2008/287/EC: Commission Decision of 3 April 2008 on the financing of a working programme for 2008 on training tools in the field of food safety, animal health, animal welfare and plant health
Date: 2008-04-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU action, EU financing, animal health, animal welfare, food safety, plant health control, veterinary inspection, vocational training

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 3 April 2008

on the financing of a working programme for 2008 on training tools in the field of food safety,
animal health, animal welfare and plant health

(2008/287/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Whereas:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No
1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation
applicable to the general budget of
the European Commu-
nities (1), and in particular Article 75 thereof,

for

Having regard to Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 of
the Commission of 23 December 2002 laying down detailed
rules
the implementation of Council Regulation (EC,
Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable
to the general budget of the European Communities (2), and in
particular Article 90 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000
on protective measures against
the introduction into the
Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products
their spread within the Community (3) and in
and against
particular Article 2(1)(i) thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official
controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance
with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare
rules (4) and in particular, Articles 51 and 66(1)(b) and (c)
thereof,

(1)

(2)

In accordance with Article 75 of Regulation (EC,
Euratom) No 1605/2002 and with Article 90 of Regu-
lation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002, the commitment of
the expenditure shall be preceded by a financing decision
which determines the essential elements of an action
involving expenditure from the budget.

Different actions are foreseen in the field of training tools
within several
legislative acts dealing with food safety,
animal health, animal welfare and plant health. These
actions have to be financed by the Community budget.
The financing of such actions should be subject to a
single decision,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The working programme in the Annex concerning the financing
in 2008 of actions related to training tools in the field of food
safety, animal health, animal welfare and plant health is
adopted.

‘Health and
The Director General of Directorate-General
Consumer Protection’ is in charge of its publication and imple-
mentation.

Done at Brussels, 3 April 2008.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1525/2007 (OJ L 343, 27.12.2007, p. 9).

(2) OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by
Commission (EC, Euratom) No 478/2007 (OJ L 111, 28.4.2007,
p. 13).

(3) OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1. Directive as

last amended by
Commission Directive 2007/41/EC (OJ L 169, 29.6.2007, p. 51).
(4) OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1, as corrected by OJ L 191, 28.5.2004,
p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 180/2008 (OJ L 56, 29.2.2008, p. 4).

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Working programme for 2008 on training tools in the field of food safety, animal health, animal welfare and
plant health

ANNEX

(1) Budget lines: 17 04 07 01 and 17 04 04 01

Legal basis:

TRAINING

— Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, Article 51 and Article 66(1)(b),

— Directive 2000/29/EC, particular Article 2(1)(i).

The action to be financed under this budget aims at the development, organisation and delivery of training courses
and workshops or seminars in the Community and in third countries in order to ensure that personnel performing
official controls are adequately trained. Through these training courses and seminars, government officials, national
authorities and laboratory experts, shall be informed about and trained on Community feed and food legislation and
the control requirements for feed and food to be allowed on the Community markets.

The Commission contributes to the training of officials in the Member States in that it supplements the training
received at national level with training in aspects that are relevant from a Community point of view.

For 2008, training actions will concern the following subjects:

— food and feed control procedures based on HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) principles; audit

techniques to verify implementation of HACCP systems,

— veterinary and food safety control checks in Border Inspection Posts (airports, seaports and roads/rail),

— food Hygiene and Control: fish, meat and dairy products,

— prevention, control and eradication of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies,

— plant Health Controls (EC plant quarantine regime for potatoes, EC internal plant quarantine regime, EC plant

quarantine regime for imports),

— plant Protection Products (food and feed safety aspects): evaluation and registration,

— zoonoses and microbiological criteria in foodstuffs,

— animal Welfare: stunning and killing of animals at slaughterhouses and in disease control situation and animal

welfare during transport,

— food law, feed law, animal health and animal welfare and plant health rules (EUR 8 800 000).

Financing: through public procurement.

The global budgetary envelope reserved for the procurements during the year amounts to EUR 8 800 000.

For each of the technical issues mentioned above one or more specific service contracts will be signed. It is estimated
to sign around 14 service contracts. External contractors are mainly involved in the organisational and logistical
aspects of the training activities.

The aim is to launch the procurement procedure as soon as possible (approximately between March and May) to have
the contracts signed during 2008.

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(2) Budget line: 17 01 04 05

Legal basis:

— Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, Article 66(1)(c).

The action to be financed under this budget aims at obtaining feedback on the trainings. Feedback is one of the key
elements in the domain of better training for safer food. The production of a report on the 2007 activities is part of
this.

Feedback on trainings will be gathered also through an ex-post evaluation. Forms/questionnaires for this purpose will
be distributed to a cross section of participants after their attendance at a training event in order to gauge the impact
of the training on their professional lives.

Finally, to better arrange the training programmes, IT equipment and tools, as well as promotional material, infor-
mation and communication supports need to be financed (EUR 308 000).

Financing: existing framework contracts

It is estimated to sign around four service contracts.

Indicative timeframe for signing the contracts: between March and July.

Summary

No

1

2

Name

Budget line

Legal base

Amount in EUR

Training: external contracts
the
programme

execution of

the

for
training

Training: annual report, ex-post
evaluation,
and
IT equipment
promotional material,
tools,
information and communication
support

17 04 07 01

Regulation (EC) No 882/2004

8 350 000

17 04 04 01

Directive 2000/29/EC

17 01 04 05

Regulation (EC) No 882/2004

450 000

308 000

Total

9 108 000