2003/24/EC: Commission Decision of 30 December 2002 concerning the development of an integrated computerised veterinary system (notified under document number C(2002) 5496)
Date: 2002-12-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: computer system, database, information network, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 December 2002

concerning the development of an integrated computerised veterinary system

(notified under document number C(2002) 5496)

(2003/24/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June
1990 concerning the veterinary and zootechnical checks
applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and
products with a view to the completion of
the internal
market (1), as last amended by Directive 92/118/EEC (2), and in
particular Article 20(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 92/438/EEC of 13 July
1992 on computerisation of veterinary import procedures
(Shift project), amending Directives 90/675/EEC, 91/496/EEC,
91/628/EEC and Decision 90/424/EEC, and repealing Decision
88/192/EEC (3), as last amended by Council Decision 95/1/
EC (4), and in particular Article 12 thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June
1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (5), as last amended
by Decision 2001/572/EC (6), and in particular Articles 37 and
37a thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 13 December 1999 on a Community
framework for electronic signatures (7) seeks to guarantee
the security of and confidence in electronic communica-
tion media and facilitate their use by the national and
Community authorities to communicate both among
themselves and with citizens and economic operators.

Article 3 of Commission Decision 92/563/EEC of 19
November 1992 on the database covering the Commu-
nity's
requirements, envisaged by the Shift
project (8) lays down that the Commission must develop
the relevant databases.

import

Commission Decision 91/398 of 19 July 1991 on a
computerised network linking veterinary authorities
(Animo) (9) defines the principles governing the commu-
nications network linking veterinary units.

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29.
(2) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 49.
(3) OJ L 243, 25.8.1992, p. 27.
(4) OJ L 1, 1.1.1995, p. 113.
(5) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.
(6) OJ L 203, 28.7.2001, p. 16.
(7) OJ L 13, 19.1.2000, p. 12.
(8) OJ L 361, 10.12.1992, p. 45.
(9) OJ L 221, 9.8.1991, p. 30.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

The work carried out in Community studies and semi-
nars has shown that
the Animo
network needs to be revised to create a veterinary system
that includes various computer applications.

the architecture of

European Parliament Resolution A5-0396/2000 on
Court of Auditors Special Report No 1/2000 (10) on the
outbreak of classical swine fever calls for the Animo
network to be managed and developed under the full
control of the Commission and for amendments to be
made in accordance with the Court's observations.

In order to optimise functions and user interfaces, the
Member States need to be closely involved in developing
an integrated computerised veterinary system.

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

The Community shall as soon as possible set up a computer
system integrating the functions of the ANIMO and SHIFT
systems into a single architecture. The technical specifications
of this system are set out in the Annex.

Article 2

1.
In the first phase, the Commission shall draw up the
specifications for the new Animo system, analyse the system
and present a prototype.

The Commission shall have a budget of EUR 200 000 for that
work.

2.
In the second phase, the Commission shall develop the
new Animo system and make the database available to the
Member States.

The Commission shall also develop and integrate into the
3.
new computer system the Shift system, in particular the func-
tions required to aid decision-making at border inspection
posts, as regards both regulatory matters and risk analyses.

(10) OJ C 85, 23.3.2000, p. 1.

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The Director-General of the Directorate-General for Health and Consumer Protection shall be authorised to
sign the contracts needed to implement this Decision.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 30 December 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

The architecture of the computer systems of the Directorate-General for Health and Consumer Protection is based on n-
tier technology, with a client-side browser, a web server for the presentation of information and a separate Oracle data-
base server. Strategic applications are developed in JAVA using BEA Weblogic. The network protocol is IP, and, where
necessary for security reasons, a private data-network, TESTA II, and security protocols such as Secure Socket Layer
(SSL) and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) are used. Data is exchanged between applications using the XML standard.

Statistical reports are generated from BO (Business Object) and cartographic software.