Commission Decision of 13 February 2009 on the Community’s financial contribution to a programme for the control of organisms harmful to plants and plant products in the French overseas departments for 2009 (notified under document number C(2009) 801) (Only the French text is authentic) (2009/126/EC)
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THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 of 30 January 2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union, and in particular the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 17(3),
Whereas:
(1) Growing conditions in the French overseas departments require special measures concerning crop production. Those measures include expensive plant health measures.
(2) Commission Decision 2007/609/EC of 10 September 2007 on the definition of the measures eligible for Community financing in the programmes for the control of organisms harmful to plants and plant products in the French overseas departments, in the Azores and in Madeira defines the measures eligible for Community financing under programmes for the control of organisms harmful to plants and plant products in the French overseas departments, the Azores and Madeira.
(3) The French authorities have submitted to the Commission a programme for 2009 providing for plant health measures in the French overseas departments. That programme specifies the objectives to be achieved, the expected deliverables, the measures to be carried out, their duration and their cost with a view to a possible Community financial contribution. The measures provided for in that programme fulfill the requirements of Decision 2007/609/EC.
(4) In accordance with Article 3(2)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy, plant-health measures are to be financed from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund. For the purposes of financial control of those measures Articles 9, 36 and 37 of that Regulation apply.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
A Community financial contribution to France for the official programme for the control of organisms harmful to plants and plant products in the French overseas departments for 2009 as specified in Part A of the Annex, is approved. It shall be limited to 60 % of the total eligible expenditure, as specified in Part B of the Annex, with a maximum of EUR 246660 (VAT excluded).
Article 2
1. An advance of EUR 100000 shall be paid within 60 days after receipt of a request for payment by France.
2. The balance of the financial contribution shall be paid provided that a final implementation report on the programme is submitted to the Commission in electronic form by 15 March 2010 at the latest. That report shall contain:
(a) a concise technical evaluation of the entire programme, including the degree of achievement of physical and qualitative objectives and the progress accomplished, and an assessment of the immediate phytosanitary and economic impact; and
(b) a financial cost statement indicating the actual expenditure broken down by sub-programme and by measure.
3. With respect to the indicative budget breakdown specified in Part B of the Annex, France may adjust the financing between different measures in the same sub-programme within a limit of 15 % of the Community contribution to this sub-programme, provided that the total amount of eligible costs scheduled in the programme is not exceeded and that the main objectives of the programme are not thereby compromised. It shall inform the Commission of any adjustments made.
Article 3
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2009.
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Done at Brussels, 13 February 2009. For the Commission Androulla Vassiliou Member of the Commission
ANNEX
ANNEX PROGRAMME AND INDICATIVE BUDGET BREAKDOWN FOR 2009
Part A PROGRAMME
The programme shall consist of four sub-programmes:
1. inter-departmental sub-programme:
1.
(a) Measure 1.1: development of detection methods for harmful organisms based on quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR);
(b) Measure 1.2: support to the transfer of Citrus plant material;
2. sub-programme for the department of Martinique:
2.
(a) Measure 2.1: phytosanitary surveys and set-up of tools for the integrated management of plant health issues;
3. sub-programme for the department of Guyane:
3.
(a) Measure 3.1: management of an agricultural phytosanitary warning system for rice production;
4. sub-programme for the department of Guadeloupe:
4.
(a) Measure 4.1: management of a survey network for fruit flies;
(b) Measure 4.2: management of the risk of introduction of harmful organisms by tourist activity.
Part B INDICATIVE BUDGET BREAKDOWN
(in EUR, with indication of the various expected deliverables) Sub-programmes Deliverables (S: provision of services, R: research or study work) Eligible expenditure National contribution EC contribution Inter-DOM sub-programme Measure 1.1 Method of quantitative PCR (R) 120000 48000 72000 Measure 1.2 Research on Citrus plant material (R) 50000 20000 30000 Sub-total 170000 68000 102000 Martinique Measure 2.1 Phytosanitary surveys and new control methods for harmful organisms (S) 95600 38240 57360 Sub-total 95600 38240 57360 Guyane Measure 3.1 Management of an agricultural phytosanitary warning system (S) 112000 44800 67200 Sub-total 112000 44800 67200 Guadeloupe Measure 4.1 Management of a survey network for fruit flies (S) 18500 7400 11100 Measure 4.2 Actions of communication to the public on the risks of introduction of harmful organisms (S) 15000 6000 9000 Sub-total 33500 13400 20100 Total 411100 164440 246660