2003/126/EC: Commission Decision of 24 February 2003 on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference laboratories in the field of veterinary public health (biological risks) for the year 2003 (notified under document number C(2003) 565)
Date: 2003-02-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU financing, animal health, financial aid, health control, research body, zoonosis

25.2.2003

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 24 February 2003

on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference labora-
tories in the field of veterinary public health (biological risks) for the year 2003

(notified under document number C(2003) 565)

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

(2003/126/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 Council Decision 2001/572/EC of 23 July 2001 (2), and in
particular Article 28(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Community financial aid should be granted to the
Community reference laboratories designated to carry
out the functions and duties laid down in the following
Directives, Decisions and Regulation:

— 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
96/23/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),

— Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of

the European
Parliament and of
the Council of 22 May 2001
laying down rules for the prevention, control and

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 203, 28.7.2001, p. 16.
(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 210, 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.

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

eradication of certain transmissible spongiform ence-
phalopathies (10), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1494/2002 (11).

Community assistance should be granted provided that
the actions planned are efficiently carried out and that
the authorities supply all
the necessary information
within the time limits laid down.

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

Additional financial assistance for the organisation of
yearly workshops in the area of responsibility of the
Community reference laboratories can be granted during
the same period.

The work programmes and corresponding budget esti-
mates submitted by the Community reference labora-
tories for 2003 have been assessed by the Commission.

As provided for in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No
1258/1999 (12), the veterinary and plant health measures
undertaken in accordance with Community rules are
financed under the Guarantee Section of the European
Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund. For financial
control purposes, Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EC) No
1258/1999 apply.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 324/2003 (13) estab-
lishes the eligible expenditures of the Community refer-
ence laboratories receiving financial assistance under
Article 28 of Decision 90/424/EEC and establishes the
procedures
the submission of expenditures and
audits.

for

(8)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
the Food Chain and Animal Health,

(10) OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1.
(11) OJ L 225, 22.8.2002, p. 3.
(12) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.
(13) OJ L 47, 21.2.2003, p. 14.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1.
The Community hereby shall grant financial assistance to
France for the functions and duties to be carried out by the
Laboratoire d'études et de recherches sur l'hygiène et la qualité
des aliments, of the 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 financial assistance is hereby set at a maximum of
EUR 155 000 for the period 1 January 2003 to 31 December
2003.

The Community's financial assistance for organisation of
to a maximum of

3.
a technical workshop shall amount
EUR 18 000.

Article 2

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

The financial assistance is hereby set at a maximum of
2.
EUR 150 000 for the period 1 January 2003 to 31 December
2003.

The Community's financial assistance for organisation of
to a maximum of

3.
a technical workshop shall amount
EUR 38 000.

Article 3

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

2.
The financial assistance is hereby set at a maximum of
EUR 150 000 for the period 1 January 2003 to 31 December
2003.

The Community's financial assistance for organisation of
to a maximum of

3.
a technical workshop shall amount
EUR 26 000.

The financial assistance is hereby set at a maximum of
2.
EUR 110 000 for the period 1 January 2003 to 31 December
2003.

The Community's financial assistance for organisation of
to a maximum of

3.
a technical workshop shall amount
EUR 19 000.

Article 5

1.
The Community hereby shall grant 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.

2.
The financial assistance is hereby set at a maximum of
EUR 140 000 for the period 1 January 2003 to 31 December
2003.

The Community's financial assistance for organisation of
to a maximum of

3.
a technical workshop shall amount
EUR 26 000.

Article 6

1.
The Community hereby shall grant financial assistance to
the United Kingdom for the functions and duties to be carried
out by the laboratory of the Veterinary Laboratories Agency,
Addlestone, United Kingdom, for the monitoring of transmis-
sible spongiform encephalopathies referred to in Chapter B of
Annex X to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001.

2.
The financial assistance is hereby set at a maximum of
EUR 360 000 for the period 1 January 2003 to 31 December
2003.

The Community's financial assistance for organisation of
to a maximum of

3.
a technical workshop shall amount
EUR 52 000.

Article 7

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.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 24 February 2003.

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

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission