2007/757/EC: Commission Decision of 14 November 2007 on a financial contribution from the Community towards certain measures in the field of animal health and welfare and certain technical and scientific measures
Date: 2007-11-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, animal health, animal welfare, protection of animals

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 November 2007

on a financial contribution from the Community towards certain measures in the field of animal
health and welfare and certain technical and scientific measures

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2007/757/EC)

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
Articles 17 and 20 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

down

90/424/EEC lays

Decision
procedures
governing financial contributions from the Community
towards specific veterinary measures, including measures
in the field of animal health and welfare and technical
and scientific measures.

the

More particularly, the Community is to make a financial
contribution to the establishment of an information
policy in the
field of animal health and welfare,
including the performance of studies necessary for the
preparation and development of legislation in the field
of animal welfare. The Community is also to undertake,
or assist the Member States or international organisations
in undertaking,
the technical and scientific measures
necessary for the development of Community veterinary
the development of veterinary
legislation and for
education or training.

Emerging animal breeding technologies, such as animal
cloning conducted by somatic cell nuclear
transfer
(SCNT), are used for research purposes. SCNT, which is
expected to be used in livestock breeding and food
production in the future, may have an impact on
animal health and animal welfare, but also carries an
ethical and societal dimension. It is therefore necessary,
in addition to the ongoing consultation of the European
Food Safety Authority and the European Groups on
Ethics, to carry out an Eurobarometer survey to inves-
tigate the attitudes of consumers towards the possible use

of SCNT in the agro-food sector and, in particular, the
need for information about the use of the technology in
the food chain and ways in which consumers may wish
to be informed. The results of the Eurobarometer survey
will provide necessary information for the evaluation of
the need for Community legislation in this area. A
contribution from the Community should
financial
therefore be granted towards the financing of that survey.

related

operations

Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December
2004 on the protection of animals during transport
and
amending Directives
64/432/EEC and 93/119/EC and Regulation (EC) No
1255/97 (2) requires that the Commission establishes a
new range of maximum and minimum temperatures for
the transport of animals.

and

In addition, in 2004 the European Food Safety Authority
adopted an opinion on standards for microclimate inside
animal road transport vehicles (3). It is therefore necessary
to establish the temperature conditions under which
animals are transported over
in the
Community and to carry out a study for that purpose.
The study will provide the information necessary for the
preparation and development of legislation in the field of
animal protection. A financial contribution from the
Community should therefore be granted towards the
financing of that study.

long journeys

and

The Communication from the Commission to the
European Parliament
to the Council on a
Community Action Plan on the Protection and Welfare
of Animals 2006 to 2010 (4) calls for full support for the
animal welfare activities of
international organisations
such as the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

In 2005, the OIE adopted guidelines on animal welfare
concerning the transport of animals by land and sea, the
slaughter of animals for human consumption and the
humane killing of animals for disease control. The OIE
intends to further develop those guidelines and to take
measures to ensure their implementation by OIE member
countries,
in particular by providing training and
guidance.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

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

inside animal road transport vehicles.

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

(4) COM(2006) 13 final.

(2) OJ L 3, 5.1.2005, p. 1.
(3) The EFSA Journal

(2004), 122, 1-25, Standards for microclimate

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(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

The planned training and communication events of the
OIE are necessary for the development of veterinary legis-
lation in force, and also the development of veterinary
education and training,
in the participating countries.
Such improvements in third countries respond to the
wish of the majority of European citizens (1) that the
animal welfare conditions in countries exporting to the
Community are equivalent
to those applied in the
Community. The Community should therefore contribute
towards the financing of these events.

it

is necessary that

the negative consequences of

The incursion of bluetongue into Belgium, Germany,
France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands is unprece-
dented. To limit
that
incursion,
the most up-to-update
scientific knowledge is made available to veterinarians,
in order
to enhance the passive clinical surveillance
based on rapid identification and notification of
suspicions, that constitute an essential part of the blue-
tongue contingency plans.

In addition, the OIE and the Community intend to co-
edit a booklet on the bluetongue epidemic in those
Member States, containing up-to-date information and
on bluetongue
describing
a
to make
control.
Community financial contribution to the OIE activities
and to finance the edition and publication of
that
booklet.

policy
appropriate

the Community

therefore

is

It

The publication of this booklet will make a significant
the necessary
contribution to the development of
an
veterinary education and training and will be
essential
the development of national and
Community bluetongue surveillance programmes that
are an important part of bluetongue veterinary legis-
lation.

tool

for

(13)

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 DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

A Community financial contribution, as provided for in Article
16 of Decision 90/424/EEC, for a Eurobarometer survey on the
possible use of animal cloning in the agro-food sector, up to a
maximum amount of EUR 250 000, is hereby approved.

Article 2

A Community financial contribution, as provided for in Article
16 of Decision 90/424/EEC, of a study on temperatures under
which animals are transported over long journeys, up to a
maximum amount of EUR 300 000, is hereby approved.

Article 3

for

A Community financial contribution, as provided for in Article
19 of Decision 90/424/EEC,
training
seminars on the implementation of
the OIE Guidelines on
animal welfare, organised by the World Organisation for
Animal Health (OIE), up to a maximum amount of EUR
100 000 to the World Animal Health and Welfare Fund,
is
hereby approved.

the financing of

Article 4

A Community financial contribution, as provided for in Article
19 of Decision 90/424/EEC, for the edition of approximately
1 800 copies of a booklet on bluetongue, at a maximum rate of
50 % of eligible costs and up to a maximum amount of EUR
10 000 to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), is
hereby approved.

Done at Brussels, 14 November 2007.

(12)

The payment of
the financial contribution from the
Community should be made subject to the condition
that the actions planned have actually been carried out
and that all necessary information is supplied.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(1) Special Eurobarometer 270: Attitudes of EU citizens towards Animal

Welfare, http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/welfare/survey/
sp_barometer_aw_en.pdf, p. 32.