
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, 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, 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 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.
ANNEX I

List of programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases (Article 1(1))Rate and maximum amount of the Community financial contributionDisease Member State Rate (%) Maximum amount(EUR)
Aujeszkys disease Belgium 50 260 000
Spain 50 100 000
Bluetongue Spain 50 4 200 000
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 50 1 900 000
Bovine tuberculosis Estonia 50 135 000
Spain 50 7 000 000
Italy 50 1 800 000
Poland 50 800 000
Portugal 50 370 000
Classical swine fever Czech Republic 50 35 000
Germany 50 1 200 000
France 50 400 000
Luxembourg 50 15 000
Slovenia 50 25 000
Slovakia 50 400 000
Enzootic bovine leucosis Estonia 50 5 000
Italy 50 90 000
Lithuania 50 100 000
Latvia 50 200 000
Portugal 50 400 000
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 1 130 000
Poseidom France 50 100 000
Rabies Austria 50 180 000
Czech Republic 50 390 000
Germany 50 750 000
Estonia 50 990 000
France 50 0
Finland 50 100 000
Lithuania 50 0
Latvia 50 650 000
Poland 50 3 750 000
Slovenia 50 300 000
Slovakia 50 400 000
African swine fever/Classical swine fever Italy 50 50 000
Total 54 395 000



ANNEX II

List of programmes of checks aimed at the prevention of zoonoses (Article 2(1))Rate and maximum amount of the Community financial contributionZoonosis Member State Rate (%) Maximum amount(EUR)
Salmonella Austria 50 72 000
Belgium 50 550 000
Cyprus 50 69 000
Denmark 50 155 000
Germany 50 300 000
France 50 315 000
Ireland 50 75 000
Italy 50 675 000
Latvia 50 73 000
Netherlands 50 759 000
Portugal 50 38 000
Slovakia 50 232 000
Total 3 313 000
ANNEX III

List of programmes for the monitoring of TSEs (Article 3(1))Rate and maximum amount of the Community financial contributionDisease Member State Rate rapid tests and discriminatory tests performed% Maximum amount(EUR)
TSEs Belgium 100 3 375 000
Czech Republic 100 1 640 000
Denmark 100 2 380 000
Germany 100 15 155 000
Estonia 100 285 000
Greece 100 1 625 000
Spain 100 9 945 000
France 100 26 065 000
Ireland 100 6 695 000
Italy 100 9 045 000
Cyprus 100 565 000
Latvia 100 355 000
Lithuania 100 770 000
Luxembourg 100 140 000
Hungary 100 1 415 000
Malta 100 35 000
Netherlands 100 5 550 000
Austria 100 2 230 000
Poland 100 3 800 000
Portugal 100 2 665 000
Slovenia 100 410 000
Slovakia 100 845 000
Finland 100 1 020 000
Sweden 100 1 440 000
United Kingdom 100 7 700 000
Total 105 150 000
ANNEX IV

List of programmes for the eradication of BSE (Article 4(1))Rate and maximum amount of the Community financial contributionDisease 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 100 000
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 335 000
Slovenia 50 % culling 25 000
Slovakia 50 % culling 65 000
Finland 50 % culling 25 000
United Kingdom 50 % culling 530 000
Total 8 160 000
ANNEX V

List of programmes for the eradication of scrapie (Article 5(1))Rate and amount of the Community financial contributionDisease 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 4 790 000
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 2 815 000
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 500 000
Austria 50 % culling; 100 % genotyping 15 000
Portugal 50 % culling; 100 % genotyping 75 000
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 22 763 000