2004/863/EC: Commission Decision of 30 November 2004 approving the TSE eradication and monitoring programmes of certain Member States for 2005 and fixing the level of the Community’s financial contribution (notified under document number C(2004) 4603)
Date: 2004-11-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU financing, action programme, animal disease, disease prevention, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 November 2004

approving the TSE eradication and monitoring programmes of certain Member States for 2005 and
fixing the level of the Community’s financial contribution
(notified under document number C(2004) 4603)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2004/863/EC)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June
1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), and in particular
Article 24(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Decision 90/424/EEC provides for the possibility of a
financial contribution by the Community in the eradi-
cation and monitoring of certain animal diseases.

Most Member Sates have submitted programmes to the
Commission for
the eradication and monitoring of
certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs).

After examination,
the programmes submitted by the
Member States for the eradication and the monitoring
of TSEs were found to comply with Council Decision
90/638/EEC of 27 November 1990 laying down
Community criteria for the eradication and monitoring
of certain animal diseases (2).

for

Those programmes appear on the priority list of
programmes
the eradication and monitoring of
certain TSEs qualifying for financial contribution from
the Community in 2005 and which was established by
Commission Decision 2004/696/EC of 14 October 2004

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19. Decision as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 806/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 347, 12.12.1990, p. 27. Decision as amended by Directive

92/65/EEC (OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 54).

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

on the list of programmes for the eradication and moni-
toring of certain TSEs qualifying for a financial contri-
bution from the Community in 2005 (3).

the

Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of
European
Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying
down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of
spongiform encephalopathies (4),
certain transmissible
provides for annual programmes for
the eradication
and monitoring of TSEs in bovine, ovine and caprine
animals.

In the light of the importance to eradicate and monitor
TSEs for the achievement of Community objectives in the
it is appropriate to
field of animal and public health,
reimburse 100 % of
the costs paid by the Member
States
the TSE rapid tests performed up to a
maximum amount per test and per TSE monitoring
programme.

for

For the same reason it is appropriate to reimburse 100 %
of the laboratory costs paid by the Member States for the
performance of genotyping tests up to a maximum per
test and per Scrapie eradication programme.

Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999
on the financing of the common agricultural policy (5),
provides that programmes for the eradication and moni-
toring of animal diseases are to be financed under the
Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance
and Guarantee Fund. For
financial control purposes,
Articles 8 and 9 of that Regulation are to apply.

(3) OJ L 316, 15.10.2004, p. 91.
(4) OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1. Regulation as

(EC) No 1492/2004 (OJ

last amended by
L 274,

Commission Regulation
24.8.2004, p. 3).

(5) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.

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(9)

(10)

(11)

The Community’s financial contribution should only be
granted subject to the condition that the programmes for
the eradication and monitoring of TSEs are carried out
efficiently and that
the
necessary information within specified time limits laid
down in this Decision.

the Member States supply all

There is a need to clarify the rate to be used for the
the payment applications submitted in
conversion of
national currency as defined in Article 1(d) of Council
Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998
establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro (1).

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

CHAPTER I

Approval of and financial contribution to TSE monitoring
programmes

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 15 020 000.

Article 5

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Estonia is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 290 000.

Article 6

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Greece is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 585 000.

Article 1

Article 7

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Belgium is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Spain is
the period from 1 January to 31

1.
hereby approved for
December 2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 3 550 000.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 4 780 000.

Article 2

Article 8

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by the Czech
Republic is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to
31 December 2005.

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by France is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 1 700 000.

Article 3

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Denmark is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 2 375 000.

Article 4

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 24 045 000.

Article 9

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Ireland is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 6 170 000.

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Germany is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

(1) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.

Article 10

The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Italy is
the period from 1 January to 31

1.
hereby approved for
December 2005.

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The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 6 660 000.

Article 11

Article 17

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Austria is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Cyprus is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 1 920 000.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 85 000.

Article 18

Article 12

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Portugal is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Lithuania is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 1 135 000.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 835 000.

Article 19

Article 13

The

TSE monitoring

1.
Luxembourg is hereby approved for
January to 31 December 2005.

programme

submitted
by
the period from 1

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 145 000.

Article 14

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Hungary is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 1 085 000.

Article 15

The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Malta is
the period from 1 January to 31

1.
hereby approved for
December 2005.

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Slovenia is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 435 000.

Article 20

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Finland is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 1 160 000.

Article 21

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by Sweden is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 35 000.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 305 000.

Article 16

Article 22

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by the Neth-
erlands is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2005.

1.
The TSE monitoring programme submitted by the United
Kingdom is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to
31 December 2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 4 270 000.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 5 570 000.

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Article 23

The Community’s financial contribution for the TSE monitoring
programmes referred to in Articles 1 to 22 shall be at the rate
of 100 % of the cost paid, value added tax excluded, by the
concerned Member States for the tests performed, subject to a
maximum amount of EUR 8 per test, for tests carried out from
1 January to 31 December 2005 in bovine, ovine and caprine
animals
to Regulation (EC) No
999/2001.

referred to in Annex III

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 25 000.

Article 29

1.
The BSE eradication programme submitted by Greece is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

CHAPTER II

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 150 000.

Approval of and financial contribution to BSE eradication
programmes

Article 30

Article 24

The BSE eradication programme submitted by Belgium is
1.
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 250 000.

Article 25

1.
The BSE eradication programme submitted by the Czech
Republic is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to
31 December 2005.

The BSE eradication programme submitted by Spain is
the period from 1 January to 31

1.
hereby approved for
December 2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 1 320 000.

Article 31

1.
The BSE eradication programme submitted by France is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 500 000.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 2 500 000.

Article 32

Article 26

1.
The BSE eradication programme submitted by Ireland is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

1.
The BSE eradication programme submitted by Denmark is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 4 000 000.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 200 000.

Article 33

Article 27

1.
The BSE eradication programme submitted by Germany is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

The BSE eradication programme

submitted by Italy
the period from 1 January to

1.
is hereby approved for
31 December 2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 205 000.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 875 000.

Article 34

Article 28

1.
The BSE eradication programme submitted by Cyprus is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

1.
The BSE eradication programme submitted by Estonia is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 25 000.

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Article 35

The

BSE

1.
Luxembourg
1 January to 31 December 2005.

eradication

is hereby

approved

programme

submitted

for

the period

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 25 000.

by
from

Article 42

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 150 000.

1.
The BSE eradication programme submitted by the United
Kingdom is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to
31 December 2005.

Article 36

The BSE eradication programme

1.
submitted by the
Netherlands is hereby approved for the period from 1 January
to 31 December 2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 450 000.

Article 37

1.
The BSE eradication programme submitted by Austria is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 4 235 000.

Article 43

The Community’s financial contribution for the BSE eradication
programmes referred to in Articles 24 to 42 shall be at the rate
of 50 % of the cost paid by the concerned Member States for
compensation to owners for the value of their animals culled
and destroyed in accordance with their eradication programme,
up to a maximum of EUR 500 per animal.

CHAPTER III

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 10 000.

Approval of and financial contribution to Scrapie eradication
programmes

Article 44

Article 38

The BSE eradication programme submitted by Portugal is
1.
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 975 000.

Article 39

1.
The BSE eradication programme submitted by Slovenia is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 25 000.

1.
The Scrapie eradication programme submitted by Belgium
is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 105 000.

Article 45

The Scrapie eradication programme submitted by the
1.
Czech Republic is hereby approved for the period from 1
January to 31 December 2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 20 000.

Article 40

Article 46

1.
The BSE eradication programme submitted by the Slovakia
is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2005.

The

Scrapie

1.
by
Denmark is hereby approved for the period from 1 January
to 31 December 2005.

programme

eradication

submitted

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 25 000.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 5 000.

Article 41

Article 47

1.
The BSE eradication programme submitted by Finland is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

The

Scrapie

1.
by
Germany is hereby approved for the period from 1 January
to 31 December 2005.

programme

eradication

submitted

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The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 2 275 000.

Article 48

Article 54

1.
The Scrapie eradication programme submitted by Cyprus
is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2005.

1.
The Scrapie eradication programme submitted by Estonia
is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 5 565 000.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 10 000.

Article 55

Article 49

1.
The Scrapie eradication programme submitted by Latvia is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

1.
The Scrapie eradication programme submitted by Greece
is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 5 000.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 1 555 000.

Article 56

Article 50

1.
The Scrapie eradication programme submitted by Spain is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 9 525 000.

Article 51

1.
The Scrapie eradication programme submitted by France is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 1 300 000.

Article 52

1.
The Scrapie eradication programme submitted by Ireland
is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2005.

The

Scrapie

1.
by
Lithuania is hereby approved for the period from 1 January
to 31 December 2005.

programme

eradication

submitted

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 5 000.

Article 57

The

Scrapie

1.
Luxembourg is hereby approved for
January to 31 December 2005.

eradication

programme

submitted
by
the period from 1

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 35 000.

Article 58

1.
The Scrapie eradication programme submitted by Hungary
is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 800 000.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 5 000.

Article 53

Article 59

1.
The Scrapie eradication programme submitted by Italy is
hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2005.

1.
The Scrapie eradication programme submitted by the
Netherlands is hereby approved for the period from 1 January
to 31 December 2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 2 485 000.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 575 000.

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Article 60

Article 66

1.
The Scrapie eradication programme submitted by Austria
is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2005.

1.
The Scrapie eradication programme submitted by the
United Kingdom is hereby approved for the period from 1
January to 31 December 2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 10 000.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 7 380 000.

Article 61

1.
The Scrapie eradication programme submitted by Portugal
is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 695 000.

Article 62

1.
The Scrapie eradication programme submitted by Slovenia
is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 65 000.

Article 63

1.
The Scrapie eradication programme submitted by Slovakia
is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 340 000.

Article 64

1.
The Scrapie eradication programme submitted by Finland
is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 5 000.

Article 65

1.
The Scrapie eradication programme submitted by Sweden
is hereby approved for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2005.

The Community’s financial contribution shall not exceed

2.
EUR 10 000.

Article 67

The Community’s financial contribution for the Scrapie eradi-
cation programmes referred to in Articles 44 to 66 shall be at
the rate of 50 % of the cost paid by the concerned Member
States for compensation to owners for
their
animals culled and destroyed in accordance with their eradi-
cation programme, up to a maximum of EUR 50 per animal,
and at the rate of 100 % of the cost, value added tax excluded,
of the analysis of samples for genotyping, up to a maximum of
EUR 10 per genotyping test.

the value of

CHAPTER IV

Conditions for the Community’s financial contribution

Article 68

The conversion rate for applications submitted in national
currency in month ‘n’ shall be that of the 10th day of month
‘n+1’ or for the first preceding day for which a rate is quoted.

Article 69

The Community’s financial contribution for the TSE eradi-
1.
cation and monitoring programmes referred to in Articles 1 to
66 shall be granted provided that the implementation of those
programmes is in conformity with the relevant provisions of
including rules on competition and on the
Community law,
award of public contracts, and subject
to the concerned
Member State complying with the following conditions:

(a) bringing into force by 1 January 2005 the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions for implementing the TSE
eradication and monitoring programmes;

(b) forwarding by 1 June 2005 at the latest, the preliminary
in

the programme,
technical and financial evaluation of
accordance with Article 24(7) of Decision 90/424/EEC;

(c)

forwarding a report to the Commission every month on the
progress of the TSE monitoring programme and the costs
paid; the report shall be forwarded at the latest four weeks
after the end of each month. The costs paid shall be
provided in computerised form in accordance with the
table provided in the Annex to this Decision;

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(d) forwarding a final report, by 1 June 2006 at the latest, on
the technical execution of the TSE eradication and moni-
toring programmes accompanied by proof of the costs paid
and the results attained during the period from 1 January to
31 December 2005;

CHAPTER V

Final provisions

Article 70

This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2005.

(e)

implementing the programmes efficiently;

Article 71

(f) no other Community contribution has been or will be asked

for these measures.

In case the Member State does not comply with those
2.
rules,
the
the Commission shall reduce the contribution of
Community having regard to the nature and gravity of the
infringement, and to any financial
suffered by the
Community.

loss

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 November 2004.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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