COMMISSION DECISION

of 12 October 2006

on programmes which qualify for a Community financial contribution in 2007 for the eradication and monitoring of certain animal diseases, for the prevention of zoonoses, for the monitoring of TSEs as well as programmes for the eradication of BSE and scrapie

(notified under document number C(2006) 4784)

(2006/687/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), and in particular Article 24(5) and Article 32 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Certain Member States have submitted programmes to the Commission for which they wish to receive a Community financial contribution. Those programmes concern the eradication and control of certain animal diseases, programmes of checks aimed at the prevention of zoonoses, programmes for the control of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) and also programmes for the eradication of bovine spongiform encephalopathies (BSE) and scrapie.

(2) In accordance with Article 3(2)(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy(2), animal disease eradication and control programmes (veterinary measures) are to be financed from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund. For financial control purposes, Articles 9, 36 and 37 of that Regulation are to apply.

(3) Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies(3), lays down rules for monitoring and eradication of TSEs in bovine, ovine and caprine animals.

(4) In drawing up the lists of programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases, the list of programmes of checks aimed at the prevention of zoonoses and the list of programmes for the eradication and the monitoring of certain TSEs qualifying for a financial contribution from the Community for 2007, and the proposed rate and maximum amount of the contribution for each programme, the interest of each measure in the programmes for the Community, its compliance with the technical provisions of relevant Community veterinary legislation and the volume of available appropriations must be taken into account.

(5) The Member States have supplied the Commission with information enabling it to assess the interest for the Community of providing a financial contribution to the programmes for 2007.

(6) The Commission has considered each of the programmes submitted from both the veterinary and the financial point of view and is satisfied that those programmes should be included in the lists of programmes qualifying for a financial contribution from the Community in 2007.

(7) In view of the importance of those programmes for the protection of public and animal health, as well as the obligatory application in all Member States in the case of the TSE programmes, the most appropriate level of financial assistance from the Community should be ensured.

(8) It is therefore appropriate to adopt the list of programmes qualifying for a financial contribution from the Community in 2007 and to set the proposed rates and the maximum amount of those contributions.

(9) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1. The programmes for the eradication and monitoring of the animal diseases listed in Annex I shall qualify for a financial contribution from the Community in 2007.

2. For each programme as referred to in paragraph 1, the proposed rate and maximum amount of the financial contribution from the Community shall be as set out in Annex I.

Article 2

1. The programmes of checks aimed at the prevention of zoonoses listed in Annex II shall qualify for a financial contribution from the Community in 2007.

2. For each programme as referred to in paragraph 1, the proposed rate and maximum amount of the financial contribution from the Community shall be as set out in Annex II.

Article 3

1. The programmes for the monitoring of TSE (BSE and scrapie) listed in Annex III shall qualify for a financial contribution from the Community in 2007.

2. For each programme as referred to in paragraph 1, the proposed rate and maximum amount of the financial contribution from the Community shall be as set out in Annex III.

Article 4

1. The programmes for the eradication of BSE listed in Annex IV shall qualify for a financial contribution from the Community in 2007.

2. For each programme as referred to in paragraph 1, the proposed rate and maximum amount of the financial contribution from the Community shall be as set out in Annex IV.

Article 5

1. The programmes for the eradication of scrapie listed in Annex V shall qualify for a financial contribution from the Community in 2007.

2. For each programme as referred to in paragraph 1, the proposed rate and maximum amount of the financial contribution from the Community shall be as set out in Annex V.

Article 6

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 12 October 2006.

For the Commission

Markos

KYPRIANOU

Member of the Commission

(1)

OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19

. Decision as last amended by Decision 2006/53/EC (

OJ L 29, 2.2.2006, p. 37

(2)

OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 1

. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 (

OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 42

(3)

OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1

. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1041/2006 (

OJ L 187, 8.7.2006, p. 10

ANNEX I

List of programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases as referred to in Article 1(1)

Rate and maximum amount of the Community financial contribution

Disease	Member State	Rate	Maximum amount (EUR)
Aujeszky’s disease	Belgium	50 %	250 000
Aujeszky’s disease	Spain	50 %	350 000
Bluetongue	Spain	50 %	4 900 000
	France	50 %	160 000
	Italy	50 %	1 300 000
	Portugal	50 %	600 000
Bovine brucellosis	Spain	50 %	3 500 000
	Ireland	50 %	1 100 000
	Italy	50 %	2 000 000
	Cyprus	50 %	95 000
	Poland	50 %	300 000
	Portugal	50 %	1 600 000
	United Kingdom(1)	50 %	1 100 000
Bovine tuberculosis	Spain	50 %	3 000 000
	Italy	50 %	2 500 000
	Poland	50 %	1 100 000
	Portugal	50 %	450 000
Classical swine fever	Germany	50 %	800 000
	France	50 %	500 000
	Luxembourg	50 %	35 000
	Slovenia	50 %	25 000
	Slovakia	50 %	400 000
Enzootic bovine leucosis	Estonia	50 %	20 000
	Italy	50 %	400 000
	Latvia	50 %	35 000
	Lithuania	50 %	135 000
	Poland	50 %	2 300 000
	Portugal	50 %	225 000
Ovine and caprine brucellosis (B melitensis)	Greece	50 %	650 000
	Spain	50 %	5 000 000
	France	50 %	200 000
	Italy	50 %	4 000 000
	Cyprus	50 %	120 000
	Portugal	50 %	1 600 000
Poseidom(2)	France(3)	50 %	50 000
Rabies	Czech Republic	50 %	490 000
	Germany	50 %	850 000
	Estonia	50 %	925 000
	Latvia	50 %	1 200 000
	Lithuania	50 % own territory; 100 % border areas	600 000
	Hungary	50 %	1 850 000
	Austria	50 %	185 000
	Poland	50 %	4 850 000
	Slovenia	50 %	375 000
	Slovakia	50 %	500 000
	Finland	50 %	112 000
African swine fever/Classical swine fever	Italy	50 %	140 000
Swine vesicular disease	Italy	50 %	120 000
Avian influenza	Belgium	50 %	66 000
	Czech Republic	50 %	74 000
	Denmark	50 %	160 000
	Germany	50 %	243 000
	Estonia	50 %	40 000
	Greece	50 %	42 000
	Spain	50 %	82 000
	France	50 %	280 000
	Ireland	50 %	59 000
	Italy	50 %	510 000
	Cyprus	50 %	15 000
	Latvia	50 %	15 000
	Lithuania	50 %	12 000
	Luxembourg	50 %	10 000
	Hungary	50 %	110 000
	Malta	50 %	5 000
	Netherlands	50 %	126 000
	Austria	50 %	42 000
	Poland	50 %	87 000
	Portugal	50 %	121 000
	Slovenia	50 %	32 000
	Slovakia	50 %	21 000
	Finland	50 %	27 000
	Sweden	50 %	130 000
	United Kingdom	50 %	275 000
Total			55 581 000

(1) United Kingdom only as regards Northern Ireland.

(2) Heartwater, babesiosis and anaplasmosis transmitted by vector insects in the French overseas departments.

(3) France only as regards Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion.

ANNEX II

List of programmes of checks aimed at the prevention of zoonoses as referred to in Article 2(1)

Rate and maximum amount of the Community financial contribution

Zoonosis	Member State	Rate	Maximum amount (EUR)
Salmonella	Belgium	50 %	660 000
	Czech Republic	50 %	330 000
	Denmark	50 %	250 000
	Germany	50 %	175 000
	Estonia	50 %	27 000
	Greece	50 %	60 000
	Spain	50 %	2 000 000
	France	50 %	875 000
	Ireland	50 %	175 000
	Italy	50 %	320 000
	Cyprus	50 %	40 000
	Latvia	50 %	60 000
	Hungary	50 %	60 000
	Netherlands	50 %	1 350 000
	Austria	50 %	80 000
	Poland	50 %	2 000 000
	Portugal	50 %	450 000
	Slovakia	50 %	205 000
Total			9 117 000

ANNEX III

List of programmes for the monitoring of TSEs as referred to in Article 3(1)

Rate and maximum amount of the Community financial contribution

Disease	Member State	Rate rapid tests and discriminatory tests performed	Maximum amount (EUR)
TSEs	Belgium	100 %	2 084 000
	Czech Republic	100 %	1 059 000
	Denmark	100 %	1 680 000
	Germany	100 %	11 307 000
	Estonia	100 %	233 000
	Greece	100 %	1 827 000
	Spain	100 %	10 237 000
	France	100 %	24 815 000
	Ireland	100 %	6 755 000
	Italy	100 %	3 375 000
	Cyprus	100 %	348 000
	Latvia	100 %	312 000
	Lithuania	100 %	645 000
	Luxembourg	100 %	146 000
	Hungary	100 %	784 000
	Malta	100 %	90 000
	Netherlands	100 %	5 112 000
	Austria	100 %	1 759 000
	Poland	100 %	3 744 000
	Portugal	100 %	2 115 000
	Slovenia	100 %	308 000
	Slovakia	100 %	1 088 000
	Finland	100 %	839 000
	Sweden	100 %	2 020 000
	United Kingdom	100 %	6 781 000
Total			89 463 000

ANNEX IV

List of programmes for the eradication of BSE as referred to in Article 4(1)

Rate and maximum amount of the Community financial contribution

Disease	Member State	Rate	Maximum amount (EUR)
BSE	Belgium	50 % culling	50 000
	Czech Republic	50 % culling	750 000
	Denmark	50 % culling	51 000
	Germany	50 % culling	500 000
	Estonia	50 % culling	98 000
	Greece	50 % culling	750 000
	Spain	50 % culling	713 000
	France	50 % culling	50 000
	Ireland	50 % culling	800 000
	Italy	50 % culling	150 000
	Luxembourg	50 % culling	100 000
	Netherlands	50 % culling	60 000
	Austria	50 % culling	48 000
	Poland	50 % culling	328 000
	Portugal	50 % culling	305 000
	Slovenia	50 % culling	25 000
	Slovakia	50 % culling	250 000
	Finland	50 % culling	25 000
	United Kingdom	50 % culling	347 000
Total			5 400 000

ANNEX V

List of programmes for the eradication of scrapie as referred to in Article 5(1)

Rate and amount of the Community financial contribution

Disease	Member State	Rate	Maximum amount (EUR)
Scrapie	Belgium	50 % culling; 50 % genotyping	99 000
	Czech Republic	50 % culling; 50 % genotyping	107 000
	Germany	50 % culling; 50 % genotyping	927 000
	Estonia	50 % culling; 50 % genotyping	13 000
	Greece	50 % culling; 50 % genotyping	1 306 000
	Spain	50 % culling; 50 % genotyping	5 374 000
	France	50 % culling; 50 % genotyping	8 862 000
	Ireland	50 % culling; 50 % genotyping	629 000
	Italy	50 % culling; 50 % genotyping	3 076 000
	Cyprus	50 % culling; 50 % genotyping	2 200 000
	Luxembourg	50 % culling; 50 % genotyping	28 000
	Hungary	50 % culling; 50 % genotyping	332 000
	Netherlands	50 % culling; 50 % genotyping	543 000
	Austria	50 % culling; 50 % genotyping	14 000
	Portugal	50 % culling; 50 % genotyping	716 000
	Slovenia	50 % culling; 50 % genotyping	83 000
	Slovakia	50 % culling; 50 % genotyping	279 000
	Finland	50 % culling; 50 % genotyping	11 000
	Sweden	50 % culling; 50 % genotyping	6 000
	United Kingdom	50 % culling; 50 % genotyping	9 178 000
Total			33 783 000