2001/499/EC: Commission Decision of 3 July 2001 amending Decisions 2000/639/EC and 2000/773/EC on the Community's financial contribution to the Member States' BSE monitoring programmes for 2001 (notified under document number C(2001) 1748)
Date: 2001-07-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU financing, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, veterinary inspection, veterinary legislation

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 3 July 2001

amending Decisions 2000/639/EC and 2000/773/EC on the Community's financial contribution to
the Member States' BSE monitoring programmes for 2001

(notified under document number C(2001) 1748)

(2001/499/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 2001/12/EC (2), and in particular Article 24
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Commission Decision 2000/639/EC of 13 October
2000 on the list of programmes for the monitoring of
BSE qualifying for a financial contribution from the
Community in 2001 (3), as amended by Decision 2000/
773/EC (4), establishes the list of programmes for the
monitoring of BSE qualifying for a financial contribution
from the Community for 2001, as well as the proposed
rate
each
the
and amount of
programme. All Member
States' BSE monitoring
programmes are included in that list.

contribution for

Decision 2000/773/EC approved the BSE monitoring
programmes presented for 2001 by the Member States.

Decision 2000/773/EC also establishes the maximum
amount of financial participation by the Community for
each programme. It provides that the financial participa-
tion by the Community should be at the rate of 100 %
of the cost (VAT excluded) of the purchase of test kits
and reagents up to a maximum of EUR 30 per test for
tests carried out between 1 January and 31 December
2001 in certain target groups (namely dead-on-farm
animals, emergency slaughtered animals and animals
found sick at normal slaughter).

Provision was also made under Decision 2000/773/EC
for review by 1 July 2001 to establish the financial
participation by the Community for the period 1 July to
31 December 2001 for tests carried out on healthy
slaughtered animals.

Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down
rules for the prevention, control and eradication of
certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (5), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1248/2001 (6), sets out
a new BSE monitoring programme in bovine animals.

(1) OJ L 224, 18.9.1990, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 3, 6.1.2001, p. 27.
(3) OJ L 269, 21.10.2000, p. 54.
(4) OJ L 308, 8.12.2000, p. 35.
(5) OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 173, 27.6.2001, p. 12.

Under the new monitoring programme, monitoring in
certain target groups of bovine animals not entering the
food chain will be expanded and the age limit will be
reduced. Furthermore, all bovine animals over 30
months of age slaughtered for human consumption will
have to be monitored, with the possibility for Austria,
Finland and Sweden of
reduced
monitoring on those animals. Regulation (EC) No 999/
2001 will apply from 1 July 2001.

carying out

a

(6)

(7)

(8)

According to the reports submitted by the Member
States pursuant to Article 20 of Decision 2000/773/EC,
the cost of the purchase of test kits and reagents is
below the maximum of EUR 30 per test, as set out in
Article 18 of that Decision.

In view of the expanded BSE monitoring programme
introduced by Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, it is neces-
sary to revise the maximum amount of financial partici-
pation by the Community for each programme, as set
out
in Decisions 2000/639/EC and 2000/773/EC.
Furthermore, and taking also into account the cost of
the purchase of test kits and reagents as reported by
Member States, the conditions for the financial contribu-
target groups should be
tion for monitoring in all
revised.

that

the estimates of

the
It has become apparent
maximum amount of Community financing that could
be allocated to each programme may have to be
adjusted during the implementation of the programmes
in order to take account of the actual needs of each
Member State. The review must however be carried out
without increasing the total amount of contribution by
the Community. To facilitate the review, each Member
State should send in a monthly report on the progress of
the programme and the costs incurred.

(9)

Furthermore, the model for the final reports should be
harmonised to ensure that appropriate and comparable
data is received from the Member States at the end of
the reporting period.

(10) Decisions 2000/639/EC and 2000/773/EC should there-

fore be amended accordingly.

(11)

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

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— at the rate of 100 % of the cost (VAT excluded) of the
purchase of test kits and reagents up to a maximum of
EUR 30 per test
for tests carried out between 1
January and 30 June 2001 on animals referred to in
Article 1(1) and (2) of Commission Decision 2000/
764/EC (*),

— at the rate of 100 % of the cost (VAT excluded) of the
purchase of test kits and reagents up to a maximum of
EUR 15 per test for tests carried out between 1 July
and 31 December 2001 on animals referred to in
Annex III, Chapter A, Part I, points 2.1, 3 and 4.1 to
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001,

— at the rate of 100 % of the cost (VAT excluded) of the
purchase of test kits and reagents up to a maximum of
EUR 15 per test for tests carried out between 1 July
and 31 December 2001 on animals referred to in
Annex III, Chapter A, Part I, points 2.2, 4.2 and 4.3 to
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001.

(*) OJ L 305, 6.12.2000, p. 35.’

17.

in Article 19, the following paragraph 2 is added:

The maximum amounts of

‘2.
financial participation
by the Community for each monitoring programme may
be reviewed in the light of the reports referred to in
Article 20 of Decision 2000/773/EC. However, the total
contribution by
exceed
the Community
EUR 65 850 000.’;

shall not

18. Article 20(b) is replaced by the following:

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2000/639/EC is amended as follows:

1.

in Article 1, the following paragraph 3 is added:

‘3.
The maximum amounts of financial participation by
the Community for each monitoring programme may be
reviewed in the light of the reports referred to in Article 20
of Decision 2000/773/EC. However, the total contribution
by the Community shall not exceed EUR 65 850 000.’

2. The Annex is replaced by the text in Annex I to this

Decision.

Decision 2000/773/EC is amended as follows:

Article 2

‘EUR 197 700’

‘EUR 171 000’

‘EUR 321 000’

is

is

is

replaced

by

replaced

by

replaced

by

‘EUR 3 450 000’

is

replaced

by

‘EUR 90 000’

is

replaced

by

‘EUR 1 136 000’

‘EUR 4 800 000’

is

is

replaced

by

replaced

by

1.

2.

3.

in Article
2(2)
‘EUR 1 742 000’;

in Article
3(2)
‘EUR 2 748 000’;

in Article
4(2)
‘EUR 2 203 000’;

4. In Article

5(2)
‘EUR 17 143 000’;

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

in
Article
‘EUR 264 000’;

6(2)

in Article
7(2)
‘EUR 3 436 000’;

in Article
8(2)
‘EUR 18 339 000’;

in Article
9(2)
‘EUR 6 469 000’;

in Article 10(2)
‘EUR 3 638 000’;

10.

11.

12.

in Article
‘EUR 204 000’;

11(2)

in Article 12(2)
‘EUR 5 245 000’;

in Article
‘EUR 566 000’;

13(2)

‘EUR 210 000’

is

replaced

by

19. Article 20(c) is replaced by the following:

‘EUR 2 500 000’

is

replaced

by

‘EUR 82 500’

is

replaced

by

‘EUR 1 260 000’

is

replaced

by

‘EUR 180 000’

replaced

by

replaced

by

‘(c) to forwarding a final report by 1 June 2002, at the
latest, on the technical execution of the programme
accompanied by justifying evidence as to the costs
incurred and the results attained during the period
from 1 January to 31 December 2001. The report
shall contain at least the information set out in the
Annex,’;

20. An Annex, consisting of the text set out in Annex II to

this Decision,

is added.

Article 3

replaced

by

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

replaced

by

Done at Brussels, 3 July 2001.

13. In Article

14(2)

‘EUR 306 000’

‘EUR 446 000’;

14.

15.

in Article
‘EUR 609 000’;

15(2)

in Article
‘EUR 2 798 000’;

16(2)

‘EUR 577 800’

‘EUR 270 000’

is

is

is

is

16. Article 18 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 18

The financial participation by the Community for the
programmes approved in Articles 2 to 16 shall be:

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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BSE

ANNEX I

‘ANNEX

LIST OF PROGRAMMES FOR THE MONITORING OF BSE

Proposed rate and amount of the Community financing contribution

Disease

Member State

Rate (purchase of
kits and reagents)

Maximum amount
(in EUR)

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

Total

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

2 748 000

2 203 000

17 143 000

264 000

3 436 000

18 339 000

6 469 000

3 638 000

204 000

5 245 000

1 742 000

566 000

446 000

609 000

2 798 000

65 850 000’

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ANNEX II

‘ANNEX