2002/934/EC: Commission Decision of 28 November 2002 approving the TSE monitoring programmes of certain Member States for 2003 and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution (notified under document number C(2002) 4592)
Date: 2002-11-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, animal disease, disease prevention, health control, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 November 2002

approving the TSE monitoring programmes of certain Member States for 2003 and fixing the level
of the Community's financial contribution

(notified under document number C(2002) 4592)

(2002/934/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 2001/572/EC (2), and in particular Article 24(6)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Decision 90/424/EEC provides for the possibility of a
financial contribution by the Community in the eradica-
tion and monitoring of certain animal diseases.

Certain Member States have submitted programmes for
the monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalo-
pathies (TSEs) in bovine, ovine and caprine animals for
2003.

After examination, the programmes submitted by the
concerned Member States for monitoring TSEs (the TSE
monitoring programmes) were found to comply with
Council Decision 90/638/EEC of 27 November 1990
laying down Community criteria for the eradication and
monitoring of certain animal diseases (3), as amended by
Council Directive 92/65/EEC (4).

Those 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 2003 and which was
established by Commission Decision 2002/798/EC (5).

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 (6), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1494/2002 (7),
provides for annual programmes for monitoring trans-
missible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in bovine,
ovine and caprine animals.

In the light of the importance of the TSE monitoring
programmes for the achievement of Community objec-
tives in the field of animal and public health, it is appro-
the costs
priate in this case to reimburse 100 % of
the
incurred by the concerned Member States

for

(1) OJ L 224, 18.9.1990, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 203, 28.7.2001, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 347, 12.12.1990, p. 27.
(4) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 54.
(5) OJ L 277, 15.10.2002, p. 25.
(6) OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 225, 22.8.2002, p. 3.

purchase of test kits and reagents up to a maximum
amount per test kit and TSE monitoring programme.

Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/99 of 17 May 1999
on the financing of the common agricultural policy (8),
provides that programmes for the monitoring and eradi-
cation of animal diseases are to be financed under the
European Agricultural
the
Section
Guarantee
Guidance and Guarantee Fund;
for financial control
purposes, Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1258/
99 apply.

of

The Community's financial contribution should only be
granted provided that the TSE monitoring programmes
are carried out efficiently and the concerned Member
States supply all the necessary information within the
specified time limits.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
the Food Chain and Animal Health,

(7)

(8)

(9)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Belgium is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2003 to 31
December 2003.

The Community's financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 4 719 000.

Article 2

The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Denmark
1.
is hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2003 to 31
December 2003.

The Community's financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 2 977 000.

Article 3

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Germany
is hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2003 to 31
December 2003.

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

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The Community's financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 20 723 000.

The Community's financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 2 455 000.

Article 4

The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Greece is
1.
hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2003 to 31
December 2003.

The Community's financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 975 000.

Article 5

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Spain is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2003 to 31
December 2003.

The Community's financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 5 984 000.

Article 6

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by France is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2003 to 31
December 2003.

The Community's financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 30 554 000.

Article 7

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Ireland is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2003 to 31
December 2003.

The Community's financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 9 577 000.

Article 8

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Italy is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2003 to 31
December 2003.

The Community's financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 6 952 000.

Article 9

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Luxem-
bourg is hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2003
to 31 December 2003.

The Community's financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 198 000.

Article 10

The TSE monitoring programme submitted by the Neth-
1.
erlands is hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2003
to 31 December 2003.

The Community's financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 6 312 000.

Article 11

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Austria is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2003 to 31
December 2003.

Article 12

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Portugal is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2003 to 31
December 2003.

The Community's financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 1 059 000.

Article 13

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Finland is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2003 to 31
December 2003.

The Community's financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 1 402 000.

Article 14

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Sweden is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2003 to 31
December 2003.

The Community's financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 440 000.

Article 15

The Community's financial contribution for the TSE monitoring
programmes referred to in Articles 1 to 14 shall be at the rate
of 100 % of the cost (value added tax excluded) of the purchase
of test kits and reagents subject to a maximum amount of
EUR 10,50 per test for tests carried out from 1 January to 31
December 2003 in animals referred to in Annex III to Regula-
tion (EC) No 999/2001.

Article 16

The Community's financial contribution for

1.
the TSE
monitoring programmes referred to in Articles 1 to 14 shall be
granted provided that their implementation shall be in confor-
mity with the relevant provisions of Community law, including
rules on competition and on the award of public contracts, and
subject to the concerned Member State complying with the
following conditions:

(a) bringing into force by 1 January 2003 the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions for implementing the TSE
monitoring programme;

(b) forwarding a report to the Commission every month on
the progress of the TSE monitoring programme and the
costs incurred; the report shall be forwarded at the latest
four weeks after the end of each month;

(c) forwarding a final report, by 1 June 2004 at the latest, on
the technical execution of the TSE monitoring programme
accompanied by proof of the costs incurred and the results
attained during the period from 1 January to 31 December
2003;

(d) implementing the TSE monitoring programme efficiently.

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In case the Member state does not comply with those rules, the Commission shall reduce the contri-
2.
bution of the community having regard to the nature and gravity of the infringement, and to the financial
loss suffered by the Community.

Article 17

Article 18

This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2003.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 November 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission