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)

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 830000 for Bulgaria; (b) EUR 800000 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.

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 425000 for Bulgaria; (b) EUR 5250000 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 testEUR 2,5 per test;(b)for the purchase of one vaccine dose for the vaccination of wild boarEUR 0,5 per dose;(c)for the purchase of one vaccine dose live attenuated vaccine for the vaccination of pigsEUR 0,30 per dose.

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 508000 for Bulgaria; (b) EUR 215000 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 testEUR 5,0 per test;(b)for the purchase of one vaccine doseEUR 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.

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 23000 for Bulgaria; (b) EUR 105000 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 testEUR 1 per test;(b)agar gel immune diffusion testEUR 1,2 per test;(c)HI test for H5/H7EUR 12 per test;(d)virus isolation testEUR 30 per test;(e)PCR testEUR 15 per test.

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 2370000.

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.

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 980000.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.