2005/935/EC: Commission Decision of  22 December 2005  amending Decision 2005/237/EC as regards the financial aid from the Community for the operation of the avian influenza Community reference laboratory in 2005  (notified under document number C(2005) 5617)
Date: 2005-12-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, animal disease, medical research, research body, research expenditure (EU), veterinary medicine

L 340/78

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Official Journal of the European Union

23.12.2005

COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 December 2005

amending Decision 2005/237/EC as regards the financial aid from the Community for the operation
of the avian influenza Community reference laboratory in 2005

(notified under document number C(2005) 5617)

(Only the English text is authentic)

(2005/935/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

In addition,
the Community reference laboratory for
avian influenza plays a key role in supporting the diag-
nostic units in the national reference avian influenza
laboratories, including visits to those laboratories.

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)

Council Directive 92/40/EEC of 19 May 1992 intro-
ducing Community measures for the control of avian
influenza (2) defines the Community control measures
to be applied in the event of an outbreak of avian
influenza in poultry. It also provides for the designation
of
a
and
influenza
Community reference laboratory for avian influenza.

laboratories

national

avian

Commission Decision 2005/237/EC of 15 March 2005
on financial aid from the Community for the operation
of certain Community reference laboratories in the field
of animal health and live animals in 2005 (3) granted
Community financial aid to the Community reference
laboratory for avian influenza designated in Directive
92/40/EEC.

amount of work to be

in the animal health situation
Recent developments
concerning avian influenza in the Community and
increase in
third countries have lead to a substantial
the
carried out by the
Community reference laboratory for avian influenza in
relation to that disease. The increase is mainly due to the
characterisation of viruses submitted to the laboratory
and the production and updating of the current panel
of reagents and their distribution.

(5)

(6)

The enlargement of the arsenal of available diagnostic,
such as the validation of new molecular diagnostic tech-
niques and methodology,
standards and
running the inter-laboratory tests that has been added
the approved work
to the functions and duties of
programme for 2005 has
incremented the activity
carried out in the Community reference laboratory for
avian influenza.

issuing of

information
The Commission has analysed the recent
provided by the Community reference laboratory for
avian influenza on the expenditure required for 2005.
Taking into account that information, the Community’s
financial contribution to that
laboratory needs to be
adjusted and it is therefore appropriate to allocate addi-
tional funding for 2005.

(7)

Decision 2005/237/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

(8)

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:

(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 167, 22.6.1992, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Regulation

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

(3) OJ L 72, 18.3.2005, p. 47.

Article 1

In Article 3 of Decision 2005/237/EC,
replaced by ‘EUR 285 000’.

‘EUR 135 000’

is

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

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2005.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission