Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION amending Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field
Date: 1993-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, exchange of information, illness, veterinary inspection, veterinary legislation

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Brussels,  6 December 1993 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  DECISION 

amending  Decision 90/424/EEC on 

expenditure  In the veterinary  field 

(presented  by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Experience  shows  that  certain  mechanisms  of  Council  Decision  90/424/EEC  of 

26 June 1990 on expenditure  in the veterinary  field*1) need  to be  improved. 

This  proposal  relates  principally  to  the  financial  contribution  of  the 

Community  to  programmes  for  the  eradication  and  monitoring  of  animal 

diseases.  It provides  for: 

-  a timetable  for  the various operations; 

-  submission  by  the  Member  States  of  annual  programmes  during  the  year 

preceding  that of  their  implementation; 

-  drawing up of a  list of programmes  selected  for  the following year; 

-  approval  of  the  individual  programmes; 

-  a progressive  reduction  in reimbursements where deadlines are not met. 

The  same  arrangements  would  apply  to  future  programmes  for  the  control  of 

certain  zoonoses  and  programmes  for  improving  structures  in connection  with 

the  internal  market. 

As  regards  emergency  measures, a minimum  should  be  laid  down  below which  the 

financial  contribution  will  not  be  granted.  Administrative  costs  must  not 

exceed  the reimbursement  due. 

The  draft  does not  as such  affect  the  level  of  expenditure  in the  veterinary 

field. 

It  constitutes  a  technical  improvement  to  financial  mechanisms  in  the 

veterinary  field. 

(1)  0J N* L 224, 18.08.1990, p. 19. 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

amending Decision 90/424/EEC on 

expenditure  In the veterinary field 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 

Community, and 

in particular Article 43 thereof. 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,*1> 

Having regard to the opinion of the European Par Iiament,<2) 

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee,<3* 

Whereas,  in the  light of experience gained, certain mechanisms provided for 

by Council Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure  in the veterinary  field,(*) as 

last amended by Decision 93/439/EEC,(5) should be improved; 

Whereas, in particular, for programmes for the eradication and monitoring of 

animal  diseases,  programmes  for  the  control  of  certain  zoonoses  and 

programmes  for  improving  the  veterinary  structures  in connection  with  the 

internal market, a timetable should be  laid down for the various operations, 

the  Member  States  should,  during  the  year  preceding  their  implementation, 

submit  annual  programmes, a  list of  programmes  selected  for  the  following 

year should be drawn up, individual  programmes should be approved, the rate 

of the Community's contribution and the maximum amount of  that contribution 

should be determined, provision should be made for a progressive reduction in 

reimbursements where  time  limits are not observed  and  a minimum  level  for 

reimbursements relating to emergency measures should be specified, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 

(1)  OJ N" C 
(2)  OJ N* C 
(3)  OJ N* C 
(4)  OJ N- L 224, 18.08.1990, p. 19. 
(5)  OJ N* L 203, 13.08.1993, p. 34. 

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Article 1 

Decision  90/424/EEC  is hereby  amended  as  follows: 

1.  The  following Article  10a  Is added: 

"Article  10a 

The  financial  contribution  of  the  Community  shall  not  be  granted  where 

the  total  amount  of  the measure  will  be  less  than  ECU  10 000." 

2.  In Article  24, paragraphs  3  to 9  are  replaced  by  the  following: 

"3.  Each  year,  not  later  than  1  May,  and  for  the  first  time  not  later 

than  1 May  1995,  the Member  States  shall  submit  to  the Commission  the 

programmes  they  wish  to  receive  a  financial  contribution  from  the 

Community.  On  that  occasion,  the  Member  States  shall  supply  all  the 

appropriate  financial  information  and  shall  indicate  in  particular 

the  estimated  cost  of  each  programme  submitted.  No  programme 

submitted  after  1 May  may  be  considered  for  financing  the  following 

year. 

4.  The  Commission  shall  consider  the  programmes  submitted  from  both  the 

veterinary  and  the  financial  angle.  The  Member  States  shall 

communicate  to  the  Commission  any  additional  information  it  requires 

for  its  assessment  of  the  programme.  The  period  for  considering 

programmes  shall  end  on  1 September  each  year. 

5.  Each  year,  before  15 October  and  in  accordance  with  the  procedure 

laid  down  in  Article  42,  the  list  of  programmes  qualifying  for  a 

financial  contribution  from  the  Community  for  the  following  year  and 

the  proposed  rate  and  amount  of  the  contribution  for  each  programme 

shalI  be  drawn  up. 

6.  Each  programme  included  in  the  list  provided  for  in  paragraph  5, 

where  appropriate  amended  to  take  account  of  the examination  referred 

to  in  paragraphs  4  and  5,  shall  be  approved  individually  in 

accordance  with  the  procedure  laid  down  in  Article  42  before  1 

December.  The  level  of  the  financial  contribution  of  the  Community, 

any  conditions  to which  it may  be  subject  and  the  upper  limit  of  the 

contribution  shall  be  laid  down  in  accordance  with  the  same 

procedure. 

7.  All  programmes  shall  be  approved  for  a  period  of  one  year  and  shall 

be  implemented  on  1 January  each  year.  For  each  programme  in  force, 

the  Member  States  shall  submit  to  the  Commission,  before  1  May,  a 

preliminary  technical  and  financial  evaluation  of  the  programme.  This 

evaluation  may  be  accompanied  by  a  request  for  the  continuation  of 

the  measure  in  accordance  with  paragraph  3.  The  Commission  shall 

inform  the Member  States of  the  situation  with  regard  to  the  adoption 

of  the  decision  provided  for  in paragraph  5. 

8.  Payment  applications  relating  to  expenditure  incurred  by  a  Member 

State  in  respect  of  a  given  programme  shall  be  submitted  to  the 

Commission  before  1 May  of  the  year  following  that  in  which  the 

programme  ends.  Where  the  time  limit  specified  is  not  observed,  the 

financial  contribution  of  the  Community  shall  be  reduced  by  20%  on 

1  June,  40% on  1 July,  60% on  1 August,  80% on  1 September  and  100% 

on  1 October. 

9.  The  Commission  shall  rule  on  the  aid  in  principle  before  1  October 

and  shall  in  any  case  inform  the  Member  States  meeting  within  the 

Standing  Veterinary  Committee  by  15 October. 

10.  The  Commission  shall  make  regular  on-the-spot  checks,  with  the 

cooperation  of  the  competent  national  authorities,  on  the  application 

of  programmes  receiving  a  financial  contribution  from  the  Community. 

11. Detailed  rules for  the application of  this Article, and  in particular 

Article  8  thereof,  shall  be adopted  in accordance  with  the  procedure 

laid down  in Article 41. 

12. The  programmes  already  approved  by  the Commission  shall  continue  to 

be  governed  by  the  provisions  of  Article  24  applicable  before  the 

amendment  resulting  from  Council  Decision  92/.../EEC  of 

amending  Decision  90/424/EEC  of  26 June  1990  on  expenditure  in  the 

veterinary  field**).  However,  the  above-mentioned  programmes  shall 

end not  later  than 31 December  1995." 

3.  Article 25  is deleted. 

4.  Article 26  is replaced  by the following: 

"Article 26 

For  the  measures  provided  for  in  this  Title,  the  amount  of  the 

appropriations  required  shall  be  fixed  each  year  under  the  budget 

procedure." 

5.  Articles 30 and  31 are deleted. 

6.  Article 32  is replaced  by the following: 

"Article 32 

For  the purposes of  this Chapter, paragraphs  3 to  11 of Article  24 shall 

apply." 

(*)  OJ N* L 

7.  In Article  38, paragraph  3  is replaced  by  the following: 

"3. For  the  purposes  of  this  Article,  paragraphs  3  to  11  of  Article  24 

shalI  apply." 

8.  Article 40 shall  be replaced by 

"Article 40 

Payments shall  be made  in ecus at  the rates published  in the Official  Journal 

of  the  European  Communities  on  the  first  working  day  of  the  month  in which 

the application  for payment  was  received." 

Article 2 

This Decision  is addressed  to the Member  States. 

Done at Brussels, 

For  the Council 

The President 

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