
Article 1 
The Member States’ programmes for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds listed in Annex I are approved for the period set out in that Annex (‘the programmes’).
Article 2 
The Member States shall carry out surveys for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds in accordance with the programmes.
Article 3 
The Community financial contribution to the costs for analysing samples shall be granted to each Member State at the rate of 50 % of the costs incurred and up to the maximum amount for co-financing set out in Annex I.
That Community financial contribution shall be granted provided that the Member State concerned complies with the following:

((a)) brings into force the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary for implementing its programme;
((b)) submits a final report to the Commission and to the Community Reference Laboratory for avian influenza as referred to in Article 51(1) of Council Directive 2005/94/EC by 31 March 2007 at the latest, on the technical execution of the programme and the results attained, in accordance with the reporting models set out in Annexes II to V to this Decision;
((c)) submits appropriate evidence to the Commission as to the costs incurred for analysing samples during the period for which the programme is approved;
((d)) implements the programme efficiently, in particular the competent authority must ensure that appropriate sampling is performed.
Article 4 
The maximum amounts of the costs to be reimbursed to the Member States for the tests covered by the programmes shall not exceed the following:(a) ELISA testEUR 1 per test;(b) agar gel immune diffusion testEUR 1,2 per test;(c) HI test for H5/H7EUR 12 per test;(d) virus isolation testEUR 30 per test;(e) PCR testEUR 15 per test.
Article 5 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 16 March 2006.
For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I
Code Member State Period Maximum amount for co-financing of samples(EUR)
BE Belgium 1 February 2006 to 31 December 2006 38 400,0
CZ Czech Republic 1 February 2006 to 31 December 2006 33 400,0
DK Denmark 1 February 2006 to 31 December 2006 168 500,0
DE Germany 1 February 2006 to 31 December 2006 268 000,0
EE Estonia 1 February 2006 to 31 December 2006 1 450,0
EL Greece 1 February 2006 to 31 December 2006 39 300,0
ES Spain 1 February 2006 to 31 December 2006 88 100,0
FR France 1 February 2006 to 31 December 2006 204 800,0
IE Ireland 1 February 2006 to 31 December 2006 42 500,0
IT Italy 1 February 2006 to 31 December 2006 427 300,0
CY Cyprus 1 February 2006 to 31 December 2006 20 700,0
LV Latvia 1 February 2006 to 31 December 2006 11 600,0
LT Lithuania 1 February 2006 to 31 December 2006 15 400,0
LU Luxembourg 1 February 2006 to 31 December 2006 4 400,0
HU Hungary 1 February 2006 to 31 December 2006 109 500,0
MT Malta 1 February 2006 to 31 December 2006 3 700,0
NL The Netherlands 1 February 2006 to 31 December 2006 54 500,0
AT Austria 1 February 2006 to 31 December 2006 28 550,0
PL Poland 1 February 2006 to 31 December 2006 94 500,0
PT Portugal 1 February 2006 to 31 December 2006 71 600,0
SI Slovenia 1 February 2006 to 31 December 2006 23 500,0
SK Slovakia 1 February 2006 to 31 December 2006 11 600,0
FI Finland 1 February 2006 to 31 December 2006 32 600,0
SE Sweden 1 February 2006 to 31 December 2006 77 200,0
UK United Kingdom 1 February 2006 to 31 December 2006 93 700,0
Total 1 964 800,0
ANNEX II

PLEASE USE ONE FORM PER POULTRY CATEGORY!
 Member State:
 Date:
 Reporting period from:
 to:

Region Total number of holdings Total number of holdings sampled Total number of positive holdings Number of positive holdings for subtype H 5 Number of positive holdings for subtype H 7
     
     
     
     
     
     
Total     



ANNEX III



 Member State:
 Date:
 Reporting period from:
 to:

Region Total number of duck and geese holdings Total number of duck and geese holdings sampled Total number of serological positive holdings Number of serological positive holdings for subtype H5 Number of serological positive holdings for subtype H7 Total number of virological positive holdings Number of virological positive holdings for subtype H5 Number of virological positive holdings for subtype H7
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
Total        


ANNEX IV



 Member State:
 Date:
 Reporting period from:
 to:

Region Species of wild birds sampled Total number of samples taken for examination Total number of positive samples Number of positive samples for subtype H5 Number of positive samples for subtype H7
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
Total     

ANNEX V



 Member State:
 Date:
 Reporting period from:
 to:

Measures eligible for co-financing
Methods of laboratory analysis Number tests performed per method Costs
Serological pre-screening  
Haemagglutination-inhibition-test (HI) for H5/H7  
Virus isolation test  
PCR test  
Other measures to be covered Specify activities 
Sampling  
Others  
Total  



Herewith I certify that the data given above are correct and that no other Community contribution was asked for these measures.