CHAPTER VIIIMPLEMENTATION

Article 16Report on financial arrangements

1

The Commission shall, within three years of the entry into force of this Regulation, submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council.

2

The report shall discuss:

a

the arrangements in place, at Community and national level, to finance measures taken to control zoonoses and zoonotic agents; and

b

the effect that such arrangements have on the effectiveness of those measures.

3

The Commission shall, if appropriate, accompany its report with relevant proposals.

4

Member States shall, on request, provide the Commission with all the assistance necessary to enable it to prepare its report.