2000/52/EC: Commission Decision of 17 December 1999 on a Community financial contribution towards the eradication of bluetongue in Greece (notified under document number C(1999) 4681) (Only the Greek text is authentic)
Date: 1999-12-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, Greece, animal disease, financial aid, health control, sheep

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on a Community financial contribution towards the eradication of bluetongue in Greece

COMMISSION DECISION

of 17 December 1999

(notified under document number C(1999) 4681)

(Only the Greek text is authentic)

(2000/52/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/EEC (2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

outbreaks of bluetongue occurred in a number of
regions of Greece since August 1999 and that one can
expect new outbreaks till December 1999;

the extension of the disease on such a large scale makes
useless the slaughtering policy which had been previ-
ously adopted last year on more restricted outbreaks;

it has been decided with the Greek authorities to limit
the slaughtering policy to the clinically affected animals;

the Community financial contribution shall be paid after
confirmation that the measures have been implemented
and that the Community veterinary legislation has been
respected;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

— 50 % of the costs incurred by Greece in compensating
owners for the slaughter and destruction of the animals
affected, infected or suspected of being affected or infected,

— 50 % of the costs incurred by Greece for the purchase of

insecticide and spraying equipment.

Article 3

The Community financial contribution shall be granted

1.
after supporting documents have been submitted.

2.
shall

The supporting documents referred to in paragraph 1
include:

(a) an epidemiological report on each holding where slaugh-

tering has taken place,

(b) a financial report listing in particular:

— the list of the beneficiaries and their addresses, the
number, species and categories of animals slaughtered,
their date of slaughter, the amount paid out (excluding
VAT) and the date of payment,

— for the other measures covered by the financial partici-
the expenses
pation of
the Community, a list of
(excluding VAT), including description of the measures
and the date of payment.

Article 4

Applications for payment, together with the supporting docu-
ments referred to in Article 3 shall be submitted to the
Commission before 1 April 2000.

For the purposes of this Decision, ‘animals affected, infected or
suspected of being affected or infected’ means animals with
clinical symptoms.

Article 2

For the control of the bluetongue outbreak in Greece, the
Community financial contribution towards the cost of
the
measures implemented in 1999, excluding measures adopted in
the frame of Decision 1999/559/EC (3) and up to a maximum
amount of EUR 0,6 million shall be:

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 168, 2.7.1994, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 211, 11.8.1999, p. 55.

Article 5

1.
The Commission may carry out on-site checks in collab-
oration with the competent national authorities to ensure that
the assisted measures have been implemented and the relevant
expenditure incurred.

The Commission shall
outcome of these checks.

inform the Member States of

the

2.
Articles 8 and 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70
of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural
policy (4) shall apply mutatis mutandis.

(4) OJ L 94, 28.4.1970, p. 13.

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This Decision is addressed to the Hellenic Republic.

Article 6

Done at Brussels, 17 December 1999.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission