2004/667/EC: Commission Decision of 27 September 2004 amending Commission Decision 2004/145/EC as regards the financial assistance for one Community reference laboratory in the field of veterinary public health (biological risks) in the United Kingdom for the year 2004 (notified under document number C(2004) 3547)
Date: 2004-09-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, financial aid, health control, public health, research body

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 27 September 2004

amending Commission Decision 2004/145/EC as regards the financial assistance for one Community
reference laboratory in the field of veterinary public health (biological risks) in the United Kingdom
for the year 2004

(notified under document number C(2004) 3547)

(only the English text is authentic)

(2004/667/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June
1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), and in particular
Article 28(2) thereof,

Whereas:

A workshop with experts of the Member States should
be organised to allow Member State experts to learn how
to use the model. Due to the complexity of the model
and the need for experience both in statistics and
veterinary epidemiology, two experts per Member States
should be invited. In an initial stage, expert assistance
from the CRL might also be needed when Member
in the assessment of their
States are using the model
own
the
surveillance
Community financial assistance to the annual work
plan of the CRL should be increased to cover the addi-
tional costs for this workshop and expert assistance.

programmes.

Therefore

(1)

(2)

Commission Decision 2004/145/EC of 12 February
2004 on financial assistance from the Community for
the operation of certain Community reference labora-
tories in the field of veterinary public health (biological
risks) for the year 2004 (2) grants Community financial
aid to them to carry out certain functions and duties.

(4)

Rules laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No
156/2004 of 29 January 2004 on the Community’s
financial assistance to the Community reference labora-
tories pursuant to Article 28 of Decision 90/424/EEC (3).

(5)

Decision 2004/145/EC should be amended accordingly.

As part of the annual work programme for 2003, the
Community reference laboratory for TSEs at Weybridge,
United Kingdom (CRL) has developed on the basis of the
analysis of the results of the Community BSE monitoring
programme
and
continuing evaluation of country BSE status which
for the assessment
includes an epidemiological model
of BSE monitoring results of individual countries.

an integrated approach to initial

(6)

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19. Decision as last modified by Regulation

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

(2) OJ L 47, 18.2.2004, p. 35.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

(3) OJ L 27, 30.1.2004, p. 5.

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Article 1

Decision 2004/145/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 6, paragraph 2 is replaced by:

mentioned in paragraph 1 above is entitled to claim
financial assistance for attendance at its workshops for up
to 50 participants.’.

Article 2

‘2.
The financial assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall
amount to a maximum of EUR 417 000 for the period 1
January to 31 December 2004.’.

This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland.

2. Article 6, paragraph 3 is replaced by:

Done at Brussels, 27 September 2004.

‘3.
The Community’s financial assistance for the organi-
sation of technical workshops shall amount to a maximum
of EUR 105 000. Pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No
laboratory
156/2004 and by way of derogation,

the

For the Commission

David BYRNE
Member of the Commission