2000/692/EC: Commission Decision of 25 October 2000 on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference laboratories in the field of public veterinary health (biological hazards) (notified under document number C(2000) 3094) (Only the Spanish, German, English, French and Dutch texts are authentic)
Date: 2000-10-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, EU financing, France, dairy industry, health control, research body

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Official Journal of the European Communities

11.11.2000

COMMISSION DECISION

of 25 October 2000

on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference
laboratories in the field of public veterinary health (biological hazards)

(notified under document number C(2000) 3094)

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

(2000/692/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,

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
Decisions:

— Council Directive 92/46/EEC of 16 June 1992 laying
down the health rules for the production and placing
on the market of raw milk, heat-treated milk and
milk-based products (3), as last amended by Directive
92/23/EC (4),

— Council Directive 92/117/EEC of 17 December 1992
concerning measures for protection against certain
zoonoses and specified zoonotic agents in animals
and products of animal origin in order to prevent
food-borne infections and intoxica-
outbreaks of
tions (5), as last amended by Directive 1999/72/
EC (6),

— Council Decision 93/383/EEC of 14 June 1993 on
reference laboratories for the monitoring of marine
biotoxins (7), as last amended by Decision 1999/
312/EC (8),

— Council Decision 1999/313/EC of 29 April 1999 on
reference laboratories for monitoring bacteriological
and viral contamination of bivalve molluscs (9).

(2)

Community assistance must be conditional on those
functions and duties being carried out 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 268, 14.9.1992, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 10.
(5) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 38.
(6) OJ L 120, 10.8.1999, p. 12.
(7) OJ L 166, 8.7.1993, p. 31.
(8) OJ L 120, 8.5.1999, p. 37.
(9) OJ L 120, 8.5.1999, p. 40.

(3)

(4)

(5)

For budgetary reasons Community assistance is granted
for a period of one year.

For financial control purposes Articles 8 and 9 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 1258/1999 on the financing of
the
common agricultural policy should apply.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1.
The Community hereby grants financial assistance to
France for the functions and duties to be carried out by the
Laboratoire de l'Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des
Aliments, formerly the Laboratoire central d'hygiène alimen-
taire, Maisons-Alfort, France, for the analysis and testing of
milk and milk products referred to in Chapter II of Annex D to
Directive 92/46/EEC.

2.
The Community's financial assistance is hereby set at a
maximum of EUR 95 000 for the period 1 January 2000 to
31 December 2000.

Depending on the results of an appraisal currently under

3.
way, the amount in paragraph 2 may be revised.

Article 2

The Community hereby grants financial assistance to
1.
Germany for the functions and duties to be carried out by the
Bundesinstitut
für gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und
Veterinärmedizin (formerly the Institut für Veterinärmedizin),
Berlin, Germany, for the epidemiology of zoonoses referred to
in Chapter II of Annex IV to Directive 92/117/EEC.

2.
The Community's financial assistance is hereby set at a
maximum of EUR 130 000 for the period 1 January 2000 to
31 December 2000.

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Article 3

1.
The Community hereby grants financial assistance to the
Netherlands for the functions and duties to be carried out by
the Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiëne, Bilt-
in respect of salmonella referred to in
hoven, Netherlands,
Chapter II of Annex IV to Directive 92/117/EEC.

2.
The Community's financial assistance is hereby set at a
maximum of EUR 125 000 for the period 1 January 2000 to
31 December 2000.

Article 4

The Community hereby grants financial assistance to
1.
Spain for the functions and duties to be carried out by the
Laboratorio de biotoxinas marinas del Área de Sanidad, Vigo,
Spain, for the monitoring of marine biotoxins referred to in
Article 5 of Decision 93/383/EEC.

2.
The Community's financial assistance is hereby set at a
maximum of EUR 135 000 for the period 1 January 2000 to
31 December 2000.

Article 5

1.
The Community hereby grants financial assistance to the
United Kingdom for the functions and duties to be carried out
by the laboratory of the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and
Aquaculture Science, Weymouth, United Kingdom,
for the
monitoring of bacteriological and viral contamination of
bivalve molluscs referred to in Article 4 of Decision 1999/
313/EC.

The Community's financial assistance is hereby set at a
2.
maximum of EUR 93 000 for the period 1 January 2000 to
31 December 2000.

Article 6

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

(a) an advance of 70 % of the amount of the assistance may be
paid on application by the recipient Member State;

(b) the balance shall be paid on presentation by the recipient
Member State of supporting documents and a technical
report, which must be supplied no later than three months
after the end of the period for which the financial assis-
tance has been granted.

Article 7

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

Article 8

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

Done at Brussels, 25 October 2000.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission