2001/616/EC: Commission Decision of 5 June 2001 on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference laboratories in the field of animal health and live animals 2001 (notified under document number C(2001) 1544)
Date: 2001-06-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU aid, animal health, financial aid, research body

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 5 June 2001

on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference labora-
tories in the field of animal health and live animals 2001

(notified under document number C(2001) 1544)

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

(2001/616/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 2001/12/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
Decisions:

— 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, Sweden and Finland,

— 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, Sweden and Finland,

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 3, 6.1.2001, p. 27.
(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.

— Council Directive 92/119/EEC of 17 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
control
bivalve
of
molluscs (10),

affecting

diseases

certain

— 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 Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November
2000 laying down specific provisions for the control
and eradication of bluetongue (12),

— Council Decision 2000/258/EC of 20 March 2000
designating a specific institute responsible for elabo-
rating criteria for standardising serological tests to
control the efficiency of rabies vaccines (13),

— 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 (14).

(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 260, 5.9.1992, p. 1.
(12) OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 74.
(13) OJ L 95, 15.4.2000, p. 40.
(14) OJ L 192, 2.8.1996, p. 19.

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(2)

(3)

(4)

The financial contribution from the Community shall be
granted provided that the actions planned are efficiently
carried out and that the authorities supply all the neces-
sary information within the time limits laid down.

The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
2.
maximum of EUR 55 000 for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2001.

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

Article 4

Pursuant to Article 3(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No
1258/1999 (1), veterinary and plant health measures
undertaken in accordance with Community rules shall
be financed under the Guarantee Section of the Euro-
pean Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund. For
financial purposes, Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EC)
No 1258/1999 apply.

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

2.
The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
maximum of EUR 95 000 for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2001.

(5)

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

Article 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.

The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
2.
maximum of EUR 46 000 for the period for 1 October to 31
December 2001.

1.
The Community grants financial assistance to Denmark
for the functions and duties to be carried out by the Statens
Veterinære 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 125 000 for the period from 1 January to
31 December 2001.

Article 6

The Community grants financial assistance to France for
1.
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 2001.

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.

The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
2.
maximum of EUR 75 000 for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2001.

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.

The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
2.
maximum of EUR 40 000 for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2001.

Article 3

Article 8

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) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.

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 bluetongue referred
to in Annex II to Directive 2000/75/EC.

2.
The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
maximum of EUR 115 000 for the period from 1 January to
31 December 2001.

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Article 9

1.
The Community grants financial assistance to France for
the functions and duties to be carried out by the laboratory of
the AFSSA Nancy, France for rabies serology referred to in
Annex II to Decision 2000/258/EC.

2.
The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a
maximum of EUR 130 000 for the period from 1 January to
31 December 2001.

Article 10

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 60 000 for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2001.

Article 11

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

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

Member States;

(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
three months after the end of the period for which financial
assistance has been granted;

(c) provided the actions planned are efficiently carried out and
the authorities supply all the necessary information within
the time limits laid down.

Article 12

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

the French Republic,

Done at Brussels, 5 June 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission