Commission Decision

of 27 November 2009

approving certain amended programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases and zoonoses for the year 2009 and amending Decision 2008/897/EC as regards the reallocation of the Community’s financial contribution to certain Member States for programmes approved by that Decision and by Decision 2009/560/EC

(notified under document C(2009) 9193)

(2009/858/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 2009/470/EC of 25 May 2009 on expenditure in the veterinary field [1], and in particular Article 27(5) and (6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Decision 2009/470/EC 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 2008/897/EC of 28 November 2008 approving annual and multi-annual 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 2009 and following years [2] 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) Commission Decision 2009/560/EC of 22 July 2009 approving certain amended programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases and zoonoses for the year 2009 and amending Decision 2008/897/EC as regards the Community’s financial contribution to certain Member States for programmes approved by that Decision [3] approves the amended versions of certain national programmes approved by Decision 2008/897/EC.

(4) 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 2009 while others will spend in excess of the allocated amount.

(5) 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.

(6) In addition, Romania and Slovakia have submitted amended programmes for the eradication of rabies and Poland and Slovenia have submitted amended programmes for bluetongue.

(7) 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 2008/341/EC. The amended programmes for those four Member States should therefore be approved.

(8) Decision 2008/897/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

(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

The amended programme for the monitoring and eradication of bluetongue submitted by Poland on 30 April 2009 is hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009.

Article 2

The amended programme for the monitoring and eradication of bluetongue submitted by Slovenia on 23 July 2009 is hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009.

Article 3

The amended programme for the eradication of rabies submitted by Romania on 20 August 2009 is hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009.

Article 4

The amended programme for the eradication of rabies submitted by Slovakia on 3 August 2009 is hereby approved for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009.

Article 5

Decision 2008/897/EC is amended as follows:

1. in Article 1, paragraph (2) is amended as follows:

(a) points (a) and (b) are replaced by the following:

"(a) EUR 1400000 for Ireland;

(b) EUR 2500000 for Spain;";

(b) in point (g) "EUR 2000000" is replaced by "EUR 1370000";

2. in Article 2, paragraph (2) is replaced by the following:

"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 costs of carrying out tuberculin and gamma-interferon tests and the compensation to owners for the value of their animals slaughtered subject to those programmes, and shall not exceed:

(a) EUR 14000000 for Ireland;

(b) EUR 9100000 for Spain;

(c) EUR 2900000 for Italy;

(d) EUR 120000 for Poland;

(e) EUR 200000 for Portugal.";

3. in Article 3(2), point (b) is replaced by the following:

"(b) EUR 3600000 for Spain;";

4. in Article 4, paragraph (2) is amended as follows:

(a) points (e) to (g) are replaced by the following:

"(e) EUR 16650000 for Germany;

(f) EUR 90000 for Estonia;

(g) EUR 60000 for Ireland;";

(b) points (j) to (l) are replaced by the following:

"(j) EUR 55000000 for France;

(k) EUR 2000000 for Italy;

(l) EUR 20000 for Latvia;";

(c) in point (o) "EUR 1400000" is replaced by "EUR 300000";

(d) points (r) to (u) are replaced by the following:

"(r) EUR 3550000 for Austria;

(s) EUR 100000 for Poland;

(t) EUR 2700000 for Portugal;

(u) EUR 100000 for Romania;";

(e) points (w) and (x) are replaced by the following:

"(w) EUR 490000 for Finland;

(x) EUR 1600000 for Sweden.";

5. in Article 5, paragraph (2) is amended as follows:

(a) in point (c), "EUR 1400000" is replaced by "EUR 1600000";

(b) in point (d), "EUR 75000" is replaced by "EUR 140000";

(c) in point (f), "EUR 600000" is replaced by "EUR 350000";

(d) points (h) to (m) are replaced by the following:

"(h) EUR 700000 for Greece;

(i) EUR 1250000 for Spain;

(j) EUR 1450000 for France;

(k) EUR 1700000 for Italy;

(l) EUR 100000 for Cyprus;

(m) EUR 90000 for Latvia;";

(e) in point (q), "EUR 1700000" is replaced by "EUR 2350000";

(f) points (s) to (u) are replaced by the following:

"(s) EUR 4500000 for Poland;

(t) EUR 650000 for Portugal;

(u) EUR 50000 for Romania;";

6. in Article 6(2), point (c) is replaced by the following:

"(c) EUR 670000 for France;";

7. in Article 8, paragraph (2) is amended as follows:

(a) in point (e), "EUR 500000" is replaced by "EUR 250000";

(b) in point (k), "EUR 550000" is replaced by "EUR 1400000";

(c) in point (s), "EUR 50000" is replaced by "EUR 80000";

(d) in point (v), "EUR 400000" is replaced by "EUR 220000";

8. in Article 9, paragraph (2) is amended as follows:

(a) points (a) to (c) are replaced by the following:

"(a) EUR 1400000 for Belgium;

(b) EUR 350000 for Bulgaria;

(c) EUR 1050000 for the Czech Republic;";

(b) points (g) to (k) are replaced by the following:

"(g) EUR 3300000 for Ireland;

(h) EUR 1200000 for Greece;

(i) EUR 5400000 for Spain;

(j) EUR 14100000 for France;

(k) EUR 5350000 for Italy;";

(c) in point (m), "EUR 230000" is replaced by "EUR 250000";

(d) in point (r), "EUR 2900000" is replaced by "EUR 2600000";

(e) points (t) to (v) are replaced by the following:

"(t) EUR 790000 for Poland;

(u) EUR 1530000 for Portugal;

(v) EUR 580000 for Romania;";

(f) points (x) and (y) are replaced by the following:

"(x) EUR 500000 for Slovakia;

(y) EUR 500000 for Finland;";

(g) in point (za) "EUR 5900000" is replaced by "EUR 4600000";

9. in Article 10, paragraph (2), is amended as follows:

(a) points (a) to (c) are replaced by the following:

"(a) EUR 1100000 for Bulgaria;

(b) EUR 500000 for Lithuania;

(c) EUR 880000 for Hungary;";

(b) in point (f) "EUR 500000" is replaced by "EUR 760000";

10. in Article 11(2) point (d) is replaced by the following:

"(d) EUR 1100000 for Poland.";

11. in Article 12(2) point (c) is replaced by the following:

"(c) EUR 1650000 for Poland.";

12. in Article 13(2) points (c) to (e) are replaced by the following:

"(c) EUR 870000 for Estonia;

(d) EUR 850000 for Latvia;

(e) EUR 550000 for Slovenia;";

13. in Article 14(2), "EUR 175000" is replaced by "EUR 310000";

14. in Article 15(2), point (c), is replaced by the following:

"(c) EUR 460000 for Portugal.";

15. in Article 15a(4), "EUR 5400000" is replaced by "EUR 3000000".

Article 6

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 27 November 2009.

For the Commission

Androulla Vassiliou

Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 155, 18.6.2009, p. 30.

[2] OJ L 322, 2.12.2008, p. 39.

[3] OJ L 194, 25.7.2009, p. 56.

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