
Article 1 
The amended programme for the monitoring and eradication of bluetongue submitted by Poland on 30 April 2009 is hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009.
Article 2 
The amended programme for the monitoring and eradication of bluetongue submitted by Slovenia on 23 July 2009 is hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009.
Article 3 
The amended programme for the eradication of rabies submitted by Romania on 20 August 2009 is hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009.
Article 4 
The amended programme for the eradication of rabies submitted by Slovakia on 3 August 2009 is hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009.
Article 5 
Decision 2008/897/EC is amended as follows:

1.. in Article 1, paragraph (2) is amended as follows:

((a)) points (a) and (b) are replaced by the following:
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((a)) EUR 1 400 000 for Ireland;
((b)) EUR 2 500 000 for Spain;';
((b)) in point (g) ‘EUR 2 000 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 1 370 000’;
2.. in Article 2, paragraph (2) is replaced by the following:
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2. The financial contribution by the Community shall be at the rate of 50 % of the costs to be incurred by each Member State referred to in paragraph 1 for the costs of carrying out tuberculin and gamma-interferon tests and the compensation to owners for the value of their animals slaughtered subject to those programmes, and shall not exceed:
(a) EUR 14 000 000 for Ireland;
(b) EUR 9 100 000 for Spain;
(c) EUR 2 900 000 for Italy;
(d) EUR 120 000 for Poland;
(e) EUR 200 000 for Portugal.';
3.. in Article 3(2), point (b) is replaced by the following:
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((b)) EUR 3 600 000 for Spain;';
4.. in Article 4, paragraph (2) is amended as follows:

((a)) points (e) to (g) are replaced by the following:
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((e)) EUR 16 650 000 for Germany;
((f)) EUR 90 000 for Estonia;
((g)) EUR 60 000 for Ireland;';
((b)) points (j) to (l) are replaced by the following:
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((j)) EUR 55 000 000 for France;
((k)) EUR 2 000 000 for Italy;
((l)) EUR 20 000 for Latvia;';
((c)) in point (o) ‘EUR 1 400 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 300 000’;
((d)) points (r) to (u) are replaced by the following:
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((r)) EUR 3 550 000 for Austria;
((s)) EUR 100 000 for Poland;
((t)) EUR 2 700 000 for Portugal;
((u)) EUR 100 000 for Romania;';
((e)) points (w) and (x) are replaced by the following:
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((w)) EUR 490 000 for Finland;
((x)) EUR 1 600 000 for Sweden.';
5.. in Article 5, paragraph (2) is amended as follows:

((a)) in point (c), ‘EUR 1 400 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 1 600 000’;
((b)) in point (d), ‘EUR 75 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 140 000’;
((c)) in point (f), ‘EUR 600 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 350 000’;
((d)) points (h) to (m) are replaced by the following:
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((h)) EUR 700 000 for Greece;
((i)) EUR 1 250 000 for Spain;
((j)) EUR 1 450 000 for France;
((k)) EUR 1 700 000 for Italy;
((l)) EUR 100 000 for Cyprus;
((m)) EUR 90 000 for Latvia;';
((e)) in point (q), ‘EUR 1 700 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 2 350 000’;
((f)) points (s) to (u) are replaced by the following:
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((s)) EUR 4 500 000 for Poland;
((t)) EUR 650 000 for Portugal;
((u)) EUR 50 000 for Romania;';
6.. in Article 6(2), point (c) is replaced by the following:
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((c)) EUR 670 000 for France;';
7.. in Article 8, paragraph (2) is amended as follows:

((a)) in point (e), ‘EUR 500 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 250 000’;
((b)) in point (k), ‘EUR 550 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 1 400 000’;
((c)) in point (s), ‘EUR 50 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 80 000’;
((d)) in point (v), ‘EUR 400 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 220 000’;
8.. in Article 9, paragraph (2) is amended as follows:

((a)) points (a) to (c) are replaced by the following:
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((a)) EUR 1 400 000 for Belgium;
((b)) EUR 350 000 for Bulgaria;
((c)) EUR 1 050 000 for the Czech Republic;';
((b)) points (g) to (k) are replaced by the following:
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((g)) EUR 3 300 000 for Ireland;
((h)) EUR 1 200 000 for Greece;
((i)) EUR 5 400 000 for Spain;
((j)) EUR 14 100 000 for France;
((k)) EUR 5 350 000 for Italy;';
((c)) in point (m), ‘EUR 230 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 250 000’;
((d)) in point (r), ‘EUR 2 900 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 2 600 000’;
((e)) points (t) to (v) are replaced by the following:
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((t)) EUR 790 000 for Poland;
((u)) EUR 1 530 000 for Portugal;
((v)) EUR 580 000 for Romania;';
((f)) points (x) and (y) are replaced by the following:
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((x)) EUR 500 000 for Slovakia;
((y)) EUR 500 000 for Finland;';
((g)) in point (za) ‘EUR 5 900 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 4 600 000’;
9.. in Article 10, paragraph (2), is amended as follows:

((a)) points (a) to (c) are replaced by the following:
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((a)) EUR 1 100 000 for Bulgaria;
((b)) EUR 500 000 for Lithuania;
((c)) EUR 880 000 for Hungary;';
((b)) in point (f) ‘EUR 500 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 760 000’;
10.. in Article 11(2) point (d) is replaced by the following:
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((d)) EUR 1 100 000 for Poland.';
11.. in Article 12(2) point (c) is replaced by the following:
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((c)) EUR 1 650 000 for Poland.';
12.. in Article 13(2) points (c) to (e) are replaced by the following:
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((c)) EUR 870 000 for Estonia;
((d)) EUR 850 000 for Latvia;
((e)) EUR 550 000 for Slovenia;';
13.. in Article 14(2), ‘EUR 175 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 310 000’;
14.. in Article 15(2), point (c), is replaced by the following:
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((c)) EUR 460 000 for Portugal.';
15.. in Article 15a(4), ‘EUR 5 400 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 3 000 000’.
Article 6 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 27 November 2009.
For the Commission
Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission