CHAPTER IV

The Community shall contribute towards improving the efficiency of veterinary inspections by: granting financial aid to liaison and reference laboratories, making a financial contribution towards carrying out inspections aimed at the prevention of zoonoses, making a financial contribution towards implementing the inspection strategy required for the functioning of the internal market. Any liaison or reference laboratory designated as such in accordance with Community veterinary legislation and fulfilling the duties and requirements laid down therein, may receive Community aid. Arrangements for granting the aid provided for in paragraph 1, the conditions to which it may be subject and its amount shall be determined in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 40(2). The appropriations required for the measures provided for in this section shall be decided upon each year as part of the budgetary procedure. Each Member State shall draw up a programme for exchanges of officials working in the veterinary sector. Within the Committee, the Commission shall, along with the Member States, coordinate the programmes for exchange. The Member State concerned shall take all the measures necessary for the implementation of the coordinated programmes for exchange. Each year, on the basis of reports by the Member States, the implementation of the programmes for exchange shall be examined within the Committee. Member States shall take account of experience acquired in order to improve and extend the programmes for exchange. Community financial aid may be granted with a view to promoting the smooth operation of programmes for exchange notably through the further training courses referred to in Article 34(1). The level of the Community financial contribution, and any conditions to which it may be subject, shall be determined in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 40(2). For the purposes of this Article, Articles 23 and 24 shall apply. Article 32(6) and (7) shall apply in respect of programmes established under Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56. and Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from third countries OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9. with a view to organising veterinary checks at external frontiers on products introduced into the Community from third countries. The Commission may, either directly or through the competent national authorities, organise refresher courses or meetings for personnel in the Member States, in particular, personnel responsible for the veterinary checks referred to in Article 33. Such refresher courses or meetings may, according to availability, be open, at the request of the competent authorities and after the Commission has agreed, to personnel from third countries which have concluded cooperation agreements with the Community in the field of veterinary checks and to veterinary science graduates to extend their training in the area of Community rules. Arrangements for organising the measures provided for in paragraph 1 and the level of the Community financial contribution shall be established by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 40(2). The introduction of systems for identifying animals and notifying diseases under legislation concerning veterinary checks in intra-Community trade in live animals, with a view to the completion of the internal market, may receive Community financial assistance. Arrangements for organising the measure provided for in paragraph 1 and the level of the Community’s financial contribution shall be established by the Commission after consultation of the Committee. Community financial contribution may be granted for the computerisation of the veterinary procedures relating to: intra-Community trade in and imports of live animals and products of animal origin; hosting, management and maintenance of integrated computerised veterinary systems, including interfaces with national databases, where appropriate. Organisational arrangements for financing under paragraph 1 and the level of the Community financial contribution shall be determined in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 40(2). Should a Member State experience, from a structural or geographical point of view, staffing or infrastructure problems in implementing the control strategy brought about by the functioning of the internal market for live animals and products of animal origin, it may, for a transitional period, obtain Community financial assistance which is progressively reduced. The Member State concerned shall submit to the Commission a national programme, accompanied by all the appropriate financial information, designed to improve its control system. For the purposes of this Article, the provisions of Article 27(3) to (11) shall apply. The appropriations required for the measures provided for in this section shall be decided each year as part of the budgetary procedure.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.