98/62/EC: Commission Decision of 3 December 1997 on financial contributions from the Community for the eradication of Newcastle disease in the United Kingdom (Only the English text is authentic)
Date: 1997-12-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, EU financing, United Kingdom, animal disease, poultry, slaughter of animals

21.  1.  98

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

L 16/41

COMMISSION  DECISION

of  3  December  1997

on  financial  contributions  from  the  Community  for  the  eradication  of  Newcastle  disease  in  the
United  Kingdom

(Only  the  English  text  is  authentic)

(98/62/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
Article  3  (3)  thereof,

Whereas  outbreaks  of  Newcastle  disease  occurred  in  the
in  1996  and  1997;  whereas  the
United  Kingdom 
appearance  of  this  disease  is  a  serious  danger  to  the
Community’s  poultry  and,  in  order  to  help  eradicate  the
disease  as  rapidly  as  possible,  the  Community  has  the
possibility  of  compensating  for  the  losses  suffered;

Whereas,  as  soon  as  the  presence  of  Newcastle  disease
was  officially  confirmed  the  national  authorities  took
appropriate  measures  which  included  the  measures  as
listed  in  Article  3  (2)  of  Decision  90/424/EEC;  whereas
such  measures  were  notified  by  the  United  Kingdom;

— 50 % of the costs incurred by the United Kingdom for
the  cleaning  and  disinfection  of  holdings  and
equipment,

— 50 %  of  the  costs  incurred  by  the  United  Kingdom  in
compensating  the  owner  for  the  destruction  of
contaminated 
contaminated
equipment.

feedingstuffs 

and 

Article  2

The  Community  financial  contribution  shall  be
1.
granted  after  the  supporting  documents  have  been
submitted  and  under  the  condition  that  Community
veterinary  legislation  has  been  respected.

The  documents  referred  to  in  paragraph  1  shall

2.
include:

(a) an  epidemiological  report  covering  each  holding  on
which poultry has been slaughtered. The report shall
contain  information  on  the  subjects  given  below:

Whereas 
assistance  have  been  met;

the  conditions 

for  Community 

financial

(i)

infected  holdings:

— location  and  address,

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

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  DECISION:

Article  1

The  United  Kingdom  may  obtain  Community  financial
assistance  for  outbreaks  of  Newcastle  disease  which
occurred  during  1996  and  1997.  The 
financial
contribution  from  the  Community  shall  be:

— 50 %  of  the  costs  incurred  by  the  United  Kingdom  in
compensating the owner for the slaughter, destruction
of  poultry  and  poultry  products  as  appropriate,

(1) OJ  L  224,  18.  8.  1990,  p.  19.
(2) OJ  L  168,  2.  7.  1994,  p.  31.

— date  and  suspicion  of  disease  and  date  of

confirmation,

— number  and  date  of  poultry  slaughtered  and

destroyed,

— method  of  killing  and  destruction,

— type  and  number  of  samples  collected  and
examined  at  the  time  of  suspicion  of  the
disease.  Results  of  examinations  performed,

— type  and  number  of  samples  collected  and
examined  at  the  time  of  depopulation  of
infected  poultry  holding.  Results  of
the 
examination  performed,

— source  of 

basis  of  a 
investigation;

infection  as  assumed  on  the
epidemiological

completed 

(ii) contact  holdings:

— as  listed  under  (i),  indents  1,  3,  4  and  6,

— infected  holding 

(outbreak)  with  which
contact  has  been  confirmed  or  assumed;
nature  of  contact;

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(b)

financial report including list of the beneficiaries and
their  location,  number  of  animals  slaughtered,  date
of  slaughter  and  amount  paid.

Article  4

This  Decision  is  addressed  to  the  United  Kingdom  of
Great  Britain  and  Northern  Ireland.

Article  3

Done  at  Brussels,  3  December  1997.

The  United  Kingdom  shall  forward  the  supporting
documents  referred  to  in  Article  2  not  later  than  six
months  after  the  notification  of  this  Decision.

For  the  Commission

Franz  FISCHLER

Member  of  the  Commission