2000/67/EC: Commission Decision of 21 December 1999 on financial aid from the Community towards the eradication of African swine fever in Portugal in 1999 (notified under document number C(1999) 4779) (Text with EEA relevance) (Only the Portuguese text is authentic)
Date: 1999-12-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, Portugal, animal plague, financial aid, health control, swine

L 23/70

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Official Journal of the European Communities

28. 1. 2000

COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 December 1999

on financial aid from the Community towards the eradication of African swine fever in Portugal in
1999

(notified under document number C(1999) 4779)

(Only the Portuguese text is authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/67/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 Commission Decision 94/370/EC (2), and in particular
Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

an outbreak of African swine fever occurred in Portugal
in November 1999; this disease represents a serious
danger to Community pig stocks; with a view to contri-
buting towards the speedy eradication of the disease the
Community is able to contribute to expenditure incurred
by the Member States for losses suffered;

the Portuguese authorities have reported that they took
the requisite steps,
including the measures listed in
Article 3(2) of Decision 90/424/EEC, as soon as the
outbreak of African swine fever was officially confirmed;

the Community financial contribution should be paid
upon confirmation that the measures have been imple-
mented and the authorities have supplied all the infor-
mation requested within the time limits laid down;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Portugal may receive financial assistance from the Community
relating to the outbreak of African swine fever which was
confirmed on 15 November 1999.

Subject to checks, the Community's financial contribution shall
be:
— 50 % of the costs incurred by Portugal

in compensating
owners for the slaughter and the destruction of pigs and for
the destruction of products obtained from pork

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 168, 2.7.1994, p. 31.

— 50 % of the costs incurred by Portugal

in the cleaning,
disinfestation and disinfection of holdings and equipment
in compensating
owners for the destruction of contaminated feedingstuffs
and equipment.

— 50 % of the costs incurred by Portugal

Article 2

1.
Subject to the checks to be carried out, the Community
contribution shall be granted after the supporting documents
have been submitted.

2.

The documents referred to in paragraph 1 shall be:

(a) an epidemiological report on each holding on which pigs
have been slaughtered. The report shall contain informa-
tion on:

(i) infected holding:

— location and address
— date on which the disease was suspected and the

date on which it was confirmed

— number of pigs slaughtered and destroyed, with

date

— method of slaughter and destruction
— type and number of samples collected and tested
when the disease was suspected; results of the tests
— type and number of samples taken and tested
during the depopulation of the infected holding;
results of the tests

— presumed

origin

of

the

infection

following

complete epidemiological analysis

(ii) holdings in contact with the infected holding:

— as in (i), first, third, fourth and sixth indents
— infected holding (outbreak) with which contact has
been confirmed or suspected; nature of the contact

(b) a financial report including the list of beneficiaries and their
addresses, the number of animals slaughtered, the date of
slaughter and the amount paid out (excluding VAT and
other taxes).

Article 3

The application for payment, together with the supporting
documents referred to in Article 2, shall be submitted to the
Commission before 1 May 2000.

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Article 4

The Commission, in collaboration with the competent national authorities, may carry out on-the-spot

1.
checks to ensure that the measures and assisted expenditure 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 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the
common agricultural policy (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/95 (2), shall apply mutatis
mutandis.

This Decision is addressed to the Portuguese Republic.

Article 5

Done at Brussels, 21 December 1999.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 94, 28.4.1970, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 125, 8.6.1995, p. 1.