2008/920/EC: Commission Decision of 4 December 2008 approving certain amended programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases and zoonoses for the year 2008 and amending Decision 2007/782/EC as regards the reallocation of the Community’s financial contribution to certain Member States for programmes approved by that Decision (notified under document number C(2008) 7572)
Date: 2008-12-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU financing, animal disease, disease prevention, veterinary inspection, zoonosis

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DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 4 December 2008

approving certain amended programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases and
zoonoses for the year 2008 and amending Decision 2007/782/EC as regards the reallocation of the
Community’s financial contribution to certain Member States for programmes approved by that
Decision

(notified under document number C(2008) 7572)

(2008/920/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

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 24(5) and (6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

90/424/EEC lays

procedures
Decision
governing the Community’s financial contribution for
programmes for the eradication, control and monitoring
of animal diseases and zoonoses.

down

the

Commission Decision 2007/782/EC of 30 November
2007 approving annual
and multi-annual national
programmes and the financial contribution from the
Community for the eradication, control and monitoring
of certain animal diseases and zoonoses, presented by the
Member States for 2008 and the following years (2)
approves certain national programmes and sets out the
rate and maximum amount of the Community’s financial
contribution for each programme submitted by the
Member States.

(4)

(5)

(6)

The Commission has assessed the reports submitted by
the Member States on the expenditures incurred for those
programmes. The results of that assessment show that
certain Member States will not utilise their full allocation
the
for 2008 while others will spend in excess of
allocated amount.

It

therefore needs

The Community’s financial contribution for a number of
those national programmes
to be
adjusted.
is appropriate to reallocate funding from
national programmes which will not use their full allo­
cation to those that will exceed it. The reallocation
information on
should be based on the most recent
expenditure actually incurred by the concerned Member
States.

spongiform encephalopathies

In addition, Belgium, Denmark and Finland have
submitted amended programmes for the monitoring of
transmissible
(TSEs),
Hungary has submitted an amended programme for the
eradication of rabies and Romania has submitted an
amended programme for
the eradication of classical
swine fever.

has

those

assessed

Commission

The
amended
programmes from both the veterinary and the financial
point of view. Those programmes were found to comply
with relevant Community veterinary legislation, and in
in Decision
particular with the
criteria
90/638/EEC (3). The amended programmes
those
for
five Member States should therefore be approved.

set out

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 314, 1.12.2007, p. 29.

(3) OJ L 347, 12.12.1990, p. 27.

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(7)

(8)

Decision 2007/782/EC 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:

(a) EUR 1 550 000 for Ireland;

(b) EUR 3 000 000 for Spain;

(c) EUR 4 100 000 for Italy;

(d) EUR 15 000 for Cyprus;

(e) EUR 1 460 000 for Portugal;

Article 1

2. In Article 2, paragraph 2 is amended as follows:

(f) EUR 4 400 000 for the United Kingdom.’

The amended programme for the monitoring of transmissible
spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) submitted by Belgium on
23 May 2008 is hereby approved for the period from 1 January
2008 to 31 December 2008.

Article 2

The amended programme for the monitoring of transmissible
spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) submitted by Denmark on
18 June 2008 is hereby approved for the period from 1 January
2008 to 31 December 2008.

(a)

In point
7 700 000’;

(b),

‘EUR 6 100 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

(b) In point

(d),

1 500 000’.

‘EUR 1 100 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

3. In Article 3(2), points (a) and (b) are replaced by the

following:

‘(a) EUR 4 400 000 for Spain;

(b) EUR 3 500 000 for Italy;’

Article 3

The amended programme for the monitoring of TSEs submitted
by Finland on 9 April 2008 is hereby approved for the period
from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008.

4. In Article 4, paragraph 2 is amended as follows:

(a)

In point
630 000’;

(a),

‘EUR 377 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

Article 4

amended programme

rabies
for
The
submitted by Hungary on 4 September 2008 is hereby
approved
to
the
31 December 2008.

eradication of

from 1

January

period

2008

the

for

(b) In point

(c),

1 200 000’;

‘EUR 3 100 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

(c)

In point
5 800 000’;

(e),

‘EUR 4 100 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

(d) In point

(f),

3 100 000’;

‘EUR 351 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

Article 5

The amended programme for the eradication of classical swine
fever submitted by Romania on 30 June 2008 is hereby
to
the
approved
31 December 2008.

from 1

January

period

2008

for

Article 6

(e)

In point
125 000’;

(f)

In point
610 000’;

(i),

‘EUR 527 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

(k),

‘EUR 1 004 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

(g)

In point (l), ‘EUR 43 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 100 000’.

Decision 2007/782/EC is amended as follows:

5. In Article 5, paragraph 2 is amended as follows:

1. In Article 1, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2.
The financial contribution by the Community shall
be at the rate of 50 % of the costs to be incurred by each
Member State referred to in paragraph 1 for the cost of
carrying out laboratory tests, the compensation to owners
for the value of their animals slaughtered subject to those
programmes and the purchase of vaccine doses, and shall
not exceed:

(a)

In point
700 000’;

(b) In point
500 000’;

(c)

In point
50 000’;

(d) In point
400 000’;

(a),

‘EUR 550 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

(c),

‘EUR 200 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

(e),

‘EUR 600 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

(i),

‘EUR 500 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

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(e)

In point
120 000’;

(f)

In point
750 000’;

(j),

‘EUR 470 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

(d) In point
300 000’.

(u),

‘EUR 465 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

(m),

‘EUR 400 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

9. In Article 10, paragraph 2 is amended as follows:

(g)

In point
1 000 000’;

(n),

‘EUR 1 300 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

(h) In point

(p),

2 400 000’;

‘EUR 2 000 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

(i)

In point
10 000’.

(r),

‘EUR 400 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

6. In Article 6, paragraph 2 is amended as follows:

(a)

In point
500 000’;

(b) In point
250 000’;

(a),

‘EUR 750 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

(d),

‘EUR 2 000 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

(c)

In point
2 450 000’;

(g),

‘EUR 3 500 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

(d) In point
200 000’;

(e)

In point
80 000’;

(i),

‘EUR 1 000 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

(k),

‘EUR 300 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

(f)

In point
3 400 000’;

(m),

‘EUR 2 000 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

(g) Points (o) to (s) are replaced by the following:

‘(o) EUR 700 000 for Austria;

(p) EUR 3 500 000 for Poland;

(q) EUR 50 000 for Portugal;

(r) EUR 20 000 for Romania;

(s) EUR 500 000 for Slovakia;’.

7. In Article 7, paragraph 2 is amended as follows:

(a)

In point
(f),
2 000 000’;

‘EUR 2 500 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

(b) In point
375 000’.

(h),

‘EUR 525 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

8. In Article 9, paragraph 2, is amended as follows:

(a)

In point (c), ‘EUR 65 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 25 000’;

(b) In point
280 000’;

(c)

In point
600 000’;

(e),

‘EUR 580 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

(k),

‘EUR 380 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

In point
280 000’;

(f),

‘EUR 250 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

In point
6 200 000’;

(g),

In point
(i),
5 500 000’;

In point
5 800 000’;

(k),

‘EUR 5 000 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

‘EUR 4 700 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

‘EUR 3 050 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

In point
450 000’;

In point
350 000’;

(l),

‘EUR 250 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

(m),

‘EUR 300 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

(g)

In point
(r),
2 950 000’;

(h)

In point
(s),
1 400 000’;

(i)

(j)

In point
(t),
1 350 000’;

In point
2 700 000’;

(u),

(k)

In point
1 000 000’;

(v),

‘EUR 3 150 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

‘EUR 1 250 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

‘EUR 3 250 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

‘EUR 1 250 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

‘EUR 7 500’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

(l)

In point
550 000’;

(m) In point
550 000’;

(x),

‘EUR 750 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

(y),

‘EUR 650 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

(n)

In point
1 500 000’.

(z),

‘EUR 1 150 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

10. In Article 11, paragraph 2 is amended as follows:

(a)

In point
130 000’;

(b) In point
200 000’;

(c)

In point
300 000’;

(d) In point
130 000’.

(g),

‘EUR 430 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

(i),

‘EUR 500 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

(o),

‘EUR 100 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

(p),

‘EUR 232 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

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11. In Article 12, paragraph 2 is amended as follows:

(e) EUR 4 200 000 for Poland;

(a)

In point
110 000’;

(b) In point
100 000’;

(c)

In point
250 000’;

(d),

‘EUR 204 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

(f) EUR 0 for Romania;

(e),

‘EUR 1 000 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

(g) EUR 425 000 for Slovakia;’.

(g),

‘EUR 550 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

13. In Article 14(2), point (c) is replaced by the following:

‘(c) EUR 3 000 000 for Poland’.

(d) In point

(i),
3 700 000’;

(e)

In point
(j),
2 450 000’;

(f)

In point
(l),
1 200 000’;

(g)

In point
150 000’;

(h) In point
100 000’;

(i)

(j)

In point
100 000’;

In point
100 000’;

(k) In point
50 000’;

‘EUR 3 800 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

14. In Article 15(2), point (c), is replaced by the following:

‘EUR 3 000 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

‘(c) EUR 4 650 000 for Poland’.

‘EUR 1 100 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

15. Article 16(5), points (b) to (e) are replaced by the following:

(q),

‘EUR 258 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

‘(b) EUR 225 000 for Germany;

(c) EUR 860 000 for Estonia;

(s),

‘EUR 35 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

(d) EUR 700 000 for Latvia;

(t),

‘EUR 881 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

(v),

‘EUR 302 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

(w),

‘EUR 201 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

(e) EUR 380 000 for Slovenia;’.

16. In Article 18, paragraph 5 is amended as follows:

(a)

In point
650 000’;

(b) In point
350 000’.

(a)

‘EUR 400 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

(c)

‘EUR 300 000’

is

replaced by ‘EUR

(l)

In point
1 800 000’.

(x),

‘EUR 4 000 000’

is replaced by ‘EUR

Article 7

12. In Article 13, paragraph 2 is amended as follows:

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

(a)

In point (a), ‘EUR 700 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 0’;

(b) Points (c) to (g) are replaced by the following:

Done at Brussels, 4 December 2008.

‘(c) EUR 1 000 000 for Hungary;

(d) EUR 330 000 for Austria;

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission