
Article 1 
The allocation of a Community financial contribution for 2008 to cover expenditure incurred by Germany, the Netherlands and Slovenia relating 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 is hereby approved.
Article 2 

1. The total amount of the financial contribution referred to in Article 1 is EUR 871 953.
2. The maximum amounts of the Community financial contribution for each of the programmes shall be as indicated in the Annex.
Article 3 
The Community financial contribution as set out in the Annex shall be paid on the following conditions:

((a)) evidence of the measures taken has been given in accordance with the provisions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1040/2002.
((b)) a request for payment has been submitted by the Member State concerned to the Commission, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1040/2002.
The payment of the financial contribution is without prejudice to the verifications by the Commission under Article 24 of Directive 2000/29/EC.
Article 4 
This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Republic of Slovenia.
Done at Brussels, 19 February 2009.
For the Commission
Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Section I —Programmes whose Community financial contribution corresponds to 50 % of eligible expenditure
Member State Harmful organisms combated Affected plants Year Eligible expenditure(EUR) Maximum Community contributionper programme (EUR)
Germany, Baden-Wurttemberg region Diabrotica virgifera Zea mays 2007 481 817 240 908
Germany, Bavaria region Diabrotica virgifera Zea mays 2007 197 319 98 659
Netherlands Diabrotica virgifera Zea mays 2006 125 320 62 660
Netherlands PSTVd Brugmansia spp., Solanum jasminoides 2006, 2007 687 606 343 803
Netherlands TRSV Hemerocallis spp., Iris spp. 2006 148 589 74 294
Slovenia Dryocosmus kuriphilus Castanea sp. 2007 41 307 20 653
Section II —Programmes whose Community financial contribution rates differ, in application of degressivity
Member State Harmful organisms combated Affected plants Year a Eligible expenditure(EUR) Rate(%) Maximum Community contribution(EUR)
Netherlands Diabrotica virgifera Zea mays 2007 3 68 837 45 30 976Total Community contribution (EUR) 871 953aYear of implementation of the eradication programme.