L 181/36 Official Journal of the European Communities 4.7.2001 COMMISSION DECISION of 3 July 2001 amending Decisions 2000/639/EC and 2000/773/EC on the Community's financial contribution to the Member States' BSE monitoring programmes for 2001 (notified under document number C(2001) 1748) (2001/499/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 (!), as last amended by Decision 2001/12/EC (3, and in particular Article 24 thereof, Whereas: 1) Commission Decision 2000/639/EC of 13 October 2000 on the list of programmes for the monitoring of BSE qualifying for a financial contribution from the Community in 2001 (*), as amended by Decision 2000/ 773[EC (¥, establishes the list of programmes for the monitoring of BSE qualifying for a financial contribution from the Community for 2001, as well as the proposed rate and amount of the contribution for each programme. All Member States' BSE monitoring programmes are included in that list. Decision 2000/773/EC approved the BSE monitoring programmes presented for 2001 by the Member States. Decision 2000/773[EC also establishes the maximum amount of financial participation by the Community for each programme. It provides that the financial participa- tion by the Community should be at the rate of 100 % of the cost (VAT excluded) of the purchase of test kits and reagents up to a maximum of EUR 30 per test for tests carried out between 1 January and 31 December 2001 in certain target groups (namely dead-on-farm animals, emergency slaughtered animals and animals found sick at normal slaughter). Provision was also made under Decision 2000/773/EC for review by 1 July 2001 to establish the financial participation by the Community for the period 1 July to 31 December 2001 for tests carried out on healthy slaughtered animals. Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parlia- ment and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1248/2001 (9), sets out a new BSE monitoring programme in bovine animals. 24, 18.9.1990, p. 19. , 6.1.2001, p. 27. 69, 21.10.2000, p. 54. 08, 8.12.2000, p. 35. 47, 31.5.2001, p. 1. 73, 27.6.2001, p. 12. = N W N (10) (11) Under the new monitoring programme, monitoring in certain target groups of bovine animals not entering the food chain will be expanded and the age limit will be reduced. Furthermore, all bovine animals over 30 months of age slaughtered for human consumption will have to be monitored, with the possibility for Austria, Finland and Sweden of carying out a reduced monitoring on those animals. Regulation (EC) No 999/ 2001 will apply from 1 July 2001. According to the reports submitted by the Member States pursuant to Article 20 of Decision 2000/773EC, the cost of the purchase of test kits and reagents is below the maximum of EUR 30 per test, as set out in Article 18 of that Decision. In view of the expanded BSE monitoring programme introduced by Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, it is neces- sary to revise the maximum amount of financial partici- pation by the Community for each programme, as set out in Decisions 2000/639/EC and 2000/773/EC. Furthermore, and taking also into account the cost of the purchase of test kits and reagents as reported by Member States, the conditions for the financial contribu- tion for monitoring in all target groups should be revised. It has become apparent that the estimates of the maximum amount of Community financing that could be allocated to each programme may have to be adjusted during the implementation of the programmes in order to take account of the actual needs of each Member State. The review must however be carried out without increasing the total amount of contribution by the Community. To facilitate the review, each Member State should send in a monthly report on the progress of the programme and the costs incurred. Furthermore, the model for the final reports should be harmonised to ensure that appropriate and comparable data is received from the Member States at the end of the reporting period. Decisions 2000/639/EC and 2000/773/EC should there- fore be amended accordingly. The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Commiittee,