98/702/EC: Commission Decision of 26 November 1998 approving the programmes of checks aimed at the prevention of zoonoses presented for 1999 by the Member States and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution (notified under document number C(1998) 3645/1) (Only the Danish, Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic)
Date: 1998-11-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, animal disease, exchange of information, veterinary inspection, veterinary legislation

9. 12. 98

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 26 November 1998

approving the programmes of checks aimed at the prevention of zoonoses
presented for 1999 by the Member States and fixing the level of the Community’s
financial contribution

(notified under document number C(1998) 3645/1)

(Only the Danish, Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic)

(98/702/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 Council Decision 94/370/EC (2), and in
particular Article 24(6), and Articles 29 and 32 thereof,

Whereas Chapter 2 of Title III of Decision 90/424/EEC
provides for the possibility of financial participation by
the Community on checks aimed at the prevention of
zoonoses;

Whereas Member States have submitted programmes for
the prevention of zoonoses in their countries;

for

Whereas these programmes appear on the priority list of
the eradication and surveillance of
programmes
animal diseases which can benefit from financial parti-
cipation from the Community in 1999 and which was
established by Decision 98/583/EC (3);

Whereas in view of the programmes important role in
achieving the objectives pursued by the Community as
regards the prevention of zoonoses, it is appropriate to fix
the financial participation of the Community at 50 % of
the costs incurred by the Member States concerned for

(1) OJ L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 168, 2. 7. 1994, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 281, 17. 10. 1998, p. 39.

the measures and up to a maximum amount of money for
each programme;

Whereas the Community will make a financial contribu-
tion 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 with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary
Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The programme for the monitoring and control of
1.
salmonella in breeding poultry presented by Denmark is
hereby approved for the period 1 January 1999 to 31
December 1999.

The Community’s financial contribution is hereby
2.
set as 50 % of the costs borne by Denmark for the
implementation of the programme with a maximum of
ECU 500 000, for:

— 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,

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— 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.

(c) forwarding a final report on the technical execution of
the programme accompanied by supporting docu-
ments relating to the expenditure incurred by 1 June
2000 at the latest,

and provided that Community veterinary legislation has
been respected.

Article 2

1.
The programme for the prevention of enterohemor-
rhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) from contaminating food-
stuffs presented by Finland is hereby approved for the
period 1 January 1999 to 31 December 1999.

2.
The Community’s financial contribution is hereby
set as 50 % of the costs borne by Finland for the imple-
mentation of the programme with a maximum of ECU
125 000.

Article 3

The financial contribution of the Community for the
programmes referred to under Articles l and 2 shall be
granted subject to:

(a) bringing into force by l January 1999 the laws, regula-
tions and administrative provisions by the Member
State concerned for implementing the programme;

(b) forwarding a quarterly report to the Commission on
the progress of the programme and the expenditure
incurred;

Article 4

The Commission,

in collaboration with the
1.
competent national authorities, may carry out on-the-spot
checks to ensure that the measures and assisted expendi-
ture have been carried out.

The Commission shall inform the Member States of the
outcome of the checks.

2. Articles 8 and 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
729/70 (1) shall apply mutatis mutandis.

The financial contribution of the Community may
3.
only be granted if the programmes have effectively been
implemented in line with Community rules.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark
and the Republic of Finland.

Done at Brussels, 26 November 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13.