2000/293/EC: Commission Decision of 6 April 2000 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(2000) 937) (Only the Spanish, Danish, German, English, French and Swedish texts are authentic)
Date: 2000-04-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, EU financing, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, animal disease, financial aid, medical research, research body

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 6 April 2000

on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference labora-
tories in the field of animal health and live animals

(notified under document number C(2000) 937)

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

(2000/293/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 Decision 94/370/EC (2), and in particular Article 28(2)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

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 1 December 1992
introducing general Community measures for the
control of certain animals 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

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 168, 2.7.1994, p. 31.
(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.

control
of
molluscs (10),

certain

diseases

affecting

bivalve

— Council Directive 92/35/EEC of 29 April 1992
laying down control rules and measures to combat
African horse sickness (11), as last amended by the
Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden,

— 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 (12).

Community assistance must be conditional on the
accomplishment of those functions and duties by the
laboratory concerned.

For budgetary reasons, Community assistance should be
granted for a period of one year.

For supervisory purposes, Articles 8 and 9 of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the
financing of the common agricultural policy (13) should
apply.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary
Committee,

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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 185 000 for the period from 1 October
2000 to 30 September 2001.

(10) OJ L 332, 30.12.1995, p. 33.
(11) OJ L 157, 10.6.1992, p. 19.
(12) OJ L 192, 2.8.1996, p. 19.
(13) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.

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Article 2

Article 7

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 70 000 for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2000.

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.

1.
The Community grants financial assistance to Spain for
the functions and duties to be carried out by the Laboratorio de
sanidad y producción animal, Algete, Spain, for African horse
sickness referred to in Annex I to Directive 92/35/EEC.

2.
The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
maximum of EUR 40 000 for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2000.

Article 8

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,
Sweden for the harmonisation of
the various methods 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 55 000 for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2000.

The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
2.
maximum of EUR 50 000 for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2000.

Article 4

Article 9

1.
The Community grants financial assistance to the United
Kingdom for the functions and duties to be carried out by the
Pirbright Laboratory, United Kingdom for swine vesicular
disease referred to in Annex III to Directive 92/119/EEC.

The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
2.
maximum of EUR 94 000 for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2000.

Article 5

1.
The Community grants financial assistance to Denmark
for the functions and duties to be carried out by the Statens
Veterinaere Serumlaboratorium, Århus, Denmark for
fish
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 2000.

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 from 1 January to 31
December 2000.

The Community's financial assistance shall be paid as follows:

(a) 70 % by way of an advance at the request of the recipient

Member State,

(b) the balance following presentation of supporting docu-
ments and a technical report by the recipient Member
State. Those documents must be presented at the latest six
months after the end of the period for which financial
assistance has been granted.

Article 10

Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 shall apply
mutatis mutandis.

Article 11

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

the French Republic,

Done at Brussels, 6 April 2000.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission