EN Official Journal of the European Union L 336/59

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 1

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 2

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 3

Decision 2008/425/EC is repealed.

Article 4

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

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 December 2015. For the Commission Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS Member of the Commission

(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).

ANNEX I 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 II 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 III 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 IV 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 V 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 Member State: Disease(s) (1): Duration of the programme: annual/multiannual Request for Union co-financing for (2): 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) (3) : 3. Description of the submitted programme (4) : 4. Measures of the submitted programme to be implemented 4.1. Summary of measures under the programme: 4.2. Organisation, supervision and role of all stakeholders (5) involved in the programme: 4.3. Description and demarcation of the geographical and administrative areas in which the programme is to be implemented (6) : 4.4. The targets to be attained by the completion date of the programme and the anticipated benefits thereof: 4.5. Appropriate indicators to measure the achievement of the targets of the programme: 4.6. Description of the measures of the programme (7) : 4.6.1. Notification of the disease 4.6.2. Target animals and animal population 4.6.3. Identification of animals and registration of holdings 4.6.4. Qualifications of animals and herds (8) 4.6.5. Rules on the movement of animals 4.6.6. Tests used and sampling schemes 4.6.7. Vaccines used and vaccination schemes 4.6.8. Information and assessment on bio-security measures management and infrastructure in place in the holdings involved 4.6.9. Measures in case of a positive result (9) 4.6.10. Compensation scheme for owners of slaughtered and killed animals (10) 4.6.11. Control on the implementation of the programme and reporting (11) 5. Financial resources for the implementation of the programme: Estimated budget and the source: public/private or both. 6. Data on the epidemiological evolution during the last five years (12) 6.1. Evolution of the disease 6.1.1. Data on herds (13) (one table per year) Year: Regio (14) Animal species Total number of herds (15) Total number of herds under the programme Number of herds checked (16) Number of positive herds (17) Number of new positive herds (18) Number of herds depopulated % positive herds depopulated INDICATORS % herd coverage % positive herds Period herd prevalence % new positive herds Herd incidence 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 = (/) × 100 10 = (5/4) × 100 11 = (6/5) × 100 12 = (7/5) × 100 Total

6.1.2. Data on animals (one table per year) Year: Region (19) Animal species Total number of animals (20) Number of animals (22) to be tested under the programme Number of animals (21) tested Number of animals tested individually (22) Number of positive animals Slaughtering INDICATORS Number of animals with positive result slaughtered or culled Total number of animals slaughtered (23) % coverage at animal level % positive animals Animal prevalence 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 = (5/4) × 100 11 = (7/5) × 100 Total 6.2. Stratified data on surveillance and laboratory tests 6.2.1. Stratified data on surveillance and laboratory tests Year: Region (24) Animal species/category Test type (25) Test description Number of samples tested Number of positive samples Total 6.3. Data on infection (one table per year) Year: Region (26) Animal species Number of herds infected (27) Number of animals infected Total 6.4. Data on the status of herds at the end of each year (if applicable) Year: Region (28) Animal species Status of herds and animals under the programme (29) Total number of herds and animals under the programme Unknown (30) Not free or not officially free from disease Free or officially free from disease status suspended (33) Free from disease (34) Officially free from disease (35) Last check positive (31) Last check negative (32) Herds Animals (36) Herds Animals (36) Herds Animals (36) Herds Animals (36) Herds Animals (36) Herds Animals (36) Herds Animals (36) Total 6.5. Data on vaccination or treatment programmes (37) Year: Region (38) Animal species Total number of herds (39) Total number of animals Information on vaccination or treatment programme Number of herds in vaccination or treatment programme Number of herds vaccinated or treated Number of animals vaccinated or treated Number of doses of vaccine or treatment administered Number of adults vaccinated Number of young animals vaccinated Total 6.6. Data on wildlife (40) 6.6.1. Estimation of wildlife population Year: Regions (41) Animal species Method of estimation Estimated population Total

6.6.2. Disease surveillance and other tests in wildlife (one table per year) Year: Region (42) Animal Species Test type (43) Test description Number of samples tested Number of positive samples Total

6.6.3. Data on vaccination or treatment of wildlife Year: Region (44) Square km Vaccination or treatment programme Number of doses of vaccine or treatment to be administered Number of campaigns Total number of doses of vaccine or treatment administered Total 7. Targets 7.1. Targets related to testing (one table for each year of implementation (45) ) 7.1.1. Targets on diagnostic tests Region (46) Test type (47) Target population (48) Type of sample (49) Objective (50) Number of planned tests Total 7.1.2. Targets on testing herds and animals 7.1.2.1. Targets on the testing of herds (51) Region (52) Animal species Total number of herds (53) Total number of herds under the programme Number of herds expected to be checked (54) Number of expected positive herds (55) Number of expected new positive herds (56) Number of herds expected to be depopulated % positive herds expected to be depopulated TARGET INDICATORS Expected % herd coverage % positive herds Expected period herd prevalence % new positive herds Expected herd incidence 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 = (8/6) × 100 10 = (5/4) × 100 11 = (6/5) × 100 12 = (7/5) × 100 Total

7.1.2.2. Targets on the testing of animals Region (57) Animal species Total number of animals (58) Number of animals (59) under the programme Number of animals (59) expected to be tested Number of animals to be tested individually (60) Number of expected positive animals Slaughtering TARGET INDICATORS Number of animals tested positive expected to be slaughtered or culled Total number of animals expected to be slaughtered (61) Expected % coverage at animal level % positive animals (Expected animal prevalence) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 = (5/4) × 100 11 = (7/5) × 100 7.2. Targets on qualification of herds and animals (one table for each year of implementation) if applicable. Region (62) Animal species Total number of herds and animals under the programme Targets on the status of herds and animals under the programme (63) Expected unknown (64) Expected not free or not officially free from disease Expected free or officially free from disease status suspended (67) Expected free from disease (68) Expected officially free from disease (69) Last check positive (65) Last check negative (66) Herds Animals (70) Herds Animals (70) Herds Animals (70) Herds Animals (70) Herds Animals (70) Herds Animals (70) Herds Animals (70) Total 7.3. Targets on vaccination or treatment (one table for each year of implementation) 7.3.1. Targets on vaccination or treatment (71) Region (72) Animal species Total number of herds (73) in vaccination or treatment programme Total number of animals in vaccination or treatment programme Targets on vaccination or treatment programme Number of herds (73) in vaccination or treatment programme Number of herds (73) expected to be vaccinated or treated Number of animals expected to be vaccinated or treated Number of doses of vaccine or treatment expected to be administered Number of adults expected to be vaccinated Number of young animals expected to be vaccinated Total 7.3.2. Targets on vaccination or treatment (74) of wildlife Region (75) Animal species Square km Targets on the vaccination or treatment programme Number of doses of vaccine or treatments expected to be administered in the campaign Expected number of campaigns Total number of doses of vaccine or treatment expected to be administered Total 8. Detailed analysis of the cost of the programme (one table per year of implementation) Costs related to Specification Number of units Unitary cost in EUR Total amount in EUR Union funding requested (yes/no) 1. Testing 1.1. Cost of the sampling Domestic animals 1.2. Cost of the analysis Bacteriological tests (cultivation) in the framework of official sampling Serotyping of relevant isolates Bacteriological test to verify the efficiency of disinfection of premises after depopulation of a salmonella-positive flock Test for the detection of antimicrobials or bacterial growth inhibitory effect in tissues from animals from flocks/herds tested for salmonella Other (please specify) 2. Vaccination (If co-financing for the purchase of vaccines is requested, Sections 6.4 and 7.2 must also be completed if vaccination policy is part of your programme) 2.1. Purchase of vaccine doses Number of vaccine doses 3. Slaughter and destruction 3.1. Compensation of animals Compensation of animals 3.2. Transport costs 3.3. Destruction costs 3.4. Loss in case of slaughtering 3.5. Costs from treatment of animal products (eggs, hatching eggs, etc.) Costs from treatment of animal products (eggs, hatching eggs, etc. 4. Cleaning and disinfection 5. Salaries (staff contracted for the programme only) Salaries Other (please specify) 6. Consumables and specific equipment 7. Other costs Total (1) 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. (2) Indicate the year(s) for which co-financing is requested. (3) 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). (4) 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. (5) 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. (6) 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. (7) 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. (8) To mention only if applicable. (9) 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,). (10) Not for BT. (11) Describe the process and control that will be carried out in order to ensure the proper monitoring of the implementation of the programme. (12) The data on the evolution of the disease are provided according to the tables below where appropriate. (13) Herds or flocks or holdings as appropriate. (14) Region as defined in the programme of the Member State. (15) Total number of herds existing in the region including eligible herds and non-eligible herds for the programme. (16) Check means to perform a herd level test under the programme for the respective disease with the purpose of maintaining or upgrading, the health status of the herd. In this column a herd must not be counted twice even if has been checked more than once. (17) Herds with at least one positive animal during the period independent of the number of times the herd has been checked. (18) Herds which status in the previous period was Unknown, Not free-negative, Free, Officially Free or Suspended and have at least one animal tested positive in this period. (19) Region as defined in the programme of the Member State. (20) Total number of animals existing in the region including eligible herds and non-eligible herds for the programme. (21) Includes animals tested individually or under bulk level scheme. (22) Include only animals tested individually, do not include animals tested by bulk level samples. (23) Include all positive animal slaughtered and also the negative animals slaughtered under the programme. (24) Region as defined in the programme of the Member State. (25) Indicate whether the test is serological, virological, etc. (26) Region as defined in the programme of the Member State. (27) Herds or flocks or holdings as appropriate. (28) Region as defined in the programme of the Member State. (29) At the end of the year. (30) Unknown: No previous checking results available. (31) Not free and last check positive: Herd checked with at least one positive result in the latest check. (32) Not free and last check negative: Herd checked with negative results in the latest check but not being Free or Officially Free. (33) Suspended as defined in Union or national legislation for the respective disease at the end of the reporting period. (34) Free herd as defined in Union or national legislation for the respective disease. (35) Officially free herd as defined in Union or national legislation for the respective disease. (36) Include animals under the programme in the herds with the referred status (left column). (37) Data only to be provided if vaccination has been carried out. (38) Region as defined in the programme of the Member State. (39) Herds or flocks or holdings as appropriate. (40) Data only to be provided in case the programme comprises measures as regards wildlife or if the data are epidemiologically relevant for the disease. (41) Region as defined in the programme of the Member State. (42) Region as defined in the programme of the Member State. (43) Indicate whether the test is serological, virological, biomarker detection etc. (44) Region as defined in the programme of the Member State. (45) For subsequent years of approved multiannual programmes only one table for the relevant year should be filled in. (46) Region as defined in the programme of the Member State. (47) Description of the test. (48) Specification of the targeted species and the categories of targeted animals. (49) Description of the sample. (50) Description of the objective (for instance qualification, surveillance, confirmation of suspected cases, monitoring of campaigns, sero-conversion, control on deleted vaccines, testing of vaccine, control of vaccination, etc.). (51) Herds or flocks, or holdings as appropriate. (52) Region as defined in the programme of the Member State. (53) Total number of herds existing in the region including eligible herds and non-eligible herds for the programme. (54) Check means to perform a herd level test under the programme for the respective disease with the purpose of maintaining, upgrading, etc., the health status of the herd. In this column a herd must not be counted twice even if it has been checked more than once. (55) Herds with at least one positive animal during the period independent of the number of times the herd has been checked. (56) Herds which status in the previous period was Unknown, Not free-negative, Free, Officially Free or Suspended and have at least one positive animal in this period. (57) Region as defined in the programme of the Member State. (58) Total number of animals existing in the region including eligible herds and non-eligible herds for the programme. (59) Includes animals tested individually or under bulk level scheme. (60) Include only animals tested individually, do not include animals tested by bulk level samples. (61) Include all positive animals slaughtered and also the negative animals slaughtered under the programme. (62) Region as defined in the programme of the Member State. (63) At the end of the year. (64) Unknown: No previous checking results available. (65) Not free and last check positive: Herd checked with at least one positive result in the latest check. (66) Not free and last check negative: Herd checked with negative results in the latest check but not being Free or Officially Free. (67) Suspended as defined for the respective disease in Union or national legislation where appropriate or according national legislation. (68) Free herd as defined for the respective disease where appropriate in Union or national legislation where appropriate or according to national legislation. (69) Officially free herd as defined for the respective disease where appropriate in Union or national legislation or according to national legislation. (70) Include animals under the programme in the herds with the referred status (left column). (71) Data only to be provided if appropriate. (72) Region as defined in the programme of the Member State. (73) Herds or flocks or holdings as appropriate. (74) Data only to be provided if appropriate. (75) Region as defined in the programme of the Member State.