2005/39/EC: Commission Decision of 30 December 2004 concerning the financing of an external evaluation of the Community Animal Health Policy and the financing of a study analysing the costs of, and conditions for, a livestock epidemics risk financing instrument in the EU
Date: 2004-12-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financial instrument, EU financing, animal disease, animal health, cost analysis, livestock

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 December 2004

concerning the financing of an external evaluation of the Community Animal Health Policy and the
financing of a study analysing the costs of, and conditions for, a livestock epidemics risk financing
instrument in the EU

(2005/39/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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,

Having regard to Commission Decision SEC/2004/120 of 11
March 2004 on the Internal Rules on the implementation of the
general budget of the European Communities, and in particular
Article 15 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Under Decision 90/424/EEC the Community is
to
undertake or assist the Member States in undertaking
the technical and scientific measures necessary for the
development of Community veterinary legislation and
for the development of veterinary education or training.

disease

the recommendations at

the international
In view of
food-and-
conference on control and prevention of
mouth
new dilemmas
(December 2001),
concerning the control of highly contagious animal
diseases, and the possible need for new financing
schemes for the consequences of these outbreaks, there
is a need for further review.

In order to bring this review forward, the following two
actions should be carried out in the context of a work
programme.

as

a means of

the Community expenditure
Firstly, an evaluation of
programmes,
the
accounting
management of allocated funds and as a way of
the
promoting a lesson learning culture throughout
management, with an increased focus on results-based
management should be carried out.

for

external

This
the
Community Animal Health Policy (CAHP) based on its

and independent

evaluation of

financial aspects should assist the Commission services in
defining adequate and impact based policy options for
the future.

Secondly, a study (pilot project in the sense of Article
49(2) of
the Financial Regulation) should analyse the
costs of, and the conditions for, a livestock epidemics
risk financing instrument
following the
this study
European Parliament request. The goal of
will be to examine the feasibility and to evaluate the
cost of alternative risk financing instruments options
with a view to determining potential
impact on the
national and EU budgets and sustainable levels of
national support for direct losses.

in the EU,

The results of this study could form a basis to consider
on the one hand the harmonisation of EU financing
schemes, with a view at
farmers in an
equal position across the EU, and on the other hand to
analyse the future of the veterinary fund in the enlarged
Community.

to put

least

According to Article 15 of the Internal Rules of 2004 for
the execution of the budget, an annual work programme
may also be considered to be the financing decision
sufficiently detailed
provided that
framework,
study and review
foreseen in this decision constitute such a framework.

a
evaluation,

it
and the

constitutes

Appropriations which may be used without a basic act,
in accordance with Article 49(2)(a) of the Financial Regu-
lation, must nevertheless be covered by a decision taken
by the Commission offering an equivalent framework.

Therefore, this decision should constitute a framework
equivalent to a financing decision within the meaning
of Article 75(2) of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom)
No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regu-
lation applicable to the general budget of the European
Communities (2).

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

in this Decision is

opinion

in
Standing

the

the

of

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(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 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

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DECIDES:

Sole Article

The actions described in the Annex to this Decision are approved for the purpose of their financing.

Done at Brussels, 30 December 2004.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

ANNEX

1. External evaluation of the Community Animal Health Policy and adequate impact assessments to define

adequate policy options for the future in this area

Budget line: 17 04 02 — other measures

Basic act: Decision 90/424/EEC

Procedure and timing: This evaluation and impact assessments will be done by the way of a framework contract. A call
for tender for this framework contract will be launched following an open procedure during the last quarter 2004.

Cost: maximum amount of EUR 530 000.

2. A study on ‘costs and conditions analysis for a risk financing instrument for livestock epidemics in the EU’

Budget line: 17 01 04 04

Pilot project according to Article 49(2) of the Financial Regulation

Procedure and timing: A call for tender will be launched following an open procedure in the last quarter of the year.

Cost: maximum amount of EUR 500 000.