L 326/12 3.12.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities I (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 28 November 2002 approving programmes for the eradication and monitoring of certain animal diseases and for the prevention of zoonoses presented by the Member States for the year 2003 (notified under document number C(2002) 4589) (2002/943[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 2001/572[EEC (3), and in particular Article 24(6), and Articles 29 and 32 thereof, () In the light of the importance of those programmes for the achievement of Community objectives in the field of animal and public health, it is appropriate to fix the financial contribution of the Community at 50 % of the costs to be incurred by the Member States concerned for the measures referred to in this Decision up to a maximum amount for each programme. (6)  Under Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 Whereas: May 1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (%), programmes for the monitoring and eradica- (1) Decision 90/424/EEC provides for the possibility of a tion of animal diseases are to be financed under the financial contribution by the Community in the eradica- Guarantee ~ Section of the European Agrlcultural tion and monitoring of animal diseases and for checks Guidance anq Guarantee Fund; for. financial - control aimed at the prevention of zoonoses. purposes, Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1258/ 1999 apply. (2)  The Member States have submitted programmes for the eradication of certain animal diseases and for the preven- ) ) tion of zoonoses in their territories. (7)  Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parlia- ment and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down (3) After examination of those programmes they were found rules. for the .p?eventlon, .control and eradlcgtlo? of to comply with the Community criteria relating to the 1c ertain tragsarus;lble spolngilform encephalopathies (), as eradication of those diseases, in accordance with Council ast ilmerfl e by lRegu ation (E?) No ?49.4/ 2002 (.)’ Decision 90/638/EEC of 27 November 1990 laying provices o(rl annua pr().grainmes or monitoring scrapie down Community criteria for the eradication and moni- fl ovine ang caprine animas. toring of certain animal diseases (°), as amended by Directive 92/65[EEC (¥). /6] 0 (8)  The financial contribution from the Community should 9 Thoe progrmes sy on el of g% SOSE R f0  condion, it s established by Commission Decision 2002/799/EC of 14 P horiti yl 1 th inf p October 2002 on the list of programmes for the eradica- :;jrz;isli;eotril;lqees lirsrlllirt)splZi da dO\EVIle i;iﬁiesssgzisligr?rmatlon tion and monitoring of animal diseases and on the list of ’ programmes of checks aimed at the prevention of lifying for a fi ial contribution from th £o0onoses qua tiymg for a Hnancial contribution from the (9)  The approval of some of those programmes should not PP prog 1 2 () O] () O] () O] () O] () O Community in 2003 (). L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19. L 203, 28.7.2001, p. 16. prejudge a decision of the Commission on rules for eradication of those diseases based on scientific advice. L 347,12.12.1990, p. 27. (®) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103. y L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 54. () OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1. g L 277,15.10.2002, p. 27. () OJ L 225, 22.8.2002, p. 3.