COMMISSION DECISION
of 21 October 2008
laying down standard reporting requirements for national programmes for the eradication, control and monitoring of certain animal diseases and zoonoses co-financed by the Community
(notified under document number C(2008) 6032)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2008/940/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 (1), and in particular Article 24(10) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Decision 90/424/EEC lays down the procedures governing the Community’s financial contribution towards the programmes for the eradication, control and monitoring of animal diseases and zoonoses.
(2)
Pursuant to Article 24(1) of Decision 90/424/EEC, a Community financial measure is to be introduced to reimburse the expenditure incurred by the Member States for the financing of national programmes for the eradication, control and monitoring of the animal diseases and zoonoses listed in the Annex to that Decision.
(3)
Following the adoption of 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 (2) and in order to further improve the process of submission, approval and assessment of progress during the implementation of the programmes, 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 (3) has updated those standard requirements to make them consistent with those criteria.
(4)
Point 7(e) of the Annex to Decision 2008/341/EC provides that eradication programmes submitted by the Member States to the Commission for co-financing are to contain rules for adequate compensation to farmers for animals which have to be slaughtered or culled in the framework of the programme and for the products which have to be destroyed.
(5)
It is appropriate to provide that in the absence of such rules compensation should be paid within 90 days, in order to avoid reduction in Community financial support.
(6)
Decision 90/424/EEC provides that Member States are to submit, for each approved programme, intermediate technical and financial reports and, by 30 April each year at the latest, an annual detailed technical report, including the assessment of the results achieved and a detailed account of expenditure incurred for the previous year.
(7)
An evaluation system is in place for the purposes of assessing progress made during implementation of eradication and control programmes. The evaluation system includes a reporting system to provide epidemiological data from the programmes based on Commission Decision 2002/677/EC of 22 August 2002 laying down standard reporting requirements for programmes of eradication and control of animal diseases co-financed by the Community and repealing Decision 2000/322/EC (4).
(8)
Following the adoption of Decision 2008/425/EC, harmonisation of the reporting system is desirable and Decision 2002/677/EC should 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 the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Member States shall, in accordance with this Decision, submit intermediate and final reports as regards eradication, control and monitoring programmes adopted pursuant to Article 24 of Decision 90/424/EEC.
Article 2
For the purpose of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply:
(a)
‘intermediate reports’ means intermediate technical and financial reports evaluating the running programmes, to be submitted to the Commission as provided for in Article 24(7)(a) of Decision 90/424/EEC;
(b)
‘final reports’ means detailed technical and financial reports to be submitted to the Commission by 30 April each year at the latest for the entire year of application of the programmes, as provided for in Article 24(7)(b) of Decision 90/424/EEC;
(c)
‘payment applications’ means the payment applications relating to the expenditure incurred by a Member State, to be submitted to the Commission, as provided for in Article 24(8) of Decision 90/424/EEC.
Article 3
1. With regards to running programmes approved for Community co-financing in accordance with Article 24(5) of Decision 90/424/EEC, an intermediate report shall be submitted to the Commission by 31 July each year at the latest.
2. The intermediate reports shall include:
(a)
in respect of bovine tuberculosis, bovine brucellosis, ovine and caprine brucellosis (B. melitensis), Enzootic Bovine Leucosis (EBL), Aujesky’s disease, Bluetongue in endemic or high risk areas, African swine fever, swine vesicular disease, classical swine fever, Anthrax, Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, Echinococcosis, Trichinellosis, Verotoxigenic E. coli, all the relevant information, including at least, the information specified in Annexes I, II, III IV and VII, as appropriate;
(b)
in respect of rabies, all the relevant information, including at least, the information specified in Annexes I and VII, as appropriate;
(c)
in respect of Salmonellosis (zoonotic salmonella), all the relevant information, including at least, the information specified in Annexes I, V.A and VII as appropriate;
(d)
in respect of Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE), all the relevant information, including at least, the information specified in Annex VIII, as appropriate;
(e)
in respect of Avian influenza in poultry and wild birds all the relevant information, including at least, the information specified in Annex IX, as appropriate;
(f)
in respect of aquaculture animal diseases such as Infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN), Infectious salmon anaemia (ISA), Viral haemorrhagic septicæmia (VHS), Koi herpes virus infection (KHV), Infection with Bonamia ostreae, Infection with Marteilia refringens, White spot disease in crustacean, all the relevant information, including at least, the information specified in Annex X, as appropriate.
Article 4
1. Final reports shall include:
(a)
in respect of bovine tuberculosis, bovine brucellosis, ovine and caprine brucellosis (B. melitensis), Enzootic Bovine Leucosis (EBL), Aujesky’s disease, Bluetongue in endemic or high risk areas, African swine fever, swine vesicular disease, classical swine fever, Anthrax, Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, Echinococcosis, Trichinellosis, Verotoxigenic E. coli, the payment application and all relevant information, including at least, the information specified in Annexes II, III, IV, V, VI, VII and in the specific Annexes VII.A, VII.B, VII.C or VII.D, as appropriate;
(b)
in respect of rabies, the payment application and all relevant information, including at least, the information specified in Annexes VII and VII.E, as appropriate;
(c)
in respect of Salmonellosis (zoonotic salmonella), the payment application and all relevant information, including at least, the information specified in Annexes V.A, VI, VII and VII.F, as appropriate;
(d)
in respect of Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE), the payment application and all relevant information, including at least, the information specified in Annexes VIII, as appropriate;
(e)
in respect of Avian influenza in poultry and wild birds, the payment application and all relevant information, including at least, the information specified in Annexes IX, as appropriate;
(f)
in respect of aquaculture animal diseases such as Infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN), Infectious salmon anaemia (ISA), Viral haemorrhagic septicæmia (VHS), Koi herpes virus infection (KHV), Infection with Bonamia ostreae, Infection with Marteilia refringens, White spot disease in crustaceans, the payment application and all relevant information, including at least, the information specified in Annex X, as appropriate.
2. For the purpose of completing the table laid down in Annexes VII C, D and F and without prejudice to Article 4(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 296/96 (5), Member States should indicate in the column ‘compensation’ the compensation granted between 1 day and 90 calendar days after the slaughter of the animal or the destruction of the products or after the presentation of the completed claim by the owner. Where the authorities concerned make compensation payments outside of the 90 days (from 91 to 210 calendar days) reduction in Community financial support shall apply.
Article 5
Decision 2002/677/EC is repealed.
Article 6
This Decision shall apply to programmes for the eradication, control and monitoring of animal diseases to be implemented as from 1 January 2009.
Article 7
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 October 2008.