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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2444 of 17 December 2015 laying down standard requirements for the submission by            Member States of national programmes for the eradication, control and surveillance of animal diseases and zoonoses for Union            financing and repealing Decision 2008/425/EC (notified under document C(2015) 9192) (Text with EEA relevance)         

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# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2444                     

# of 17 December 2015

# laying down standard requirements for the submission by Member States of national programmes for the eradication, control                        and surveillance of animal diseases and zoonoses for Union financing and repealing Decision 2008/425/EC                     

# *(notified under document C(2015) 9192)*

# (Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 laying down provisions                           for the management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health                           and plant reproductive material, amending Council Directives 98/56/EC, 2000/29/EC and 2008/90/EC, Regulations (EC) No 178/2002,                           (EC) No 882/2004 and (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directive 2009/128/EC of the European                           Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing                           Council Decisions 66/399/EEC, 76/894/EEC and 2009/470/EC(1), and in particular Article 36(5) thereof.                        

Whereas:

(1)Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 lays down, inter alia, provisions for the management of expenditure relating to the food chain                              and animal health and requirements for the submission and the content of the national programmes for the eradication, control                              and surveillance of animal diseases and zoonoses.

(2)Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 provides that each year, by 31 May at the latest, Member States are to submit                              to the Commission the national programmes starting in the following year for which they wish to apply for a grant.

(3)Commission Decision 2008/425/EC(2) provides that Member States seeking a financial contribution from the Union for national programmes for the eradication,                              monitoring and control of certain animal diseases are to submit applications containing certain minimum information set out                              in Annexes I to V to that Decision.

(4)Following the adoption of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014, standard requirements for the content and the submission by Member                              States of national programmes as defined in Article 9 of that Regulation should be revised to fully comply with the requirements                              of Article 12 of that Regulation.

(5)In addition, the standard requirements for the content and submission by Member States of national programmes as defined in                              Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014, should comply with the criteria for national eradication, control and monitoring                              programmes established by Commission Decision 2008/341/EC(3).

(6)To be in line with evolving Union legislation, the electronic standard templates provided online on the Commission's website                              should be used for certain diseases to facilitate necessary modifications or including further details. The Commission will                              inform and discuss with Member States all necessary modifications of the electronic standard templates in the framework of                              the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed. The revised electronic standard templates will be sent to all Member                              States at the latest by early March of the concerned year.

(7)For other diseases not included in electronic standard templates and for aquaculture diseases the use of non-electronic standard                              templates is considered the appropriate tool for submissions of national programmes, given the low number of submissions in                              the last years, which does not justify the development of specific electronic templates.

(8)For the sake of clarity, Decision 2008/425/EC should therefore be repealed and replaced by this Decision.

(9)The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals,                              Food and Feed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

# Article 1U.K.

In addition to the content set out in Article 12(2) of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014, national programmes shall contain the                     information provided in the Annexes to this Decision.                  

# Article 2U.K.

National programmes laid down in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 shall be submitted on-line by using the corresponding                     standard electronic templates indicated in Annexes I to IV to this Decision or by mail by using the corresponding standard                     templates set out in Annex V to this Decision for diseases not included in the electronic templates and in Annex VI to this                     Decision for aquaculture diseases                  

# Article 3U.K.

Decision 2008/425/EC is repealed.

# Article 4U.K.

This Decision shall apply to submissions of national eradication, control and surveillance programmes for 2017 and following                     years                  

# Article 5U.K.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 December 2015.

*For the Commission*                            

Vytenis Andriukaitis                            

*Member of the Commission*                            

## ANNEX IU.K.

The specific pdf template to be used to submit the national programmes on the animal diseases listed below, are available                     on DG SANTE web:                  

http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_food-safety/funding/cff/animal_health/vet_progs_en.htm

Annex I.a: in respect of rabies

Annex I.b: in respect of bovine tuberculosis, bovine brucellosis and ovine and caprine brucellosis (B. melitensis)

Annex I.c: in respect of classical swine fever, african swine fever and swine vesicular disease

Annex I.d: in respect of bluetongue.

## ANNEX IIU.K.

The specific pdf template to be used to submit the *Salmonella* control programmes, is available on DG SANTE web:                  

http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_food-safety/funding/cff/animal_health/vet_progs_en.htm

## ANNEX IIIU.K.

The specific pdf template to be used to submit Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (BSE and scrapie) control programmes,                     is available on DG SANTE web:                  

http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_food-safety/funding/cff/animal_health/vet_progs_en.htm

## ANNEX IVU.K.

The specific pdf template to be used to submit Avian Influenza surveillance programmes, is available on DG SANTE web:

http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_food-safety/funding/cff/animal_health/vet_progs_en.htm

## ANNEX VU.K.

**Standard requirements for the submission of national programmes for the eradication, control or surveillance of the animal                        diseases listed below:**                   
          -  Anthrax 
          -  Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia 
          -  Echinococcosis 
          -  Campylobacteriosis 
          -  Listeriosis 
          -  Trichinellosis 
          -  Verotoxigenic E. coli 

### 1.**Identification of the programme**U.K.

Member State:

Disease(s)(4):                  

Duration of the programme: annual/multiannual

Request for Union co-financing for(5):                  

Reference of this document:

Contact (name, phone, fax, e-mail):

Date of submission to the Commission:

### 2.**Description of the epidemiological situation of the disease/zoonoses before the date of the beginning of the implementation                           of the programme and data on the epidemiological evolution of the disease(s)** (6) **:**U.K.

### 3.**Description of the submitted programme** (7) **:**U.K.

### 4.**Measures of the submitted programme to be implemented**U.K.

#### 4.1.*Summary of measures under the programme:*U.K.

#### 4.2.*Organisation, supervision and role of all stakeholders* (8) *involved in the programme:*U.K.

#### 4.3.*Description and demarcation of the geographical and administrative areas in which the programme is to be implemented* (9) *:*U.K.

#### 4.4.*The targets to be attained by the completion date of the programme and the anticipated benefits thereof:*U.K.

#### 4.5.*Appropriate indicators to measure the achievement of the targets of the programme:*U.K.

#### 4.6.*Description of the measures of the programme* (10) *:*U.K.

Notification of the disease

Target animals and animal population

Identification of animals and registration of holdings

Qualifications of animals and herds(11)                            

Rules on the movement of animals

Tests used and sampling schemes

Vaccines used and vaccination schemes

Information and assessment on bio-security measures management and infrastructure in place in the holdings involved

Measures in case of a positive result(12)                            

Compensation scheme for owners of slaughtered and killed animals(13)                            

Control on the implementation of the programme and reporting(14)                            

### 5.**Financial resources for the implementation of the programme:**U.K.

Estimated budget and the source: public/private or both.

### 6.**Data on the epidemiological evolution during the last five years** (15) U.K.

#### 6.1.*Evolution of the disease*U.K.

##### 6.1.1.

##### Data on herdsa (one table per year)                     

##### 6.1.2.

##### Data on animals (one table per year)

#### 6.2.*Stratified data on surveillance and laboratory tests*U.K.

##### 6.2.1.

##### Stratified data on surveillance and laboratory tests

#### 6.3.*Data on infection (one table per year)*U.K.

#### 6.4.*Data on the status of herds at the end of each year (if applicable)*U.K.

#### 6.5.*Data on vaccination or treatment programmes* (16) U.K.

#### 6.6.*Data on wildlife* (17) U.K.

##### 6.6.1.

##### Estimation of wildlife population

##### 6.6.2.

##### Disease surveillance and other tests in wildlife (one table per year)

##### 6.6.3.

##### Data on vaccination or treatment of wildlife

### 7.**Targets**U.K.

#### 7.1.*Targets related to testing (one table for each year of implementation* (18) *)*U.K.

##### 7.1.1.Targets on diagnostic testsU.K.

##### 7.1.2.Targets on testing herds and animalsU.K.

###### 7.1.2.1.

###### Targets on the testing of herdsa

###### 7.1.2.2.

###### Targets on the testing of animals

#### 7.2.*Targets on qualification of herds and animals (one table for each year of implementation) if applicable.*U.K.

#### 7.3.*Targets on vaccination or treatment (one table for each year of implementation)*U.K.

##### 7.3.1.Targets on vaccination or treatment(19) U.K.

##### 7.3.2.Targets on vaccination or treatment(20) of wildlifeU.K.

### 8.**Detailed analysis of the cost of the programme (one table per year of implementation)**U.K.

## ANNEX VIU.K.

**Standard requirements for the submission of national programmes for the eradication of the aquacultures animal diseases listed                        below:**                   
          -  Viral haemorrhagic septicæmia (VHS) 
          -  Infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN) 
          -  Koi herpes virus disease (KHV) 
          -  Infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) 
          -  Infection with Marteilia refringens 
          -  Infection with Bonamia ostreae 
          -  White spot disease in crustaceans 

### 9.**Data on the epidemiological situation/evolution of the disease in the last four years (one table for each year of implementation)**U.K.

#### 9.1.*Data on testing animals*U.K.

##### Member State, zone or compartmenta

#### 9.2.*Data on testing farms or farming areas*U.K.

### 10.**Targets (one table for each year of implementation)**U.K.

#### 10.1.*Targets related to testing animals*U.K.

##### Member State, zone or compartmenta

#### 10.2.*Targets on testing farms or farming areas*U.K.

### 11.**Detailed analysis of the cost of the programme (one table per year of implementation)**U.K.

1

OJ L 189, 27.6.2014, p. 1.                           

2

Commission Decision 2008/425/EC of 25 April 2008 laying down standard requirements for the submission by Member States of                              national programmes for the eradication, control and monitoring of certain animal diseases and zoonoses for Community financing                              (OJ L 159, 18.6.2008, p. 1).                           

3

Commission Decision 2008/341/EC of 25 April 2008 laying down Community criteria for national programmes for the eradication,                              control and monitoring of certain animal diseases and zoonoses (OJ L 115, 29.4.2008, p. 44).                           

4

One document per disease is used unless all measures of the programme on the target population are used for the monitoring,                              control and eradication of different diseases.                           

5

Indicate the year(s) for which co-financing is requested.

6

A concise description is given including target population (species, number of herds and animals present and under the programme),                              the main measures (sampling and testing regimes, eradication measures used, qualification of herds and animals, vaccination                              schemes) and the main results (incidence, prevalence, qualification of herds and animals). The information is given for distinct                              periods if the measures were substantially modified. The information is documented by relevant summary epidemiological tables                              (set out in Section 6) complemented by graphs or maps (to be attached).                           

7

A concise description of the programme is given with the main objective(s) (monitoring, control, eradication, qualification                              of herds and/or regions, reducing prevalence and incidence), the main measures (sampling and testing regimes, eradication                              measures to be applied, qualification of herds and animals, vaccination schemes), the target animal population and the area(s)                              of implementation and the definition of a positive case.                           

8

Describe the authorities in charge of supervising and coordinating the departments responsible for implementing the programme                              and the different operators involved. Describe the responsibilities of all stakeholders involved.                           

9

Describe the name and denomination, the administrative boundaries, and the surface of the administrative and geographical                              areas in which the programme is to be applied. Illustrate with maps.                           

10

A comprehensive description needs to be provided of all measures unless reference can be made to Union legislation. The national                              legislation in which the measures are laid down is also mentioned.                           

11

To mention only if applicable.

12

A description is provided of the measures as regards positive animals (description of the slaughter policy, destination of                              carcasses, use or treatment of animal products, the destruction of all products which could transmit the disease or the treatment                              of such products to avoid any possible contamination, a procedure for the disinfection of infected holdings, the therapeutic                              or preventive treatment chosen, a procedure for the restocking with healthy animals of holdings which have been depopulated                              by slaughter and the creation of a surveillance zone around the infected holding,).                           

13

Not for BT.

14

Describe the process and control that will be carried out in order to ensure the proper monitoring of the implementation of                              the programme.                           

15

The data on the evolution of the disease are provided according to the tables below where appropriate.

16

Data only to be provided if vaccination has been carried out.

17

Data only to be provided in case the programme comprises measures as regards wildlife or if the data are epidemiologically                              relevant for the disease.                           

18

For subsequent years of approved multiannual programmes only one table for the relevant year should be filled in.

19

Data only to be provided if appropriate.

20

Data only to be provided if appropriate.