2004/907/EC: Commission Decision of 27 December 2004 concerning the financial contribution by the Community towards the organisation of an international seminar on animal welfare in the context of the EC-Chile Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures applicable to trade in animals and animal products, plants, plant products and other goods and animal welfare
Date: 2004-12-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Chile, EU financing, agreement (EU), animal welfare, international conference

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Official Journal of the European Union

28.12.2004

COMMISSION DECISION

of 27 December 2004

concerning the financial contribution by the Community towards the organisation of an interna-
tional seminar on animal welfare in the context of the EC-Chile Agreement on Sanitary and
Phytosanitary measures applicable to trade in animals and animal products, plants, plant products
and other goods and animal welfare

(2004/907/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

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 20 thereof,

(5)

Whereas:

Pursuant to Decision 90/424/EEC the Community is to
undertake the technical and scientific measures necessary
for the development of Community veterinary legislation
and for the development of veterinary education or
training.

In line with the Community’s obligation to pay full
regard to the welfare requirements of animals in formu-
lating and implementing the Community’s policies, and
the Agreement’s aim of reaching a common under-
standing between the Parties concerning animal welfare
standards for the protection of animals, it is appropriate
that the Community should support the organisation of
this seminar, the outcome of which will assist in the
further development of Community veterinary legislation
and veterinary education or training on this issue.

The EC-Chile Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary
measures applicable to trade in animals and animal
products, plants, plant products and other goods and
animal welfare (hereafter referred to as the Agreement)
includes, given the importance of animal welfare and its
relation with veterinary matters, the aim of developing
animal welfare standards and to examine such standards
taking into account the development in the competent
international standards organisations. As per Appendix
IC to the Agreement, it shall apply in particular to the
development of animal welfare standards concerning the
stunning and slaughter of animals.

(6) With a view to the further development of veterinary
education or training in the field of animal welfare,
it
is appropriate that the Community should assist with
communicating and disseminating the outcome of the
seminar, including covering the costs of the publication
and dissemination of the scientific proceedings of the
seminar, to be organised in the framework of an open
call for offers.

the Agreement’s

The specific working group on animal welfare established
Joint Management Committee
by
concluded in order to better achieve its objectives,
it
would be helpful to exchange information on scientific
expertise
contacts between
scientists from the two Parties.

and to establish active

An international seminar on animal welfare is being
organised in Santiago, Chile, in November 2004 by the
Chilean Ministry of Agriculture and the Delegation of the
European Commission to Chile to assist with the
Agreement’s objective on reaching a common under-
standing between the Parties concerning animal welfare
standards.

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19. Decision as last amended by Directive
2003/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17
November 2003 (OJ L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 31).

(7)

(8)

(9)

It is appropriate that the disbursement of such financial
support should be coordinated by the Delegation of the
European Commission to Chile, one of the joint orga-
nisers of the seminar.

The financial resources necessary for the Community to
support the organisation of this seminar should therefore
be engaged and granted subject to the planned seminar
having been efficiently carried out.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(1)

(2)

(3)

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HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

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approved. In particular the Community’s financing of the costs
of publishing and disseminating the scientific proceedings of the
seminar shall not exceed EUR 35 000 in total.

the organisation of an international
The action to support
seminar on animal welfare in the context of
the EC-Chile
Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures applicable
to trade in animals and animal products, plants, plant products
and other goods and animal welfare,
to be financed from
budget line 17.4.02 of the budget of the European Union for
is hereby
2004 to a maximum amount of EUR 35 000,

Done at Brussels, 27 December 2004.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission