# Commission Implementing Decision of 17 January 2014 on a Union financial aid for the year 2014 to European Union reference            laboratories (notified under document C(2014) 104) (Only the Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and            Swedish texts are authentic) (2014/27/EU)         

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# Commission Implementing Decision

# of 17 January 2014

# on a Union financial aid for the year 2014 to European Union reference laboratories

# (notified under document C(2014) 104)

# (Only the Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic)

# (2014/27/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Decision 2009/470/EC of 25 May 2009 on expenditure in the veterinary field(1), and in particular Article 31(2) thereof,                        

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(2), and in particular Article 32(7) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)In accordance with Article 84 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council(3) (‘the Financial Regulation’) and Article 94 of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012(4) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Rules of Application’), 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 from the budget and adopted                              by the institution or the authorities to which powers have been delegated by the Institution.

(2)The Commission services have assessed and approved the work programmes and corresponding budget estimates submitted in 2013                              by the EU reference laboratories for the year 2014.

(3)Accordingly, a Union financial aid should be granted to the EU reference laboratories designated in order to co-finance their                              activities which consist of carrying out the functions and duties provided for in Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004.                              The Union’s financial aid should be at the rate of 100 % of eligible costs within the limit of the amount of the EU financial                              aid granted in the present Decision.

(4)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 135/2013(5) lays down eligibility rules for the workshops organised by the EU reference laboratories. It also limits the financial aid                              to a maximum of 32 participants, 3 invited speakers and 10 representatives of third countries in workshops. Derogations to                              that limitation should be provided for some European Union reference laboratories that need support for attendance by more                              than 32 participants in order to achieve the best outcome of their workshops. Derogations can be obtained in particular in                              case an EU reference laboratory takes the leadership and responsibility when organising a workshop with another European Union                              reference laboratory.

(5)For the six EU reference laboratories designated within the Joint Research Centre, the relationship is laid down in an annual                              administrative arrangement supported by a work programme and its budget as the Joint Research Centre and the Directorate-General                              for Health and Consumers are both services of the Commission.

(6)The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain                              and Animal Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

# Article 1U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the Laboratoire de sécurité des aliments (LSA), de L’Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire                     de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES), Maisons-Alfort, France, for the following activities regarding                     the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014:                  

for the analysis and testing of milk and milk products, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 360 000;

for the analysis and testing of *Listeria monocytogenes*, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 413 000;                           

for the analysis and testing of Coagulase positive *Staphylococci*, including *Staphylococcus aureus*, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 359 000.                           

# Article 2U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands, for                     the analysis and testing of zoonoses (salmonella).                  

For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 497 000.

# Article 3U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the Laboratorio de Biotoxinas Marinas, Agencia Española de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición                     (Ministerio de Sanidad y Política Social), Vigo, Spain, for the monitoring of marine biotoxins.                  

For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 330 000.

# Article 4U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the Laboratory of the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS),                     Weymouth, United Kingdom, for the following activities regarding the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014:                  

for the monitoring of viral and bacteriological contamination of bivalve molluscs, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR                              344 000;                           

for crustacean diseases, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 160 000.

# Article 5U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy, for the following activities regarding                     the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014:                  

for the analysis and testing of *Escherichia Coli*, including Verotoxigenic *E. Coli* (VTEC), that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 344 000;                           

for the analysis and testing of parasites (in particular *Trichinella, Echinococcus and Anisakis*), that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 377 000;                           

for residues of certain substances referred to in point 12(d) of Section I of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, that                              financial aid shall not exceed EUR 330 000.                           

# Article 6U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the Statens Veterinärmedicinska Anstalt (SVA), Uppsala, Sweden, for the monitoring of *Campylobacter*.                  

For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 423 000.

# Article 7U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the Fødevareinstituttet, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU), Copenhagen, Denmark, for the                     monitoring of antimicrobial resistance.                  

For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 517 000.

# Article 8U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (ex-VLA), Addlestone, United Kingdom,                     for the following activities regarding the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014:                  

for the monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 317 000;

by way of derogation to Article 10 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 926/2011(6) as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 135/2013 and, as regards the workshop related to the above activity, the European                              Union reference laboratory shall be entitled to claim financial aid for attendance by more than 32 participants;                           

for Newcastle disease, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 113 000;

for avian influenza, that financial aid shal not exceed EUR 403 000.

# Article 9U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the Centre Wallon de Recherches agronomiques (CRA-W), Gembloux, Belgium, for the analysis                     and testing of animal proteins in feedingstuffs.                  

For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 599 000.

# Article 10U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the Laboratoire de Fougères, de L’Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation,                     de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES), Fougères, France, for residues of certain substances referred to in point 12(b)                     of Section I of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004.                  

For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 512 000.

# Article 11U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit (BVL), Berlin, Germany, for                     residues of certain substances referred to in point 12(c) of Section I of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004.                  

For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 512 000.

# Article 12U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to RIKILT – Institute for Food Safety, part of Wageningen University & Research Centre, Wageningen,                     the Netherlands, for residues of certain substances referred to in point 12(a) of Section I of Annex VII to Regulation (EC)                     No 882/2004.                  

For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 512 000.

# Article 13U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA), Freiburg, Germany for the following                     activities regarding the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014:                  

for the analysis and testing of residues of pesticides in food of animal origin and commodities with high fat content, that                              financial aid shall not exceed EUR 244 000;                           

for the analysis and testing of dioxins and PCBs in feed and food, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 510 000.

# Article 14U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the Fødevareinstituttet, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU), Søborg, Denmark, for the analysis                     and testing of residues of pesticides in cereals and feedingstuffs.                  

For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 257 000.

# Article 15U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the Laboratorio Agrario de la Generalitat Valenciana (LAGV)/Grupo de Residuos de Plaguicidas                     de la Universidad de Almería (PRRG), Almeria, Spain for the analysis and testing of residues of pesticides in fruits and vegetables,                     including commodities with high water and high acid content.                  

For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 440 000.

# Article 16U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA), Stuttgart, Germany, for the analysis                     and testing of residues of pesticides by single residue methods.                  

For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 428 000.

# Article 17U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the Laboratorio Central de Veterinaria (LCV) de Algete, Ministerio de Agricultura, PESCA                     y Alimentación, Algete (Madrid), Spain, for African horse sickness.                  

For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 110 000.

# Article 18U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the Pirbright Institute (former AFRC Institute for Animal Health), Pirbright, United Kingdom,                     for the following activities regarding the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014:                  

for swine vesicular disease, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 61 000;

for bluetongue, that financial shall not exceed EUR 266 000;

for foot-and-mouth disease, that financial shall not exceed EUR 396 000.

# Article 19U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the Technical University of Denmark, National Veterinary Institute, Department of Poultry,                     Fish and Fur Animals, Aarhus, Denmark, for fish diseases.                  

For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 350 000.

# Article 20U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the IFREMER, La Tremblade, France, for diseases of bivalve molluscs.

For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 200 000.

# Article 21U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the Institut für Virologie der Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany, for                     classical swine fever.                  

For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 388 000.

# Article 22U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal, Valdeolmos (Madrid), Spain, for African swine                     fever.                  

For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 317 000.

# Article 23U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the INTERBULL Centre, Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics — SLU, Swedish University                     of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, for collaborating in rendering uniform the testing methods and the assessment of                     the results for pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species.                  

For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 150 000.

# Article 24U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the ANSES, Laboratoire de santé animale, Maisons-Alfort, France, for brucellosis.

For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 299 000.

# Article 25U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the ANSES, Laboratoire de santé animale, Maisons- Alfort/Laboratoire de pathologie équine,                     Dozulé, Maisons-Alfort, France, for equine diseases other than African Horse Sickness.                  

For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 559 000.

# Article 26U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the ANSES, Laboratoire de la rage et de la faune sauvage, Malzéville, France, for rabies.

For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 282 000.

# Article 27U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET), Universidad Complutense de Madrid,                     Madrid, Spain, for tuberculosis.                  

For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 260 000.

# Article 28U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the ANSES, Laboratoire de Sophia-Antipolis, Sophia-Antipolis, France, for bee health.

For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 422 000.

# Article 29U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Geel, Belgium, for the following activities                     regarding the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014:                  

the activities related to heavy metals in feed and food; that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 239 000;

the activities related to Mycotoxins; that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 271 000;

the activities related to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH); that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 269 000;

the activities related to additives for use in animal nutrition; that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 71 000.

# Article 30U.K.

The Union grants financial aid to the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Ispra, Italy, for the following activities                     regarding the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014:                  

the activities related to Materials and Articles in contact with foodstuffs; that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 380 000;

the activities related to GMOs; that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 410 000.

# Article 31U.K.

The Union’s financial aid referred to in Articles 1 to 30 shall be at the rate of 100 % of eligible costs within the limit                     of the amount of the EU financial aid granted in the present Decision.                  

# Article 32U.K.

This Decision constitutes a financing decision in the meaning of Article 84 of the Financial Regulation.

# Article 33U.K.

This Decision is addressed to the laboratories listed in the Annex.

Done at Brussels, 17 January 2014.

*For the Commission*                            

Tonio Borg                            

*Member of the Commission*                            

## ANNEXU.K.

          -  Laboratoire de sécurité des aliments (LSA), de L'Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement                           et du travail (ANSES), 23 avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France,                         
          -  Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM), Anthony van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, Postbus 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands, 
          -  Laboratorio de Biotoxinas Marinas, Agencia Española de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición (Ministerio de Sanidad y Política                           Social), Estación Marítima, s/n, 36200 Vigo, Spain,                         
          -  Laboratory of the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), Weymouth laboratory, Barrack Road, The                           Nothe, Weymouth DT4 8UB, United Kingdom,                         
          -  Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy, 
          -  Statens Veterinärmedicinska Anstalt (SVA), Ulls väg 2 B, SE-751 89 Uppsala, Sweden, 
          -  Fødevareinstituttet, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU), Bülowsvej 27, 1790 Copenhagen, Denmark, 
          -  Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (ex-VLA), Weybridge, New Haw, Addelstone KT15 3NB, United Kingdom, 
          -  Centre Wallon de Recherches agronomiques (CRA-W), Chaussée de Namur 24, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium, 
          -  Laboratoire de Fougères, de L’Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (ANSES),                           10B rue Claude Bourgelat, Javené, CS40608, 35306 Fougères, France,                         
          -  Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit (BVL), Mauerstraβe 39-42, 10117 Berlin, Germany, 
          -  RIKILT – Institute for Food Safety, part of Wageningen University & Research Centre, Akkermaalsbos 2, Building No 123, 6708                           WB Wageningen, the Netherlands,                         
          -  Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA), Postfach 100462, Bissierstraβe 5, 79114 Freiburg, Germany, 
          -  Fødevareinstituttet, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU), Mørkhøj Bygade 19, 2860 Søborg, Denmark, 
          -  Laboratorio Agrario de la Generalitat Valenciana (LAGV)/Grupo de Residuos de Plaguicidas de la Universidad de Almería (PRRG),                           Ctra. Sacramento s/n, La Cañada de San Urbano, 04120 Almería, Spain,                         
          -  Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA), Schaflandstraβe 3/2, 70736 Stuttgart, Germany, 
          -  Laboratorio Central de Veterinaria (LCV) de Algete, Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, Ctra. M-106, km 1,4,                           28110 Algete (Madrid), Spain,                         
          -  The Pirbright Institute (former AFRC Institute for Animal Health), Pirbright Laboratory, Woking, Pirbright GU24 ONF, United                           Kingdom,                         
          -  The Technical University of Denmark, National Veterinary Institute, Department of Poultry, Fish and Fur Animals, Hangøvej                           2, 8200 Aarhus, Denmark,                         
          -  IFREMER, Avenue Mus de Loup, Ronce les Bains, 17390 La Tremblade, France, 
          -  Institut für Virologie der Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15, 30173 Hannover, Germany, 
          -  Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal, Ctra. De Algete a El Casar, 28130 Valdeolmos, Spain, 
          -  INTERBULL Centre, Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics - SLU, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Undervisningsplan                           E1-27, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden,                         
          -  ANSES, Laboratoire de santé animale, 23 avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94706 Maisons-Alfort, France, 
          -  ANSES, Laboratoire de santé animale, Maisons-Alfort/Laboratoire de pathologie équine, Dozulé, 23 avenue du Général de Gaulle,                           94706 Maisons-Alfort, France,                         
          -  ANSES, Laboratoire de la rage et de la faune sauvage, Domaine de Pixérécourt, 54220 Malzéville, France, 
          -  Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avda. Puerta de Hierro s/n, Ciudad                           Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain,                         
          -  ANSES, Laboratoire de Sophia-Antipolis, 105 Route des Chappes, les Templiers, 06902 Sophia-Antipolis, France, 
          -  Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Retieseweg 111, 2440 Geel, Belgium, 
          -  Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Via E. Fermi 2749, 21027 Ispra, Italy. 

1

OJ L 155, 18.6.2009, p. 30.                           

2

OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1.                           

3

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 (OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1).                           

4

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012 of 29 October 2012 on the rules of application of Regulation (EU, Euratom)                              No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union                              (OJ L 362, 31.12.2012, p. 1).                           

5

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 135/2013 of 18 February 2013 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 926/2011                              for the purposes of Council Decision 2009/470/EC as regards Union financial aid to the EU reference laboratories for feed                              and food and the animal health sector (OJ L 46, 19.2.2013, p. 8).                           

6

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 926/2011 of 12 September 2011 for the purposes of Council Decision 2009/470/EC                              as regards Union financial aid to the EU reference laboratories for feed and food and the animal health sector (OJ L 241, 17.9.2011, p. 2).