2005/131/EC: Commission Decision of 7 February 2005 as regards Community financial aid for the year 2005, to certain Community reference laboratories in the veterinary public health field of biological risks (notified under document number C(2005) 262)
Date: 2005-02-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU aid, financial aid, health control, research body, veterinary medicine

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 7 February 2005

as regards Community financial aid for the year 2005, to certain Community reference laboratories
in the veterinary public health field of biological risks

(notified under document number C(2005) 262)

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

(2005/131/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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

Decision 90/424/EEC provides that the Community is to
contribute towards improving the efficiency of veterinary
inspections by granting financial aid to reference labora-
tories. Any reference laboratory designated as such,
in
accordance with Community veterinary legislation may
receive Community aid, subject to certain conditions.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 156/2004 of 29 January
2004 on the Community’s financial assistance to the
Community reference laboratories pursuant to Article 28
of Decision 90/424/EEC (2) provides that the financial
contribution from the Community is to be granted if the
approved work programmes are efficiently carried out and
that the beneficiaries supply all the necessary information
within certain time limits.

(5)

(6)

(7)

The Commission has assessed the work programmes and
corresponding budget
the
Community reference laboratories for the year 2005.

submitted by

estimates

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

and viral

down the health rules for the production and placing on
the market of raw milk, heat-treated milk and milk-based
products (3), Council Decision 93/383/EEC of 14 June
1993 on reference laboratories for the monitoring of
marine biotoxins (4), Council Decision 1999/313/EC of
29 April 1999 on reference laboratories for monitoring
bacteriological
contamination of bivalve
molluscs (5), Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the Euro-
pean Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001
laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradi-
cation of certain transmissible spongiform encephalo-
pathies (6), and Commission Decision 2004/564/EC of
20 July 2004 concerning Community reference labora-
and for
tories
for
salmonella
for
salmonella (7).

the
and national

epidemiology of zoonoses

laboratories

reference

In addition to the financial aid from the Community,
further aid should also be granted for the organisation
of workshops in areas falling under the responsibility of
the Community reference laboratories.

It

also limits

the workshops organised by

laboratories.
to a maximum of 30 participants

Regulation (EC) No 156/2004 lays down eligibility rules
the Community
for
financial
reference
assistance
in
limitation should be
workshops. Derogations to that
provided to one Community reference laboratory that
needs support for attendance by more than 30 parti-
cipants in order to achieve the best outcome of
its
workshops.

the

Sound financial management requires that recurring diffi-
culties which have occurred in the operation of one
Community reference laboratory be taken into account
when providing the Community financial aid to that
laboratory, which should be audited in the course of
the
compliance with the
verify
functions, duties and eligibility conditions laid down by
Community rules.

to further

year

Accordingly, Community financial aid should be granted
to the Community reference laboratories designated to
carry out
in
Council Directive 92/46/EEC of 16 June 1992 laying

the functions and duties provided for

(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 166, 8.7.1993, p. 31. Decision as last amended by the 2003

Act of Accession.

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19. Decision as last amended by Directive
2003/99/EC of the of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 31).

(5) OJ L 120, 8.5.1999, p. 40.
(6) OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Com-
mission Regulation (EC) No 36/2005 (OJ L 10, 13.1.2005, p. 9).

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

(7) OJ L 251, 27.7.2004, p. 14.

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(8)

(9)

to Article 3(2) of Council Regulation (EC)
Pursuant
No 1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of
the common agricultural policy (1),
the veterinary and
plant health measures undertaken in accordance with
the Guarantee
Community rules are financed under
Section of
the European Agricultural Guidance and
Guarantee Fund. For financial control purposes, Articles
8 and 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 apply.

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

In addition to the maximum amount provided for in
2.
paragraph 1,
the Community grants financial aid to France
for the organisation of a workshop by the laboratory referred
to in paragraph 1. That aid shall not exceed EUR 27 000.

Article 3

Financial aid to the Netherlands for the functions and
duties under Decision 2004/564/EC

functions

The Community grants financial aid to the Netherlands
1.
for
in Decision
and duties provided for
the
to be carried out by the Rijksinstituut voor
2004/564/EC,
in respect
Volksgezondheid en Milieu, Bilthoven, Netherlands,
of salmonella.

Article 1

For the period from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2005,
that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 270 000.

Financial aid to Spain for the functions and duties under
Decision 93/383/EEC

The Community grants financial aid to Spain for the
1.
functions and duties provided for in Article 4 of Decision
93/383/EEC, to be carried out by the Laboratorio de Biotoxinas
Marinas Area de Sanidad, Vigo, Spain, for the monitoring of
marine biotoxins.

For the period from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2005,
that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 201 000.

2.
In addition to the maximum amount provided for in
paragraph 1, the Community grants financial aid to Spain for
the organisation of a workshop by the laboratory referred to in
paragraph 1. That aid shall not exceed EUR 30 000.

3.
A technical and financial audit of the laboratory referred
to in paragraph 1 shall be performed by the Commission before
30 June 2005.

Article 2

Financial aid to France for the functions and duties under
Directive 92/46/EEC

The Community grants financial aid to France for the
1.
functions and duties provided for in Chapter II of Annex D
to Directive 92/46/EEC, to be carried out by the Laboratoire
d'études 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'études et de
recherches sur l’hygiène et la qualité des aliments), Maisons-
Alfort, France, for the analysis and testing of milk and milk
products.

For the period from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2005,
that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 200 000.

(1) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.

In addition to the maximum amount provided for in
2.
paragraph 1, the Community grants financial aid to the Neth-
erlands for the organisation of a workshop by the laboratory
referred to in paragraph 1. That
exceed
EUR 28 000.

aid shall not

Article 4

Financial aid to the United Kingdom for the functions and
duties under Decision 1999/313/EC

The Community grants

1.
financial aid to the United
Kingdom for the functions and duties provided for 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
viral and bacteriological contamination of bivalve molluscs.

For the period from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2005,
that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 248 000.

the Community grants

In addition to the maximum amount provided for in
2.
paragraph 1,
financial aid to the
United Kingdom for the organisation of a workshop by the
laboratory referred to in paragraph 1. That aid shall not
exceed EUR 30 000.

Article 5

Financial aid to the United Kingdom for the functions and
duties under Regulation (EC) No 999/2001

The Community grants

financial aid to the United
1.
Kingdom for the functions and duties provided in Chapter B
of Annex X to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, to be carried out
by the Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Addlestone, United
Kingdom, for the monitoring of transmissible spongiform ence-
phalopathies.

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For the period from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2005,
that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 500 000.

the Community grants

In addition to the maximum amount provided for in
2.
financial aid to the
paragraph 1,
United Kingdom for the organisation of a workshop by the
laboratory referred to in paragraph 1. That aid shall not
exceed EUR 70 500.

3.
By way of derogation from Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 156/2004, the laboratory referred to in paragraph 1 shall be
entitled to claim financial assistance for attendance by a
maximum of 50 participants at one of its workshops referred
to in paragraph 2 of this Article.

Article 6

Addresses

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain, the French
the Netherlands and the United
Republic,
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

the Kingdom of

Done at Brussels, 7 February 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission