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**Date:** 10/19/2006

**GAIN Report Number:** E36130

E36130

**EU-25**

**Livestock and Products**

EU Approves €193 Million to Fight Animal Diseases in 2007

**2006**

**Approved by:**

![](media/image1.wmf)Debra Henke

U.S. Mission to the EU

**Prepared by:**

Yvan Polet

**Report Highlights:**

The European Commission approved a budget of €193 million to fight
animal diseases in Europe in 2007. This is a slight increase in funding
for the 155 programs covered compared to 2006. Monitoring and
eradication of TSE's again obtains the largest funding with €128.8
million. Priority is focused on zoonotic diseases, while Avian Influenza
is new. For the control of salmonella in poultry €9.1 million has been
budgeted.

Includes PSD Changes: No

Includes Trade Matrix: No

Unscheduled Report

Brussels USEU \[BE2\]

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For 2007, the European Commission approved a financial package of €193
million to fight animal diseases in the EU. The 155 programs, which were
approved, will tackle animal diseases that impact both human and animal
health.

# Animal disease eradication programs

For 2007, 47 programs to eradicate 10 major animal diseases were
approved for Community financial support. The total EU contribution to
these programs is €52,997,000.

Priority is given to the eradication of diseases that are transmittable
to humans, including brucellosis, tuberculosis and rabies. Special
emphasis is given to fighting rabies in the New Member States, for which
almost €12 million has been allocated, after successful campaigns in
previous years have virtually eradicated this disease in the western
part of Europe.

# Zoonoses control programs

A financial contribution of €9,117,000 to control zoonotic salmonella in
18 Member States has been allocated for 2007, which is more than a
doubling compared to 2006.

# Avian Influenza (AI) surveillance

Continued surveillance by member states for AI in poultry and wild birds
will also continue in 2007 with a financial assistance from the EU of
over €2 million for laboratory testing. This surveillance has proven in
2006 to be an effective way to detect early outbreaks of high and low
pathogenic AI in wild birds before commercial flocks became infected.

# TSE monitoring and eradication programs

For the monitoring of BSE and TSE's in 2007, the EC will make
€88,463,000 available from the EU budget. That includes financial
support for rapid tests for the detection of TSE in cattle, sheep, goats
and for the first time deer, as well as discriminatory tests to exclude
BSE in small ruminants. For BSE eradication across Europe, the EU will
decrease co-funding to €5,400,000, a 40 percent decrease from 2006 in
line with the decreases in BSE incidences.

For compulsory Scrapie eradication measures, as well as for breeding
programs, which were established for TSE resistance in sheep,
€33,592,000 is provided in EU funding.

**Annex I: List of programs for the eradication and monitoring of animal
diseases**

Rate and maximum amount of the Community financial contribution

  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- -----------
  **Disease**                                                                                     **Member State**                                                                               **Rate**              **Maximum
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       amount
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       (EUR)**

  Aujeszkys disease                                                                               Belgium\                                                                                       50%\                  250 000\
                                                                                                  Spain                                                                                          50%                   350 000

  Bluetongue                                                                                      Spain\                                                                                         50%\                  4 900 000\
                                                                                                  France\                                                                                        50%\                  160 000\
                                                                                                  Italy\                                                                                         50%\                  1 300 000\
                                                                                                  Portugal                                                                                       50%                   600 000

  Bovine brucellosis                                                                              Spain\                                                                                         50%\                  3 500 000\
                                                                                                  Ireland\                                                                                       50%\                  1 100 000\
                                                                                                  Italy\                                                                                         50%\                  2 000 000\
                                                                                                  Cyprus\                                                                                        50%\                  95 000\
                                                                                                  Poland\                                                                                        50%\                  300 000\
                                                                                                  Portugal\                                                                                      50%\                  1 600 000\
                                                                                                  United                                                                                         50%                   1 100 000
                                                                                                  Kingdom[**^\[1\]^**](http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/#fn1)                         

  Bovine tuberculosis                                                                             Spain\                                                                                         50%\                  3 000 000\
                                                                                                  Italy\                                                                                         50%\                  2 500 000\
                                                                                                  Poland\                                                                                        50%\                  1 100 000\
                                                                                                  Portugal                                                                                       50%                   450 000

  Classical swine fever                                                                           Germany\                                                                                       50%\                  800 000\
                                                                                                  France\                                                                                        50%\                  500 000\
                                                                                                  Luxembourg\                                                                                    50%\                  35 000\
                                                                                                  Slovenia\                                                                                      50%\                  25 000\
                                                                                                  Slovakia                                                                                       50%                   400 000

  Enzootic bovine leucosis                                                                        Estonia\                                                                                       50%\                  20 000\
                                                                                                  Italy\                                                                                         50%\                  400 000\
                                                                                                  Latvia\                                                                                        50%\                  35 000\
                                                                                                  Lithuania\                                                                                     50%\                  135 000\
                                                                                                  Poland\                                                                                        50%\                  2 300 000\
                                                                                                  Portugal                                                                                       50%                   225 000

  Ovine and caprine brucellosis (B melitensis)                                                    Greece\                                                                                        50%\                  650000\
                                                                                                  Spain\                                                                                         50%\                  5000000\
                                                                                                  France\                                                                                        50%\                  200000\
                                                                                                  Italy\                                                                                         50%\                  4000000\
                                                                                                  Cyprus\                                                                                        50%\                  120000\
                                                                                                  Portugal                                                                                       50%                   1600000

  Poseidom[**^\[2\]^**](http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/#fn2)   France[**^\[3\]^**](http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/#fn3)    50%                   50 000

  Rabies                                                                                          Czech Republic\                                                                                50%\                  490 000\
                                                                                                  Germany\                                                                                       50%\                  850 000\
                                                                                                  Estonia\                                                                                       50%\                  925 000\
                                                                                                  Latvia\                                                                                        50%\                  1 200 000\
                                                                                                  Lithuania\                                                                                     50% own territory;    600 000\
                                                                                                  Hungary\                                                                                       100% border areas\    1 850 000\
                                                                                                  Austria\                                                                                       50%\                  185 000\
                                                                                                  Poland\                                                                                        50%\                  4 850 000\
                                                                                                  Slovenia\                                                                                      50%\                  375 000\
                                                                                                  Slovakia\                                                                                      50%\                  500 000\
                                                                                                  Finland                                                                                        50%                   112 000

  African swine fever/Classical swine fever                                                       Italy                                                                                          50%                   140 000

  Swine vesicular disease                                                                         Italy                                                                                          50%                   120 000

  Avian influenza                                                                                 Belgium\                                                                                       50%\                  66 000\
                                                                                                  Czech Republic\                                                                                50%\                  74 000\
                                                                                                  Denmark\                                                                                       50%\                  160 000\
                                                                                                  Germany\                                                                                       50%\                  243 000\
                                                                                                  Estonia\                                                                                       50%\                  40 000\
                                                                                                  Greece\                                                                                        50%\                  42 000\
                                                                                                  Spain\                                                                                         50%\                  82 000\
                                                                                                  France\                                                                                        50%\                  280 000\
                                                                                                  Ireland\                                                                                       50%\                  59 000\
                                                                                                  Italy\                                                                                         50%\                  510 000\
                                                                                                  Cyprus\                                                                                        50%\                  15 000\
                                                                                                  Latvia\                                                                                        50%\                  15 000\
                                                                                                  Lithuania\                                                                                     50%\                  12 000\
                                                                                                  Luxembourg\                                                                                    50%\                  10 000\
                                                                                                  Hungary\                                                                                       50%\                  110 000\
                                                                                                  Malta\                                                                                         50%\                  5 000\
                                                                                                  Netherlands\                                                                                   50%\                  126 000\
                                                                                                  Austria\                                                                                       50%\                  42 000\
                                                                                                  Poland\                                                                                        50%\                  87 000\
                                                                                                  Portugal\                                                                                      50%\                  121 000\
                                                                                                  Slovenia\                                                                                      50%\                  32 000\
                                                                                                  Slovakia\                                                                                      50%\                  21 000\
                                                                                                  Finland\                                                                                       50%\                  27 000\
                                                                                                  Sweden\                                                                                        50%\                  130 000\
                                                                                                  United Kingdom                                                                                 50%                   275 000

  **TOTAL**                                                                                                                                                                                                            55 581 000
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- -----------

**ANNEX II: List of programs of checks aimed at the prevention of
zoonoses**

Rate and maximum amount of the Community financial contribution

  --------------- --------------------- ---------- --------------------------
  **Zoonosis**    **Member State**      **Rate**   **Maximum amount**\
                                                   **(EUR)**

  Salmonella      Belgium\              50%\       660 000\
                  Czech Republic\       50%\       330 000\
                  Denmark\              50%\       250 000\
                  Germany\              50%\       175 000\
                  Estonia\              50%\       27 000\
                  Greece\               50%\       60 000\
                  Spain\                50%\       2 000 000\
                  France\               50%\       875 000\
                  Ireland\              50%\       175 000\
                  Italy\                50%\       320 000\
                  Cyprus\               50%\       40 000\
                  Latvia\               50%\       60 000\
                  Hungary\              50%\       60 000\
                  Netherlands\          50%\       1 350 000\
                  Austria\              50%\       80 000\
                  Poland\               50%\       2 000 000\
                  Portugal\             50%\       450 000\
                  Slovakia              50%        205 000

  **TOTAL**                                        9 117 000
  --------------- --------------------- ---------- --------------------------

**ANNEX III: List of programs for the monitoring of TSEs**

Rate and maximum amount of the Community financial contribution

  --------- -------------- ------------------------------------ --------------
                                                                

  Disease   Member State   Rate rapid tests & discriminatory    Maximum
                           tests performed                      amount\
                                                                (EUR)

  TSEs      Belgium\       100 %\                               2 084 000\
            Czech          100 %\                               1 059 000\
            Republic\      100 %\                               1 680 000\
            Denmark\       100 %\                               11 307 000\
            Germany\       100 %\                               233 000\
            Estonia\       100 %\                               1 827 000\
            Greece\        100 %\                               10 237 000\
            Spain\         100 %\                               24 815 000\
            France\        100 %\                               6 755 000\
            Ireland\       100 %\                               3 375 000\
            Italy\         100 %\                               348 000\
            Cyprus\        100 %\                               312 000\
            Latvia\        100 %\                               645 000\
            Lithuania\     100 %\                               146 000\
            Luxembourg\    100 %\                               784 000\
            Hungary\       100 %\                               90 000\
            Malta\         100 %\                               5 112 000\
            Netherlands\   100 %\                               1 759 000\
            Austria\       100 %\                               3 744 000\
            Poland\        100 %\                               2 115 000\
            Portugal\      100 %\                               308 000\
            Slovenia\      100 %\                               1 088 000\
            Slovakia\      100 %\                               839 000\
            Finland\       100 %\                               2 020 000\
            Sweden\        100 %                                6 781 000
            United Kingdom                                      

  Total                                                         89 463 000
  --------- -------------- ------------------------------------ --------------

**ANNEX IV: List of programs for the eradication of BSE**

Rate and maximum amount of the Community financial contribution

  ---------- ------------------ -------------- ----------------------------
                                               

  Disease    Member State       Rate           Maximum amount (EUR)

  BSE        Belgium\           50 % culling\  50 000\
             Czech Republic\    50 % culling\  750 000\
             Denmark\           50 % culling\  51 000\
             Germany\           50 % culling\  500 000\
             Estonia\           50 % culling\  98 000\
             Greece\            50 % culling\  750 000\
             Spain\             50 % culling\  713 000\
             France\            50 % culling\  50 000\
             Ireland\           50 % culling\  800 000\
             Italy\             50 % culling\  150 000\
             Luxembourg\        50 % culling\  100 000\
             Netherlands\       50 % culling\  60 000\
             Austria\           50 % culling\  48 000\
             Poland\            50 % culling\  328 000\
             Portugal\          50 % culling\  305 000\
             Slovenia\          50 % culling\  25 000\
             Slovakia\          50 % culling\  250 000\
             Finland\           50 % culling\  25 000\
             United Kingdom     50 % culling   347 000

  Total                                        5 400 000
  ---------- ------------------ -------------- ----------------------------

**ANNEX V: List of programs for the eradication of scrapie**

Rate and amount of the Community financial contribution

  --------- -------------- -------------------------- ----------------------
                                                      

  Disease   Member State   Rate                       Maximum amount (EUR)

  Scrapie   Belgium\       50 % culling; 50%          99 000\
            Czech          genotyping\                107 000\
            Republic\      50 % culling; 50%          927 000\
            Germany\       genotyping\                13 000\
            Estonia\       50 % culling; 50%          1 306 000\
            Greece\        genotyping\                5 374 000\
            Spain\         50 % culling; 50%          8 862 000\
            France\        genotyping\                629 000\
            Ireland\       50 % culling; 50%          3 076 000\
            Italy\         genotyping\                2 200 000\
            Cyprus\        50 % culling; 50%          28 000\
            Luxembourg\    genotyping\                332 000\
            Hungary\       50 % culling; 50%          543 000\
            Netherlands\   genotyping\                14 000\
            Austria\       50 % culling; 50%          716 000\
            Portugal\      genotyping\                83 000\
            Slovenia\      50 % culling; 50%          279 000\
            Slovakia\      genotyping\                11 000\
            Finland\       50 % culling; 50%          6 000\
            Sweden\        genotyping\                9 178 000
            United Kingdom 50 % culling; 50%          
                           genotyping\                
                           50 % culling; 50%          
                           genotyping\                
                           50 % culling; 50%          
                           genotyping\                
                           50 % culling; 50%          
                           genotyping\                
                           50 % culling; 50%          
                           genotyping\                
                           50 % culling; 50%          
                           genotyping\                
                           50 % culling; 50%          
                           genotyping\                
                           50 % culling; 50%          
                           genotyping\                
                           50 % culling; 50%          
                           genotyping\                
                           50 % culling; 50%          
                           genotyping                 

  Total                                               33 783 000
  --------- -------------- -------------------------- ----------------------

[**^\[1\]^**](http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/#fnB1)
United Kingdom only as regards Northern Ireland

[**^\[2\]^**](http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/#fnB2)
Heartwater, babesiosis and anaplasmosis transmitted by vector insects in
the French overseas departments.

[**^\[3\]^**](http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/#fnB3)
France only as regards Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion

The complete text of the press release, announcing this plan to fight
animal diseases in 2007, can be found at
[http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1368&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN](http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/04/1236&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en)

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[http://useu.usmission.gov/agri/srm.html](http://www.useu.be/agri/srm.html).

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