2002/945/EC: Commission Decision of 28 November 2002 amending Decisions 2001/730/EC and 2001/854/EC as regards the allocation of the Community's financial contribution to Member States' TSE monitoring programmes for 2002 (notified under document number C(2002) 4594)

Commission Decision
of 28 November 2002
amending Decisions 2001/730/EC and 2001/854/EC as regards the allocation of the Community's financial contribution to Member States' TSE monitoring programmes for 2002
(notified under document number C(2002) 4594)
(2002/945/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field(1), as last amended by Decision 2001/572/EC(2), and in particular Article 24(5) and (6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2001/730/EC of 15 October 2001 on the list of programmes for the monitoring of TSE qualifying for a financial contribution from the Community in 2002(3), as amended by Decision 2002/246/EC(4), establishes the list of programmes submitted by the Member States for the monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) qualifying for a Community financial contribution in 2002, as well as the proposed rate and maximum amount of the contribution for each programme.
(2) Commission Decision 2001/854/EC of 3 December 2001 approving the programmes for the monitoring of TSE presented for 2002 by the Member States and fixing the level of the Community's financial contribution(5), as amended by Decision 2002/246/EC, approved those programmes and fixed the maximum amounts of the Community's financial contribution.
(3) Decision 2001/854/EC provides that the maximum amounts of financial participation by the Community for each monitoring programme may be reviewed in the light of the progress reports to be forwarded by the Member States to the Commission every month. An analysis of those reports indicates that certain Member States will not utilise their full allocation for 2002, while others will carry out monitoring in excess of the number of tests funded. It is therefore appropriate to re-allocate funding from Member States which are not using their full allocation to those that are exceeding it.
(4) Decisions 2001/730/EC and 2001/854/EC should be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,