
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, 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, 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, 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.
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 contributionDisease Member State Rate Maximum amount(EUR)
Aujeszky’s disease Belgium 50 % 350 000
Spain 50 % 350 000
Bluetongue Spain 50 % 8 000 000
France 50 % 360 000
Italy 50 % 1 400 000
Portugal 50 % 1 100 000
Bovine brucellosis Ireland 50 % 1 950 000
Spain 50 % 5 500 000
Italy 50 % 3 000 000
Cyprus 50 % 20 000
Portugal 50 % 1 280 000
United Kingdom 50 % 1 100 000
Bovine tuberculosis Spain 50 % 8 000 000
Italy 50 % 2 950 000
Poland 50 % 1 550 000
Portugal 50 % 450 000
Classical swine fever Germany 50 % 1 100 000
France 50 % 650 000
Luxembourg 50 % 35 000
Slovenia 50 % 25 000
Slovakia 50 % 400 000
Enzootic bovine leucosis Estonia 50 % 20 000
Italy 50 % 1 600 000
Latvia 50 % 85 000
Lithuania 50 % 135 000
Poland 50 % 4 800 000
Portugal 50 % 425 000
Ovine and caprine brucellosis (B. melitensis) Greece 50 % 200 000
Spain 50 % 5 900 000
France 50 % 570 000
Italy 50 % 5 000 000
Cyprus 50 % 120 000
Portugal 50 % 1 220 000
Poseidom France 50 % 50 000
Rabies Bulgaria 50 % 0
Czech Republic 50 % 490 000
Germany 50 % 850 000
Estonia 50 % 925 000
Latvia 50 % 790 000
Lithuania 50 % own territory; 100 % border areas 450 000
Hungary 50 % 900 000
Austria 50 % 185 000
Poland 50 % 4 100 000
Romania 50 % 0
Slovenia 50 % 375 000
Slovakia 50 % 500 000
Finland 50 % 112 000
African swine fever/Classical swine fever Bulgaria 50 % 275 000
Italy 50 % 140 000
Romania 50 % 5 250 000
Swine vesicular disease Italy 50 % 350 000
Avian influenza Belgium 50 % 66 000
Bulgaria 50 % 88 000
Czech Republic 50 % 74 000
Denmark 50 % 310 000
Germany 50 % 460 000
Estonia 50 % 40 000
Ireland 50 % 59 000
Greece 50 % 42 000
Spain 50 % 82 000
France 50 % 280 000
Italy 50 % 900 000
Cyprus 50 % 15 000
Latvia 50 % 15 000
Lithuania 50 % 12 000
Luxembourg 50 % 15 000
Hungary 50 % 110 000
Malta 50 % 5 000
Netherlands 50 % 126 000
Austria 50 % 42 000
Poland 50 % 87 000
Romania 50 % 505 000
Portugal 50 % 46 000
Slovenia 50 % 32 000
Slovakia 50 % 21 000
Finland 50 % 27 000
Sweden 50 % 200 000
United Kingdom 50 % 1 125 000
Total 80 171 000



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 contributionZoonosis Member State Rate Maximum amount(EUR)
Salmonella Belgium 50 % 550 000
Bulgaria 50 % 5 000
Czech Republic 50 % 330 000
Denmark 50 % 500 000
Germany 50 % 175 000
Estonia 50 % 27 000
Ireland 50 % 0
Greece 50 % 60 000
Spain 50 % 960 000
France 50 % 550 000
Italy 50 % 590 000
Cyprus 50 % 40 000
Latvia 50 % 60 000
Hungary 50 % 110 000
Netherlands 50 % 1 350 000
Austria 50 % 80 000
Poland 50 % 2 000 000
Portugal 50 % 20 000
Romania 50 % 215 000
Slovakia 50 % 50 000
Total 7 672 000
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 contributionDisease Member State Rate rapid tests and discriminatory tests performed Maximum amount(EUR)
TSEs Belgium 100 % 2 084 000
Czech Republic 100 % 1 320 000
Denmark 100 % 1 950 000
Germany 100 % 11 307 000
Estonia 100 % 233 000
Ireland 100 % 6 410 000
Greece 100 % 1 650 000
Spain 100 % 9 100 000
France 100 % 24 815 000
Italy 100 % 3 000 000
Cyprus 100 % 530 000
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 % 244 000
Portugal 100 % 2 940 000
Romania 100 % 2 370 000
Slovenia 100 % 308 000
Slovakia 100 % 610 000
Finland 100 % 839 000
Sweden 100 % 2 020 000
United Kingdom 100 % 6 781 000
Total 87 359 000
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 contributionDisease 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 50 000
Estonia 50 % culling 98 000
Ireland 50 % culling 70 000
Greece 50 % culling 750 000
Spain 50 % culling 413 000
France 50 % culling 50 000
Italy 50 % culling 65 000
Luxembourg 50 % culling 100 000
Netherlands 50 % culling 60 000
Austria 50 % culling 48 000
Poland 50 % culling 530 000
Portugal 50 % culling 45 000
Slovenia 50 % culling 25 000
Slovakia 50 % culling 250 000
Finland 50 % culling 25 000
United Kingdom 50 % culling 347 000
Total 3 777 000
ANNEX V

List of programmes for the eradication of scrapie as referred to in Article 5(1)Rate and amount of the Community financial contributionDisease 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 827 000
Estonia 50 % culling; 50 % genotyping 13 000
Ireland 50 % culling; 50 % genotyping 279 000
Greece 50 % culling; 50 % genotyping 516 000
Spain 50 % culling; 50 % genotyping 4 500 000
France 50 % culling; 50 % genotyping 8 862 000
Italy 50 % culling; 50 % genotyping 620 000
Cyprus 50 % culling; 50 % genotyping 1 280 000
Luxembourg 50 % culling; 50 % genotyping 28 000
Hungary 50 % culling; 50 % genotyping 232 000
Netherlands 50 % culling; 50 % genotyping 543 000
Austria 50 % culling; 50 % genotyping 14 000
Portugal 50 % culling; 50 % genotyping 41 000
Romania 50 % culling; 50 % genotyping 980 000
Slovenia 50 % culling; 50 % genotyping 83 000
Slovakia 50 % culling; 50 % genotyping 179 000
Finland 50 % culling; 50 % genotyping 11 000
Sweden 50 % culling; 50 % genotyping 6 000
United Kingdom 50 % culling; 50 % genotyping 5 178 000
Total 24 398 000