000 for the part of the Polish programme implemented in Ukraine;
(iii)EUR 295000 for the part of the Polish programme implemented in Belarus.
5.The maximum of the costs to be reimbursed for the costs referred to in paragraph 4 shall on average not exceed for the purchase and the distribution of oral vaccine plus baits EUR 0,95 per dose.