2004/772/EC: Commission Decision of 29 October 2004 on a Community financial contribution for 2004 to cover expenditure incurred by Belgium and Portugal for the purpose of combating organisms harmful to plants or plant products (notified under document number C(2004) 4181)

The allocation of a Community financial contribution for 2004 to cover expenditure incurred by Belgium and Portugal relating directly to necessary measures as specified in Article 23(2) of Directive 2000/29/EC and taken for the purpose of combating the organisms concerned by the eradication programmes listed in the Annex to this Decision, is hereby approved.

1 The total amount of the financial contribution referred to in Article 1 is EUR 576549.

2 The maximum amounts of the Community financial contribution for each eradication programme and for each year of implementation of the eradication programme shall be as indicated in the Annex to this Decision.

3 The resulting maximum Community financial contribution for the concerned Member States shall be as follows: EUR 210485 to Belgium EUR 366064 to Portugal.

Subject to the verifications by the Commission under Article 24 of Directive 2000/29/EC, the Community financial contribution as set out in the Annex shall be paid only when: (a) evidence of the measures taken has been given to the Commission through appropriate documentation, in accordance with the provisions laid down in the Regulation, in particular Article 1(2) and Article 2 thereof; (b) a request for payment of the Community financial contribution has been submitted by the Member State concerned to the Commission, in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1040/2002.

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium and the Portuguese Republic.