1999/587/EC: Commission Decision of 28 July 1999 on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference laboratories in the field of animal health and live animals (notified under document number C(1999) 2466) (Only the Danish, German, English, French and Swedish texts are authentic)
Date: 1999-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, administrative expenditure (EU), animal health, financial aid, live animal, research body

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 July 1999

om financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference laborat-
ories in the field of animal health and live animals

(notified under document number C(1999) 2466)

(Only the Danish, German, English, French and Swedish texts are authentic)

(1999/587/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 last amended
by Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 (2), and in particular Article
28(2) thereof,

(1) Whereas Community financial aid should be granted to
the Community reference laboratories designated by the
Community to assist them in carrying out the functions
and duties laid down in the following Directives and
Decision:

— Council Directive 80/217/EEC of 22 January 1980
introducing Community measures for the control of
classical swine fever (3), as last amended by Decision
93/384/EEC (4),

— Council Directive 92/40/EEC of 19 May 1992 intro-
ducing Community measures for the control of avian
influenza (5), as last amended by the Act of Acces-
sion of Austria, Finland and Sweden,

— Council Directive 92/66/EEC of 14 July 1992 intro-
ducing Community measures for the control of

Newcastle disease (6), as last amended by the Act of
Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden,

— Council Directive 92/119/EEC of 17 December 1992
introducing general Community measures for the
control of certain animal diseases and specific meas-
ures relating to swine vesicular disease (7), as last
amended by Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC (8),

— Council Directive 93/53/EEC of 24 June 1993 intro-
the

ducing minimum Community measures
control of certain fish diseases (9),

for

— Council Directive 95/70/EC of 22 December 1995
introducing minimum Community measures for the
control
bivalve
of
molluscs (10),

affecting

diseases

certain

— Council Decision 96/463/EC of 23 July 1996 desig-
nating the reference body responsible for collabor-
ating in rendering uniform the testing methods and
the assessment of the results for pure-bred breeding
animals of the bovine species (11);

(2) Whereas Community assistance must be conditional on
the accomplishment of those functions and duties by the
laboratory concerned;

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.
(3) OJ L 47, 21.2.1980, p. 11.
(4) OJ L 166, 8.7.1993, p. 34.
(5) OJ L 167, 22.6.1992, p. 1.

(6) OJ L 260, 5.9.1992, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 69.
(8) OJ L 1, 1.1.1995, p. 1.
(9) OJ L 175, 19.7.1993, p. 23.
(10) OJ L 332, 30.12.1995, p. 33.
(11) OJ L 192, 2.8.1996, p. 19.

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(3) Whereas, for budgetary reasons, Community assistance

should be granted for a period of one year;

Pirbright Laboratory, United Kingdom for swine vesicular
disease referred to in Annex III to Directive 92/119/EEC.

(4) Whereas, for supervisory purposes, Articles 8 and 9 of
Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970
on the financing of the common agricultural policy (1),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1287/95 (2),
should apply;

(5) Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are
in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veter-
inary Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1.
The Community grants financial assistance to Germany
for the functions and duties to be carried out by the Institut für
Virologie der tierärztlichen Hochschule, Hanover, Germany, for
classical swine fever referred to in Annex VI to Directive 80/
217/EEC.

2.
The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
maximum of EUR 180 000 for the period from 1 October
1999 to 30 September 2000.

Article 2

1.
The Community grants financial assistance to the United
Kingdom for the functions and duties to be carried out by the
Central Veterinary Laboratory, Addlestone, United Kingdom,
for avian influenza referred to in Annex V to Directive 92/
40/EEC.

2.
The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
maximum of EUR 30 000 for the period from 1 January to 31
December 1999.

Article 3

1.
The Community grants financial assistance to the United
Kingdom for the functions and duties to be carried out by the
Central Veterinary Laboratory, Addlestone, United Kingdom for
Newcastle disease referred to in Annex V to Directive 92/
66/EEC.

2.
The Communiy's financial assistance shall amount to a
maximum of EUR 75 000 for the period from 1 January to 31
December 1999.

Article 4

2.
The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
maximum of EUR 80 000 for the period from 1 January to 31
December 1999.

Article 5

1.
The Community grants financial assistance to Denmark
for the functions and duties to be carried out by the Statens
fish
Veterinære Serumlaboratorium, Århus, Denmark for
diseases referred to in Annex C to Directive 93/53/EEC.

2.
The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
maximum of EUR 120 000 for the period from 1 January to
31 December 1999.

Article 6

1.
The Community grants financial assistance to France for
the functions and duties to be carried out by the l'Ifremer, la
Tremblade, France for diseases of bivalve molluscs referred to
in Annex B to Directive 95/70/EC.

2.
The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
maximum of EUR 90 000 for the period form 1 January to 31
December 1999.

Article 7

1.
The Community grants financial assistance to Sweden for
the functions and duties referred to in Annex II to Decision
96/463/EC to be carried out by the Interbull Centre, Uppsala,
the various methods of
Sweden for the harmonisation of
testing and the assessment of the results of the methods of
testing pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species.

The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
2.
maximum of EUR 40 000 for the period from 1 January 1999
to 31 December 1999.

Article 8

The Community's financial assistance shall be paid following
presentation of supporting documents and a technical report
by the recipient Member State. Those documents must be
presented at the latest three months after the end of the period
for which financial assitance has been granted.

1.
The Community grants financial assistance to the United
Kingdom for the functions and duties to be carried out by the

Article 9

(1) OJ L 94, 28.4.1970, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 125, 8.6.1995, p. 1.

Articles 8 and 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/90 shall
apply mutatis mutandis.

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This Decision is addressed to Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland.

Article 10

Done at Brussels, 28 July 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission