2006/645/EC: Commission Decision of 20 September 2006 amending Decisions 2005/723/EC and 2005/873/EC on the Community’s financial contribution for programmes for the eradication and monitoring of certain TSEs in the Member States for the year 2006 (notified under document number C(2006) 4150)
Date: 2006-09-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU financing, EU programme, animal disease, disease prevention, health control, veterinary inspection, zoonosis

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 September 2006
amending Decisions 2005/723/EC and 2005/873/EC on the Community’s financial contribution for
programmes for the eradication and monitoring of certain TSEs in the Member States for the year
2006

(notified under document number C(2006) 4150)

(2006/645/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 24(5) and (6) and Article 32 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(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 (2),
certain transmissible
includes rules for the monitoring of transmissible spon-
in bovine, ovine and
giform encephalopathies (TSEs)
capine
an
extension of the monitoring of sheep.

animals. That Regulation provides

for

Commission Decision 2005/723/EC of 14 October 2005
on programmes for the eradication and monitoring of
animal diseases, of certain TSEs, and for the prevention
of zoonoses, which qualify for a Community financial
contribution in 2006 (3)
such
programmes, as well as the proposed rate and amount
of the financial contribution by the Community for each
programme.

the list of

sets out

Commission Decision 2005/873/EC of 30 November
2005 approving programmes for the eradication and
monitoring of animal diseases, of certain TSEs, and for
the prevention of zoonoses presented by the Member
States for the year 2006 (4) sets out the financial contri-
bution by the Community for the programmes by the
Member States for the monitoring of transmissible spon-
giform encephalopathies.

by

chaired

the Community

On 8 March 2006, a panel of experts on TSEs in small
ruminants,
reference
the presence of
laboratory for TSEs, confirmed that
in those
(BSE)
spongiform encephalopathy
bovine
animals cannot be excluded following the results of the
second stage of discriminatory testing of brain samples of
two sheep from France and one sheep from Cyprus.
Further testing is necessary to exclude the presence of
BSE in such animals.

the

increased monitoring to assess

In the light of the importance of an effective implemen-
tation of
the
prevalence of BSE in ovine animals, it is appropriate to
increase the amount per test to be reimbursed to the
Member States by the Community up to a maximum
amount of EUR 30 per rapid test performed in ovine
animals, in line with the cost per rapid test performed
in caprine animals.

Following the detection of its first case of BSE in Sweden,
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 increased the testing levels
in bovine animals in that Member State. It is therefore
appropriate to increase the level of
the Community's
financial contribution for programmes for the moni-
toring of TSEs in Sweden, as provided for in Decisions
2005/723/EC and 2005/873/EC.

Decisions
therefore be amended accordingly.

2005/723/EC and

2005/873/EC should

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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

2006/53/EC (OJ L 29, 2.2.2006, p. 37).

(2) OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1. Regulation as

last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1041/2006 (OJ L 187, 8.7.2006,
p. 10).

(3) OJ L 272, 18.10.2005, p. 18.
(4) OJ L 322, 9.12.2005, p. 21.

Article 1

Annex III to Decision 2005/723/EC is replaced by the text in
the Annex to this Decision.

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Article 2

In Chapter XI of Decision 2005/873/EC, Article 11(2) and (3)
are replaced by the following:

‘2.
The financial contribution by the Community shall be
at the rate of 100 % of the eligible costs to be incurred by
each Member State referred to in paragraph 1 for the imple-
mentation of those programmes and shall not exceed:

(a) EUR 3 375 000 for Belgium;

(b) EUR 1 640 000 for the Czech Republic;

(c) EUR 2 380 000 for Denmark;

(d) EUR 15 155 000 for Germany;

(e) EUR 285 000 for Estonia;

(f)

EUR 1 625 000 for Greece;

(g) EUR 9 945 000 for Spain;

(h) EUR 25 760 000 for France;

(i)

(j)

EUR 6 695 000 for Ireland;

EUR 9 045 000 for Italy;

(k) EUR 565 000 for Cyprus;

(l)

EUR 355 000 for Latvia;

(m) EUR 770 000 for Lithuania;

(n) EUR 140 000 for Luxembourg;

(o) EUR 1 415 000 for Hungary;

(p) EUR 35 000 for Malta;

(q) EUR 5 515 000 for the Netherlands;

(r)

EUR 2 230 000 for Austria;

(s) EUR 3 800 000 for Poland;

(t)

EUR 2 205 000 for Portugal;

(u) EUR 410 000 for Slovenia;

(v) EUR 845 000 for Slovakia;

(w) EUR 1 020 000 for Finland;

(x) EUR 1 440 000 for Sweden;

(y) EUR 7 700 000 for the United Kingdom.

3.
The financial contribution by the Community of the
programmes referred to in paragraphs 1 and 3 shall be for
the tests performed and the maximum amount shall not
exceed:

(a) EUR 7 per test, for tests carried out in bovine ani-
to Regulation (EC)

referred to in Annex III

mals
No 999/2001;

(b) EUR 30 per test, for tests carried out in ovine and
caprine animals referred to in Annex III to Regulation
(EC) No 999/2001;

(c) EUR 145 per test, for primary molecular discriminatory
tests in ovine and caprine animals carried out as
referred to in Annex X, Chapter C, point 3.2(c)(i) to
Regulation (EC) No 999/2001;’

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 September 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX III

LIST OF PROGRAMMES FOR THE MONITORING OF TSEs (ARTICLE 3(1))

Rate and maximum amount of the community financial contribution

Disease

Member State

Rate rapid tests and
discriminatory tests performed
(%)

Maximum amount
(EUR)

TSEs

Belgium

Czech Republic

Denmark

Germany

Estonia

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Cyprus

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Hungary

Malta

Netherlands

Austria

Poland

Portugal

Slovenia

Slovakia

Finland

Sweden

United Kingdom

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

3 375 000

1 640 000

2 380 000

15 155 000

285 000

1 625 000

9 945 000

25 760 000

6 695 000

9 045 000

565 000

355 000

770 000

140 000

1 415 000

35 000

5 515 000

2 230 000

3 800 000

2 205 000

410 000

845 000

1 020 000

1 440 000

7 700 000

Total

104 350 000’