2.7.94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 168/31 COUNCIL DECISION of 21 June 1994 amending Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field (94/370/EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), Having regard to the opinion of the European Par- liament (3), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (°), Whereas, in the light of experience gained, certain mechanisms provided for by Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the vete- rinary field () should be improved; Whereas, in particular, for programmes for the eradication and monitoring of animal diseases, programmes for the control of certain zoonoses and programmes for impro- ving the veterinary structures in connection with the internal market, a timetable should be laid down for the the various operations, the Member States should, during the year preceding their implementation, submit programmes, a list of programmes selected for the follo- wing year should be drawn up, individual programmes should be approved, the rate of the Community’s contri- bution and the maximum amount of that contribution should be determined, provision should be made for a progressive reduction in reimbursements where time limits are not observed and a minimmum level for reim- bursements relating to emergency measures should be specified ; Whereas in addition the list of diseases set out in Group 1 of the Annex should be supplemented by adding classical swine fever and swine vesicular disease, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 Decision 90/424/EEC is hereby amended as follows : 1. The following two indents should be added to Article 3 (1): . () OJ No C 4, 6. 1. 1994, p. 5. () OJ No C 91, 28. 3. 1994. () OJ No C 148, 30. 5. 1994, p. 23. () OJ No L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 19. Decision as last amended by Commission Decision 94/77/EC (O] No L 36, 8. 2. 1994, p- 15). ‘— African swine fever, — contagious bovine pleuropneumonia’; . Paragraph 1 of Article 4 should be replaced by the following : ~ ‘1. The provisions of Article 3 shall be applicable where the control of grave health risks for the Union is involved, which are caused by the diseases referred to in Article 3 (1), even if the territory where the disease occurs is subject to an eradication programme in accordance with Article 24’ ; . the following Article shall be added: ‘Article 10a The financial contribution of the Community shall not be granted where the total amount of the measure is less than ECU 10 000’; . in Atticle 11 (6), ‘1 januar'gr 1995 shall be replaced lby ‘1 January 1998"; . in Article 16, the following paragraph shall be added : “This contribution shall not apply to information distributed by other international organizations nor duplicate such information’; . the following phrase shall be added to the end of Article 19: ‘and for the development of veterinary education or training’; . in Article 24, paragraphs 3 to 9 shall be replaced by the following : ‘3. Each year, not later than 1 June and for the first time not later than 1 August 1994 Member States shall submit to the Commission the programmes which they wish to see receive a financial contribu- tion form the Community. On that occasion, the Member States : (1) shall supply all the appropriate financial informa- tion ; (ii) shall indicate the estimated cost of each programme submitted ; (iii) shall indicate, in the case of a multiannual programme, the length of that programme and the annual financial estimates.