2006/142/EC: Commission Decision of  17 February 2006  as regards Community financial aid for the year 2006, to certain Community reference laboratories in the veterinary public health field of biological risks  (notified under document number C(2006) 328)
Date: 2006-02-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, France, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, health control, public health, research body

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 17 February 2006

as regards Community financial aid for the year 2006, to certain Community reference laboratories
in the veterinary public health field of biological risks

(notified under document number C(2006) 328)

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

(2006/142/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

prevention, control and eradication of certain trans-
missible spongiform encephalopathies (4).

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-
tories. Any reference laboratory designated as such,
in
accordance with Community veterinary legislation may
receive Community aid, subject to certain conditions.

(EC) No

156/2004

Regulation

Commission
of
29 January 2004 on the Community’s financial assistance
to 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 infor-
mation within certain time limits.

The Commission has assessed the work programmes and
the
corresponding budget
Community reference laboratories for the year 2006.

submitted by

estimates

Accordingly, from 1 January 2006 Community financial
aid should be granted to the Community reference
laboratories designated to carry out the functions and
duties provided for in Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of
the European Parliament
the Council of
29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure
the verification of compliance with feed and food law,
animal health and animal welfare rules (3) and in Regu-
lation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and
of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the

and of

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

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
workshops. Derogations to that
limitation should be
provided to one Community reference laboratory that
needs support for attendance by more than 30 parti-
cipants in order to achieve the best outcome from its
workshops.

the

The Laboratorio de Biotoxinas Marinas, Agencia Española de
Seguridad Alimentaria (Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo),
Vigo, Spain, designated as the Community reference
laboratory for monitoring of marine biotoxins by Regu-
lation (EC) No 882/2004, was requested to add to its
annual work programme a project
in support of the
development of Community food safety policy and legis-
lation in the area of detection and monitoring of marine
biotoxins, where special attention should be paid to
make available standards for the detection of certain
marine biotoxins in order to have alternative detection
methods.

Pursuant to Article 3(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No
1258/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the financing of the
common agricultural policy (5), the 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.

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

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

2006/53/EC (OJ L 29, 2.2.2006, p. 37).

(4) OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1. Regulation as

(2) OJ L 27, 30.1.2004, p. 5.
(3) OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1, as corrected by OJ L 191, 28.5.2004,

Commission Regulation
3.12.2005, p. 4).

p. 1.

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

(EC) No 1974/2005 (OJ

last amended by
L 317,

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Financial aid to Spain for the functions and duties pursuant
to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004

1.
The Community grants financial aid to Spain for the
functions and duties provided for in Article 32 of Regulation
(EC) No 882/2004, to be carried out by the Laboratorio de
Biotoxinas Marinas, Agencia Española de Seguridad Alimentaria
(Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo), Vigo, Spain, for the moni-
toring of marine biotoxins.

For the period from 1 January to 31 December 2006, that
financial aid shall not exceed EUR 360 000.

Within the maximum referred to in the second subparagraph
and without prejudice to the time limits laid down in Article 2
of Regulation (EC) No 156/2004, an amount of EUR 140 000
shall be reserved for the project to produce reference materials
for the detection of Saxitoxin and analogues, Okadaic acid and
analogues, Azaspiracids, Pectenotoxins, Palytoxin, Spirolides and
Yessotoxin and shall be directly granted to the Community
reference laboratory for monitoring marine biotoxins at Vigo
subject to:

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 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004

1.
The Community grants financial aid to the Netherlands
for the functions and duties provided for in Article 32 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 882/2004, to be carried out by the Rijksinstituut
voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands, in
respect of analysis and testing of zoonoses (salmonella).

For the period from 1 January to 31 December 2006, that
financial aid shall not exceed EUR 305 000.

2.
In addition to the maximum amount provided for in
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

(a)

forwarding monthly intermediate reports on the progress of
the project;

Financial aid to the United Kingdom for the functions and
duties pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004

(b) forwarding a draft report by 31 December 2006 at the

latest;

(c)

forwarding a
evidence as to the costs incurred, by 31 March 2007.

accompanied by justifying

report,

final

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.

Article 2

Financial aid to France for the functions and duties
pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004

1.
The Community grants financial aid to France for the
functions and duties provided for in Article 32 of Regulation
(EC) No 882/2004, 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,
Maisons-Alfort, France, for the analysis and testing of milk and
milk products.

For the period from 1 January to 31 December 2006, that
financial aid shall not exceed EUR 145 000.

The Community grants

1.
financial aid to the United
Kingdom for the functions and duties provided for in Article
32 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, to be carried out by the
laboratory of the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aqua-
culture Science, Weymouth, United Kingdom, for the moni-
toring of viral and bacteriological contamination of bivalve
molluscs.

For the period from 1 January to 31 December 2006, that
financial aid shall not exceed EUR 263 000.

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 pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 and Regu-
lation (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 to 31 December 2006, that
financial aid shall not exceed EUR 731 000.

the Community grants

2.
In addition to the maximum amount provided for in
financial aid to the
paragraph 1,
United Kingdom for the organisation of workshops by the
laboratory referred to in paragraph 1. That aid shall not
exceed EUR 70 000.

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, 17 February 2006.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission