2005/161/EC: Commission Decision of 24 February 2005 as regards Community financial aid for the year 2005, to certain Community reference laboratories in the veterinary public health field of residues (notified under document number C(2005) 392)
Date: 2005-02-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, financial aid, public health, research body, veterinary legislation

25.2.2005

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 24 February 2005

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

(notified under document number C(2005) 392)

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

(2005/161/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

85/358/EEC and 86/469/EEC and Decisions 89/187/EEC
and 91/664/EEC (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:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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-
in
tories. Any reference laboratory designated as such,
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
necessary information within certain time limits.

the beneficiaries supply all

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

submitted by
for

estimates

Accordingly, Community financial aid should be granted
to designed Community reference laboratories for the
functions and duties provided for in Council Directive
96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on measures to monitor
certain substances and residues thereof in live animals
repealing Directives
and

products

animal

and

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Further aid should also be granted for the organisation of
workshops in the areas falling under the responsibility of
the Community reference laboratories.

Sound financial management requires that recurring diffi-
culties which have occurred in the operation of
the
Community reference laboratory in Rome be taken into
account when providing the Community financial aid to
it. In December 2004, that laboratory has been audited
to further verify compliance with the functions, duties
and eligibility conditions laid down by Community rules.

Pursuant to Article 3(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No
1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the
common agricultural policy (4), veterinary and plant
accordance with
health measures
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 to this
Decision.

undertaken

in

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:

Article 1

1.
The Community grants financial aid to Germany for the
functions and duties provided for in Annex V, Chapter 2, to
Directive 96/23/EC to be carried out by the Bundesamt für
Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit
(formerly the
Bundesinstitut
für gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und
Veterinärmedizin (BGVV)), Berlin, Germany, for the detection
of residues of certain substances.

For the period from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2005,
that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 420 000.

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19. Decision as last amended by Directive
2003/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ
L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 31).
(2) OJ L 27, 30.1.2004, p. 5.

(3) OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 10. Directive as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1).
(4) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.

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

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

Article 2

Article 4

1.
The Community grants financial aid to France for the
functions and duties provided for in Annex V, Chapter 2, to
Directive 96/23/EC to be carried out by the Laboratoire d’études
et de recherches sur les médicaments vétérinaires et les désin-
fectants de L’Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments,
(formerly
vétérinaries
(CNEVA-LMV)), Fougères, France, for the detection of residues
of certain substances.

des médicaments

Laboratoire

the

For the period from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2005,
that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 420 000.

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 30 000.

Article 3

1.
the
The Community grants financial aid to Italy for
functions and duties provided for in Annex V, Chapter 2, to
Directive 96/23/EC to be carried out by the Istituto Superiore di
Sanità, Rome,
for the detection of residues of certain
substances.

Italy,

For the period from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2005,
that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 420 000.

1.
The Community grants financial aid to the Netherlands
for the functions and duties referred to in Annex V, Chapter
2, to Directive 96/23/EC to be carried out by the Rijksinstituut
voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiëne (RIVM), Bilthoven, the
Netherlands, for the detection of residues of certain substances.

For the period from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2005,
that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 420 000.

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

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany,
the French Republic, the Italian Republic and the Kingdom of
the Netherlands.

Done at Brussels, 24 February 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission