21.8.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 221/17 COMMISSION DECISION of 28 July 1999 on financial aid from the Community towards the eradication of swine vesicular disease in Italy in 1998 (notified under document number C(1999) 2470) (Only the Italian text is authentic) (1999/586/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Subject to checks, the Community's financial contribution shall be: — 50 % of the costs incurred by Italy in compensating owners for the slaughter and the destruciton of pigs and for the destruction of products obtained from pork, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Decision 90/424[EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (!), as last amended — 50% of the costs incgrred by Ital}f in the cleanipg, disinsec- by Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 (3, and in particular Article tisation and disinfection of holdings and equipment, 3 thereof, — 50 % of the costs incurred by Italy in compensating owners for the destruction of contaminated feedingstuffs and (1)  Whereas outbreaks of swine vesicular disease occurred equipment. in Italy in 1998; whereas this disease represents a serious danger to Community pig stocks; whereas with a view to contributing towards the speedy eradication of the disease the Community is able to contribute to Article 2 expenditure incurred by the Member States for losses suffered; 1. Subject to the checks to be carried out, the Community contribution shall be granted after the supporting documents (2)  Whereas the Italian authorities have reported that they have been submitted. took the requisite steps, including the measures listed in Article 3(2) of Decision 90/424[EEC, as soon as the . outbreak of swine vesicular disease was officially 2. The documents referred to in paragraph 1 shall be: confirmed; (a) an epidemiological report on each holding on which pigs have been slaughtered. The report shall contain informa- (3)  Whereas, pending completion of checks by the Commis- ! tion on: sion that, on the one hand, the Community veterinary rules have been observed and, on the other, that the (i) infected holdings: conditions for a Community financial contribution are met, a first instalment of EUR 0,78 million should be paid; — date on which the disease was suspected and the date on which it was confirmed, — location and address, (4)  Whereas the Community financial contribution should be paid upon confirmation that the measures have been — number of pigs slaughtered and destroyed, with implemented and the authorities have supplied all the date, information within the time limits laid down; — method of slaughter and destruction, — type and number of samples collected and tested (5) Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are when the disease was suspected; results of the tests, in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veter- inary Committee, — type and number of samples taken and tested during the depopulation of the infected holdings; results of the tests, — presumed origin of the infection following HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: complete epidemiological analysis; (i) holdings in contact with an infected holding: — as in (i), first, third, fourth and sixth indents, Article 1 — infected holding (outbreak) with which contact has Italy may receive financial assistance from the Community been confirmed or suspected; nature of contact; relating to outbreaks of swine vesicular disease which occurred in the course of 1998. (b) a financial report including the list of beneficiaries and their addresses, the number of animals slaughtered, the date of ) O] L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19. slaughter and the amount paid out (excluding VAT and () O] L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103. other taxes).