2003/394/EC: Commission Decision of 23 May 2003 amending Decision 2002/677/EC as regards programmes for the control of zoonotic salmonella (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 1640)
Date: 2003-05-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal disease, animal product, human nutrition, poultry, public health, veterinary inspection, zoonosis

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 23 May 2003

amending Decision 2002/677/EC as regards programmes for the control of zoonotic salmonella

(notified under document number C(2003) 1640)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2003/394/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 Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 (2), and in particular Article
24(11) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Commission Decision 2002/677/EC of 22 August 2002
laying down standard reporting
for
programmes of eradication and control of animal
diseases co-financed by the Community and repealing
Decision 2000/322/EC (3) does not cover programmes
for the control of zoonotic salmonella co-financed by
the Community.

requirements

Decision 90/424/EEC provides that once Community
rules to control zoonoses have been introduced, Member
States may, as part of their national plans approved by
the Commission, seek a financial contribution from the
Community.

Community rules to control zoonotic salmonella in
poultry are laid down by Council Directive 92/117/EEC
of 17 December 1992 concerning measures for protec-
tion against specified zoonoses and specified zoonotic
agents in animals and products of animal origin in order
to prevent outbreaks of food-borne infections and intoxi-
cations (4) as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/
2003. Following the adoption of
the
Commission approved a number of national salmonella
control plans submitted by the Member States. Commu-
nity co-financing has been provided for some of those
approved national control plans.

that Directive,

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 229, 27.8.2002, p. 24.
(4) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 38.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

It is important to have in place a reporting system for
the purpose of assessing progress made during the
salmonella control
the national
implementation of
programmes co-financed by the Community. It is appro-
priate to harmonise those reporting systems in order to
collect meaningful and comparable information.

This reporting system should be based on the require-
ments laid down in Decision 2002/677/EC. However, it
is necessary to lay down certain specific reporting
requirements for zoonotic salmonella.

Decision 2002/677/EC should be amended accordingly.

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 2002/677/EC is amended as follows:

(1) in Article 4(2), the following subparagraph is added:

‘In respect of zoonotic salmonella,
intermediate reports
shall contain at least the information specified in Annex
Va.’;

(2) in Article 5(2), the following subparagraph is added:

‘In respect of zoonotic salmonella, the final reports shall
contain at least the information specified in Annexes Va, VI
and VII.’;

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(3) Annex I is replaced by the text in Annex I to this Decision;

(4) Annexes VI and VII are replaced by the text in Annex II to this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 23 May 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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