2006/876/EC: Commission Decision of 30 November 2006 approving programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases, of certain TSEs, and for the prevention of zoonoses presented by Bulgaria and Romania for the year 2007 and amending Decision 2006/687/EC (notified under document number C(2006) 5702)
Date: 2006-11-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, Romania, action programme, animal disease, disease prevention, distribution of EU funding, health control, veterinary inspection, zoonosis

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 November 2006

approving programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases, of certain TSEs, and
for the prevention of zoonoses presented by Bulgaria and Romania for the year 2007 and amending
Decision 2006/687/EC

(notified under document number C(2006) 5702)

(2006/876/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and
Romania, and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania,
and in particular Article 42 thereof,

(6)

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), (6) and Articles 29 and 32 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 animal diseases and for
checks aimed at the prevention of zoonoses.

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
provides for annual programmes for
the eradication
and monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalo-
pathies (TSEs) in bovine, ovine and caprine animals.

In view of the Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, it is
appropriate to lay down the Community financial contri-
bution for programmes for the eradication and moni-
toring of animal diseases and of certain TSEs presented
by Bulgaria and Romania for the year 2007.

eradication and monitoring of

Bulgaria and Romania have submitted programmes for
the
certain animal
diseases,
for the prevention of zoonoses and for the
eradication and monitoring of TSEs in their territories.

(7)

(8)

(9)

After examination of those programmes they were found
to comply with relevant Community veterinary legis-
lation and in particular with the Community criteria
in
relating
accordance with Council Decision 90/638/EEC of 27
November 1990 laying down Community criteria for
the
certain animal
diseases (3).

eradication and monitoring of

those diseases,

eradication of

to the

In the light of the importance of those programmes for
the achievement of Community objectives in the field of
animal and public health, as well as the obligatory appli-
cation in all Member States in the case of
the TSE
is appropriate to fix the appropriate
programmes,
the Community to
rate of
reimburse the costs to be incurred by Bulgaria and
Romania for the measures referred to in this Decision
up to a maximum amount for each programme.

financial contribution of

it

The presence of classical swine fever in pig holdings in
Romania is a particularly serious threat for pig holdings
in the rest of the Community. Therefore the rate of the
Community contribution for the purchase of vaccine for
the vaccination of pigs with the live attenuated vaccine
should be set at the rate of 100 % of the costs.

For the sake of better management, more efficient use of
Community funds and improved transparency it is also
necessary to fix, for each programme, where appropriate,
maximum amounts to be reimbursed to Bulgaria and
Romania for certain costs
tests,
vaccines and compensation to owners for their losses
due to the slaughter or culling of animals.

such as

items

for

Under Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21
June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural
policy (4), programmes for the eradication and control of
animal diseases are to be financed under the European
Agricultural Guarantee
control
Fund.
purposes, Articles 9, 36 and 37 of that Regulation are
to apply.

financial

For

(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 347, 12.12.1990, p. 27. Decision as amended by Directive

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

(4) OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 320/2006 (OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 42).

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(10)

(11)

(12)

(13)

(14)

The financial contribution from the Community should
the actions
be granted subject
and that
planned are
the
competent authorities supply all
the necessary infor-
mation within the time limits laid down in this Decision.

to the condition that
carried out

efficiently

In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, the
conversion rate for expenditure shall be the rate most
recently set by the European Central Bank prior to the
first day of
the month in which the application is
submitted by Bulgaria or Romania and the expenditure
shall be expressed in euro.

The approval of some of the programmes should not
prejudge a decision of
the Commission on rules for
eradication of those diseases based on scientific advice.

list of programmes

The
in Commission Decision
2006/687/EC of 12 October 2006 on programmes
which qualify for a Community financial contribution
in 2007 for the eradication and monitoring of certain
animal diseases, for the prevention of zoonoses, for the
monitoring of TSEs as well as programmes for the eradi-
cation of BSE and scrapie (1) should be amended to
include Bulgaria and Romania.

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

RABIES

Article 1

1.
The programmes for the eradication of rabies presented by
the Bulgaria and Romania are hereby approved for the period
from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007.

2.
The financial contribution by the Community shall be at
the rate of 50 % of the costs to be incurred by each Member
State referred to in paragraph 1 for the cost of laboratory tests
and for the purchase and distribution of vaccine plus baits for
the programmes and shall not exceed:

(a) EUR 830 000 for Bulgaria;

(b) EUR 800 000 for Romania.

dose EUR 0,5 per dose for the programmes referred to in
paragraph 2.

CHAPTER II

CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER

Article 2

The programmes

the control and monitoring of
1.
classical swine fever presented by Bulgaria and Romania are
hereby approved for
the period from 1 January 2007 to
31 December 2007.

for

2.
The financial contribution by the Community shall be at
the rate of 50 % of the costs to be incurred by each Member
State referred to in paragraph 1 for the cost of virological and
serological tests of domestic pigs and wild boar and for the
vaccination of wild boar
the purchase and distribution of
vaccines plus baits as well as for the vaccination of pigs while
the financial contribution by the Community shall be at the rate
of 100 % of
the costs to be incurred by Romania for the
purchase of the vaccine for the vaccination of pigs with the
live attenuated vaccine and shall not exceed:

(a) EUR 425 000 for Bulgaria;

(b) EUR 5 250 000 for Romania.

3.
The maximum amounts of the costs to be reimbursed to
for the programmes referred to in paragraph 1 shall not exceed:

(a) for an ELISA test

EUR 2,5 per test;

(b) for the purchase of one vaccine
dose for the vaccination of
wild boar

EUR 0,5 per dose;

(c) for the purchase of one vaccine
dose live attenuated vaccine for
the vaccination of pigs

EUR 0,30 per dose.

CHAPTER III

CERTAIN ZOONOTIC SALMONELLA IN BREEDING POULTRY

Article 3

The programmes for the control of salmonella in breeding
1.
poultry presented by Bulgaria and Romania are hereby approved
for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007.

3.
The maximum amounts of the costs to be reimbursed to
the Member States for the programmes referred to in para-
graph 1 shall not exceed for the purchase of one vaccine

(1) OJ L 282, 13.10.2006, p. 52.

The financial contribution by the Community shall be at
2.
the rate of 50 % of the costs to be incurred by each Member
State referred to in paragraph 1 for the cost of bacteriological
tests, the compensation to owners for their losses due to the
culling of birds and destruction of eggs and the purchase of
vaccine doses and shall not exceed:

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(a) EUR 508 000 for Bulgaria;

CHAPTER V

(b) EUR 215 000 for Romania.

The maximum amounts of the costs to be reimbursed to
the programmes referred to in

3.
Bulgaria and Romania for
paragraph 1 shall not exceed:

(a) for a bacteriological test

EUR 5,0 per test;

(b) for the purchase of one

vaccine dose

EUR 0,05 per dose.

4.
The eligible costs for the compensation for the losses due
to the culling of animals shall be limited as provided for in
paragraph 5.

5.
The average compensation to be reimbursed to the
Member States shall be calculated on the basis of the number
of animals culled in the Member State and for breeding poultry,
up to a maximum of EUR 2,5 per bird.

CHAPTER IV

SURVEY PROGRAMMES FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA IN POULTRY
AND WILD BIRDS

Article 4

1.
The programmes for avian influenza in poultry and wild
birds presented by Bulgaria and Romania are hereby approved
for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007.

2.
The financial contribution by the Community to the cost
for analysing samples shall be at the rate of 50 % of the costs to
be incurred by each Member State and shall not exceed:

(a) EUR 23 000 for Bulgaria;

(b) EUR 105 000 for Romania.

3.
The maximum amounts of the costs to be reimbursed to
Bulgaria and Romania for the tests covered by the programmes
shall not exceed the following:

(a) ELISA test:

EUR 1 per test;

(b) agar gel immune diffusion test:

EUR 1,2 per test;

(c) HI test for H5/H7:

EUR 12 per test;

(d) virus isolation test:

EUR 30 per test;

(e) PCR test:

EUR 15 per test.

MONITORING OF TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM
ENCEPHALOPATHIES

Article 5

1.
The programme for the monitoring of transmissible spon-
giform encephalopathies (TSEs) presented by Romania is hereby
approved for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December
2007.

2.
The financial contribution by the Community shall be at
the rate of 100 % of the costs to be incurred by Romania
referred to in paragraph 1 for the implementation of
that
programme and shall not exceed EUR 2 370 000.

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

(a) EUR 6 per test,

for tests carried out in bovine animals
referred to in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001;

(b) EUR 30 per test, for tests carried out in ovine and caprine
to Regulation (EC)

referred to in Annex III

animals
No 999/2001;

(c) EUR 50 per test, for tests carried out in cervids animals
referred to in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001;

(d) EUR 145 per test,

for primary molecular discriminatory
tests carried out as referred to in Annex X, Chapter C,
point 3.2(c)(i) to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001.

CHAPTER VI

ERADICATION OF SCRAPIE

Article 6

1.
The programme for the eradication of scrapie presented
by Romania is hereby approved for the period from 1 January
2007 to 31 December 2007.

2.
the
The financial contribution by the Community of
programme referred to in paragraph 1 shall be at the rate of
50 % of the cost paid by Romania for compensation to owners
culled and destroyed in
for
the value of
accordance with their
eradication programme, up to a
maximum of EUR 100 per animal and at a rate of 50 % of
the costs for genotyping, up to a maximum of EUR 10 per
genotyping test and shall not exceed EUR 980 000.

their animals

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CHAPTER VII

GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 7

The expenditure presented by Bulgaria and Romania for a
financial contribution by the Community shall be expressed in
euro and shall exclude value added tax and other taxes.

Article 8

The conversion rate for expenditure shall be the rate most
recently set by the European Central Bank prior to the first
day of the month in which the application is submitted by
Bulgaria or Romania.

that report must be forwarded
costs paid by Romania;
within a period of four weeks following the end of the
month covered by the report;

(f)

forwarding a final report by 1 June 2008 at the latest, on
the technical execution of the programme accompanied by
justifying evidence as to the costs paid by Bulgaria and
Romania and the results attained during the period from
1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007;

(g) details of the costs paid by Bulgaria and Romania as referred
to in points (d) and (e) must be provided in a form in
accordance with the table set out in the Annexes I and II;

Article 9

(h) implementing the programme efficiently;

that

1.
The financial contribution by the Community for the
programmes referred to in Articles 1 to 6 shall be granted
provided
the
programmes in accordance with the relevant provisions of
including rules on competition and on the
Community law,
award of public contracts, and subject
to the conditions
provided for in points (a) to (f):

and Romania

implement

Bulgaria

(a) bringing into force by 1 January 2007 the laws, regulations
State

and administrative provisions by
concerned for implementing the programme;

the Member

(b) forwarding by 1 June 2007 at the latest, the preliminary
in

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

(c)

the programmes

for
referred to in Articles 1 to 3,
forwarding an intermediate report, covering the first six
months of the programme, at the latest four weeks after
the end of the implementation period covered by the report;

(d) for the programmes referred to in Article 4, Bulgaria and
to the Commission positive and
Romania shall
negative results of
investigations detected during their
surveillance of poultry and wild birds every three months
by the end of the following month;

report

(e)

the programmes

for
referred to in Articles 5 and 6,
forwarding a report to the Commission every month on
the progress of the TSE monitoring programme and the

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

for these measures.

2. Where the concerned Member State does not comply with
paragraph 1, the Commission shall reduce the financial contri-
bution by the Community having regard to the nature and
gravity of the infringement, and to the financial
loss for the
Community.

Article 10

The Annexes to Decision 2006/687/EC are replaced by the text
in Annex III to this Decision

Article 11

This Decision shall apply subject to and as from the date of the
entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and
Romania.

Article 12

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 30 November 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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ANNEX II

Model of computerised form giving details of costs paid by Romanians referred to in point (f) of Article 9(1)

Member State:

Month:

Year:

TSE Monitoring

Tests on bovine animals

Number of tests

Unit cost

Total cost

Tests on animals referred to in Annex III, Chap-
ter A, Part I, points 2.1, 3 and 4.1 to Regulation
(EC) No 999/2001

Tests on animals referred to in Annex III, Chap-
ter A, Part I, points 2.2, 4.2 and 4.3 to Regulation
(EC) No 999/2001

Total

Tests on ovine animals

Number of tests

Unit cost

Total cost

Tests on animals referred to in Annex III, Chap-
ter A, Part
to Regulation (EC)
No 999/2001

II, point 2(a)

Tests on animals referred to in Annex III, Chap-
ter A, Part II, point 3 Regulation (EC) No 999/2001

Tests on animals referred to in Annex III, Chapter
A, Part II, point 5 to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001

Total

Tests on caprine animals

Number of tests

Unit cost

Total cost

Tests on animals referred to in Annex III,
Chapter A, Part II, point 2 (b) to Regulation (EC)
No 999/2001

Tests on animals referred to in Annex III, Chap-
ter A, Part II, point 3 Regulation (EC) No 999/2001

Tests on animals referred to in Annex III, Chap-
ter A, Part
II, point 5 to Regulation (EC)
No 999/2001

Total

Primary molecular testing with a discriminatory immuno-blotting

Number of tests

Unit cost

Total cost

Tests on animals referred to in Annex X, Chap-
ter C, point 3.2(c)(i)

Tests on Cervidae

Number of tests

Unit cost

Total cost

Tests on animals referred to in Annex II of Regu-
lation (EC) No 999/2001

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ANNEX III

‘ANNEX I

List of programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases as referred to in Article 1(1)

Rate and maximum amount of the Community financial contribution

Disease

Member State

Aujeszkys disease

Bluetongue

Bovine brucellosis

Bovine tuberculosis

Classical swine fever

Belgium
Spain

Spain

France

Italy

Portugal

Spain

Ireland

Italy

Cyprus

Poland

Portugal

United Kingdom (1)

Spain

Italy

Poland

Portugal

Germany

France

Luxembourg

Slovenia

Slovakia

Enzootic bovine leucosis

Estonia

Ovine and caprine
brucellosis (B melitensis)

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Poland

Portugal

Greece

Spain

France

Italy

Cyprus

Portugal

Poseidom (2)

France (3)

Rate

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 %

Maximum amount
(EUR)

250 000
350 000

4 900 000

160 000

1 300 000

600 000

3 500 000

1 100 000

2 000 000

95 000

300 000

1 600 000

1 100 000

3 000 000

2 500 000

1 100 000

450 000

800 000

500 000

35 000

25 000

400 000

20 000

400 000

35 000

135 000

2 300 000

225 000

650 000

5 000 000

200 000

4 000 000

120 000

1 600 000

50 000

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Disease

Member State

Rabies

Czech Republic

Germany
Estonia

Latvia

Lithuania
Hungary

Austria

Poland
Slovenia

Slovakia

Finland
Bulgaria

Romania

Italy

Bulgaria

Romania

African swine fever/
Classical swine fever

Swine vesicular disease

Italy

Avian influenza

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
Bulgaria

Romania

Rate

50 %

50 %
50 %

50 %

50 % own territory; 100 % border areas
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 %

50 %

Maximum amount
(EUR)

490 000

850 000
925 000

1 200 000

600 000
1 850 000

185 000

4 850 000
375 000

500 000

112 000
830 000

800 000

140 000

425 000

5 250 000

120 000

66 000
74 000

160 000

243 000
40 000

42 000

82 000
280 000

59 000

510 000
15 000

15 000

12 000
10 000

110 000

5 000
126 000

42 000

87 000
121 000

32 000

21 000
27 000

130 000

275 000
23 000

105 000

(1) United Kingdom only as regards Northern Ireland.
(2) Heartwater, babesiosis and anaplasmosis transmitted by vector insects in the French overseas departments.
(3) France only as regards Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion.

Total

63 014 000

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List of programmes of checks aimed at the prevention of zoonoses as referred to in Article 2(1)

Rate and maximum amount of the Community financial contribution

ANNEX II

Zoonosis

Member State

Salmonella

Belgium

Czech Republic

Denmark

Germany

Estonia

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Cyprus

Latvia

Hungary

Netherlands

Austria

Poland

Portugal

Slovakia

Bulgaria

Romania

Rate

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

Maximum amount
(EUR)

660 000

330 000

250 000

175 000

27 000

60 000

2 000 000

875 000

175 000

320 000

40 000

60 000

60 000

1 350 000

80 000

2 000 000

450 000

205 000

508 000

215 000

Total

9 840 000

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ANNEX III

List of programmes for the monitoring of TSEs as referred to in Article 3(1)

Rate and maximum amount of the Community financial contribution

Disease

Member State

Rate rapid tests &
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

Romania

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 %

100 %

2 084 000

1 059 000

1 680 000

11 307 000

233 000

1 827 000

10 237 000

24 815 000

6 755 000

3 375 000

348 000

312 000

645 000

146 000

784 000

90 000

5 112 000

1 759 000

3 744 000

2 115 000

308 000

1 088 000

839 000

2 020 000

6 781 000

2 370 000

Total

91 833 000

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ANNEX V

List of programmes for the eradication of scrapie as referred to in Article 5(1)

Rate and amount of the Community financial contribution

Disease

Member State

Rate

Maximum amount
(EUR)

Scrapie

Belgium

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

Czech Republic

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

Germany

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

Estonia

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Cyprus

Luxembourg

Hungary

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Slovenia

Slovakia

Finland

Sweden

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

United Kingdom

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

Romania

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

99 000

107 000

927 000

13 000

1 306 000

5 374 000

8 862 000

629 000

3 076 000

2 200 000

28 000

332 000

543 000

14 000

716 000

83 000

279 000

11 000

6 000

9 178 000

980 000

Total

34 763 000’