Article 7U.K.

1.A Member State which has a compulsory or voluntary national control programme or a national monitoring programme for one of the infectious or contagious diseases [F1referred to in Annex B, Section III] for all or part of its territory may submit the said programme to the Commission, outlining in particular:

2.The Commission shall examine the programmes presented by the Member States. Programmes as referred to in paragraph 1 may be approved, in compliance with the criteria laid down in paragraph 1, in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 15. According to the same procedure, the additional guarantees, general or limited, which may be required in intra-Community trade, shall be defined at the same time or at the latest three months after approval of the programmes. Such guarantees must not exceed those which the Member State implements nationally.

3.Programmes submitted by Member States may be amended or supplemented in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 15. Amendments or additions to programmes which have already been approved or to guarantees which have been defined in accordance with paragraph 2 may be approved under the same procedure.

4.Programmes approved in accordance with this Article shall benefit from the Community funding provided for in Article 24 of Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field(1) for the diseases and under the conditions laid down therein.