Commission Implementing Decision 2013/653/EU

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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules^note, and in particular Article 66 thereof,Having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002^note (the Financial Regulation), and in particular Article 84(2) thereof,Whereas:

(1)Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 lays down, among others, procedures governing the financial support from the Union to conduct measures necessary to ensure the application of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004.

(2)Directive 2003/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council^note provides that Member States shall ensure that monitoring provides comparable data on the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in zoonotic agents and, in so far as they present a threat to public health, other agents.

(3)Article 7(3) of this Directive provides that the Commission shall set out detailed rules for the implementation of monitoring of antimicrobial resistance.

(4)Several scientific opinions published by the European Food Safety Authority and reports published by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Animal Health Organisation (OIE) call for a harmonised monitoring of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in zoonotic and commensal bacteria, present in animals or food. The Commission therefore laid down detailed rules for harmonised monitoring and reporting of AMR in accordance with Article 7(3) of Directive 2003/99/EC to be carried out by the Member States in Commission Implementing Decision 2013/652/EU^note.

(5)This harmonised monitoring must be performed in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 ensuring that official controls are carried out regularly, on a risk basis and with appropriate frequency, so as to achieve the objectives of that Regulation taking account of identified risks associated with animals, feed or food, feed or food businesses, the use of feed or food or any process, material, substance, activity or operation that may influence feed or food safety, animal health or animal welfare.

(6)In order to facilitate smooth and fast application of this monitoring, the Union should financially support the Member States which carry out this monitoring at the most appropriate level as provided for in Article 66(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004.

(7)In accordance with Article 84 of the Financial Regulation and Article 94 of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012^note, the commitment of expenditure from the Union budget shall be preceded by a financing decision setting out the essential elements of the action involving expenditure and adopted by the institution or the authorities to which powers have been delegated by the institution.

(8)The measures eligible for Union financial support are defined within the current Implementing Decision.

(9)The financial contribution from the Union should be granted subject to the condition that the tests and analyses have been carried out in accordance with the present Implementing Decision and with Implementing Decision 2013/652/EU and that the competent authorities supply all the necessary information within the time limits laid down in the present Implementing Decision.

(10)For reasons of administrative efficiency all expenditure submitted for a financial contribution by the Union should be expressed in euro and the conversion rate for expenditure in a currency other than the euro should be set,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1Subject matter#

The Union shall contribute to the costs incurred by the Member States relating to the application of the harmonised antimicrobial resistance monitoring in accordance with Implementing Decision 2013/652/EU on samples of poultry collected between 1 January and 31 December 2014, with a total maximum amount of EUR 1407585 to be financed from line 17 04 07 01.

Article 2Eligible costs#

The Union financial contribution:

(a)shall be at a rate of 50 % of the costs incurred by each Member State to implement the monitoring referred to in Article 1 of Implementing Decision 2013/652/EU and performed by the competent authority;

(b)shall not exceed the following:

(i)EUR 8 for staff costs per caecal sampling;

(ii)EUR 11 per E. coli isolation and identification;

(iii)EUR 21,5 per Campylobacter isolation and identification;

(iv)EUR 15 per antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) of each Salmonella or E. coli isolate;

(v)EUR 15 per AST of each Campylobacter isolate;

(vi)EUR 17,5 per characterisation and classification of Salmonella or E. coli isolates showing resistance to third-generation cephalosporins and meropenem;

(vii)EUR 22 per Salmonella serotyping;

(viii)the maximum amounts indicated in Annex I;

(c)only the costs indicated in Annex II shall be eligible for contribution.

Article 3Eligibility rules#

1.The Union contribution is subject to the following conditions:

(a)by 31 May 2015, the Member States have provided to the European Food Safety Authority who was mandated for this task by the European Commission, with a technical report covering at least the information requested in Part B of the Annex to Implementing Decision 2013/652/EU;

(b)by 31 May 2015, the Member States have provided the Commission, in electronic form, with a financial report according to the format laid out in Annex III to this Decision. In order to be eligible for funding, the expenditure incurred must have been paid before the submission of the claim. The supporting documents evidencing all the expenditure referred to in the financial report shall be sent to the Commission on request only.

2.The Commission may reduce the amount of the contributions referred to in Annex I in cases where the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article are not met, having regard to the nature and gravity of the non-compliance and to the potential financial loss for the Union.

Article 4Conversion rate for expenditure#

For reasons of administrative efficiency all expenditure submitted for a financial contribution by the Union should be expressed in euro. When a Member State’s expenditure is in a currency other than euro, the Member State shall convert it into euro by applying the most recent exchange rate set by the European Central Bank prior to the first day of the month in which the application is submitted by the Member State concerned.

Article 5 #

This Decision constitutes a financing decision in the meaning of Article 84 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.

Article 6 #

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Annex I

Table 1
Member States	Number of
Caecal samples	Isolation/Identification & AST	AST Salmonella	Serotyping Salmonella	Characterisation and classification of resistant isolates
Campylobacter	E. coli
BE	850	170	170	550	550	150
BG	425	85	85	200	200	50
CZ	850	170	170	550	550	150
DK	850	170	170	250	250	100
DE	1700	340	340	700	700	200
EE	425	85	85	100	100	50
IE	850	170	170	300	300	100
EL	850	170	170	450	450	100
ES	1700	340	340	1000	1000	250
FR	1700	340	340	800	800	250
HR	425	85	85	250	250	100
IT	1700	340	340	800	800	250
CY	425	85	85	200	200	100
LV	425	85	85	100	100	50
LT	425	85	85	200	200	50
LU	425	85	85	100	100	50
HU	1700	340	340	900	900	250
MT	425	85	85	100	100	50
NL	850	170	170	450	450	150
AT	1700	340	340	550	550	200
PL	1700	340	340	800	800	250
PT	1700	340	340	500	500	200
RO	850	170	170	600	600	150
SI	425	85	85	200	200	50
SK	425	85	85	100	100	50
FI	850	170	170	50	50	50
SE	850	170	170	50	50	50
UK	1700	340	340	800	800	250
Total	27200	5440	5440	11650	11650	3700

Table 2
Member States	Maximum reimbursement (EUR)
Caecal sampling	E. coli Isolation & identification	Campylobacter Isolation & identification	Salmonella serotyping	AST	Characterisation & classification resistant isolates	Total	Overheads included (7 %)
Salmonella + E. coli	Campylobacter
BE	6800	2200	14800	14700	10800	2600	2700	54600	58422
BG	500	2200	8600	5700	4000	1300	900	23200	24824
CZ	1600	1300	9100	7200	8800	1200	1900	31100	33277
DK	6800	2200	18300	9300	6300	2600	1800	47300	50611
DE	13600	4400	36600	22900	14100	4400	3500	99500	106465
EE	400	1000	3300	4100	2200	1100	200	12300	13161
IE	5900	1200	11400	8700	5000	1400	1200	34800	37236
EL	2000	2200	14900	7700	8500	2600	1300	39200	41944
ES	5200	1800	14600	29500	20100	5100	4400	80700	86349
FR	13600	4400	36600	25100	17100	4100	4400	105300	112671
HR	2000	2200	500	6500	5100	1300	1200	18800	20116
IT	13600	4400	25000	16500	12200	3700	2700	78100	83567
CY	1400	2200	9200	6300	3800	1000	1300	25200	26964
LV	700	900	3400	3900	1600	800	500	11800	12626
LT	400	2000	4900	2900	3200	600	600	14600	15622
LU	3400	2200	9200	4100	2800	1300	900	23900	25573
HU	3600	2500	29600	25000	13100	4000	2900	80700	86349
MT	1300	500	5500	3500	2000	700	900	14400	15408
NL	6800	1300	12500	7100	7900	2600	2700	40900	43763
AT	13600	4400	36600	17000	13400	5100	3500	93600	100152
PL	6200	2200	17800	17700	7700	3600	1900	57100	61097
PT	4400	3900	36600	18500	5600	2100	1700	72800	77896
RO	6800	1500	9000	17000	11600	2600	2700	51200	54784
SI	3400	1900	9200	5200	2700	1300	900	24600	26322
SK	1600	2000	9200	3300	2800	1300	900	21100	22577
FI	6800	1900	8300	0	3300	2300	900	23500	25145
SE	6800	1300	10700	4900	3000	2400	600	29700	31779
UK	13600	3600	36600	25100	17100	5100	4400	105500	112885
Total	152800	63800	442000	319400	215800	68200	53500	1315500	1407585

Annex II

Eligibility rules

1. Laboratory costs

—Staff costs shall be limited to actual attributable labour costs (wages, social charges and retirement costs) accrued in implementation of Implementing Decision 2013/652/EU. To this end timesheets have to be maintained.

—Reimbursement of consumables shall be based on actual costs incurred by Member States to perform the tests at the laboratory designated by the competent authority.

—Test kits, reagents and all other consumables shall only be reimbursed if used specifically in the performance of the following tests:

(i)E. coli isolation and identification;

(ii)Campylobacter isolation and identification;

(iii)AST of Salmonella and E. coli isolates;

(iv)AST of Campylobacter isolates;

(v)Characterisation and classification of Salmonella and E. coli isolates showing resistance to third-generation cephalosporins and meropenem;

(vi)Salmonella serotyping.

2. Sampling costs

Costs for sampling shall be limited to staff costs of work within the slaughterhouse for the actual attributable labour (wages, social charges and retirement costs) accrued in implementation of Implementing Decision 2013/652/EU. To this end timesheets have to be maintained.

3. Overheads

A flat rate contribution of 7 % calculated on the basis of all direct eligible costs may be claimed.

The expenditure submitted by the Member States for a financial contribution by the Union shall be expressed in euro and shall exclude value added tax (VAT) and all other taxes.

III

Template for financial reports as referred to in article 3(1)(b)

—the expenditure listed above was incurred in the performance of tasks described in Implementing Decision 2013/652/EU and directly related to the implementation of the coordinated control plan for which financial support was granted according to Implementing Decision 2013/653/EU;

—the expenditure was actually incurred, paid by the submission date of the current claim, accurately accounted for and eligible under the provisions of Implementing Decision 2013/653/EU;

—all supporting documents supporting for the costs are available for audit purposes;

—no other contribution from the Union was requested for this coordinated control plan.

Reporting period: 2014

Member State: …

Reference number of Commission Implementing Decision providing a financial contribution from the Union: 2013/653/EU

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Declaration by the beneficiary

We certify that:

Date: …

Person responsible: …

Signature: …

Commission Implementing Decision 2013/653/EU

Article 1Subject matter#

Article 2Eligible costs#

Article 3Eligibility rules#

Article 4Conversion rate for expenditure#

Article 5 #

Article 6 #

Annex I

Annex II

Eligibility rules

1. Laboratory costs

2. Sampling costs

3. Overheads

III

Template for financial reports as referred to in article 3(1)(b)

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Article 1Subject matter#

Article 2Eligible costs#

Article 3Eligibility rules#

Article 4Conversion rate for expenditure#

Article 5 #

Article 6 #

Annex I

Annex II

Eligibility rules

1. Laboratory costs

2. Sampling costs

3. Overheads

III

Template for financial reports as referred to in article 3(1)(b)