2003/743/EC: Commission Decision of 14 October 2003 on the lists of programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases and of checks aimed at the prevention of zoonoses qualifying for a financial contribution from the Community in 2004 (notified under document number C(2003) 3708)
Date: 2003-10-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, animal disease, disease prevention, health control, veterinary inspection, zoonosis

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 October 2003

on the lists of programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases and of checks
aimed at the prevention of zoonoses qualifying for a financial contribution from the Community
in 2004

(notified under document number C(2003) 3708)

(2003/743/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 Articles
24(5) and 32 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Certain Member States and acceding Member States have
submitted programmes to the Commission for the eradi-
cation and monitoring of animal diseases 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 moni-
toring of animal diseases are to 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

In drawing up the list of programmes for the eradication
and monitoring of animal diseases qualifying for a finan-
cial contribution from the Community in 2004, and the
proposed rate and amount of the contribution for each
programme, both the interest of each programme for
the Community and the volume of available appropria-
tions must be taken into account.

In drawing up the list of programmes of checks aimed at
the prevention of zoonoses qualifying for a financial
contribution from the Community in 2004, and the
proposed rate and amount of the contribution for each
programme,
the interest of each programme for the
Community, its compliance with the technical provisions
of relevant Community veterinary legislation and the
volume of available appropriations must be taken into
account.

(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.

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Article 32 of the Act 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 acceding Member
State has taken place. Furthermore, the eradication of
certain diseases in the acceding Member States can also
be co-financed under other Community instruments.

has

each

considered

The Commission
the
programmes submitted from both the veterinary and the
financial point of view and is
those
lists of
programmes
programmes qualifying for a financial contribution from
the Community in 2004.

included in the

satisfied that

should be

of

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 programmes for the eradication and monitoring of
1.
animal diseases listed in Annex I shall qualify for a financial
contribution from the Community in 2004.

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

Article 2

1.
The programmes of checks aimed at the prevention of
zoonoses listed in Annex II shall qualify for a financial contri-
bution from the Community in 2004.

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

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

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 eradication and monitoring of animal diseases (Article 1(1))

Proposed rate and amount of the Community financial contribution

Disease

Member State or acceding Member State

Rate

Proposed amount

(in EUR)

African/Classical swine fever

Italy (Sardinia)

Aujeszkys disease

Bluetongue

Bovine brucellosis

Bovine tuberculosis

Classical swine fever

Belgium

Spain

Hungary

Ireland

Lithuania

Malta

Portugal

Slovakia

Spain

France

Italy

Cyprus

Greece

Spain

Ireland

Italy

Lithuania

Poland

Portugal

Slovenia

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

Greece

Spain

Ireland

Italy

Lithuania

Poland

Portugal

Slovenia

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

Belgium

Czech Republic

Germany

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Slovenia

Slovakia

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

250 000

700 000

75 000

100 000

50 000

50 000

5 000

50 000

60 000

150 000

225 000

700 000

85 000

300 000

4 000 000

5 000 000

1 500 000

50 000

150 000

1 800 000

110 000

2 000 000

300 000

5 000 000

4 500 000

1 200 000

70 000

150 000

400 000

40 000

2 000 000

175 000

75 000

800 000

20 000

90 000

30 000

125 000

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Disease

Member State or acceding Member State

Rate

Proposed amount

(in EUR)

Enzootic bovine leucosis

Italy

Lithuania

Portugal

Slovakia

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

Ovine and caprine brucellosis (B meli-
tensis)

Poseidom (1)

Rabies

Swine vesicular disease

Classical swine fever

Cyprus

Greece

Spain

France

Italy

Lithuania

Portugal

Slovenia

France

Austria

Czech Republic

Germany

Finland

Latvia

Poland

Slovenia

Slovakia

Italy

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

100 000

100 000

100 000

40 000

5 000

725 000

1 000 000

6 500 000

300 000

3 500 000

17 000

2 000 000

70 000

250 000

200 000

650 000

800 000

70 000

370 000

1 800 000

110 000

400 000

400 000

(1) Heartwater, babesiosis and anaplasmosis transmitted by vector insects in the French overseas departments.

Total

51 892 000

ANNEX II

List of programmes of checks aimed at the prevention of zoonoses (Article 2(1))

Proposed rate and amount of the Community financial contribution

Zoonosis

Member State or acceding Member State

Rate

Proposed amount

(in EUR)

Salmonella

Austria

Denmark

France

Ireland

Lithuania

Netherlands

Slovakia

Total

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

150 000

260 000

700 000

90 000

400 000

400 000

400 000

2 400 000