98/340/EC: Commission Decision of 12 May 1998 amending Decisions 96/716/EC, 96/717/EC, 96/718/EC, 96/719/EC, 96/720/EC, 96/721/EC and 97/260/EC concerning the presentation of supporting and financial documents linked to Community financial contributions for certain animal and public health measures (Only the Spanish, Danish, French, Dutch and English texts are authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-05-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU aid, animal disease, research body, veterinary medicine

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 12 May 1998

amending Decisions 96/716/EC, 96/717/EC, 96/718/EC, 96/719/EC, 96/720/EC, 96/
721/EC and 97/260/EC concerning the presentation of supporting and financial
documents linked to Community financial contributions for certain animal and
public health measures

(Only the Spanish, Danish, French, Dutch and English texts are authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(98/340/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26
June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as
amended by Decision 94/370/EC (2), and in particular
Article 20 and Article 28(2) thereof,

Whereas by Commission Decision 96/716/EC of 29
November 1996 on financial aid from the Community for
the operation of the Community Reference Laboratory for
the analysis and testing of milk and milk products (Labo-
ratoire Central d’Hygi(cid:138)ne Alimentaire, Paris, France) (3),
the Community can provide financial assistance to France
for the functions and duties to be carried out by the
Community Reference Laboratory for the analysis and
testing of milk and milk products;

Whereas by Commission Decision 96/718/EC of 29
November 1996 on financial aid from the Community for
the operation of the Community Reference Laboratory for
Newcastle Disease (Central Veterinary Laboratory, Addle-
stone, United Kingdom) (5), the Community can provide
financial assistance to the United Kingdom for functions
and duties to be carried out by the Community Reference
Laboratory for Newcastle Disease;

Whereas by Commission Decision 96/719/EC of 29
November 1996 on financial aid from the Community for
the operation of the Community Reference Laboratory for
Avian Influenza (Central Veterinary Laboratory, Addle-
stone, United Kingdom) (6), the Community can provide
financial assistance to the United Kingdom for the func-
tions and duties to be carried out by the Community
Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza;

Whereas by Commission Decision 96/717/EC of 29
November 1996 on financial aid from the Community for
the operation of the Community Reference Laboratory for
fish diseases
(Statens Veterinære Serumlaboratorium,
(cid:143)rhus, Denmark) (4), the Community can provide finan-
cial assistance to Denmark for the functions and duties to
be carried out by the Community Reference Laboratory
for fish diseases;

Whereas by Commission Decision 96/720/EC of 29
November 1996 on financial aid from the Community for
the operation of the Community Reference Laboratory for
salmonella (R¶ksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Mili-
euhygi(cid:137)ne, Bilthoven, Netherlands) (7),
the Community
can provide financial assistance to the Netherlands for the
functions and duties to be carried out by the Community
Reference Laboratory for salmonella;

(1) OJ L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 168, 2. 7. 1994, p. 31.
(3) OJ L 327, 18. 12. 1996, p. 38.
(4) OJ L 327, 18. 12. 1996, p. 40.

(5) OJ L 327, 18. 12. 1996, p. 41.
(6) OJ L 327, 18. 12. 1996, p. 42.
(7) OJ L 327, 18. 12. 1996, p. 43.

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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

In Article 4, second indent of Commission Decisions
96/716/EC, 96/717/EC, 96/718/EC, 96/719/EC, 96/
720/EC, 96/721/EC and 97/260/EC, the word ‘March' is
replaced by ‘July'.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark,
the French Republic,
the
Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the aspects where
they are concerned.

the Kingdom of Spain,

Done at Brussels, 12 May 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

Whereas by Commission Decision 96/721/EC of 29
November 1996 on financial aid from the Community for
the operation of the Community Reference Laboratory for
the monitoring of marine biotoxins (Laboratorio del
Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Vigo, Spain) (1), the
Community can provide financial assistance to Spain for
the functions and duties
to be carried out by the
Community Reference Laboratory for the monitoring of
marine biotoxins;

Whereas by Commission Decision 97/260/EC of 2 April
1997 on financial assistance for the Community Refer-
ence Laboratory for bivalve mollusc diseases (2),
the
Community can provide financial assistance to France for
the functions and duties
to be carried out by the
Community Reference Laboratory for bivalve mollusc
diseases;

Whereas for budgetary reasons, the Community financial
assistance provided for
in Decisions 96/716/EC, 96/
717/EC, 96/718/EC, 96/719/EC, 96/720/EC, 96/721/EC
and 97/260/EC requires presentation of supporting docu-
ments; whereas
related to these
supporting documents are specified in the said Decisions;

requirements

the

Whereas a request has been made for an extended period
for the submission of supporting documents;

(1) OJ L 327, 18. 12. 1996, p. 44.
(2) OJ L 104, 22. 4. 1997, p. 31.