18.6.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 159/1 (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory) DECISIONS COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION 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 (notified under document number C(2008) 1585) (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/425EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu- nity, 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 G) Decision 90/424/EEC lays down the procedures governing the Community’s financial contribution towards the programmes for the eradication, control and monitoring of animal diseases and zoonoses. Pursuant to that Decision, 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. Decision 90/424 EEC provides that each year, by 30 April at the latest, Member States are to submit to the Commission the annual or multi-annual programmes starting in the following year for which they wish to receive a financial contribution from the Community. Based on Article 3 of Decision 90/424/EEC, as amended by Decision 2006/965/EC, programmes for Enzootic bovine () OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19. ) ) leucosis (EBL) and Aujeszky’s disease may be funded until 31 December 2010. Commission Decision 2004/450/EC of 29 April 2004 laying down standard requirements for the content of applications for Community financing for programmes for the eradication, monitoring and control of animal diseases (%) provides that Member States seeking a financial contribution from the Community for programmes for the eradication, monitoring and control of certain animal diseases are to submit applications containing certain information set out in that Decision. 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 (%) lays down criteria to be fulfilled by the national programmes in order to be approved by the Commission under the Community financial measure provided for in Article 24(1) of Decision 90/424/EEC. Following the adoption of Decision 2008/341/EC and in order to further improve the process of submission, approval and assessment of progress during the imple- mentation of the programmes, the standard requirements OJ L 155, 30.4.2004, p. 95; corrected by OJ L 193, 1.6.2004, p. 71. Decision as last amended by Decision 2007/268/EC (O] L 115, 3.5.2007, p. 3). OJ L 115, 29.4.2008, p. 44.