2007/208/EC: Commission Decision of 30 March 2007 concerning a Community financial contribution towards a baseline survey on the prevalence of Salmonella in turkeys to be carried out in Bulgaria and in Romania (notified under document number C(2007) 1401)
Date: 2007-03-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bulgaria, EU financing, Romania, agricultural census, poultry, veterinary inspection, zoonosis, zootechnics

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 30 March 2007

concerning a Community financial contribution towards a baseline survey on the prevalence of
Salmonella in turkeys to be carried out in Bulgaria and in Romania
(notified under document number C(2007) 1401)

(Only the Bulgarian and Romanian texts are authentic)

(2007/208/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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Decision 90/424/EEC provides for Community financial
contributions towards specific veterinary measures. It also
provides for the Community to undertake or assist the
Member States in undertaking the technical and scientific
measures necessary for the development of veterinary
legislation and for
the development of veterinary
education or training.

Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003 of
the European
Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003
on the control of Salmonella and other specified food-
borne zoonotic agents (2), provides that a Community
target is to be established for reducing the prevalence
of Salmonella in populations of flocks of turkeys by the
end of 2007.

In order to set the Community target, comparable data
on the prevalence of Salmonella in populations of turkeys
in Bulgaria and in Romania need to be available. Such
information is presently not available and a special
survey should therefore be carried out to monitor the
prevalence of Salmonella in turkeys over a suitable
period in those Member States.

A baseline study on Salmonella in turkey is to be carried
out by the other Member States between October 2006
and September 2007 in accordance with Commission
2006
of
Decision
concerning
from the
Community towards a baseline survey on the prevalence
of Salmonella in turkeys to be carried out in the Member
States (3). The same procedures should be used in the

2006/662/EC

contribution

September

financial

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a

baseline studies in Bulgaria and in Romania. However,
the period of the survey should be shortened in order
to enable the analysis of the data of all Member States at
the same time.

of

the

importance

to provide the technical

The survey is
information
necessary for the development of Community veterinary
legislation. Given
collecting
comparable data on the prevalence of Salmonella in
turkeys in Bulgaria and in Romania,
those Member
States should be granted a Community financial contri-
bution for implementing the specific requirements of the
survey. It is therefore appropriate to reimburse 100 % of
the costs incurred in the laboratory testing, subject to a
ceiling. All other costs,
those relating to
travel and administration should not be
sampling,
eligible for any Community financial contribution.

such as

The financial contribution from the Community should
be granted provided that the survey is carried out in
accordance with Community
to
compliance with certain other specified conditions. The
financial contribution should be granted in so far as the
actions provided for are effectively carried out and
provided that the authorities furnish all the necessary
information within the time limits provided for.

law and subject

It is necessary to clarify the rate to be used for the
conversion of payment
in
national currencies as defined in Article 1(d) of Council
Regulation (EC) No 2799/98 of 15 December 1998
establishing agrimonetary arrangements for the euro (4).

applications

submitted

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:

Article 1

Subject matter and scope

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

(EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Council

Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006.

(3) OJ L 272, 3.10.2006, p. 22.

A survey shall be carried out to assess the prevalence of
in Bulgaria and in Romania in the following

1.
Salmonella spp.
flocks of turkeys:

(4) OJ L 349, 24.12.1998, p. 1.

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(a) flocks of fattening turkeys sampled within three weeks of the

date of leaving the selected holding for slaughter;

(b) flocks of breeding turkeys within nine weeks before the date

of depopulation of the flocks.

The survey on the Salmonella prevalence of the flocks
2.
referred to in paragraph 1 (the flocks) shall cover the period
from 1 April 2007 to 30 September 2007.

For

the purposes of

3.
competent
authority’ shall be the authority or authorities of a Member
State as designated under Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No
2160/2003.

this Decision,

‘the

However, where a NRL does not have the capacity to perform
all the analyses or if it is not the laboratory that performs
detection routinely, the competent authorities may designate a
limited number of other
involved in official
controls of Salmonella to perform the analyses.

laboratories

Those laboratories shall have proven experience in using the
required
quality-
assurance system complying with ISO standard 17025, and
shall be supervised by the NRL.

detection method,

implement

shall

a

The detection of Salmonella spp. shall be performed in
the

2.
accordance with
Community reference laboratory for Salmonella.

recommended

the method

by

Serotyping of

3.
according to the Kaufmann-White scheme.

the relevant

isolates shall be performed

Article 2

Sampling frame

the survey shall be
1.
The sampling for the purpose of
carried out on holdings containing at
least 500 fattening
turkeys or 250 breeding turkeys. On each selected holding of
fattening turkeys, one flock of the appropriate age shall be
sampled.

However, if the calculated number of flocks to be sampled as
set out in the technical specifications is higher than the number
the number of
of holdings available with at
turkeys
least
in order to achieve that
specified in the first subparagraph,
calculated number of
flocks may be
sampled on the same holding. Where possible those additional
flocks from a single holding shall be from different
turkey
houses and samples taken in different months.

flocks, up to four

If the number of flocks to be sampled is still not sufficient,
more than four flocks may be sampled on the same holding,
larger holdings being focused on.

If the number of flocks to be sampled is still not sufficient,
flocks may be sampled on holdings with fewer turkeys than
specified in the first subparagraph.

Sampling shall be performed by the competent authority

2.
or under its supervision.

Article 4

Collection of data, assessment and reporting

1.
The competent authority shall collect and assess the
results achieved pursuant to Article 3 of this Decision on the
basis of the sampling framework referred to in Article 2 thereof,
and shall report all necessary aggregated data and its assessment
thereof to the Commission.

The Commission shall forward those results together with the
national aggregated data and assessments done by the Member
States to the European Food Safety authority, which shall
examine them.

2.
The national aggregated data and results referred to in
paragraph 1 shall be made available publicly in a form that
ensures confidentiality.

Article 5

Technical specifications

The tasks and activities referred to in Articles 2, 3 and 4 of this
Decision shall be performed in conformity with the technical
specifications SANCO/2083/2006 presented at the meeting of
the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health
on 18 July 2006 as published on the Commission website
http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/food/biosafety/salmonella/impl_
reg_en.htm

Article 3

Article 6

Detection of Salmonella spp. and serotyping of the relevant
isolates

Detection of Salmonella spp and serotyping of the relevant
1.
isolates shall take place in national reference laboratories for
Salmonella (NRL).

Community financial contribution

1.
A Community financial contribution shall be granted to
Bulgaria and Romania for the costs incurred by them for
laboratory testing,
the bacteriological detection of
Salmonella spp. and the serotyping of the relevant isolates.

for

i.e.

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2.

The maximum Community financial contribution shall be:

(a) EUR 20 per test for bacteriological detection of Salmonella

spp.;

(b) EUR 30 per test for serotyping of the relevant isolates.

However,
exceed the amounts set out in Annex I.

the Community financial contribution shall not

Article 7

Conditions for granting a Community financial
contribution

1.
The financial contribution provided for in Article 6 shall
be granted to Bulgaria and to Romania provided that the survey
is implemented in accordance with the relevant provisions of
Community law, including the rules on competition and on the
award of public contracts, and subject to compliance with the
following conditions:

(a)

the laws, regulations and administrative provisions required
to implement the survey shall come into force by 1 April
2007 at the latest;

(b) a progress report covering the first three months of the
survey shall be forwarded by 31 July 2007; the progress
report should contain all
information given in Chapter 6
the technical specifications referred to in
Reporting of
Article 5;

(c) a final report shall be forwarded by 31 October 2007 at the
latest on the technical execution of the survey, together with
supporting evidence for the costs incurred and the results
attained during the period 1 April 2007 to 30 September
2007;
the supporting documents concerning the costs
incurred shall comprise at least the information set out in
Annex II;

(d) the survey shall be implemented effectively.

An advance payment of 50 % of the total amount referred
2.
to in Annex I may be paid at the request of Bulgaria and of
Romania.

Failure to comply with the time limits in provided for
3.
paragraph 1(c) shall entail a progressive reduction of
the
Community financial contribution to be paid, amounting to
25 % of the total amount by 15 November 2007, 50 % by 1
December 2007 and 100 % by 15 December 2007.

Article 8

Conversion rate for expenditure

all

efficiency

reasons of

administrative

expenditure
For
presented for a financial contribution by the Community
should be expressed in euro. In accordance with Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1913/2006 of 20 December 2006 laying
down detailed rules for the application of the agrimonetary
system for the euro in agriculture and amending certain regu-
lations (1), 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 first day of the month
in which the application is submitted by the Member State
concerned.

Article 9

Application

This Decision shall apply from 1 April 2007.

Article 10

Addressees

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Bulgaria and to
Romania.

Done at Brussels, 30 March 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 365, 21.12.2006, p. 52.

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ANNEX I

Maximum Community financial contribution to Bulgaria and Romania

(EUR)

Member State

Bulgaria

Romania

Amount

2 990

3 250

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ANNEX II

Certified financial report on the implementation of a baseline survey on the prevalence of Salmonella spp. in
flocks of turkeys

Reporting period: 1 April 2007 to 30 September 2007

Statement on costs incurred on the survey and eligible for Community financial contribution:

Reference number of Commission Decision providing Community financial contribution:

........................................................

......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Costs incurred related to functions at/by

Number of tests

Total costs of testing incurred during
reporting period (national currency)

Bacteriology for Salmonella spp.

Serotyping Salmonella isolates

Declaration by the beneficiary

We certify that

— the costs set out in the statement of costs are genuine and have been incurred in carrying out the tasks laid down in

Commission Decision 2007/208/EC and were essential for the proper performance of those tasks;

— all supporting documents for those costs are available for audit purposes.

Date:

..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Person financially responsible:

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Signature:

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