2003/266/EC: Commission Decision of 10 April 2003 on financial assistance from the Community for the storage of antigens for production of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines in France, Italy and the United Kingdom in 2003 (notified under document number C(2003) 1191)
Date: 2003-04-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Italy, United Kingdom, financial aid, foot-and-mouth disease, storage, vaccine

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 10 April 2003

on financial assistance from the Community for the storage of antigens for production of foot-and-
mouth disease vaccines in France, Italy and the United Kingdom in 2003

(notified under document number C(2003) 1191)

(Only the French and Italian texts are authentic)

(2003/266/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 2001/572/EC (2), and in particular Article 14
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

In accordance with Council Decision 91/666/EEC of 11
December 1991 establishing Community reserves of
foot-and-mouth disease vaccines (3), as last amended by
Commission Decision 2001/181/EC (4),
the establish-
ment of antigen banks is part of the Community's action
to create Community reserves of foot-and-mouth disease
vaccines.

Decision 91/666/EEC designates
the ‘Laboratoire de
pathologie bovine du Centre national d'études vétéri-
naires et alimentaires’ at Lyon in France, which is now
part of the ‘Agence Française de Securité Sanitaire des
Aliments (AFSSA)’, and the ‘Istituto Zooprofilattico Sper-
imentale di Brescia’
in Italy, as antigen banks for the
storage of Community reserves. Commission Decision
2000/111/EC of December 1999 designating a new
antigen bank and making provisions for the transfer and
the
storage of antigens within the
Community action concerning reserves of
foot-and-
mouth disease vaccines (5) further designates Merial SAS,
Pirbright, United Kingdom.

framework of

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 203, 28.7.2001, p. 16.
(3) OJ L 368, 31.12.1991, p. 21.
(4) OJ L 66, 8.3.2001, p. 39.
(5) OJ L 33, 8.2.2000, p. 19.

(3)

(4)

(5)

Community assistance should be linked to compliance
with certain conditions as to the functioning of the
antigen banks and the transmission of information and
supporting documents.

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

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

1.
The Community shall grant financial assistance to Agence
Française de Securité Sanitaire des Aliments for the stocking of
antigens for the production of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines
at the premises of Agence Française de Securité Sanitaire des
Aliments, Lyon.

2.
For the period from 1 January to 31 December 2003 the
maximum amount of financial assistance shall be EUR 30 000.

Article 2

1.
The Community shall grant financial assistance to Istituto
Zooprofilattico Sperimentale di Brescia for the stocking of anti-
gens for the production of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines at
the premises of Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale di Brescia.

For the period from 1 January to 31 December 2003 the
2.
maximum amount of financial assistance shall be EUR 30 000.

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Article 3

(ii) storage equipment used (type, number and capacity of

1.
The Community shall grant financial assistance to Merial
SAS with its headquarters in Lyon, France, for the stocking of
antigens for the production of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines
the
the premises of Merial SAS, Lyon, France, and at
at
premises of Merial SAS, Pirbright, United Kingdom.

2.
For the period from 1 January to 31 December 2003 the
maximum amount of financial assistance shall be EUR 51 327.

Article 4

The Community's

1.
financial assistance referred to in
Article 1(2), Article 2(2) and Article 3(2) shall only be granted
if the conditions provided for in Article 4 of Decision 91/666/
EEC are complied with and the information and documents
provided for in paragraph 2 are submitted to the Commission
on 29 February 2004 at the latest.

The information and documents referred to in paragraph

2.
1 shall include the following:

(a) technical information on:

(i) the amount and type of antigen stored (storage

records);

tanks);

(iii) security systems in place (temperature control, anti-

theft measures);

(iv) insurance arrangements (fire, accidents);

(b) financial information (completion of a form based on the

model set out in the Annex).

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Agence Française de Securité
Sanitaire des Aliments, 31, avenue Tony Garnier, BP 7033, F-
69342 Lyon Cedex 07, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale di
Brescia, Via Bianchi 9, I-25124 Brescia, and Merial SAS, 29,
avenue Tony Garnier, BP 7123, F-69348 Lyon Cedex 07.

Done at Brussels, 10 April 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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