7.12.2013 Official Journal of the European Union L 328/101 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 29 November 2013 approving annual and multiannual programmes and the financial contribution from the Union for the eradication, control and monitoring of certain animal diseases and zoonoses presented by the Member States for 2014 and the following years (notified under document C(2013) 8417) (2013/722/EV) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Decision 2009/470/EC of 25 May 2009 on expenditure in the veterinary field (!), and in particular Article 27(5) thereof, Whereas: 1 Decision 2009/470/EC lays down the procedures governing the Union financial contribution for programmes for the eradication, control and monitoring of animal diseases and zoonoses. In addition, Article 27(1) of Decision 2009/470/EC provides that a Union 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 Annex I to 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 (2 provides that in order to be approved under the Union financial measures, programmes submitted by the Member States must meet at least the criteria set out in the Annex to that Decision. Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (%) provides for annual monitoring programmes by Member States for transmissible spongiform encephalo- pathies (TSE) in bovine, ovine and caprine animals. Council Directive 2005/94/EC of 20 December 2005 on Community measures for the control of avian 155, 18.6.2009, p. 30. 0J L 0] L 115, 29.4.2008, p. 44. 0J L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1. influenza (*) also provides for surveillance programmes by Member States to be carried out in respect of poultry and wild birds in order to contribute, inter-alia, on the basis of regularly updated risk-assessments, to the knowledge on the threats posed by the wild birds in relation to any influenza virus of avian origin in birds. Those annual programmes, and their financing, for moni- toring should also be approved. Certain Member States have submitted to the Commission annual and multiannual programmes for the eradication, control and monitoring (of animal diseases, programmes of checks aimed at the prevention of zoonoses, and annual monitoring programmes for the eradication and monitoring of certain TSE for which they wish to receive a financial contribution from the Union. In the light of the importance of those programmes for the achievement of Union objectives in the field of the public and animal health, it is appropriate to fix financial contribution of the Union to the costs incurred by the Member States concerned for the measures referred to in this Decision up to a maximum amount for each programme. Although the TSE epidemiological situation in the Union has significantly improved during the last few years, TSE monitoring targeted to specific animal subpopulations remains of great significance for providing a reliable insight into the prevalence and evolution of TSE in Member States and at the same time verifying the effec- tiveness of the preventive measures in place. It is therefore appropriate to fix a financial contribution of the Union at 100 % of the costs of Member States for performing certain laboratory tests for the monitoring of TSE under the approved programmes. Rabies eradication programmes in some Member States are now approaching the stage of achieving their objective of eradicating this important public health threat while in other Member States they play a key role in preventing the reintroduction of the disease to the rest of the Union. It is appropriate to maintain a higher level of financial contribution by the Union, at 75 %, in order to reinforce the efforts of the Member States to eradicate that disease as soon as possible. () OJ L 10, 14.1.2006, p. 16.