2000/4/EC: Commission Decision of 30 November 1999 approving the programmes of checks aimed at the prevention of zoonoses presented for 2000 by the Member States and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution (notified under document number C(1999) 3985) (Only the Danish, English and Finnish texts are authentic)
Date: 1999-11-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU aid, animal disease, health control, poultry, veterinary inspection

6. 1. 2000

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 November 1999

approving the programmes of checks aimed at the prevention of zoonoses presented for 2000 by
the Member States and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution

(notified under document number C(1999) 3985)

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

(2000/4/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

(6)

the authorities supply all
within the time limit laid down;

the information necessary

the measures provided for in this Decision are in accord-
ance with the opinion of
the Standing Veterinary
Committee,

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 24(6), 29
and 32 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

the possibility of

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

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

these programmes appear on the priority list of
programmes for the eradication and surveillance of
animal diseases which can benefit from financial partici-
pation from the Community in 2000 and which was
established by Commission Decision 1999/702/EC (3);

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 finan-
cial participation of the Community at 50 % of the costs
incurred by the Member States concerned for the meas-
ures and up to a maximum amount of money for each
programme;

(5)

the Community will make a financial contribution
provided that the measures planned are carried out and

(1) OJ L 224, 18.9.1990, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 168, 2.7.1994, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 276, 27.10.1999, p. 19.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The programme for the monitoring and control of salmo-
1.
in breeding poultry presented by Denmark is hereby
nella:
approved for the period from 1 January 2000 to 31 December
2000.

2.
The Community's financial contribution is hereby set as
50 % of the costs borne by Denmark for the implementation of
the programme with a maximum of EUR 400 000, 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,

— 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.

Article 2

1.
The programme for the monitoring and control of salmo-
nella in breeding poultry presented by Ireland is hereby
approved for the period from 1 January 2000 to 31 December
2000.

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The Community's financial contribution is hereby set as
2.
50 % of the costs borne by Ireland for the implementation of
the programme with a maximum of EUR 50 000, 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,

— 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.

Article 3

The programme for the prevention of enterohemorrhagic
1.
Escherichia
foodstuffs
presented by Finland is hereby approved for the period from 1
January 2000 to 31 December 2000.

from contaminating

(EHEC)

coli

(c) forwarding a final report on the technical execution of the
programme
documents
relating to the expenditure incurred by 1 June 2001 at the
latest;

accompanied

supporting

by

and provided that Community veterinary legislation has been
respected.

Article 5

The Commission,

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

The Commission shall
outcome of the checks.

inform the Member States of

the

2.
Articles 8 and 9 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/
1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the common
agricultural policy (1) shall apply mutatis mutandis.

2.
The Community's financial contribution is hereby set as
50 % of the costs borne by Finland for the implementation of
the programme with a maximum of EUR 125 000.

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

Article 4

Article 6

financial

The
the
programmes referred to under Articles 1 to 3 shall be granted
subject to:

the Community for

contribution of

(a) bringing into force by 1 January 2000 the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions by the Member State
concerned for implementing the programme;

(b) forwarding a report to the Commission every four months
on the progress of the programme and the costs incurred at
the latest four weeks after the end of each reporting period;

This Decision is addressed to Denmark, Ireland and Finland.

Done at Brussels, 30 November 1999.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.