98/44/EC: Commission Decision of 28 November 1997 approving the 1998 programme presented by Denmark for the monitoring and control of salmonella in breeding poultry and setting the level of the Community's financial contribution (Only the Danish text is authentic)
Date: 1997-11-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, EU financing, animal disease, breeding animal, health control, poultry

L 16/18

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

21.  1.  98

COMMISSION  DECISION

of  28  November  1997

approving  the  1998  programme  presented  by  Denmark  for  the  monitoring  and  control  of
salmonella  in  breeding  poultry  and  setting  the  level  of  the  Community’s  financial  contribution

(Only  the  Danish  text  is  authentic)

(98/44/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), as
last amended by Decision 94/370/EC (2), and in particular
Articles  32  and  24  (6)  thereof,

Whereas  Chapter  2  of  Title  III  of  Decision  90/424/EEC
provides  that  the  Community  may  make  a  financial
contribution  to  the  checks  aimed  at  the  prevention  of
zoonoses;

of the owners for the destruction of breeding poultry and
hatching  eggs,  or  to  the  difference  between  their
estimated  value  and  those  of  the  products  which  were
obtained  after  heat  treatment;

Whereas 
financial
the  Community  will  make  a 
contribution  provided  that  the  measures  planned  are
carried out and the authorities supply all the information
necessary  within  the  time  limit  laid  down;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance  will  the  opinion  of  the  Standing  Veterinary
Committee,

Whereas  Denmark  has  presented  its  programme  for  the
monitoring and control of salmonella in breeding poultry
for  1998;

Article  1

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  DECISION:

Whereas  the  said  programme  is  included  in  the  list  of
programmes  for  the  prevention  of  zoonoses  which  may
receive  a  financial  contribution  from  the  Community
in  1998,  as 
in  Commission  Decision
97/682/EC (3);

laid  down 

Whereas  in  view  of  the  programme’s  important  role  in
achieving  the  objectives  pursued  by  the  Community  as
regards  the  prevention  of  zoonoses,  the  Community’s
financial  contribution  should  be  set  at  50 %  of  the  costs
borne  by  Denmark,  with  a  maximum  of  ECU  500 000;

Whereas this programme is part of a plan to monitor and
control  salmonella  in  poultry  flocks;

Whereas  the  financial  contribution  from  the  Community
may according to the situation, refer to the compensation

(1) OJ  L  224,  18.  8.  1990,  p.  19.
(2) OJ  L  168,  2.  7.  1994,  p.  31.
(3) OJ  L  286,  18.  10.  1997,  p.  13.

The  programme  for  the  monitoring  and  control  of
salmonella  in  breeding  poultry  presented  by  Denmark
is  hereby  approved  for  the  period  1  January  to
31  December  1998.

Article  2

The  Community’s  financial  contribution  is  hereby
1.
set  at  50 %  of  the  costs  borne  by  Denmark  for  the
implementation  of 
in
the  programme  referred 
Article  1,  with  a  maximum  of  ECU  500 000,  for

to 

— according to the situation, the destruction of breeding
poultry  or  the  difference  between  the  estimated  value
of  the  breeding  poultry  and  the  income  from  the  sale
of  the  heat-treated  meat  obtained  from  this  poultry,

— the  destruction  of  incubated  hatching  eggs,

— according 

to 

the  situation, 

the  destruction  of
non-incubated hatching eggs or the difference between
the  estimated  value  of  the  non-incubated  hatching
eggs and the income from the sale of the heat treated
egg  products  obtained  from  the  eggs.

21.  1.  98

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

L 16/19

The  Community’s  financial  contribution  shall  be

2.
granted  after:

— a  quarterly  report  has  been  forwarded  to  the
Commission  on  the  progress  of  the  measure  and  the
expenditure  incurred,

— a  final  report  has  been  forwarded  to  the  Commission
by  1  June  1999  at  the  latest  on  the  technical
implementation  of  the  measure,  accompanied  by
supporting  documents  relating  to  the  expenditure
incurred,

and  provided  that  Community  veterinary  legislation  has
been  respected.

Article  3

This  Decision  is  addressed  to  the  Kingdom  of  Denmark.

Done  at  Brussels,  28  November  1997.

For  the  Commission

Franz  FISCHLER

Member  of  the  Commission