2004/145/EC: Commission Decision of 12 February 2004 on financial assistance from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference laboratories in the field of veterinary public health (biological risks) for the year 2004 (notified under document number C(2004) 349)
Date: 2004-02-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, animal disease, epidemiology, financial aid, food inspection, milk product, research body, scientific research, water protection, zoonosis

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 12 February 2004

on financial assistance from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference
laboratories in the field of veterinary public health (biological risks) for the year 2004

(notified under document number C(2004) 349)

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

(2004/145/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 Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 of 14 April 2003 (2), and in
particular Article 28(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Community financial assistance 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),

— 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
outbreaks of
food-borne infections and intoxica-
tions (4),

— Council Decision 93/383/EEC of 14 June 1993 on
reference laboratories for the monitoring of marine
biotoxins (5),

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 806/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1).

(4) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 38. Directive as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 806/2003.

(5) OJ L 166, 8.7.1993, p. 31. Decision as last amended by Decision

1999/312/EC (OJ L 120, 8.5.1999, p. 37).

— Council Decision 1999/313/EC of 29 April 1999 on
reference laboratories for monitoring bacteriological
and viral contamination of bivalve molluscs (6),

— 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
eradication of certain transmissible spongiform ence-
phalopathies (7).

The financial contribution from the Community should
be granted provided that the actions planned are effi-
ciently carried out and that the authorities supply all the
necessary information within the time limits laid down.

Additional financial assistance should also be provided
for the organisation of workshops in the area of respon-
sibility of the Community reference laboratories; deroga-
tions to the maximum eligible attendance rule laid down
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 156/2004 of 29
January 2004 on the Community's financial assistance to
Community reference laboratories pursuant Article 28 of
Council Decision 90/424/EEC (8) should be provided to
two Community reference laboratories that need support
for attendance by more than 30 participants in order to
support the best outcome of their workshops.

The work programmes and corresponding budget esti-
mates submitted by the Community reference labora-
tories for 2004 have been assessed by the Commission.

Pursuant to Article 3(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No
1258/1999 (9), 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.

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6) OJ L 120, 8.5.1999, p. 40.
(7) OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 2245/2003 (OJ L 333, 20.12.2003, p. 28).

(8) OJ L 27, 30.1.2004, p. 5.
(9) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.

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(6)

(7)

Regulation (EC) No 156/2004 establishes the provisions
on the Community's financial assistance to Community
reference laboratories pursuant to Article 28 of Decision
90/424/EEC.

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

The financial assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall
2.
amount to a maximum of EUR 212 000 for the period 1
January 2004 to 31 December 2004.

The Community's additional financial assistance for the
to a

3.
organisation of a technical workshop shall amount
maximum of EUR 30 000.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1.
The Community grants financial assistance to France for
the functions and duties referred to in Chapter II of Annex D
to Directive 92/46/EEC to be carried out by the Laboratoire
d'Etudes et de Recherches sur la Qualité des Aliments et sur les
Procédés Agro-alimentaires, of the Agence Française de Sécurité
Sanitaire des Aliments (formerly the Laboratoire d'Etudes et de
Recherches sur l'Hygiène et la Qualité des Aliments), Maisons-
Alfort, France, for the analysis and testing of milk and milk
products.

2.
The financial assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall
amount to a maximum of EUR 203 000 for the period 1
January 2004 to 31 December 2004.

The Community's additional financial assistance for the
to a

3.
organisation of a technical workshop shall amount
maximum of EUR 27 000.

Article 2

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

The financial assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall
2.
amount to a maximum of EUR 220 000 for the period 1
January 2004 to 31 December 2004.

technical workshops

3.
The Community's additional financial assistance for the
to a
organisation of
maximum of EUR 62 000. Pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation
(EC) No 156/2004 and by way of derogation, the laboratory
mentioned in paragraph 1 above is entitled to claim financial
assistance for attendance to its general workshop for up to 50
participants.

shall amount

Article 3

1.
The Community grants financial assistance to the Nether-
lands for the functions and duties referred to in Chapter II of
Annex IV to Directive 92/117/EEC to be carried out by the
Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, Bilthoven, Neth-
erlands, in respect of salmonella.

Article 4

1.
The Community grants financial assistance to Spain for
the functions and duties referred to in Article 4 of Decision 93/
383/EEC to be carried out by the Laboratorio de biotoxinas
marinas del Área de Sanidad, Vigo, Spain, for the control of
marine biotoxins.

The financial assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall
2.
amount to a maximum of EUR 201 000 for the period 1
January 2004 to 31 December 2004.

The Community's additional financial assistance for the
to a

3.
organisation of a technical workshop shall amount
maximum of EUR 33 000.

Article 5

1.
The Community grants financial assistance to the United
Kingdom for the functions and duties referred to in Article 4 of
Decision 1999/313/EC to be carried out by the laboratory of
the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science,
Weymouth, United Kingdom, for the monitoring of bacteriolo-
gical and viral contamination of bivalve molluscs.

The financial assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall
2.
amount to a maximum of EUR 228 000 for the period 1
January 2004 to 31 December 2004.

The Community's additional financial assistance for the
to a

3.
organisation of a technical workshop shall amount
maximum of EUR 38 000.

Article 6

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

2.
The financial assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall
amount to a maximum of EUR 380 000 for the period 1
January 2004 to 31 December 2004.

technical workshops

The Community's financial assistance for the organisation
3.
of
to amaximum of
shall amount
EUR 61 000. Pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 156/
2004 and by way of derogation, the laboratory mentioned in
paragraph 1 above is entitled to claim financial assistance for
attendance at its general workshop for up to 50 participants.

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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 7

Done at Brussels, 12 February 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission