5.12.2006   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 337/57

(1)

Decision 90/424/EEC provides for the possibility of a financial contribution by the Community in the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases and for checks aimed at the prevention of zoonoses.

(2)

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 (2), provides for annual programmes for the eradication and monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) in bovine, ovine and caprine animals.

(3)

In view of the Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, it is appropriate to lay down the Community financial contribution for programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases and of certain TSEs presented by Bulgaria and Romania for the year 2007.

(4)

Bulgaria and Romania have submitted programmes for the eradication and monitoring of certain animal diseases, for the prevention of zoonoses and for the eradication and monitoring of TSEs in their territories.

(5)

After examination of those programmes they were found to comply with relevant Community veterinary legislation and in particular with the Community criteria relating to the eradication of those diseases, in accordance with Council Decision 90/638/EEC of 27 November 1990 laying down Community criteria for the eradication and monitoring of certain animal diseases (3).

(6)

In the light of the importance of those programmes for the achievement of Community objectives in the field of animal and public health, as well as the obligatory application in all Member States in the case of the TSE programmes, it is appropriate to fix the appropriate rate of financial contribution of the Community to reimburse the costs to be incurred by Bulgaria and Romania for the measures referred to in this Decision up to a maximum amount for each programme.

(7)

The presence of classical swine fever in pig holdings in Romania is a particularly serious threat for pig holdings in the rest of the Community. Therefore the rate of the Community contribution for the purchase of vaccine for the vaccination of pigs with the live attenuated vaccine should be set at the rate of 100 % of the costs.

(8)

For the sake of better management, more efficient use of Community funds and improved transparency it is also necessary to fix, for each programme, where appropriate, maximum amounts to be reimbursed to Bulgaria and Romania for certain costs for items such as tests, vaccines and compensation to owners for their losses due to the slaughter or culling of animals.

(9)

Under Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (4), programmes for the eradication and control of animal diseases are to be financed under the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund. For financial control purposes, Articles 9, 36 and 37 of that Regulation are to apply.

(10)

The financial contribution from the Community should be granted subject to the condition that the actions planned are efficiently carried out and that the competent authorities supply all the necessary information within the time limits laid down in this Decision.

(11)

In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, the conversion rate for expenditure shall be the rate most recently set by the European Central Bank prior to the first day of the month in which the application is submitted by Bulgaria or Romania and the expenditure shall be expressed in euro.

(12)

The approval of some of the programmes should not prejudge a decision of the Commission on rules for eradication of those diseases based on scientific advice.

(13)

The list of programmes in Commission Decision 2006/687/EC 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 (5) should be amended to include Bulgaria and Romania.

(14)

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

(a)

EUR 830 000 for Bulgaria;

(b)

EUR 800 000 for Romania.

(a)

EUR 425 000 for Bulgaria;

(b)

EUR 5 250 000 for Romania.

(a)

for an ELISA test

EUR 2,5 per test;

(b)

for the purchase of one vaccine dose for the vaccination of wild boar

EUR 0,5 per dose;

(c)

for the purchase of one vaccine dose live attenuated vaccine for the vaccination of pigs

EUR 0,30 per dose.

(a)

EUR 508 000 for Bulgaria;

(b)

EUR 215 000 for Romania.

(a)

for a bacteriological test

EUR 5,0 per test;

(b)

for the purchase of one vaccine dose

EUR 0,05 per dose.

(a)

EUR 23 000 for Bulgaria;

(b)

EUR 105 000 for Romania.

(a)

:

ELISA test

:

EUR 1 per test;

(b)

:

agar gel immune diffusion test

:

EUR 1,2 per test;

(c)

:

HI test for H5/H7

:

EUR 12 per test;

(d)

:

virus isolation test

:

EUR 30 per test;

(e)

:

PCR test

:

EUR 15 per test.

(a)

EUR 6 per test, for tests carried out in bovine animals referred to in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001;

(b)

EUR 30 per test, for tests carried out in ovine and caprine animals referred to in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001;

(c)

EUR 50 per test, for tests carried out in cervids animals referred to in Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001;

(d)

EUR 145 per test, for primary molecular discriminatory tests carried out as referred to in Annex X, Chapter C, point 3.2(c)(i) to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001.

(a)

bringing into force by 1 January 2007 the laws, regulations and administrative provisions by the Member State concerned for implementing the programme;

(b)

forwarding by 1 June 2007 at the latest, the preliminary technical and financial evaluation of the programme, in accordance with Article 24(7) of Decision 90/424/EEC;

(c)

for the programmes referred to in Articles 1 to 3, forwarding an intermediate report, covering the first six months of the programme, at the latest four weeks after the end of the implementation period covered by the report;

(d)

for the programmes referred to in Article 4, Bulgaria and Romania shall report to the Commission positive and negative results of investigations detected during their surveillance of poultry and wild birds every three months by the end of the following month;

(e)

for the programmes referred to in Articles 5 and 6, forwarding a report to the Commission every month on the progress of the TSE monitoring programme and the costs paid by Romania; that report must be forwarded within a period of four weeks following the end of the month covered by the report;

(f)

forwarding a final report by 1 June 2008 at the latest, on the technical execution of the programme accompanied by justifying evidence as to the costs paid by Bulgaria and Romania and the results attained during the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007;

(g)

details of the costs paid by Bulgaria and Romania as referred to in points (d) and (e) must be provided in a form in accordance with the table set out in the Annexes I and II;

(h)

implementing the programme efficiently;

(i)

no other Community contribution has been or will be asked for these measures.