
Article 1 
Member States shall, in accordance with this Decision, submit intermediate and final reports as regards programmes approved pursuant to Article 27 of Decision 2009/470/EC.
Article 2 
For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply:

((a)) ‘intermediate reports’ means intermediate technical and financial reports on the implementation of running programmes, to be submitted to the Commission as provided for in Article 27(7)(a) of Decision 2009/470/EC;
((b)) ‘final reports’ means detailed technical and financial reports to be submitted to the Commission by 30 April each year at the latest for the entire of the preceding year of application of each approved programme, as provided for in Article 27(7)(b) of Decision 2009/470/EC;
((c)) ‘payment applications’ means the payment applications relating to the expenditure incurred by a Member State to be submitted to the Commission, as provided for in Article 27(8) of Decision 2009/470/EC.
Article 3 

1. With regard to running programmes approved for co-financing by the Union in accordance with Article 27(5) of Decision 2009/470/EC, an intermediate report shall be submitted to the Commission by 31 August each year at the latest.
2. Intermediate reports shall provide all the relevant information in accordance with Annex I.
Article 4 
Final reports and payment applications shall provide all the relevant information in accordance with Annex II, as well as:

((a)) technical information in accordance with:

((i)) Annex III, in respect of bovine tuberculosis, bovine brucellosis, ovine and caprine brucellosis, bluetongue in endemic or high risk areas, anthrax, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, echinococcosis, trichinellosis and verotoxigenic E. coli;
((ii)) Annex IV, in respect of Salmonellosis (zoonotic Salmonella);
((iii)) Annex V, in respect of African swine fever, swine vesicular disease, classical swine fever;
((iv)) Annex VI, in respect of rabies;
((v)) Annex VII, in respect of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE);
((vi)) Annex VIII, in respect of avian influenza;
((vii)) Annex IX, in respect of infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHN), infectious salmon anaemia (ISA), viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS), Koi herpes virus infection (KHV), infection with Bonamia ostreae, infection with Marteilia refringens and white spot disease in crustaceans;
((b)) information on the activities and costs, in accordance with Part I of Annex X and a signed declaration for each programme, in accordance with Part II of Annex X.
Article 5 

1. From 1 July 2015, the intermediate reports provided for in Article 3 and the final reports and payment applications provided for in Article 4 shall be submitted on-line by Member States using the corresponding standard electronic templates provided by the Commission, except for the programmes for the diseases referred to in Article 4(a)(vii).
2. In addition to the requirements of paragraph 1, a signed version of the part of the final reports and payment applications referred to in Article 4(b) shall be submitted to the Commission.
Article 6 
Decision 2008/940/EC is repealed.
Article 7 
Without prejudice to Article 5, this Decision shall apply to programmes for the eradication, control and monitoring of animal diseases to be implemented as from 1 January 2015.
Article 8 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 May 2014.
For the Commission
Tonio BORG
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I

ANNEX II

ANNEX III

ANNEX IV

ANNEX V

ANNEX VI

ANNEX VII

ANNEX VIII

ANNEX IX

ANNEX X
PART I
PART II
Member State:
Programme:

Year of implementation:

We certify that:


— the information provided in the final report and payment application is full, reliable and true that the declared activities were actually performed and that the cost declared are accurately accounted for and eligible under the provision of Decision …/Regulation (EC) No … (mention specific financing decision); ….
— all supporting documents relating to the activities and expenditure are available for inspection, notably to justify the level of compensation for animals;
— the programme was executed in accordance with the relevant Union legislation, in particular the rules on competition, the award of public contracts and state aid;
— no other Union contribution was requested for this programme and all revenue accruing from operations under the programme is declared to the Commission;
— control procedures apply, in particular to verify the accuracy of the amount of activities and expenditure declared, to prevent, detect and correct irregularities.

Date

Name and signature of operational director
