2003/21/EC: Commission Decision of 30 December 2002 amending Decision 2002/673/EC approving the programmes for the implementation of Member States' surveys for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds (notified under document number C(2002) 5488)
Date: 2002-12-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, animal disease, bird, data collection, health control, poultry, report, shareholding, wildlife

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 December 2002

amending Decision 2002/673/EC approving the programmes for the implementation of Member
States' surveys for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds

(notified under document number C(2002) 5488)

(2003/21/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 20
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Council Decision 90/424/EEC provides for financial aid
from the Community for the undertaking of technical
and scientific measures necessary for the development of
Community veterinary legislation and for veterinary
education or training.

The implementation of surveys for avian influenza in
poultry and wild birds in Member States was decided by
Commission Decision 2002/649/EC (3) including a finan-
cial contribution by the Community to the costs
incurred by the Member States at the rate of 50 % of the
costs for the collection and the analysis of samples up to
a maximum of EUR 500 000 for all the Member States
in total.

By Decision 2002/673/EC (4)
the programme for a
Member State was approved and standard forms were
the
laid down for
programme performed in each Member State.

reporting results and costs of

States

All Member
their
have
programmes which have been studied by the Commis-
sion and an expert of the Community Reference Labora-
tory.

now submitted

to

officially

Decision 2002/673/EC should therefore be amended in
order
States'
approve
programmes and to determine the amount of financial
participation by the Community granted to each
approved programme.

the Member

(6)

(7)

(8)

The date for the submission of the reports on the results
of the surveys should be postponed until 15 October
2003 to better cover the investigations for wild birds.

The opportunity should be taken to amend one table
used for Member State's reporting of the results of the
survey in relation to the different categories of poultry
tested and to correct a mistake in that table.

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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 2002/673/EC shall be amended as follows:

1.

in Article 1(3) the date ‘30 September 2003’ is replaced by
the date ‘15 October 2003’;

2. Annex I is replaced by Annex I to this Decision;

3. Annex II is replaced by Annex II to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 December 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 203, 28.7.2001, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 213, 9.8.2002, p. 38.
(4) OJ L 228, 24.8.2002, p. 27.

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ANNEX I

List of Member States, for which programmes for avian influenza surveys in poultry and wild birds are
approved

Member States

Period

Maximum amount

(in euro)

Austria — AT

Belgium — B

30 December 2002 — 15 October 2003

30 December 2002 — 15 October 2003

Denmark — DK

30 December 2002 — 15 October 2003

Finland — FI

France — F

30 December 2002 — 15 October 2003

30 December 2002 — 15 October 2003

Germany — D

30 December 2002 — 15 October 2003

Greece — EL

Ireland — IRL

Italy — I

30 December 2002 — 15 October 2003

30 December 2002 — 15 October 2003

1 August 2002 — 30 June 2003

Luxembourg — L

30 December 2002 — 15 October 2003

Netherlands — NL

30 December 2002 — 15 October 2003

Portugal — P

Spain — E

30 December 2002 — 15 October 2003

30 December 2002 — 15 October 2003

Sweden — SE

30 December 2002 — 15 October 2003

United Kingdom — UK

30 December 2002 — 15 October 2003

24 500

12 600

29 500

19 700

28 700

74 400

37 600

17 800

31 800

1 500

22 800

32 900

42 100

25 200

98 900

Total

500 000

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I
I

X
E
N
N
A