2007/795/EC: Commission Decision of 4 December 2007 concerning the financial contribution by the Community, for the year 2007, towards studies, impact assessments and evaluations covering the areas of food safety, animal health and welfare and zootechnics
Date: 2007-12-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, animal disease, animal welfare, food safety, zootechnics

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DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 4 December 2007

concerning the financial contribution by the Community, for the year 2007, towards studies, impact
assessments and evaluations covering the areas of food safety, animal health and welfare and
zootechnics

(2007/795/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

the Community Action Plan on the Protection and
Welfare of Animals 2006-2010.

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)

Pursuant to Decision 90/424/EEC, the Community may
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
legislation and for
veterinary education or training.

Studies,
impact assessments as well as systematic and
timely evaluations of expenditure programmes in the
food safety, animal health and welfare and
areas of
zootechnics are essential
those
measures and will also support the actions identified in

in order to carry out

(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).

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

All individual tasks are subject to specific contracts under
an evaluation framework contract for which a call for
tender was launched in 2004. Those specific contracts
are to be signed between the Commission and the
selected contractor as defined in the framework contract.

Studies, impact assessments and evaluations covering the
areas of
food safety, animal health and welfare and
zootechnics are to form part of the further development
of Community veterinary legislation and the deve-
lopment of veterinary education or training and will
also support the actions identified in the Community
Action Plan on the Protection and Welfare of Animals
2006-2010.

studies,

year 2007,

It is therefore appropriate for the Community to fund for
the
and
evaluations, covering the areas of
food safety, animal
health and welfare and zootechnics. The maximum
amount
to be allocated to these actions should be
specified.

assessments

impact

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

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HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The actions
line 17 04 02 01 of
EUR 700 000.

referred to in the Annex are approved and shall be financed through the budget
the European Communities for 2007 up to a maximum of

the budget of

Done at Brussels, 4 December 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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Domain: Food safety, animal health and welfare and zootechnics.

ANNEX

Legal basis: Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field.

Political objectives: The Community Action Plan on the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2006-2010 (1) identified several
areas of action in particular the upgrading of existing minimum standards for animal protection and welfare and
introducing standardised animal welfare indicators. Concerning animal
transport, advice from scientific experts
indicates that new appropriate rules on travelling times and loading densities are needed. Commissioner Kyprianou
therefore announced several
the Commission is
studying this question with the aim of proposing a revision of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 (2) in 2009.

times as during the Agriculture Council

in October 2007 that

As regards to animal welfare labelling, the Action Plan asks the Commission to submit a report on the possibility of a
mandatory labelling scheme for chicken meat and meat products based on compliance with animal welfare standards and
to report to the Council and the Parliament on the further application of measurable indicators in Community animal
welfare legislation. Furthermore the Council invited the Commission in May 2007 (3) to submit a report to the Council on
animal welfare labelling in order to allow an in-depth debate on this subject. For these reasons it is necessary to submit a
broader study on the impact of animal welfare labelling and on an Animal Welfare Reference Center which could serve as
European coordinating body for the different initiatives related to animal welfare (standardisation/certification of welfare
indicators, auditing schemes, databases related to existing certified labels).

Assignments: Various types of studies and other services supporting the design and preparation of Commission proposals.

Studies and other services supporting the implementation of the Community Action Plan on the Protection and Welfare
of Animals 2006-2010 have been scheduled for 2007, in particular for the preparation of impact assessments in relation
to animal transport, slaughter and the preparation of a report on animal welfare labelling as requested by the Council.

Appropriations 2007: 17 04 02 01 — Other measures in the veterinary, animal welfare and public-health field: EUR
700 000.

Number of specific actions planned: Approximately four.

All actions shall be governed by common public procurement rules and will be carried out through specific contracts
under a framework contract. Specific contracts will be signed during the last quarter of 2007.

(1) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on a Community Action Plan on the Protection

and Welfare of Animals 2006-2010, COM(2006) 13 final.

(2) OJ L 3, 5.1.2005, p. 1.
(3) Conference on ‘Animal Welfare’ — Improving by Labelling? — Council Conclusions, http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/

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