
Article 1 
The Union shall provide part-financing equivalent to 50 % of the expenditure to be borne by Italy to support the market of eggs and poultrymeat seriously affected by the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza of subtype H7N7 which were detected and notified by Italy between 14 August and 5 September 2013 and for which Union and national restrictive measures were applicable until 30 June 2014.
Expenditure shall only be eligible for Union part-financing if it has been paid by Italy to the beneficiary by 30 September 2015.
The maximum level of Union part-financing shall be as follows:

((a)) for the destruction of hatching eggs falling within CN code 0407 11 00, it shall be a flat rate of EUR 0,13824 per hatching egg of laying hens for a maximum of 38 016 pieces;
((b)) for the processing of hatching eggs falling within CN code 0407 11 00, it shall be a flat rate of EUR 0,1106 per hatching egg for a maximum of 4 687 600 pieces of hatching eggs of layers and for a maximum of 28 450 pieces of hatching eggs of broilers;
((c)) for the processing of eggs in shell for human consumption falling within CN code 0407 11 00, it shall be a flat rate of EUR 0,0136 per egg for a maximum of 1 703 520 pieces;
((d)) for the reduction of incubation of hatching eggs of layers, it shall be a flat rate of EUR 0,01672 per hatching egg of CN code 0407 11 00 for a maximum of 549 720 pieces;
((e)) for the culling and disposal of chicks falling within CN code 0105, it shall be a flat rate of:

((i)) EUR 0,140959 per chick of broilers for a maximum of 171 920 heads;
((ii)) EUR 0,162354 per chick of roosters for a maximum of 436 247 heads;
((iii)) EUR 0,248 per chick of layers for a maximum of 62 800 heads;
((iv)) EUR 0,780307 per chick of turkeys for a maximum of 40 500 heads;
((f)) for the early slaughter of flocks of broiler, broiler breeding flocks, turkey parent flocks and broiler grandparent flocks, it shall be a flat rate of:

((i)) EUR 0,86 per broiler for a maximum of 19 200 heads;
((ii)) EUR 2,94912 per breeding broiler for a maximum of 14 500 heads;
((iii)) EUR 2,94912 per broiler grandparent for a maximum of 4 485 heads;
((iv)) EUR 13,824 per turkey parent for a maximum of 19 004 heads;
((g)) for the temporary biosecurity fall in production, it shall be a flat rate of:

((i)) EUR 0,423936 per m2 per week for broilers for a maximum of 286 597 m2 for a maximum amount of EUR 521 040,69
((ii)) EUR 0,3779 per m2 per week for turkeys for a maximum of 271 759 m2 for a maximum amount of EUR 603 604,35;
((iii)) EUR 0,12 per m2 per week for barn pullets for a maximum of 438 930 m2 for a maximum amount of EUR 310 937,64;
((iv)) EUR 0,096 per m2 per week for cage pullets for a maximum of 370 000 m2 for a maximum amount of EUR 355 200;
((v)) EUR 0,3779 per m2 per week for guinea fowls for a maximum of 2 440 m2 for a maximum amount of EUR 5 161,2;
((vi)) EUR 0,5714 per m2 per week for ducks for a maximum of 570 m2 for a maximum amount of EUR 2 605,55;
((vii)) EUR 0,3041 per m2 per week for rural layers for a maximum of 7 000 m2 for a maximum amount of EUR 17 031,17;
((viii)) EUR 0,04 per barn layer chick per week for a maximum of 326 450 chicks for a maximum amount of EUR 81 743,18;
((ix)) EUR 0,032 per cage layer chick per week for a maximum of 100 000 chicks for a maximum amount of EUR 14 176;
((x)) EUR 0,092 per cage layer per week for a maximum of 649 440 heads for a maximum amount of EUR 2 415 631,05;
((xi)) EUR 0,116 per barn layer per week for a maximum of 1 067 300 heads for a maximum amount of EUR 3 219 212,86
((xii)) EUR 0,124 per free range layer per week for a maximum of 59 160 heads for a maximum amount of EUR 13 644,66;
((xiii)) EUR 0,144 per organic layer per week for a maximum of 124 500 heads for a maximum amount of EUR 167 924,16.
Article 2 
The Union part-financing under this Regulation shall be limited to products not compensated by State aid or insurances and for which no Union financial contribution has been received under Regulation (EU) No 652/2014.
Article 3 
Before making any payments, Italy shall carry out exhaustive administrative and physical checks to ensure compliance with this Regulation.
In particular, the Italian authorities shall:

((a)) verify the eligibility of the beneficiary submitting the request for support;
((b)) verify the eligibility of the eggs and animals for which a request for support has been submitted;
((c)) verify the quantities of eggs and animals eligible for support;
((d)) verify for each eligible operator the actual production surface concerned by the biosecurity fall in production and the duration thereof.
Article 4 
The Italian authorities shall communicate to the Commission the clearance of payments.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 10 October 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO