2012/147/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 9 March 2012 approving certain amended programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases and zoonoses for the year 2012 and amending Implementing Decision 2011/807/EU as regards the measures eligible for Union financial contribution in programmes for the eradication of scrapie and the advance payment by the Union in programmes for the eradication of rabies for the year 2012 (notified under document C(2012) 1406) Text with EEA relevance

• CELEX: Decision 2011/807/EU
• Articles: 5

Article 1 Approval of the amended programme for the monitoring and eradication of bluetongue submitted by Portugal

The amended programme for the monitoring and eradication of bluetongue submitted by Portugal on 31 January 2012 is hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012.

Article 2 Approval of the amended programmes for the monitoring and eradication of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies submitted by Greece

The amended programmes for the monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, and for the eradication of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and of scrapie submitted by Greece on 21 December 2011 are hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012.

Article 3 Approval of the amended programme for the eradication of rabies submitted by Bulgaria

The amended programme for the eradication of rabies submitted by Bulgaria on 23 December 2011 is hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012.

Article 4 Amendments to Implementing Decision 2011/807/EU

Implementing Decision 2011/807/EU in amended as follows:

(1)

in Article 9(2), point (b) is replaced by the following:

‘(b)

shall be at the rate of 50 % of the cost incurred by each Member State for the compensation to be paid to owners for the value of their animals:

(i)

culled and destroyed in accordance with their BSE and scrapie eradication programmes;

(ii)

compulsorily slaughtered in accordance with Annex VII, Chapter A, point 2.3(d) of Regulation (EC) No 999/2001;’;

(2)

in Article 9(3), point (b) is replaced by the following:

‘(b)

for culled and destroyed sheep or goats:

EUR 70 per animal;

(c)

for slaughtered sheep or goats:

EUR 50 per animal.’;

(3)

in Article 13, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:

‘4.   Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2, for the programmes referred to in Articles 10 and 11, the Commission, upon the request of the concerned Member State, shall pay an advance of up to 60 % of the specified maximum amount within the 3 months following the receipt of the request.’;

(4)

in the Annex, point 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2.

Compensation to owners for the value of their animals slaughtered or culled.

The compensation shall not exceed the market value of the animal immediately before it was slaughtered or culled.

For slaughtered animals, the salvage value, if any, shall be deducted from the compensation.’.

Article 5 Addressees

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.