Authority for Justice and Consumer Protection

Apply for grants for preventive measures

You can receive financial support to prevent and combat damage caused by epizootics or other animal diseases, as well as for measures from monitoring and animal health programs.

Detailed description

You can receive financial support for measures to prevent, control, monitor and eradicate animal diseases, epidemic animal diseases or zoonoses in cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and horses. This also applies to measures under surveillance and animal health programmes. This support is provided as a voluntary contribution by the competent authority in order to promote animal health and ultimately protect consumers.

 

Information

Prerequisites

  • You have properly reported your animal stock and any changes to your animal stock.
  • You have paid your contributions to the Hamburg Animal Disease Fund (TSK) on time.
  • The measures are regulated in the applicable aid regulations and the further requirements.
  • The services provided comply with the provisions of the applicable EU aid regulations.

Documents required

  • Evidence of the number and results of genotyping
  • Accounting for the genotyping performed
  • Declaration of participation in the restructuring proceedings
  • Recognition of stocks

Please note

The applicable aid directive regulates the measures for which aid is granted, as well as the further conditions for the payment of aid and the amount of the grants.

Deadlines

Submit the application before you start the measure.

Procedure

  • Use the form provided by the competent authority to apply for aid and submit it with the required documents.
  • The responsible authority will examine your application and your documents. If necessary, it will request further documents or information from you.
  • The competent authority will decide on your application. The competent authority will calculate the amount of aid if necessary.
  • You will receive a notification from the responsible authority.
  • For the laboratory diagnostic tests provided by the State Laboratory Institute for Hygiene and Environment, data is exchanged between the responsible body and the Institute for Hygiene and Environment. The aid is paid as a subsidy to the service provider commissioned to carry out the measure. Aid for animal losses is granted as a subsidy directly to you as the aid recipient.

Processing time

The processing time is usually a few weeks.

Fees

No.

Legal remedies

Contradiction

Legal basis

Animal Health Act (TierGesG)




Regulation (EU) No. 652/2014




Hamburg aid guidelines




Regulation (EU) No. 702/2014

Links on hamburg.de

Address and contact information

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Animal Disease Fund, Subsidies

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Last updated: 16.02.2026