2003/125/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 animal health and live animals in 2003 (notified under document number C(2003) 562)
Date: 2003-02-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, animal disease, animal health, financial aid, health control, research body

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 24 February 2003

on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference
laboratories in the field of animal health and live animals in 2003

(notified under document number C(2003) 562)

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

(2003/125/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

control of certain fish diseases (8), as last amended by
Commission Decision 2001/288/EC (9),

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 2001/572/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 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001
on Community measures for the control of classical
swine fever (3),

— Council Directive 92/66/EEC of 14 July 1992 intro-
the control of
ducing Community measures for
Newcastle disease (4), as last amended by the Act of
Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland,

— 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 Accession
of Austria, Sweden and Finland,

— Council Directive 92/119/EEC of 17 December 1992
introducing general Community measures for the
control of certain animals diseases and specific
measures relating to swine vesicular disease (6), as last
amended by Directive 2002/60/EC (7),

— Council Directive 93/53/EEC of 24 June 1993 intro-
the

ducing minimum Community measures

for

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 203, 28.7.2001, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 316, 1.12.2001, p. 5.
(4) OJ L 260, 5.9.1992, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 167, 22.6.1992, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 69.
(7) OJ L 192, 20.7.2002, p. 27.

— Council Directive 95/70/EC of 22 December 1995
introducing minimum Community measures for the
bivalve
control
molluscs (10), as last amended by Commission Deci-
sion 2001/293/EC (11),

affecting

diseases

certain

of

— Council Directive 92/35/EEC of 29 April 1992
laying down control rules and measures to combat
African horse sickness (12), as last amended by the
Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland,

— Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November
2000 laying down specific provisions for the control
and eradication of bluetongue (13),

— Council Decision 2000/258/EC of 20 March 2000
designating a specific institute responsible for estab-
lishing the criteria necessary for standardising the
serological tests to monitor the effectiveness of rabies
vaccines (14),

— Council Directive 2002/60/EC of 27 June 2002
laying down specific provisions for the control of
African swine fever and amending Directive 92/119/
EEC as regards Teschen disease and African swine
fever (15),

— 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 (16).

(2)

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.

(8) OJ L 175, 19.7.1993, p. 23.
(9) OJ L 99, 10.4.2001, p. 11.
(10) OJ L 332, 30.12.1995, p. 33.
(11) OJ L 100, 11.4.2001, p. 30.
(12) OJ L 157, 10.6.1992, p. 19.
(13) OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 74.
(14) OJ L 79, 30.3.2000, p. 40.
(15) OJ L 192, 20.7.2002, p. 27.
(16) OJ L 192, 2.8.1996, p. 19.

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

Article 3

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Additional financial assistance for the organisation of a
yearly workshop in the area of responsibility of the
Community reference laboratories should be granted
during the same period in one case.

Pursuant to Article 3, paragraph 2, of Council Regula-
tion (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 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 (2), estab-
lishes the eligible expenditures of the Community refer-
ence laboratories receiving financial assistance under
Article 28 of Decision 90/424/EEC and the procedures
for the submission of expenditures and audits.

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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

For classical swine fever, the Community shall grant financial
assistance to Germany for the functions and duties referred to
in Annex IV to Directive 2001/89/EC, to be carried out by the
Institut für Virologie der Tierärztlichen Hochschule, Hanover,
Germany.

financial assistance shall amount

The Community's
to a
maximum of EUR 190 000 for the period from 1 January to
31 December 2003. The Community's financial assistance for
organisation of a technical workshop on classical swine fever
diagnostic
to a maximum of
EUR 20 000.

techniques

amount

shall

Article 2

For Newcastle disease, the Community shall grant
financial
assistance to the United Kingdom for the functions and duties
referred to in Annex V to Directive 92/66/EEC, to be carried
out by the Central Veterinary Laboratory, Addlestone, United
Kingdom.

The Community's
to a
maximum of EUR 60 000 for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2003.

financial assistance shall amount

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.
(2) OJ L 47, 21.2.2003, p. 14.

For avian influenza, the Community shall grant financial assis-
tance to the United Kingdom for the functions and duties
referred to in Annex V to Directive 92/40/EEC, to be carried
out by the Central Veterinary Laboratory, Addlestone, United
Kingdom.

The Community's
to a
maximum of EUR 120 000 for the period from 1 January to
31 December 2003.

financial assistance shall amount

Article 4

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

The Community's
to a
maximum of EUR 95 000 for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2003.

financial assistance shall amount

Article 5

For fish diseases, the Community shall grant financial assistance
to Denmark for the functions and duties referred to in Annex
C to Directive 93/53/EEC, to be carried out by the Danish
Veterinary Institute, Aarhus, Denmark.

The Community's
to a
maximum of EUR 135 000 for the period from 1 January to
31 December 2003.

financial assistance shall amount

Article 6

For diseases of bivalve molluscs, the Community shall grant
financial assistance to France for the functions and duties
referred to in Annex B to Directive 95/70/EC, to be carried out
by the IFREMER, La Tremblade, France.

The Community's
to a
maximum of EUR 85 000 for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2003.

financial assistance shall amount

Article 7

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

to a
The Community's
maximum of EUR 45 000 for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2003.

financial assistance shall amount

Article 8

For bluetongue, the Community shall grant financial assistance
to the United Kingdom for the functions and duties referred to
in Annex II to Directive 2000/75/EC, to be carried out by the
Pirbright Laboratory, United Kingdom.

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to a
The Community's
maximum of EUR 120 000 for the period from 1 January to
31 December 2003.

financial assistance shall amount

Article 9

For rabies serology, the Community shall grant financial assis-
tance to France for the functions and duties referred to in
Annex II to Council Decision 2000/258/EC, to be carried out
by the laboratory of the AFSSA Nancy, France.

The Community's
to a
maximum of EUR 130 000 for the period from 1 January to
31 December 2003.

financial assistance shall amount

Article 10

For African swine fever, the Community shall grant financial
assistance to Spain for the functions and duties referred to in
Annex V to Directive 2002/60/EC, to be carried out by the
Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal, Valdeolmos,
Madrid, Spain.

to a
The Community's
maximum of EUR 100 000 for the period from 1 January to
31 December 2003.

financial assistance shall amount

Article 11

For the assessment of the results of the methods of testing
pure-bred breeding animals of
the bovine species, and the
harmonisation of the various methods of testing, the Commu-
nity shall grant 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, Upsala, Sweden.

The Community's
to a
maximum of EUR 60 000 for the period from 1 January to 31
December 2003.

financial assistance shall amount

Article 12

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

the Kingdom of Spain,

Done at Brussels, 24 February 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission