EN Official Journal of the European Union C 244/7

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION

of 24 July 2014

establishing the work programme of the Commission for the year 2015 on financial contribution to the European Union reference laboratories

2014/C 244/06

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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

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

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 laying down provisions for the management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health and plant reproductive material, amending Council Directives 98/56/EC, 2000/29/EC and 2008/90/EC, Regulations (EC) No 178/2002, (EC) No 882/2004 and (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decisions 66/399/EEC, 76/894/EEC and 2009/470/EC (2), and in particular Article 30 thereof,

Having regard to 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 in particular Article 84(2) thereof.

Whereas:

(1) Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 lays down the tasks and responsibilities of the European Union (EU) reference laboratories.

(2) In order to ensure implementation of the activities to be carried out by the EU reference laboratories it is necessary to adopt a financing decision and the work programme for 2015. Article 94 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1268/2012 (3) establishes detailed rules on financing decisions.

(3) It is appropriate to authorise award of grants without a call for proposals to the bodies identified in the work programme and for the reasons provided therein.

(4) The EU reference laboratories are to submit their work programmes for the year 2015. Those work programmes should be in conformity with the objectives and priorities of the present work programme of the Commission. The award of the grants for those programmes is to be subject to their approval by the Commission.

(5) The level of the annual Union financial aid for the activity of the EU reference laboratories is decided on a yearly basis. Given the significance of the activities undertaken by the EU reference laboratories for the interest of the Union, those should be co-financed at the rate of 100 % of eligible costs listed in Article 30 of Regulation (EU) No 652/2014, and within the limit of the amounts in the present Decision. Other costs not eligible but necessary to carry out the tasks will not be co-financed.

(6) Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 identifies six EU reference laboratories within the Joint Research Centre, which is a directorate-general of the Commission. The rules governing the Union financial aid for the Joint Research Centre are laid down in an annual administrative arrangement and the present work programme should not apply to those six EU reference laboratories.

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

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The work programme

The annual work programme for the implementation of Union co-funded programmes of the European reference laboratories for 2015 as set out in the Annex is adopted.

The annual work programme constitutes a financing decision within the meaning of Article 84 of the Financial Regulation for actions funded from appropriations of 2015.

Article 2

Union contribution

The maximum contribution for the implementation of the programme for the year 2015 is set at EUR 15 500 000, and shall be financed from the following line of the general budget of the European Union for 2015:

budget line 17.0403.

The implementation of this Decision is subject to the availability of the appropriations provided for in the draft budget for 2015 after the adoption of the budget for 2015 by the budgetary authority or as provided for in the system of provisional twelfths.

Article 3

Grants

Grants may be awarded without a call for proposals to the bodies identified in the Annex, in accordance with the conditions specified therein.

Done at Brussels, 24 July 2014. For the Commission Tonio BORG Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 189, 27.6.2014, p. 1.

(3) 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).