L 307/8 Official Journal of the European Union 5.10.2004 COMMISSION DECISION of 15 September 2004 on a financial contribution from the Community towards the costs of the vaccination against foot- and-mouth disease in the Netherlands in 2001 (notified under document number C(2004) 3453) (Only the Dutch text is auhtentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/674[EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, of foot-and-mouth disease in the Netherlands in 2001 under Commission Decision 2003/182/EC of 14 March 2003 (4. (4 Under Article 2(1) of Commission Decision 2001/246/EC of 27 March 2001 laying down the conditions for the control and eradication of foot-and- mouth disease in the Netherlands in application of Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June Article 13 of Directive 85/511/EEC (°), the Netherlands 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (*), and in particular were authorised to decide on resorting to suppressive Article 3(3) and Article 11(4) (c) thereof, vaccination under the conditions specified in the Annex to that Decision. Whereas: (5) Under Article 1(2) of Commission Decision 2001/279/EC of 5 April 2001 amending Decision 2001/246(EC, the Netherlands were also authorised to decide on resorting to protective vaccination under the (1) As soon as the presence of foot-and-mouth disease was conditions specified in the Annexes to that Decision. officially confirmed in 2001, the Netherlands reported that it had immediately implemented the control measures to be applied in the event of an outbreak of that disease as provided for in Council Directive (6)  The vaccination of the animals is to be considered as an 85/511/EEC of 18 November 1985 introducing additional and essential instrument to avoid the spread of Community measures for the control of foot-and- foot-and-mouth disease and to control and eradicate it. month disease (), as required in order to obtain a financial contribution from the Community for the eradi- cation of the disease in accordance with Decision ] ] ) 90/424/EEC. (7) 1t is therefore appropriate that the EU contributes to the costs incurred by the Netherlands for the execution of this operation. (2)  Under Commission Decision 2001/652/EC(}) of 16 August 2001, a Community financial contribution was (8  On 21 March 2003, the Netherlands presented a claim granted towards the compensation of owners for value of for the operational costs of the eradication of foot-and- animals compulsorily = slaughtered under eradication mouth disease; it included also the costs for the vacci- measures relating to outbreaks of foot-and-mouth nation of the animals. disease in 2001. (99 According to the information provided by the Neth- G) A financial contribution from the Community was also granted towards the operational costs of the eradication (") OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19. Decision as last amended by Directive erlands, 380 150 vaccines were used, the purchase and reformulation cost is EURO0,39 per dose, the eligible costs for the specifically employed personnel are EUR 608 826, and the eligible costs for the specifically used consumables are EUR 513 726. of the European Parliament and of the Council 2003/99/EC (O] L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 31). (® OJ L 315, 26.11.1985, p. 11. Directive as last amended by Council Regulation EC[807/2003 (O] L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 36). () OJ L 230, 28.8.2001, p. 8. () OJ L 71, 15.3.2003, p. 19. () O] L 88, 28.3.2001, p. 21. Decision as amended by Decision 2001/279[EC (O] L 96, 6.4.2001, p. 19).