2000/704/EC: Commission Decision of 3 November 2000 on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference laboratories in the veterinary public health field (residues) (notified under document number C(2000) 3163) (Only the German, French, Italian and Dutch texts are authentic)
Date: 2000-11-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, animal product, financial aid, research body, veterinary medicinal product, waste

L 288/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

15.11.2000

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 3 November 2000

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

(notified under document number C(2000) 3163)

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

(2000/704/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Article 1

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)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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 Council Directive 96/23/EC of
certain
to monitor
29 April 1996 on measures
substances and residues thereof
in live animals and
animal products (3).

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 financial control purposes, Articles 8 and 9 of Regu-
the
lation (EC) No 1258/1999 on the financing of
common agricultural policy shall be applicable.

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

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.
(3) OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 10.

The Community grants financial assistance to the Nether-
1.
lands for the functions and duties referred to in Annex V,
Chapter 2, to Directive 96/23/EC to be carried out by the
Rijksinstituut voor de Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiëne, Bilt-
hoven, the Netherlands, for the detection of residues of certain
substances.

2.
The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
maximum of EUR 400 000 for the period from 1 July 2000 to
30 June 2001.

Article 2

1.
The Community grants financial assistance to France for
the functions and duties referred to in Annex V, Chapter 2, to
Directive 96/23/EC to be carried out by the Laboratoire de
L'Agence Française Sanitaire des aliments, (formerly the Labora-
toire des médicaments vétérinaires), Fougéres, France, for the
detection of residues of certain substances.

2.
The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
maximum of EUR 400 000 for the period from 1 July 2000 to
30 June 2001.

Article 3

1.
The Community grants financial assistance to Germany
for the functions and duties referred to in Annex V, Chapter 2
to Directive 96/23/EC to be carried out by the Bundesinstitut
für gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinärmedizin
(formerly the Institut für Veterinärmedizin), Berlin, Germany,
for the detection of residues of certain substances.

2.
The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
maximum of EUR 400 000 for the period from 1 July 2000 to
30 June 2001.

15.11.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 288/29

Article 4

1.
The Community grants financial assistance to Italy for the
functions and duties referred to in Annex V, Chapter 2, to
Directive 96/23/EC to be carried out by the Istituto Superiore
di Sanità, Rome, Italy, for the detection of residues of certain
substances.

2.
The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
maximum of EUR 400 000 for the period from 1 July 2000 to
30 June 2001.

Article 5

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

(a) Advance payment of 70 % of the total amount may be paid

at the request of the recipient Member State.

(b) The remainder is paid following presentation of supporting
documents and technical report by the recipient Member
State which must be done at the latest three months after

the end of the period for which financial assistance has
been granted.

Article 6

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

Article 7

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany,
the French Republic, the Italian Republic and the Kingdom of
the Netherlands.

Done at Brussels, 3 November 2000.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission