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**Date:** 12/18/2007

**GAIN Report Number:** E47110

E47110

**EU-27**

**Livestock and Products**

**European Commission approves €187 million to fight animal diseases in
2008**

**2007**

**Approved by:**

![](media/image1.wmf)Kelly Stange

U.S. Mission to the EU

**Prepared by:**

Yvan Polet

**Report Highlights:**

On November 30, 2007, the European Commission (EC) announced the
approval of a financial package of €186.57 million to eradicate, control
and monitor animal diseases in 2008. This compares to the €193 million
budgeted for 2007. For the first time multi-annual programs lasting from
two to five years have also been approved in order to ensure a more
efficient and effective achievement of the objectives of those programs.
This is in line with the new Animal Health Strategy for the EU
(2007-2013).

Includes PSD Changes: No

Includes Trade Matrix: No

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In a [press
release[^1]](http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/1828&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN)
of November 30, 2007, the European Commission (EC) announced the
approval of a financial package of €186.57 million to eradicate, control
and monitor animal diseases in 2008. This compares to the €193 million
budgeted for 2007 (see GAIN
[E36130[^2]](http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200610/146249312.pdf)).
For the first time, for some diseases like rabies, multi-annual programs
lasting from two to five years have also been approved in order to
ensure a more efficient and effective achievement of the objectives of
those programs. This is in line with the new Animal Health Strategy for
the EU (2007-2013) (see GAIN
[E47015[^3]](http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200702/146280287.pdf) and
[E47096[^4]](http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200711/146292905.pdf)).
The 197 annual or multi-annual programs which were selected for EU
funding will tackle animal diseases that impact both human and animal
health. This compares to the €193 million budgeted for 2007 (see GAIN
E36130).

The detailed information on budgeted animal disease spending by Member
states (MS) is available in [Commission Decision
2007/782/EC[^5]](http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2007/l_314/l_31420071201en00290039.pdf).

# Animal disease eradication programs

For the year 2008, 61 annual or multi-annual programs to eradicate 10
important animal diseases have been granted Community financial support.
The total EU contribution for 2008 to these programs is €70,075,000.
This budget increase from €52,997,000 in 2007 is mainly due to an
increased allocation to counter Bluetongue disease in many MS.

Within this budget, diseases that are transmittable to humans are
prioritized. Significant sums are being spent on the eradication of
brucellosis, tuberculosis and rabies. Following the success of the
programs in recent years, including the virtual eradication of rabies in
the western part of the EU, most of the activity in 2008 will be focused
towards the eastern MS with a budget of €13,847,000. Rabies is spread by
infected wildlife and the programs aim at producing immunity in the
wildlife by orally vaccinating them with baits containing vaccine.

# Zoonoses control programs

A financial contribution of €8,606,000 to control zoonotic salmonella in
poultry (Gallus gallus) breeder flocks in 19 MS, as well as €21,330,000
in poultry laying hens flocks (first year), have been allocated for
2008. This tripling of the amount allocated for this disease in 2007
reflects the EU priority given to reducing the prevalence of salmonella
in poultry.

# Avian influenza surveillance

MS will also continue surveillance for avian influenza in poultry and
wild birds in 2008 with financial assistance from the EU for laboratory
testing and sampling costs for wild birds. A budget of €4,344,000 will
be available from the EU.

This surveillance is most effective to detect early outbreaks of both
high and low pathogenic influenzas and was extremely useful in 2006 and
2007, allowing early detection of avian influenza in wild birds before
commercial flocks became infected.

# BSE/TSE monitoring and eradication programs

The EU BSE situation is improving year by year due to a good
implementation of the monitoring and eradication programs in most MS.
Nevertheless, a budget of €62,494,500 for the monitoring of TSEs is
still available from the EU, down from € 88,463,000 in 2007. It includes
financial support from the Community to carry out rapid tests for the
detection of TSE in cattle, sheep, goats and deer and discriminatory
tests to exclude BSE in small ruminants as in 2007. For BSE eradication,
the EU will give €2.543.000 in co-funding in 2008, down from €5.400.000
in 2007, reflecting the continuing decline in BSE cases throughout
Europe. The compulsory scrapie eradication measures require the culling
and/or genotyping of animals in infected flocks. Breeding programs
continue to be applied for TSE resistance in sheep. This year,
€18,184,200 is being dedicated to scrapie eradication programs, down
from €33,592,000 in 2007.

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  **Report Number**                                            **Title**                                                            **Date
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  E47096                                                       [EC adopts Community Animal Health Policy                            November
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  E47015                                                       [EU Community Animal Health Policy (CAHP) Strategy                   February 27,
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  E36130                                                       [EU Approves €193 Million to Fight Animal Diseases in                October 24,
                                                               2007](http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200610/146249312.pdf)        06

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[^1]: <http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/1828&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN>

[^2]: <http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200610/146249312.pdf>

[^3]: <http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200702/146280287.pdf>

[^4]: <http://www.fas.usda.gov/gainfiles/200711/146292905.pdf>

[^5]: <http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2007/l_314/l_31420071201en00290039.pdf>