2007/336/EC: Commission Decision of 8 May 2007 on financial aid from the Community for the year 2007 for certain Community reference laboratories in the field of animal health and live animals (notified under document number C(2007) 1930)
Date: 2007-05-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, animal health, financial aid, health control, live animal, research body, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 8 May 2007

on financial aid from the Community for the year 2007 for certain Community reference
laboratories in the field of animal health and live animals

(notified under document number C(2007) 1930)

(Only the German, English, Spanish, Danish, French, and Swedish versions are authentic)

(2007/336/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

and Community reference laboratories is laid down in a
partnership agreement which is supported by a multi-
annual work programme.

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,

(4)

(5)

The Commission has assessed the work programmes and
the
corresponding budget
Community reference laboratories for the year 2007.

submitted by

estimates

Accordingly, Community financial assistance should be
laboratories
granted
designated to carry out
and duties
provided for in the following Acts:

to the Community
the

reference
functions

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European
Parliament and of 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 (2), and in particular Article 32(7) thereof,

— Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001
on Community measures for the control of classical
swine fever (4),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Pursuant
to Article 28(1) of Decision 90/424/EEC
Community reference laboratories in the field of animal
health and live animals may be granted Community aid.

of

Community

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1754/2006 of 28
the
November 2006 laying down detailed rules for
assistance
granting
to
financial
feed and food
Community reference laboratories for
and the animal health sector (3) provides
the
that
to be
financial assistance from the Community is
granted if the approved work programmes are efficiently
carried out and that
the
necessary information within certain time limits.

the beneficiaries supply all

— Council Directive 92/66/EEC of 14 July 1992 intro-
the control of

for

ducing Community measures
Newcastle disease (5),

— Council Directive 92/40/EEC of 19 May 1992 intro-
ducing Community measures for the control of avian
influenza (6),

— Council Directive 92/119/EEC of 17 December 1992
introducing general Community measures for
the
control of certain animals diseases and specific
measures relating swine vesicular disease (7),

— Council Directive 93/53/EEC of 24 June 1993 intro-
the

ducing minimum Community measures
control of certain fish diseases (8),

for

(3)

In accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No
1754/2006 the relationship between the Commission

(4) OJ L 316, 1.12.2001, p. 5. Directive as last amended by Directive

2006/104/EC (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 352).

(5) OJ L 260, 5.9.1992, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive

2006/104/EC.

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

(6) OJ L 167, 22.6.1992, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive

(EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1; corrected version in OJ L 191,
28.5.2004, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1791/2006.

(3) OJ L 331, 29.11.2006, p. 8.

2006/104/EC.

(7) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 69. Directive as

last amended by

Commission Directive 2007/10/EC (OJ L 63, 1.3.2007, p. 24).
(8) OJ L 175, 19.7.1993, p. 23. Directive as last amended by Directive

2006/104/EC.

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— Council Directive 95/70/EC of 22 December 1995
introducing minimum Community measures for the
control
bivalve
of
molluscs (1),

affecting

diseases

certain

— Council Directive 92/35/EEC of 29 April 1992 laying
down control rules and measures to combat African
horse sickness (2),

— Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000
laying down specific provisions for the control and
eradication of bluetongue (3),

— Council Decision 2000/258/EC of 20 March 2000
designating a specific institute responsible for estab-
lishing the criteria necessary for standardising the
serological
the effectiveness of
rabies vaccines (4),

to monitor

tests

— Council Directive 2002/60/EC of 27 June 2002
laying down specific provisions for the control of
African
amending Directive
and
92/119/EEC as regards Teschen disease and African
swine fever (5),

swine

fever

— Council Decision 96/463/EC of 23 July 1996 desig-
nating the reference body responsible for colla-
borating in rendering uniform the testing methods
and the assessment of
the results for pure-bred
breeding animals of the bovine species (6),

— Council Directive 2003/85/EC of 29 September 2003
on Community measures for the control of foot-and-
mouth disease repealing Directive 85/511/EEC and
and
Decisions
amending Directive 92/46/EEC (7),

89/531/EEC

91/665/EEC

and

(7)

(8)

In accordance with Article 3(2)(a) of Council Regulation
(EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of
the common agricultural policy (8) animal disease eradi-
cation and control programmes (veterinary measures) are
to be financed from the European Agricultural Guarantee
Fund. For financial control purposes, Articles 9, 36 and
37 of that Regulation are to 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:

Article 1

For classical
swine fever,
the Community grants
financial
für Virologie der Tierärztlichen
assistance to the Institut
Hochschule, Hannover, Germany, to carry out the functions
and duties referred to in Annex IV to Directive 2001/89/EC.

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the elegible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No
institute for the work
1754/2006 to be incurred by that
a maximum of
to
amount
programme
EUR 232 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2007, of which a maximum of EUR 18 000 shall be dedicated
to the organisation of a technical workshop on classical swine
fever diagnostic techniques.

shall

and

Article 2

financial
For Newcastle disease,
assistance to the Central Veterinary Laboratory, Addlestone,
United Kingdom,
the functions and duties
referred to in Annex V to Directive 92/66/EEC.

the Community

to carry out

grants

— Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 for brucellosis.

(6)

Financial assistance for the operation and organisation of
workshops of Community reference laboratories should
also be in conformity with the eligibility rules laid down
in Regulation (EC) No 1754/2006.

(1) OJ L 332, 30.12.1995, p. 33. Directive as last amended by Directive

2006/104/EC.

(2) OJ L 157, 10.6.1992, p. 19. Directive as last amended by Directive

2006/104/EC.

(3) OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 74. Directive as last amended by Directive

2006/104/EC.

(4) OJ L 79, 30.3.2000, p. 40. Decision as amended by Commission

Decision 2003/60/EC (OJ L 23, 28.1.2003, p. 30).

(5) OJ L 192, 20.7.2002, p. 27. Directive as last amended by Directive

2006/104/EC.

(6) OJ L 192, 2.8.1996, p. 19.
(7) OJ L 306, 22.11.2003, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive

2006/104/EC.

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the elegible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No
1754/2006 to be incurred by that laboratory for the work
programme and shall amount to a maximum of EUR 77 000
for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2007.

Article 3

For avian influenza, the Community grants financial assistance
to the Central Veterinary Laboratory, Addlestone, United
Kingdom, to carry out the functions and duties referred to in
Annex V to Directive 92/40/EEC.

(8) OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 378/2007 (OJ L 95, 5.4.2007, p. 1).

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The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the elegible costs to be incurred by that laboratory
for the work programme and shall amount to a maximum of
EUR 406 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2007.

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the elegible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No
1754/2006 to be incurred by that
institute for the work
programme and shall amount to a maximum of EUR 90 000
for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2007.

Article 4

the Community grants financial
For swine vesicular disease,
assistance to the Pirbright Laboratory, United Kingdom,
to
carry out the functions and duties referred to in Annex III to
Directive 92/119/EEC.

Article 8

For African horse sickness,
the Community grants financial
assistance to the Laboratorio central de veterinaria de Madrid,
Algete, Spain, to carry out the functions and duties referred to
in Annex I to Directive 92/35/EEC.

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the elegible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No
1754/2006 to be incurred by that laboratory for the work
programme
a maximum of
amount
EUR 126 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2007.

shall

and

to

Article 5

For foot and mouth disease, the Community grants financial
to
assistance to the Pirbright Laboratory, United Kingdom,
carry out the functions and duties referred to in Annex XVI
to Directive 2003/85/EC.

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the elegible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No
1754/2006 to be incurred by that laboratory for the work
a maximum of
amount
programme
EUR 274 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2007.

shall

and

to

Article 6

For fish diseases, the Community grants financial assistance to
the Danish National Veterinary Institute, Aarhus, Denmark, to
carry out the functions and duties referred to in Annex C to
Directive 93/53/EEC.

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
the elegible costs as defined in Regulation (EC)
100 % of
No 1754/2006 to be incurred by that
laboratory for the
work programme and shall amount to a maximum of EUR
98 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2007,
of which a maximum of EUR 38 000 shall be dedicated to the
organisation of a technical workshop on African horse sickness
diagnostic techniques.

Article 9

For bluetongue, the Community grants financial assistance to
the
the Pirbright Laboratory, United Kingdom,
functions and duties referred to in Annex II
to Directive
2000/75/EC.

to carry out

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the elegible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No
1754/2006 to be incurred by that laboratory for the work
a maximum of
amount
programme
EUR 373 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2007, of which a maximum of EUR 45 000 shall be dedicated
to the organisation of a technical workshop on bluetongue
diagnostic techniques.

shall

and

to

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the elegible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No
institute for the work
1754/2006 to be incurred by that
programme
a maximum of
to
amount
EUR 150 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2007.

shall

and

Article 10

For rabies serology, the Community grants financial assistance
to the laboratory of the l’Agence française de sécurité sanitaire
des aliments (AFSSA), Nancy, France, to carry out the functions
and duties referred to in Annex II to Decision 2000/258/EC.

Article 7

For diseases of bivalve molluscs, the Community grants financial
assistance to the Ifremer, La Tremblade, France, to carry out the
functions and duties referred to in Annex B to Directive
95/70/EC.

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the elegible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No
1754/2006 to be incurred by that laboratory for the work
programme
a maximum of
amount
EUR 200 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2007.

shall

and

to

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Article 11

For brucellosis, the Community grants financial assistance to the
AFSSA — Laboratoire d’études et de recherches en pathologie
animale et zoonoses, Maisons-Alfort, France, to carry out the
functions and duties referred in Article 32(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 882/2004.

EUR 80 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2007.

Article 14

This Decision is addressed to:

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the elegible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No
1754/2006 to be incurred by that laboratory for the work
programme
a maximum of
amount
EUR 250 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2007, of which a maximum of EUR 35 000 shall be dedicated
to the organisation of a technical workshop on brucellosis diag-
nostic techniques.

shall

and

to

Article 12

For African swine fever,
financial
assistance to the Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal,
Valdeolmos, Madrid, Spain,
the functions and
duties referred to in Annex V to Directive 2002/60/EC.

the Community grants

to carry out

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the elegible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No
1754/2006 to be incurred by that research centre for the work
programme and shall amount to a maximum of EUR 120 000
for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2007.

— Institut

für Virologie

der Tierärztlichen Hochschule,

Hannover, Germany,

— Central Veterinary Laboratory, Addlestone, United Kingdom,

— Pirbright Laboratory, United Kingdom,

— Danish National Veterinary Institute, Aarhus, Denmark,

— Ifremer, La Tremblade, France,

— Laboratorio central de veterinaria de Madrid, Algete, Spain,

— Laboratory of the AFSSA. Nancy, France,

— AFSSA — Laboratoire d’études

recherches
pathologie animale et zoonoses, Maisons-Alfort, France,

et de

en

Article 13

Madrid, Spain,

— Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal, Valdeolmos,

For the assessment of the results of the methods of testing pure-
bred breeding animals of the bovine species, and the harmoni-
sation of the various methods of testing, the Community grants
financial assistance to the Interbull Centre, Uppsala, Sweden, to
carry out the functions and duties referred to in Annex II to
Decision 96/463/EC.

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
the costs to be incurred by that centre for the
100 % of
to a maximum of
work programme and shall amount

— Interbull Centre, Uppsala, Sweden.

Done at Brussels, 8 May 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission