2008/557/EC: Commission Decision of 27 June 2008 on a financial contribution from the Community towards emergency measures to combat avian influenza in Poland in 2007 (notified under document number C(2008) 3047)
Date: 2008-06-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, EU financing, Poland, animal disease, bird, disease prevention, emergency aid

9.7.2008

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 27 June 2008

on a financial contribution from the Community towards emergency measures to combat avian
influenza in Poland in 2007

(notified under document number C(2008) 3047)

(Only the Polish text is authentic)

(2008/557/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

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 3(3) and 3a(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

the

down

procedures
90/424/EEC lays
Decision
the Community’s
contribution
governing
including
towards
specific
emergency measures. Pursuant
that
Decision, Member States may obtain a Community
certain
the
financial
measures to eradicate avian influenza.

veterinary measures,

contribution towards

to Article 3a of

costs of

financial

Article 3a(3) of Decision 90/424/EEC lays down rules on
the percentage of the costs incurred by Member States
that may be covered by the Community’s
financial
contribution.

Outbreaks of avian influenza occurred in Poland in
2007. The emergence of
that disease represents a
serious risk to the Community’s livestock population.
in
Poland
Article 3a(2) of Decision 90/424/EEC, to combat those
outbreaks.

the measures,

referred

took

to

as

Poland has fully complied with its technical and admin-
istrative obligations as set out in Articles 3(3) and 3a(2)
of Decision 90/424/EEC and Article 6 of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 349/2005. (2).

Poland submitted to the Commission information on the
costs incurred on 4 February 2008 and on 13 March
2008, and continued to provide all necessary infor-
mation on costs of compensation and operational expen-
diture.

Following the amendment of Decision 90/424/EEC by
Concil Decision 2006/53/EC (3), Commission Regulation
(EC) No 349/2005 no longer covers avian influenza. It is
therefore necessary to expressly provide in the present
the granting of a Community financial
Decision that
to compliance with
contribution to Poland is subject
certain rules laid down in that Regulation.

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)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Financial contribution from the Community to Poland

1.
A financial contribution from the Community may be
granted to Poland towards the costs incurred by that Member
State in taking the measures referred to in Article 3a(2) of
Decision 90/424/EEC, to combat avian influenza in 2007.

For the purposes of this Decision, Articles 2 to 5 and
2.
Articles 7 and 8 and Article 9(2), (3) and (4) and Article 10
of Regulation (EC) No 349/2005 shall apply mutatis mutandis.

(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 55, 1.3.2005, p. 12.
(3) OJ L 29, 2.2.2006, p. 37.

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Article 2

Payment arrangements

A first tranche of EUR 845 000,00 shall be paid as part of the Community financial contribution provided
for in Article 1.

This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Poland.

Article 3

Addressee

Done at Brussels, 27 June 2008.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission