EN Official Journal of the European Union L 346/59

COMMISSION DECISION

of 8 December 2006

amending Decisions 2005/723/EC and 2005/873/EC as regards the reallocation of the Community’s financial contribution to certain Member States for their programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases and for checks aimed at the prevention of zoonoses for 2006

(notified under document number C(2006) 5937)

(2006/912/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(5) and (6), and Articles 29 and 32 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Decision 90/424/EEC provides for the possibility of financial participation by the Community towards the programmes of Member States aimed at the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases and for checks aimed at the prevention of zoonoses.

(2) Commission Decision 2005/723/EC of 14 October 2005 on programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases, of certain TSEs, and for the prevention of zoonoses, which qualify for a Community financial contribution in 2006 (2) sets out the proposed rate and maximum amount of the Community’s financial contribution for each programme submitted by the Member States.

(3) Commission Decision 2005/873/EC of 30 November 2005 approving programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases, of certain TSEs, and for the prevention of zoonoses presented by the Member States for the year 2006 (3) sets out the maximum amount of the Community’s financial contribution for each programme submitted by the Member States.

(4) The Commission has analysed the reports forwarded by the Member States on the expenditures of those programmes. The results of that analysis show that certain Member States will not utilise their full allocation for 2006 while others will spend in excess of the allocated amount.

(5) The Community’s financial contribution to certain of those programmes therefore needs to be adjusted. It is appropriate to reallocate funding from programmes of Member States, which are not using their full allocation to those that are exceeding it. The reallocation should be based on the most recent information on the expenditure actually incurred by the concerned Member States.

(6) Decisions 2005/723/EC and 2005/873/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(7) 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

Annexes I to V to Decision 2005/723/EC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

Decision 2005/873/EC is amended as follows:

1. in Article 1(2)(d), ‘EUR 105 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 0’;

2. in Article 1(2)(f), ‘EUR 600 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 0’;

3. in Article 3(2)(a), ‘EUR 65 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 135 000’;

4. in Article 3(2)(b), ‘EUR 5 000 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 7 000 000’;

5. in Article 3(2)(e), ‘EUR 240 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 370 000’;

6. in Article 4(2)(c), ‘EUR 50 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 90 000’;

7. in Article 4(2)(e), ‘EUR 100 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 400 000’;

8. in Article 5(2)(f), ‘EUR 1 000 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 1 130 000’;

9. in Article 6(2)(a), ‘EUR 2 200 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 4 200 000’;

10. in Article 7(1)(a), ‘EUR 650 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 550 000’;

11. in Article 7(1)(c), ‘EUR 900 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 300 000’;

12. in Article 7(1)(k), ‘EUR 488 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 38 000’;

13. in Article 8(2)(b), ‘EUR 600 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 1 200 000’;

14. in Article 9(2)(a), ‘EUR 160 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 260 000’;

15. in Article 11(2)(h), ‘EUR 25 760 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 26 065 000’;

16. in Article 11(2)(q), ‘EUR 5 515 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 5 550 000’;

17. in Article 11(2)(t), ‘EUR 2 205 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 2 665 000’;

18. in Article 12(2)(h), ‘EUR 300 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 100 000’;

19. in Article 12(2)(p), ‘EUR 685 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 335 000’;

20. in Article 13(2)(g), ‘EUR 12 790 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 4 790 000’;

21. in Article 13(2)(k), ‘EUR 5 215 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 2 815 000’;

22. in Article 13(2)(p), ‘EUR 685 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 500 000’;

23. in Article 13(2)(r), ‘EUR 865 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 75 000’.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 8 December 2006. For the Commission Markos KYPRIANOU Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19. Decision as last amended by Decision 2006/782/EC (OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 57).

(2) OJ L 272, 18.10.2005, p. 18. Decision as amended by Decision 2006/645/EC (OJ L 263, 23.9.2006, p. 14).

(3) OJ L 322, 9.12.2005, p. 21. Decision as amended by Decision 2006/645/EC.