No L 352/76 Official Journal of the European Communities 31. 12. 94 COMMISSION DECISION of 20 December 1994 on specific financial contributions from the Community for the eradication of Newcastle disease in the Netherlands (Only the Dutch text is authentic) (94/866/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 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 amended by Decision 94/370/EC (3, and in particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof, Whereas outbreaks of Newcastle disease occurred in the Netherlands in 1993 ; whereas the appearance of this disease is a serious danger to the Community’s poultry and, in order to help eradicate the disease as rapidly as possible, the Community has the possibility of compensa- ting for the losses suffered; Whereas, as soon as the presence of Newcastle disease was officially confirmed the Dutch authorities took approriate measures which included the measures as listed in Article 3 (2) of Council Decision 90/424/EEC; whereas such measures were notified by the Dutch authorities ; Whereas the conditions for Community financial assis- tance have been met; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The Netherlands may obtain Community financial assis- tance for outbreaks of Newcastle disease which occurred () OJ No L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 19. () OJ No L 168, 2. 7. 1994, p. 31. during 1993. The financial contribution by the Commu- nity shall be: — 50 % of the costs incurred by the Netherlands in compensating the owner for the slaughter, destruction of poultry and poultry products as appropriate ; — 50 % of the costs incurred by the Netherlands for the cleaning, and disinfection of holdings and equip- ment ; — 50 % of the costs incurred by the Netherlands in compensanting the owner for the destruction of contaminated feedingstuffs and contaminated equip- ment. Article 2 1. The Community financial contribution shall be granted after supporting documents have been submitted. 2. The documents referred to in paragraph 1 shall be sent by the Netherlands no later than six months from the notification of this Decision. Article 3 This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Done at Brussels, 20 December 1994. For the Commission René STEICHEN Member of the Commission