Introductory text
United Kingdom
Commission Decision
of 4 December 2008
approving certain amended programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases and zoonoses for the year 2008 and amending Decision 2007/782/EC as regards the reallocation of the Community’s financial contribution to certain Member States for programmes approved by that Decision
(notified under document number C(2008) 7572)
(2008/920/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 fieldf1, and in particular Article 24(5) and (6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Decision 90/424/EEC lays down the procedures governing the Community’s financial contribution for programmes for the eradication, control and monitoring of animal diseases and zoonoses.
(2)
Commission Decision 2007/782/EC of 30 November 2007 approving annual and multi-annual national programmes and the financial contribution from the Community for the eradication, control and monitoring of certain animal diseases and zoonoses, presented by the Member States for 2008 and the following yearsf2 approves certain national programmes and sets out the rate and maximum amount of the Community’s financial contribution for each programme submitted by the Member States.
(3)
The Commission has assessed the reports submitted by the Member States on the expenditures incurred for those programmes. The results of that assessment show that certain Member States will not utilise their full allocation for 2008 while others will spend in excess of the allocated amount.
(4)
The Community’s financial contribution for a number of those national programmes therefore needs to be adjusted. It is appropriate to reallocate funding from national programmes which will not use their full allocation to those that will exceed it. The reallocation should be based on the most recent information on expenditure actually incurred by the concerned Member States.
(5)
In addition, Belgium, Denmark and Finland have submitted amended programmes for the monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), Hungary has submitted an amended programme for the eradication of rabies and Romania has submitted an amended programme for the eradication of classical swine fever.
(6)
The Commission has assessed those amended programmes from both the veterinary and the financial point of view. Those programmes were found to comply with relevant Community veterinary legislation, and in particular with the criteria set out in Decision 90/638/EECf3. The amended programmes for those five Member States should therefore be approved.
(7)
Decision 2007/782/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8)
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: