(c) costs of compensation to the operators concerned for the destruction and subsequent removal of plants, plant products and other objects and for the relevant transport and logistical costs, in addition to the cleaning and disinfection of premises, land, water, soil, growing media, facilities, machinery and equipment;

(c) costs of compensation to the operators and holders or owners of the plants concerned for the economic loss suffered as a result of control measures taken, such as the destruction and subsequent removal of plants, plant products and other objects, for their relevant transport and logistical costs, and for their obligation to conduct crop rotation, plant health treatments, cleaning and disinfection of premises, land, water, soil, growing media, facilities, machinery and equipment, with the exception of compensation granted in the context of the mutual fund set up in accordance with Article 39 of Regulation (EC) No [...] [CAP rural deve ...[+++]lopment];

We all remember what happened at children’s homes in Romania and Guatemala recently – kidnappings of children for adoption are fresh in our memories.

I appeal to you to remove this obstruction, allowing fresh blood to reach the heart, so that we may deal with serious problems such as the real liberalisation of the European economy, something which still has not taken place.

For fallen stock at farm level, and only for such fallen stock, Member States may grant state aid of up to 100% for the costs of removal (i.e. collection and transport) and 75% for the costs of the destruction (i.e. storage, transformation, destruction and final disposal).

I do not consider this directive to be at all satisfactory since it does not answer the real question over what is going to be done with vehicles which have already been abandoned and which, today, can only be removed at local authority expense, i.e. the taxpayers’ expense.