CELEX: 51993PC0470
Language: en
Date: 1993-12-06
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION amending Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field

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                                               Brussels,  6 December 1993
                               Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL DECISION
                       amending Decision 90/424/EEC on
                     expenditure In the veterinary field
                       (presented by the Commission)
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 ---pagebreak---                                EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Experience shows that certain mechanisms of Council           Decision 90/424/EEC of
26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field*1) need to be improved.
This   proposal   relates  principally    to  the   financial    contribution    of  the
Community    to  programmes   for   the   eradication    and   monitoring    of   animal
diseases. It provides for:
-   a timetable for the various operations;
-   submission  by   the Member   States of    annual   programmes    during   the year
   preceding that of their implementation;
-   drawing up of a list of programmes selected for the following year;
-   approval of the individual programmes;
-   a progressive reduction in reimbursements where deadlines are not met.
The same arrangements would apply to future programmes for the control of
certain zoonoses and programmes for improving structures            in connection with
the internal market.
As regards emergency measures, a minimum should be laid down below which the
financial   contribution will    not be granted. Administrative costs must not
exceed the reimbursement due.
The draft does not as such affect the level of expenditure in the veterinary
field.
It   constitutes   a  technical    improvement   to   financial    mechanisms    in  the
veterinary field.
(1)   0J N* L 224, 18.08.1990, p. 19.
 ---pagebreak---                                  Proposal for a
                                COUNCIL DECISION
                        amending Decision 90/424/EEC on
                      expenditure In the veterinary field
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           Community, and
 in particular Article 43 thereof.
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,*1>
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par Iiament,<2)
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee,<3*
Whereas, in the light of experience gained, certain mechanisms provided for
by Council Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field,(*) as
last amended by Decision 93/439/EEC,(5) should be improved;
Whereas, in particular, for programmes for the eradication and monitoring of
animal   diseases, programmes    for   the control  of  certain  zoonoses  and
programmes for improving the veterinary structures in connection with the
internal market, a timetable should be laid down for the various operations,
the Member States should, during the year preceding their implementation,
submit annual programmes, a list of programmes selected for the following
year should be drawn up, individual programmes should be approved, the rate
of the Community's contribution and the maximum amount of that contribution
should be determined, provision should be made for a progressive reduction in
reimbursements where time limits are not observed and a minimum level for
reimbursements relating to emergency measures should be specified,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
(1)   OJ N" C
(2)   OJ N* C
(3)   OJ N* C
(4)   OJ N- L 224, 18.08.1990, p. 19.
(5)   OJ N* L 203, 13.08.1993, p. 34.
                                     >   -
 ---pagebreak---                                       Article 1
Decision 90/424/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
1.  The following Article 10a Is added:
                                     "Article 10a
    The financial contribution of the Community shall not be granted where
    the total amount of the measure will be less than ECU 10 000."
2.  In Article 24, paragraphs 3 to 9 are replaced by the following:
    "3. Each year, not    later than 1 May, and for the first time not           later
        than 1 May 1995, the Member States shall submit to the Commission the
        programmes   they wish to receive a financial        contribution    from the
        Community. On that occasion, the Member States shall supply all the
        appropriate financial      information and shall    indicate   in particular
        the   estimated   cost   of    each  programme   submitted.    No   programme
        submitted after 1 May may be considered for financing the following
        year.
    4.  The Commission shall consider the programmes submitted from both the
        veterinary    and   the    financial  angle.   The   Member    States    shall
        communicate to the Commission any additional information it requires
        for   its assessment    of   the programme.   The  period   for   considering
        programmes shall end on 1 September each year.
    5.  Each year, before 15 October and        in accordance with the procedure
        laid down   in Article 42, the list of programmes qualifying for a
        financial contribution from the Community for the following year and
        the proposed rate and amount of the contribution for each programme
        shalI be drawn up.
 ---pagebreak--- 6.  Each programme    included     in the   list provided    for  in paragraph 5,
    where appropriate amended to take account of the examination referred
    to   in  paragraphs    4   and   5,   shall   be  approved    individually   in
    accordance   with   the procedure      laid  down   in Article    42 before 1
    December. The level of the financial contribution of the Community,
    any conditions to which it may be subject and the upper limit of the
    contribution    shall    be   laid   down   in   accordance    with  the   same
    procedure.
7.  All programmes shall be approved for a period of one year and shall
    be implemented on 1 January each year. For each programme            in force,
    the Member States shall submit to the Commission, before 1 May, a
    preliminary technical and financial evaluation of the programme. This
    evaluation may be accompanied by a request for the continuation of
    the measure    in accordance with paragraph         3. The Commission     shall
     inform the Member States of the situation with regard to the adoption
    of the decision provided for in paragraph 5.
8.  Payment   applications relating to expenditure          incurred by a Member
    State   in respect of a given programme          shall   be submitted   to the
    Commission   before   1 May of     the year    following   that  in which   the
    programme ends. Where the time limit specified           is not observed, the
    financial contribution of the Community shall be reduced by 20% on
    1 June, 40% on 1 July, 60% on 1 August, 80% on 1 September and 100%
    on 1 October.
9.  The Commission shall rule on the aid in principle before 1 October
    and shall   in any case inform the Member States meeting within the
    Standing Veterinary Committee by 15 October.
10. The   Commission   shall    make   regular   on-the-spot    checks,  with   the
    cooperation of the competent national authorities, on the application
    of programmes receiving a financial contribution from the Community.
 ---pagebreak---     11. Detailed rules for the application of this Article, and in particular
        Article 8 thereof, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure
         laid down in Article 41.
    12. The programmes already approved by the Commission shall continue to
        be governed by the provisions of Article 24 applicable before the
        amendment   resulting   from  Council    Decision   92/.../EEC  of
        amending Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure           in the
        veterinary   field**).   However, the above-mentioned programmes shall
        end not later than 31 December 1995."
3.  Article 25 is deleted.
4.  Article 26 is replaced by the following:
                                    "Article 26
    For   the  measures   provided   for   in   this   Title,   the  amount  of  the
    appropriations   required   shall   be   fixed   each  year   under  the  budget
    procedure."
5.  Articles 30 and 31 are deleted.
6.  Article 32 is replaced by the following:
                                    "Article 32
    For the purposes of this Chapter, paragraphs 3 to 11 of Article 24 shall
    apply."
(*)  OJ N* L
 ---pagebreak--- 7.   In Article 38, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
    "3. For the purposes of this Article, paragraphs 3 to 11 of Article 24
         shalI apply."
8.  Article 40 shall be replaced by
                                  "Article 40
Payments shall be made in ecus at the rates published in the Official Journal
of the European Communities on the first working day of the month      in which
the application for payment was received."
                                   Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels,                                         For the Council
                                                          The President
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