2006/876/EC: Commission Decision of 30 November 2006 approving programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases, of certain TSEs, and for the prevention of zoonoses presented by Bulgaria and Romania for the year 2007 and amending Decision 2006/687/EC (notified under document number C(2006) 5702)

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Article 1

1.   The programmes for the eradication of rabies presented by the Bulgaria and Romania are hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007.

2.   The financial contribution by the Community shall be at the rate of 50 % of the costs to be incurred by each Member State referred to in paragraph 1 for the cost of laboratory tests and for the purchase and distribution of vaccine plus baits for the programmes and shall not exceed:

(a)

EUR 830 000 for Bulgaria;

(b)

EUR 800 000 for Romania.

3.   The maximum amounts of the costs to be reimbursed to the Member States for the programmes referred to in paragraph 1 shall not exceed for the purchase of one vaccine dose EUR 0,5 per dose for the programmes referred to in paragraph 2.

Article 2

1.   The programmes for the control and monitoring of classical swine fever presented by Bulgaria and Romania are hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007.

2.   The financial contribution by the Community shall be at the rate of 50 % of the costs to be incurred by each Member State referred to in paragraph 1 for the cost of virological and serological tests of domestic pigs and wild boar and for the vaccination of wild boar the purchase and distribution of vaccines plus baits as well as for the vaccination of pigs while the financial contribution by the Community shall be at the rate of 100 % of the costs to be incurred by Romania for the purchase of the vaccine for the vaccination of pigs with the live attenuated vaccine and shall not exceed:

(a)

EUR 425 000 for Bulgaria;

(b)

EUR 5 250 000 for Romania.

3.   The maximum amounts of the costs to be reimbursed to for the programmes referred to in paragraph 1 shall not exceed:

(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.

Article 3

1.   The programmes for the control of salmonella in breeding poultry presented by Bulgaria and Romania are hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007.

2.   The financial contribution by the Community shall be at the rate of 50 % of the costs to be incurred by each Member State referred to in paragraph 1 for the cost of bacteriological tests, the compensation to owners for their losses due to the culling of birds and destruction of eggs and the purchase of vaccine doses and shall not exceed:

(a)

EUR 508 000 for Bulgaria;

(b)

EUR 215 000 for Romania.

3.   The maximum amounts of the costs to be reimbursed to Bulgaria and Romania for the programmes referred to in paragraph 1 shall not exceed:

(a)

for a bacteriological test

EUR 5,0 per test;

(b)

for the purchase of one vaccine dose

EUR 0,05 per dose.

4.   The eligible costs for the compensation for the losses due to the culling of animals shall be limited as provided for in paragraph 5.

5.   The average compensation to be reimbursed to the Member States shall be calculated on the basis of the number of animals culled in the Member State and for breeding poultry, up to a maximum of EUR 2,5 per bird.

Article 4

1.   The programmes for avian influenza in poultry and wild birds presented by Bulgaria and Romania are hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007.

2.   The financial contribution by the Community to the cost for analysing samples shall be at the rate of 50 % of the costs to be incurred by each Member State and shall not exceed:

(a)

EUR 23 000 for Bulgaria;

(b)

EUR 105 000 for Romania.

3.   The maximum amounts of the costs to be reimbursed to Bulgaria and Romania for the tests covered by the programmes shall not exceed the following:

(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.

Article 5

1.   The programme for the monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) presented by Romania is hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007.

2.   The financial contribution by the Community shall be at the rate of 100 % of the costs to be incurred by Romania referred to in paragraph 1 for the implementation of that programme and shall not exceed EUR 2 370 000.

3.   The financial contribution by the Community of the programme referred to in paragraph 1 shall be for the tests performed and the maximum amount shall not exceed:

(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.

Article 6

1.   The programme for the eradication of scrapie presented by Romania is hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2007.

2.   The financial contribution by the Community of the programme referred to in paragraph 1 shall be at the rate of 50 % of the cost paid by Romania for compensation to owners for the value of their animals culled and destroyed in accordance with their eradication programme, up to a maximum of EUR 100 per animal and at a rate of 50 % of the costs for genotyping, up to a maximum of EUR 10 per genotyping test and shall not exceed EUR 980 000.

Article 7

The expenditure presented by Bulgaria and Romania for a financial contribution by the Community shall be expressed in euro and shall exclude value added tax and other taxes.

Article 8

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.

Article 9

1.   The financial contribution by the Community for the programmes referred to in Articles 1 to 6 shall be granted provided that Bulgaria and Romania implement the programmes in accordance with the relevant provisions of Community law, including rules on competition and on the award of public contracts, and subject to the conditions provided for in points (a) to (f):

(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.

2.   Where the concerned Member State does not comply with paragraph 1, the Commission shall reduce the financial contribution by the Community having regard to the nature and gravity of the infringement, and to the financial loss for the Community.

Article 10

The Annexes to Decision 2006/687/EC are replaced by the text in Annex III to this Decision

Article 11

This Decision shall apply subject to and as from the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania.

Article 12

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I

ANNEX I

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Final financial report and payment applications as referred to in point (f) of Article 9(1)

One table per survey in poultry/wild birds (a)

Member State: Date: Reporting period

from: to:

Measures eligible for co-financing (b)

Methods of laboratory analysis

Number tests performed per method

Costs

Serological pre-screening (c)

Haemagglutination-inhibition-test (HI) for H5/H7

Virus isolation test

PCR test

Other measures to be covered

Specify activities

Sampling

Others

Total

Herewith I certify that the data given above are correct and that no other Community contribution was requested for these measures.

(Place, Date)

(Signature)

( a ) Strike through as appropriate.

( b ) Data to be given in national currency, VAT excluded.

( c ) Please indicate test used.

ANNEX II

ANNEX II

Model of computerised form giving details of costs paid by Romanians referred to in point (f) of Article 9(1)

TSE Monitoring

Member State:

Month:

Year:

Tests on bovine animals

Number of tests

Unit cost

Total cost

Tests on animals referred to in Annex III, Chapter A, Part I, points 2.1, 3 and 4.1 to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001

Tests on animals referred to in Annex III, Chapter A, Part I, points 2.2, 4.2 and 4.3 to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001

Total

Tests on ovine animals

Number of tests

Unit cost

Total cost

Tests on animals referred to in Annex III, Chapter A, Part II, point 2(a) to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001

Tests on animals referred to in Annex III, Chapter A, Part II, point 3 Regulation (EC) No 999/2001

Tests on animals referred to in Annex III, Chapter A, Part II, point 5 to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001

Total

Tests on caprine animals

Number of tests

Unit cost

Total cost

Tests on animals referred to in Annex III, Chapter A, Part II, point 2 (b) to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001

Tests on animals referred to in Annex III, Chapter A, Part II, point 3 Regulation (EC) No 999/2001

Tests on animals referred to in Annex III, Chapter A, Part II, point 5 to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001

Total

Primary molecular testing with a discriminatory immuno-blotting

Number of tests

Unit cost

Total cost

Tests on animals referred to in Annex X, Chapter C, point 3.2(c)(i)

Tests on Cervidae

Number of tests

Unit cost

Total cost

Tests on animals referred to in Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001

ANNEX III

ANNEX III

Annexes I, II, III and V to Decision 2006/687/EC are replaced by the following:

‘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 contribution

Disease

Member State

Rate

Maximum amount

(EUR)

Aujeszkys disease

Belgium

50  %

250 000

Spain

50  %

350 000

Bluetongue

Spain

50  %

4 900 000

France

50  %

160 000

Italy

50  %

1 300 000

Portugal

50  %

600 000

Bovine brucellosis

Spain

50  %

3 500 000

Ireland

50  %

1 100 000

Italy

50  %

2 000 000

Cyprus

50  %

95 000

Poland

50  %

300 000

Portugal

50  %

1 600 000

United Kingdom  ( 1 )

50  %

1 100 000

Bovine tuberculosis

Spain

50  %

3 000 000

Italy

50  %

2 500 000

Poland

50  %

1 100 000

Portugal

50  %

450 000

Classical swine fever

Germany

50  %

800 000

France

50  %

500 000

Luxembourg

50  %

35 000

Slovenia

50  %

25 000

Slovakia

50  %

400 000

Enzootic bovine leucosis

Estonia

50  %

20 000

Italy

50  %

400 000

Latvia

50  %

35 000

Lithuania

50  %

135 000

Poland

50  %

2 300 000

Portugal

50  %

225 000

Ovine and caprine brucellosis (B melitensis)

Greece

50  %

650 000

Spain

50  %

5 000 000

France

50  %

200 000

Italy

50  %

4 000 000

Cyprus

50  %

120 000

Portugal

50  %

1 600 000

Poseidom  ( 2 )

France  ( 3 )

50  %

50 000

Rabies

Czech Republic

50  %

490 000

Germany

50  %

850 000

Estonia

50  %

925 000

Latvia

50  %

1 200 000

Lithuania

50 % own territory; 100 % border areas

600 000

Hungary

50  %

1 850 000

Austria

50  %

185 000

Poland

50  %

4 850 000

Slovenia

50  %

375 000

Slovakia

50  %

500 000

Finland

50  %

112 000

Bulgaria

50  %

830 000

Romania

50  %

800 000

African swine fever/Classical swine fever

Italy

50  %

140 000

Bulgaria

50  %

425 000

Romania

50  %

5 250 000

Swine vesicular disease

Italy

50  %

120 000

Avian influenza

Belgium

50  %

66 000

Czech Republic

50  %

74 000

Denmark

50  %

160 000

Germany

50  %

243 000

Estonia

50  %

40 000

Greece

50  %

42 000

Spain

50  %

82 000

France

50  %

280 000

Ireland

50  %

59 000

Italy

50  %

510 000

Cyprus

50  %

15 000

Latvia

50  %

15 000

Lithuania

50  %

12 000

Luxembourg

50  %

10 000

Hungary

50  %

110 000

Malta

50  %

5 000

Netherlands

50  %

126 000

Austria

50  %

42 000

Poland

50  %

87 000

Portugal

50  %

121 000

Slovenia

50  %

32 000

Slovakia

50  %

21 000

Finland

50  %

27 000

Sweden

50  %

130 000

United Kingdom

50  %

275 000

Bulgaria

50  %

23 000

Romania

50  %

105 000

Total

63 014 000

‘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 contribution

Zoonosis

Member State

Rate

Maximum amount

(EUR)

Salmonella

Belgium

50  %

660 000

Czech Republic

50  %

330 000

Denmark

50  %

250 000

Germany

50  %

175 000

Estonia

50  %

27 000

Greece

50  %

60 000

Spain

50  %

2 000 000

France

50  %

875 000

Ireland

50  %

175 000

Italy

50  %

320 000

Cyprus

50  %

40 000

Latvia

50  %

60 000

Hungary

50  %

60 000

Netherlands

50  %

1 350 000

Austria

50  %

80 000

Poland

50  %

2 000 000

Portugal

50  %

450 000

Slovakia

50  %

205 000

Bulgaria

50  %

508 000

Romania

50  %

215 000

Total

9 840 000

‘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 contribution

Disease

Member State

Rate rapid tests & discriminatory tests performed

Maximum amount

(EUR)

TSEs

Belgium

100  %

2 084 000

Czech Republic

100  %

1 059 000

Denmark

100  %

1 680 000

Germany

100  %

11 307 000

Estonia

100  %

233 000

Greece

100  %

1 827 000

Spain

100  %

10 237 000

France

100  %

24 815 000

Ireland

100  %

6 755 000

Italy

100  %

3 375 000

Cyprus

100  %

348 000

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  %

3 744 000

Portugal

100  %

2 115 000

Slovenia

100  %

308 000

Slovakia

100  %

1 088 000

Finland

100  %

839 000

Sweden

100  %

2 020 000

United Kingdom

100  %

6 781 000

Romania

100  %

2 370 000

Total

91 833 000

‘ANNEX V

List of programmes for the eradication of scrapie as referred to in Article 5(1)

Rate and amount of the Community financial contribution

Disease

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

927 000

Estonia

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

13 000

Greece

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

1 306 000

Spain

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

5 374 000

France

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

8 862 000

Ireland

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

629 000

Italy

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

3 076 000

Cyprus

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

2 200 000

Luxembourg

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

28 000

Hungary

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

332 000

Netherlands

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

543 000

Austria

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

14 000

Portugal

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

716 000

Slovenia

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

83 000

Slovakia

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

279 000

Finland

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

11 000

Sweden

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

6 000

United Kingdom

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

9 178 000

Romania

50 % culling; 50 % genotyping

980 000

Total

34 763 000

’

( 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.