COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 October 2005

on programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases, of certain TSEs, and for the prevention of zoonoses, which qualify for a Community financial contribution in 2006

(notified under document number C(2005) 3922)

(2005/723/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 Articles 24(5) and 32 thereof,

Whereas:

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

(2) Under Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy(2), programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases and zoonoses are to be financed under the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund. For financial control purposes, Articles 8 and 9 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 transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) qualifying for a financial contribution from the Community for 2006, and the proposed rate and maximum amount of the contribution for each programme, the interest of each programme 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 2006.

(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 2006.

(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 2006 and to set the proposed rate 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 animal diseases listed in Annex I shall qualify for a financial contribution from the Community in 2006.

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 2006.

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 2006.

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 2006.

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 2006.

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, 14 October 2005.

For the Commission

Markos

KYPRIANOU

Member of the Commission

(1)

OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19

. Decision as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 (

OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1

(2)

OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103

(3)

OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1

. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1292/2005 (

OJ L 205, 6.8.2005, p. 3

ANNEX I

List of programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases (Article 1(1))

RATE AND MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THE COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION

Disease	Member State	Rate (%)	Maximum amount (EUR)
Aujeszkys disease	Belgium	50	160 000
Aujeszkys disease	Spain	50	100 000
Bluetongue	Spain	50	2 200 000
	France	50	150 000
	Italy	50	1 000 000
	Portugal	50	1 250 000
Bovine brucellosis	Greece	50	300 000
	Spain	50	6 000 000
	Ireland	50	1 750 000
	Italy	50	2 600 000
	Cyprus	50	300 000
	Poland	50	260 000
	Portugal	50	1 800 000
	United Kingdom(1)	50	1 900 000
Bovine tuberculosis	Estonia	50	65 000
	Spain	50	5 000 000
	Italy	50	1 800 000
	Poland	50	800 000
	Portugal	50	240 000
Classical swine fever	Czech Republic	50	35 000
	Germany	50	600 000
	France	50	400 000
	Luxembourg	50	15 000
	Slovenia	50	25 000
	Slovak Republic	50	400 000
Enzootic bovine leucosis	Estonia	50	5 000
	Italy	50	200 000
	Lithuania	50	100 000
	Latvia	50	50 000
	Portugal	50	100 000
Ovine and caprine brucellosis (B melitensis)	Greece	50	600 000
	Spain	50	6 500 000
	France	50	150 000
	Italy	50	3 200 000
	Cyprus	50	310 000
	Portugal	50	1 000 000
Poseidom(2)	France(3)	50	100 000
Rabies	Austria	50	180 000
	Czech Republic	50	390 000
	Germany	50	750 000
	Estonia	50	990 000
	France	50	105 000
	Finland	50	100 000
	Lithuania	50	600 000
	Latvia	50	650 000
	Poland	50	3 750 000
	Slovenia	50	300 000
	Slovak Republic	50	400 000
African swine fever/Classical swine fever	Italy	50	50 000
Total			49 730 000

(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 (Article 2(1))

RATE AND MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THE COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION

Zoonosis	Member State	Rate (%)	Maximum amount (EUR)
Salmonella	Austria	50	72 000
	Belgium	50	650 000
	Cyprus	50	69 000
	Denmark	50	155 000
	Germany	50	900 000
	France	50	315 000
	Ireland	50	75 000
	Italy	50	675 000
	Latvia	50	73 000
	Netherlands	50	759 000
	Portugal	50	488 000
	Slovak Republic	50	232 000
Total			4 463 000

ANNEX III

List of programmes for the monitoring of TSEs (Article 3(1))

RATE AND MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THE COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION

Disease	Member State	Rate rapid tests & discriminatory tests performed (%)	Maximum amount (EUR)
TSEs	Belgium	100	3 155 000
	Czech Republic	100	1 485 000
	Denmark	100	2 115 000
	Germany	100	13 940 000
	Estonia	100	225 000
	Greece	100	545 000
	Spain	100	8 305 000
	France	100	24 395 000
	Ireland	100	5 035 000
	Italy	100	7 345 000
	Cyprus	100	280 000
	Latvia	100	340 000
	Lithuania	100	700 000
	Luxembourg	100	135 000
	Hungary	100	915 000
	Malta	100	25 000
	Netherlands	100	4 375 000
	Austria	100	1 755 000
	Poland	100	3 430 000
	Portugal	100	1 605 000
	Slovenia	100	390 000
	Slovakia	100	665 000
	Finland	100	935 000
	Sweden	100	285 000
	United Kingdom	100	5 925 000
Total			88 305 000

ANNEX IV

List of programmes for the eradication of BSE (Article 4(1))

RATE AND MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THE COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION

Disease	Member State	Rate	Maximum amount (EUR)
BSE	Belgium	50 % culling	150 000
	Czech Republic	50 % culling	750 000
	Denmark	50 % culling	100 000
	Germany	50 % culling	875 000
	Estonia	50 % culling	15 000
	Greece	50 % culling	15 000
	Spain	50 % culling	1 000 000
	France	50 % culling	300 000
	Ireland	50 % culling	2 800 000
	Italy	50 % culling	200 000
	Cyprus	50 % culling	15 000
	Luxembourg	50 % culling	100 000
	Netherlands	50 % culling	60 000
	Austria	50 % culling	15 000
	Poland	50 % culling	985 000
	Portugal	50 % culling	685 000
	Slovenia	50 % culling	25 000
	Slovakia	50 % culling	65 000
	Finland	50 % culling	25 000
	United Kingdom	50 % culling	530 000
Total			8 710 000

ANNEX V

List of programmes for the eradication of scrapie (Article 5(1))

RATE AND AMOUNT OF THE COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION

Disease	Member State	Rate	Maximum amount (EUR)
Scrapie	Belgium	50 % culling; 100 % genotyping	100 000
	Czech Republic	50 % culling; 100 % genotyping	105 000
	Denmark	50 % culling; 100 % genotyping	5 000
	Germany	50 % culling; 100 % genotyping	1 105 000
	Estonia	50 % culling; 100 % genotyping	6 000
	Greece	50 % culling; 100 % genotyping	1 060 000
	Spain	50 % culling; 100 % genotyping	12 790 000
	France	50 % culling; 100 % genotyping	4 690 000
	Ireland	50 % culling; 100 % genotyping	705 000
	Italy	50 % culling; 100 % genotyping	530 000
	Cyprus	50 % culling; 100 % genotyping	5 215 000
	Latvia	50 % culling; 100 % genotyping	10 000
	Lithuania	50 % culling; 100 % genotyping	5 000
	Luxembourg	50 % culling; 100 % genotyping	35 000
	Hungary	50 % culling; 100 % genotyping	50 000
	Netherlands	50 % culling; 100 % genotyping	685 000
	Austria	50 % culling; 100 % genotyping	15 000
	Portugal	50 % culling; 100 % genotyping	865 000
	Slovenia	50 % culling; 100 % genotyping	160 000
	Slovakia	50 % culling; 100 % genotyping	250 000
	Finland	50 % culling; 100 % genotyping	6 000
	Sweden	50 % culling; 100 % genotyping	6 000
	United Kingdom	50 % culling; 100 % genotyping	5 740 000
Total			34 138 000