2003/746/EC: Commission Decision of 14 October 2003 on the list of programmes for the eradication and the monitoring of certain TSEs qualifying for a financial contribution from the Community in 2004 (notified under document number C(2003) 3713)
Date: 2003-10-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, animal disease, disease prevention, health control, shareholding, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 October 2003

on the list of programmes for the eradication and the monitoring of certain TSEs qualifying for a
financial contribution from the Community in 2004

(notified under document number C(2003) 3713)

(2003/746/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(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

The Member States and certain acceding Member States
have submitted programmes to the Commission for the
eradication and the monitoring of certain transmissible
spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) for which they wish
to receive a financial contribution from the Community.

Under Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17
May 1999 on the financing of the common agricultural
policy (3), programmes for the eradication and the moni-
toring of animal diseases shall be financed under the
Guarantee
European Agricultural
the
Guidance and Guarantee Fund. For financial control
purposes, Articles 8 and 9 of that Regulation are to
apply.

Section

of

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 (4), as
last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1234/
2003 (5), lays down rules for monitoring TSEs in bovine,
ovine and caprine animals.

Article 32 of the Treaty of Accession of 2003 lays down
that the new Member States are to receive the same
treatment as the present Member States as regards
expenditure under veterinary funds.

However, no financial commitment under the 2004
budget for any programme concerned may be made
before the accession of the concerned new Member State
has taken place. Furthermore, the eradication of certain
diseases in acceding Member States can also be co-
financed by other Community instruments.

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.
(4) OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 173, 11.7.2003, p. 6.

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

In drawing up the lists of programmes for the eradica-
tion and the monitoring of TSEs qualifying for a finan-
cial contribution from the Community for 2004 and the
proposed rate and maximum amount of the contribution
for
each
programme for the Community and the volume of avail-
able appropriations must be taken into account.

each programme, both the

interest of

The Member States and the concerned acceding Member
States have supplied the Commission with information
enabling it to assess the interest for the Community of
providing a financial contribution to the programmes
for 2004.

of

has

each

considered

The Commission
the
programmes from both the veterinary and the financial
point of view and is satisfied that those programmes
should be included in the lists of programmes qualifying
for a financial contribution from the Community in
2004. The contribution for the monitoring of TSEs
concerns the implementation of rapid tests, and for the
eradication of scrapie, the destruction of animals found
positive and the genotyping of animals.

recent

In view of the importance of these measures for the
protection of public and animal health, as well as the
relatively
these monitoring
introduction of
programmes compared with the traditional disease eradi-
cation programmes and the obligatory application of
these programmes in all Member States, a high level of
financial assistance from the Community should be
ensured.

is

therefore

appropriate

It
list of
programmes qualifying for a financial contribution from
the Community in 2004 and to set the rate and the
maximum amount of those contributions.

to adopt

the

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1.
The programmes for the monitoring of TSE (BSE and
scrapie) listed in Annex I shall qualify for a financial contribu-
tion from the Community in 2004.

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For each programme as referred to in paragraph 1, the
2.
proposed rate and maximum amount of the financial contribu-
tion from the Community shall be as set out in Annex I.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

1.
The programmes for the eradication of TSE (scrapie) listed
in Annex II shall qualify for a financial contribution from the
Community in 2004.

For each programme as referred to in paragraph 1, the
2.
proposed rate and maximum amount of the financial contribu-
tion from the Community shall be as set out in Annex II.

Done at Brussels, 14 October 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

List of programmes for the monitoring of TSEs

Rate and maximum amount of the Community financial contribution

Disease

Member State or acceding
Member State

Rate-purchase of test kits

Maximum amount

(in EUR)

TSEs

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

Cyprus

Estonia

Malta

Slovenia

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

3 351 000

2 351 000

15 611 000

745 000

4 854 000

21 733 000

5 386 000

6 283 000

158 000

4 028 000

1 675 000

1 012 000

1 060 000

358 000

7 726 000

144 000

103 000

37 000

353 000

Total

76 968 000

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ANNEX II

List of programmes for the eradication of scrapie

Maximum amount of the Community financial contribution

Disease

Member State or acceding
Member State

Rate

Maximum amount

(in EUR)

Scrapie

Denmark

Germany

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

50 % culling, 100 % genotyping

50 % culling, 100 % genotyping

50 % culling, 100 % genotyping

50 % culling, 100 % genotyping

50 % culling, 100 % genotyping

50 % culling, 100 % genotyping

50 % culling, 100 % genotyping

Netherlands

50 % culling, 100 % genotyping

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

50 % culling, 100 % genotyping

50 % culling, 100 % genotyping

50 % culling, 100 % genotyping

50 % culling, 100 % genotyping

United Kingdom

50 % culling, 100 % genotyping

Cyprus

50 % culling, 100 % genotyping

5 000

755 000

450 000

435 000

1 160 000

490 000

3 210 000

675 000

30 000

255 000

5 000

5 000

7 460 000

740 000

Total

15 675 000