Commission Decision of 22 December 2006 amending Decision 2006/875/EC 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 2007 (notified under document number C(2006) 6971)
Date: 2006-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, action programme, animal disease, disease prevention, health control, veterinary inspection, zoonosis

L 7/46

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.1.2007

COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 December 2006

amending Decision 2006/875/EC 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 2007

(notified under document number C(2006) 6971)

(2007/22/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Article 1

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) and Articles 29 and 32 thereof,

Whereas:

By Decision 2006/875/EC 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 2007 (2), the Commission
has approved the programmes submitted by the Member
States that appear on the list of programmes established
by Commission Decision 2006/687/EC (3).

a

by

for

financial

contribution

For reasons of administrative efficiency all expenditure
presented
the
Community should be expressed in euro. In accordance
with Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June
2005 on the financing of
the common agricultural
policy (4),
the conversion rate for expenditure in a
currency other than the euro should be the rate most
recently set by the European Central Bank prior to the
the month in which the application is
first day of
submitted by the Member State concerned.

Articles 17 and 18 of Decision 2006/875/EC are replaced by
the following:

‘Article 17

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

Article 18

Where a Member State's expenditure is in a currency other
than the euro, the Member State concerned shall convert it
into euro by applying the most recent exchange rate set by
the European Central Bank prior to the first day of the month
in which the application is submitted by the Member State.’

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2007.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Therefore Decision 2006/875/EC should be amended
accordingly.

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2006.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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

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

(2) OJ L 337, 5.12.2006, p. 14.
(3) OJ L 282, 13.10.2006, p. 52.
(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).