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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of25September1992
establishingtheformofcooperationbetweentheAnimohostcentre andMember States
(92/486/EEC)
(OJ L 291, 7.10.1992, p. 20)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Decision 93/188/EEC of 4 March 1993 L 82 20 3.4.1993
►M2Commission Decision 96/296/EC of 18 April 1996 L 113 25 7.5.1996
►M3Commission Decision 97/395/EC of 10 June 1997 L 164 44 21.6.1997
►M4Commission Decision 98/222/EC of 18 March 1998 L 82 50 19.3.1998
►M5Commission Decision 1999/716/EC of 19 October 1999 L 289 1 11.11.1999
Amended by:
►A1Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland C 241 21 29.8.1994
(adapted by Council Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC) L 1 1 1.1.1995
NB: This consolidated version contains references to the European unit of account and/or the ecu, which from 1 January 1999
should be understood as references to the euro — Council Regulation (EEC) No 3308/80 (OJ L 345, 20.12.1980, p. 1) andCouncil Regulation (EC) No 1103/97 (OJ L 162, 19.6.1997, p. 1).
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COMMISSIONDECISION
of25September1992
establishingtheformofcooperationbetweentheAnimohostcentre
andMember States
(92/486/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990
concerning the veterinary and zootechnical checksapplicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animalsand productswith a view to
the completion of the internal market(
1), aslas t amended by Directive
92/60/EEC(2), and in particular Article 20 (3) thereof,
Whereas on 19 July 1991 the Commission adopted Decision 91/398/
EEC on a computerized network linking veterinary authorities
(Animo)(3) and on 2 July 1992 Decision 92/373/EEC designating the
host centre Animo(4);
Whereas, the ensure the functioning of the computerized network
Animo, provision should be made for harmonization of the form ofcooperation between the Animo host centre and Member States;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance
with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Each Member State shall, in accordance with its national rules, desig-
nate an authority to be responsible for coordination between theauthoritieswithin each Member State.
The coordination authority shall negotiate a contract with Eurokom for
the use of the common host centre. The contract shall be signed inaccordance with national rules.
Article 2
The competent authorities of the Member States shall ensure that the
contractsreferred to in Article 1:
— enter into force for three yearsbeginning on 1 April 1993,
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of the date of entry into force of the Accession Treaty and the dateon which the contract comesto an end isthat of 1 April 1996, andfor Austria and Finland, where the date of entry into force falls one
year after that of the entry into force of the Accession Treaty and
the date on which the contract comesto an end isthat of 1 April1996,◄
— include an annual review clause,
— include a termination clause, subject to six months' notice,— include an undertaking by Eurokom to put into operation all the
technical requirements laid down in the Annex to CommisisonDecision 91/638/EEC(
5), based on the technical approach proposed
by Eurokom in their offer. Possible related work by Eurokom,1992D0486 — EN — 01.04.1999 — 006.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 29.
(2) OJ No L 268, 14. 9. 1992, p. 75.
(3) OJ No L 221, 9. 8. 1991, p. 30.
(4) OJ No L 195, 14. 7. 1992, p. 31.
(5) OJ No L 343, 13. 12. 1991, p. 48.▼M1
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including for each Member State work related to implementation of
the system in each Member State and work on project management,shall be the subject of separate undertakings,
— take account of the following financial aspects:
(a) ECU 300 per year per local unit as listed in Commission Deci-
sion 92/175/EEC(
1);
(b) communication costs, differentiated according to the presence
or absence of a national host centre and representing the best
price obtained by Eurokom from the provider of communica-tions,
— include a clause covering updating, protection and availability of
data, responsibilities, and the payment schedule.
Article 2a
1. The coordination authorities provided for in Article 1 shall ensure
that the contractsreferred to in that Article:
— are extended for two years;
— allow for the possibility of a further extension of one year.
2. In respect of paragraph 1, the follow charges shall apply:ECU 386 per unit (central unit, local unit, frontier inspection post)
listed in Decision 96/295/EC(
2).
3. For the period 1 April 1998 to 31 March 1999, the coordination
authorities provided for in Article 1 shall ensure that the contracts
referred to in that Article are extended for one year.
The following charges shall apply in respect of this paragraph:
ECU 386 per unit (central unit, local unit, border inspection post) for
all the ANIMO units listed in Decision 96/295/EC, as last amended
by Decision 98/167/EC(3).
4. For the period from 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2000, the coordi-
nation authorities provided for in Article 1 shall ensure that thecontractsreferred to in that Article are extended for one year.
The following charge shall apply in respect of this paragraph:EUR 386 per unit (central unit, local unit, border inspection post) for
all the Animo units listed in Decision 96/295/EC, as last amended byDecision 98/167/EC(
4).
Article 3
Member States shall undertake to invoke the termination clause
referred to in the third indent of Article 2 only to be set in accordance
with the procedure of Article 20 (3) of Directive 90/425/EEC.
Article 4
The total annual charge resulting from the cost of participating in the
network, referred to in point (a) of the fifth indent of Article 2, which
shall not exceed the amound provided for in the first year, and its divi-
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(2) OJ No L 113, 7. 5. 1996, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 62 of 3. 3. 1998, p. 33.
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April 1994 ◄. However, the maximum price for each Member State
for each of yearstwo and three of the contract s hall not deviateupwardsby more than 10 % of the price for the firs t year.
Article 5
Should it be ascertained during the implementation of the system that a
situation arises, in particular concerning the financial provisions, which
is inconsistent with the objectives of this Decision, the Commissionshall take the necessary measures in accordance with the procedure ofArticle 42 of Council Decision 90/424/EEC(
1).
Article 5a
ThisDecis ion will be reviewed before:
— 1 October 1998 to consider the issue of direct connections between
national servers,
— 31 January 1999 to consider how the structure of the ANIMO
network hasdeveloped.
Article 6
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.1992D0486 — EN — 01.04.1999 — 006.001 — 4
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