2008/685/EC: Commission Decision of 20 August 2008 amending the Annex to Council Decision 90/424/EEC as regards Spring viraemia of carp (SVC) (notified under document number C(2008) 4401) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, animal disease, aquaculture, disease prevention, health control, sea fish

22.8.2008

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 August 2008

amending the Annex to Council Decision 90/424/EEC as regards Spring viraemia of carp (SVC)

(notified under document number C(2008) 4401)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/685/EC)

would be disproportionate
caused by it.

to the

economic losses

It is therefore appropriate to delete that disease also from
the list of animal diseases and zoonoses set out in the
Annex to Decision 90/424/EEC.

The Annex to Decision 90/424/EEC should therefore be
amended accordingly.

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 ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 90/424/EEC is replaced by the text in
the Annex to this Decision.

This Decision shall apply from 1 September 2008.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 20 August 2008.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission

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
the second subparagraph of Article 24(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(5)

(6)

(7)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

down

90/424/EEC lays

the Community's

procedures
Decision
governing
contribution
towards the national programmes for the eradication,
control and monitoring of
the animal diseases and
zoonoses listed in the Annex to that Decision.

financial

the

Decision 90/424/EEC, as amended by Council Decision
2006/782/EC (2), includes Spring viraemia of carp (SVC)
on the list of animal disease for which Member States
financial contribution from the
may be eligible for
Community for national eradication programmes.

For aquatic animals, Member States should be eligible for
financial contribution from the Community for national
programmes for the eradication only as regards the non-
exotic diseases which are listed in Part II of Annex IV to
Council Directive 2006/88/EC of 24 October 2006 on
animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and
products thereof, and on the prevention and control of
certain diseases in aquatic animals (3). That Directive is to
apply from 1 August 2008.

Directive 2006/88/EC, as amended by Commission
Directive 2008/53/EC, no longer lists Spring viraemia
of carp (SVC) in Part II of Annex IV thereto, since the
costs related to the measures to eradicate that disease

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

2006/965/EC (OJ L 397, 30.12.2006, p. 22).

(2) OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 57.
(3) OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 14. Directive as amended by Commission

Directive 2008/53/EC (OJ L 117, 1.5.2008, p. 27).

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ANNEX

‘ANNEX

Animal diseases and zoonoses

— Bovine tuberculosis

— Bovine brucellosis

— Ovine and caprine brucellosis (B. melitensis)

— Bluetongue in endemic or high risk areas

— African swine fever

— Swine vesicular disease

— Classical swine fever

— Anthrax

— Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia

— Avian influenza

— Rabies

— Echinococcosis

— Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE)

— Campylobacteriosis

— Listeriosis

— Salmonellosis (zoonotic salmonella)

— Trichinellosis

— Verotoxigenic E. coli

— Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS)

— Infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN)

— Koi herpes virus disease (KHV)

— Infectious salmon anaemia (ISA)

— Infection with Marteilia refringens

— Infection with Bonamia ostreae

— White spot disease in crustaceans’