13.12.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 335/61 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 21 October 2008 laying down standard reporting requirements for national programmes for the eradication, control and monitoring of certain animal diseases and zoonoses co-financed by the Community (notified under document number C(2008) 6032) (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/940/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 field ('), and in particular Article 24(10) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Decision 90/424/EEC lays down the procedures governing the Community’s financial contribution () ) ) 0 towards the programmes for the eradication, control and monitoring of animal diseases and zoonoses. Pursuant to Article 24(1) of Decision 90/424[EEC, a Community financial measure is to be introduced to reimburse the expenditure incurred by the Member States for the financing of national programmes for the eradication, control and monitoring of the animal diseases and zoonoses listed in the Annex to that Decision. Following the adoption of Commission Decision 2008/341/EC of 25 April 2008 laying down Community criteria for national programmes for the eradication, control and monitoring of certain animal diseases and zoonoses () and in order to further improve the process of submission, approval and assessment of progress during the implementation of the programmes, Commission Decision 2008/425/EC L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19. L 115, 29.4.2008, p. 44. () () 0] 0 of 25 April 2008 laying down standard requirements for the submission by Member States of national programmes for the eradication, control and monitoring of certain animal diseases and zoonoses for Community financing (°) has updated those standard requirements to make them consistent with those criteria. Point 7(¢) of the Annex to Decision 2008/341/EC provides that eradication programmes submitted by the Member States to the Commission for co-financing are to contain rules for adequate compensation to farmers for animals which have to be slaughtered or culled in the framework of the programme and for the products which have to be destroyed. It is appropriate to provide that in the absence of such rules compensation should be paid within 90 days, in order to avoid reduction in Community financial support. Decision 90/424/[EEC provides that Member States are to submit, for each approved programme, intermediate technical and financial reports and, by 30 April each year at the latest, an annual detailed technical report, including the assessment of the results achieved and a detailed account of expenditure incurred for the previous year. An evaluation system is in place for the purposes of assessing progress made during implementation of eradi- cation and control programmes. The evaluation system includes a reporting system to provide epidemiological data from the programmes based on Commission Decision 2002/677[EC of 22 August 2002 laying down standard reporting requirements for programmes of eradication and control of animal diseases co-financed by the Community and repealing Decision 2000/322/EC (). L 159, 18.6.2008, p. 1. L 229, 27.8.2002, p. 24.