2008/912/EC: Commission Decision of 28 November 2008 as regards a Community financial contribution for the year 2009 to certain Community reference laboratories in the feed and food control area (notified under document number C(2008) 7283)
Date: 2008-11-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, animal nutrition, disease prevention, foodstuff, protection of animals, research body, veterinary inspection

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 November 2008

as regards a Community financial contribution for the year 2009 to certain Community reference
laboratories in the feed and food control area

(notified under document number C(2008) 7283)

(Only the texts in Spanish, Danish, German, English, French, Italian, Dutch and Swedish are authentic)

(2008/912/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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 (1), and in particular Article 32(7) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Community reference laboratories in the food and feed
control area may be granted a Community financial
contribution in accordance with Article 28 of Council
Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure
in the veterinary field (2).

of

(EC) No

1754/2006

Community

Commission Regulation
of
28 November 2006 laying down detailed rules for the
to
assistance
financial
granting
feed and food
Community reference laboratories for
and the animal health sector (3) provides
the
that
financial contribution from the Community is to be
granted if the approved work programmes are efficiently
the
carried out and that
necessary information within certain time limits.

the beneficiaries supply all

In accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No
1754/2006 the relationship between the Commission
and each Community reference laboratories
laid
down in a partnership agreement which is supported
by a multiannual work programme.

is

(1) OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.
(3) OJ L 331, 29.11.2006, p. 8.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

The Commission has assessed the work programmes and
corresponding budget
the
Community reference laboratories for the year 2009.

submitted by

estimates

Accordingly, a Community financial contribution should
be granted to the Community reference laboratories
designated in order
to
carry out the functions and duties provided for in Regu­
lation (EC) No 882/2004. The Community’s financial
contribution should be at the rate of 100 % of eligible
costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1754/2006.

to co-finance their activities

It

also limits

the workshops organised by

laboratories.
to a maximum of 32 participants

Regulation (EC) No 1754/2006 lays down eligibility rules
the Community
for
financial
reference
in
assistance
workshops. Derogations to that
limitation should be
provided in accordance with Article 13(3) of Regulation
(EC) No 1754/2006 to some Community reference
laboratory that needs support for attendance by more
to achieve the best
in order
than 32 participants
outcome of its workshops.

the

Fund

(EAGF).

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 (4), animal disease eradi­
cation and control programmes (veterinary measures)
financed from the European Agricultural
shall be
Furthermore, Article 13,
Guarantee
in
second paragraph of
duly justified exceptional
and
programmes covered by Decision 90/424/EEC, expen­
diture relating to administrative and personnel costs
incurred by Member States and beneficiaries of aid
from the EAGF shall be borne by the Fund. For
financial control purposes, Articles 9, 36 and 37 of
Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 are to apply.

that Regulation foresees that

for measures

cases,

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(4) OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 1.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 4

Article 1

1.
The Community grants financial aid to the Laboratoire
d’études et de recherches sur la qualité des aliments et sur les
procédés agroalimentaires (LERQAP), of the Agence française de
sécurité sanitaire des aliments (AFSSA), Maisons-Alfort, France,
to carry out the functions and duties provided for in Article 32
of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, in particular for the analysis
and testing of milk and milk products.

For the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009,
that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 223 031.

In addition to the maximum amount provided for in
2.
paragraph 1,
financial aid to the
laboratory referred to in paragraph 1 for the organisation of
workshops. That aid shall not exceed EUR 23 000.

the Community grants

1.
The Community grants financial aid to the laboratory of
the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science,
Weymouth, United Kingdom, to carry out the functions and
in Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No
duties provided for
882/2004, in particular for the monitoring of viral and bacte-
riological contamination of bivalve molluscs.

For the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009,
that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 304 772.

In addition to the maximum amount provided for in
2.
financial aid to the
paragraph 1,
laboratory referred to in paragraph 1 for the organisation of
workshops. That aid shall not exceed EUR 36 505.

the Community grants

Article 2

The Community grants financial aid to the Rijksinstituut
1.
voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Neth­
erlands, to carry out the functions and duties provided for in
Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, in particular for
the analysis and testing of zoonoses (salmonella).

The Community grants a financial contribution to the
1.
Laboratoire d’études
la qualité des
et de recherches
aliments et sur les procédés agroalimentaires (LERQAP), of the
Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments (AFSSA),
Maisons-Alfort, France, to carry out the functions and duties
provided for in Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004,
in particular for the analysis and testing of Listeria monocytogenes.

sur

Article 5

For the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009,
that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 337 509.

In addition to the maximum amount provided for in
2.
financial aid to the
paragraph 1,
laboratory referred to in paragraph 1 for the organisation of
workshops. That aid shall not exceed EUR 31 072.

the Community grants

Article 3

1.
The Community grants financial aid to the Laboratorio de
Biotoxinas Marinas, Agencia Española de Seguridad Alimentaria
(Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo), Vigo, Spain, to carry out
the functions and duties provided for in Article 32 of Regu­
lation (EC) No 882/2004, in particular for the monitoring of
marine biotoxins.

For the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009,
that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 325 000.

For the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009,
that financial contribution shall not exceed EUR 277 377.

2.
In addition to the maximum amount provided for in
paragraph 1, the Community grants financial contribution to
the laboratory referred to in paragraph 1 for the organisation of
workshops. That contribution shall not exceed EUR 23 000.

Article 6

1.
The Community grants financial aid to the Laboratoire
d’études et de recherches sur la qualité des aliments et sur les
procédés agroalimentaires (LERQAP), of the Agence française de
sécurité sanitaire des aliments (AFSSA), Maisons-Alfort, France,
to carry out the functions and duties provided for in Article 32
of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, in particular for the analysis
and testing of Coagulase positive Staphylococci, including Staphy­
lococccus aureus.

In addition to the maximum amount provided for in
2.
paragraph 1,
financial aid to the
laboratory referred to in paragraph 1 for the organisation of
workshops. That aid shall not exceed EUR 42 560.

the Community grants

For the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009,
that financial contribution shall not exceed EUR 245 406.

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In addition to the maximum amount provided for in
2.
paragraph 1, the Community grants financial contribution to
the laboratory referred to in paragraph 1 for the organisation of
workshops. That contribution shall not exceed EUR 23 000.

the laboratory referred to in paragraph 1 for the organisation of
workshops. That contribution shall not exceed EUR 32 000.

Article 7

The Community grants

1.
financial contribution to the
Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy, to carry out the
functions and duties provided for in Article 32 of Regulation
(EC) No 882/2004, in particular for the analysis and testing of
Escherichia coli, including Verotoxigenic E. Coli (VTEC).

Article 10

The Community grants

financial contribution to the
1.
Fødevareinstituttet, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
(DTU),
Copenhagen, Denmark, to carry out the functions and duties
provided for in Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, in
particular for the monitoring of antimicrobial resistance.

For the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009,
that financial contribution shall not exceed EUR 235 891.

For the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009,
that financial contribution shall not exceed EUR 436 345.

2.
In addition to the maximum amount provided for in
paragraph 1, the Community grants financial contribution to
the laboratory referred to in paragraph 1 for the organisation of
workshops. That contribution shall not exceed EUR 32 000.

2.
In addition to the maximum amount provided for in
paragraph 1, the Community grants financial contribution to
the laboratory referred to in paragraph 1 for the organisation of
workshops. That contribution shall not exceed EUR 24 000.

Article 8

financial contribution to the
1.
The Community grants
(SVA), Uppsala, Sweden,
Statens Veterinärmedicinska Anstalt
in
the
to carry out
Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, in particular for
the monitoring of Campylobacter.

functions and duties provided for

Article 11

The Community grants

financial contribution to the
1.
agronomiques
(CRA-W),
Centre wallon
de
Gembloux, Belgium,
the functions and duties
provided for in Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004,
in particular for the analysis and testing of animal proteins in
feedingstuffs.

recherches
to carry out

For the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009,
that financial contribution shall not exceed EUR 278 570.

For the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009,
that financial contribution shall not exceed EUR 566 999.

2.
In addition to the maximum amount provided for in
paragraph 1, the Community grants financial contribution to
the laboratory referred to in paragraph 1 for the organisation of
workshops. That contribution shall not exceed EUR 40 000.

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

Article 9

The Community grants

financial contribution to the
1.
Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy, to carry out the
functions and duties provided for in Article 32 of Regulation
(EC) No 882/2004, in respect of analysis and testing of parasites
(in particular Trichinella, Echinococcus and Anisakis).

For the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009,
that financial contribution shall not exceed EUR 299 584.

Article 12

1.
The Community grants financial aid to the Rijksinstituut
voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiëne (RIVM), Bilthoven, the
Netherlands, to carry out the functions and duties provided for
in Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, in particular for
residues of certain substances listed in Annex I
to Council
Directive 96/23/EC (1).

For the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009,
that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 447 000.

2.
In addition to the maximum amount provided for in
paragraph 1, the Community grants financial contribution to

(1) OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 10.

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

the Community grants

Article 13

1.
The Community grants financial aid to the Laboratoire
d’études et de recherches sur les médicaments vétérinaires et
les désinfectants de l’Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des
aliments, Fougères, France, to carry out the functions and duties
provided for in Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, in
particular for residues of certain substances listed in Annex I to
Directive 96/23/EC.

For the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009,
that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 447 000.

Article 16

The Community grants financial aid to the Veterinary
1.
Laboratories Agency, Addlestone, United Kingdom,
to carry
out the functions and duties provided in Chapter B of Annex
X to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament
and of the Council (1), in particular for the monitoring of trans­
missible spongiform encephalopathies.

For the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009,
that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 605 608.

In addition to the maximum amount provided for in
2.
paragraph 1,
financial aid to the
laboratory referred to in paragraph 1 for the organisation of
workshops. That aid shall not exceed EUR 68 995.

the Community grants

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

3.
By way of derogation from Article 13(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 1754/2006, 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 14

The Community grants financial aid to the Bundesamt für
1.
Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit
(BVL), Berlin,
Germany, to carry out the functions and duties provided for
in Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, in particular for
residues of certain substances listed in Annex I to Directive
96/23/EC.

For the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009,
that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 447 000.

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

the Community grants

Article 15

The Community grants

1.
financial aid to the Istituto
Italy, to carry out the functions
Superiore di Sanità, Rome,
and duties provided for in Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No
882/2004, in particular for residues of certain substances listed
in Annex I to Directive 96/23/EC.

For the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009,
that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 260 000.

In addition to the maximum amount provided for in
2.
paragraph 1,
financial aid to the
laboratory referred to in paragraph 1 for the organisation of
workshops. That aid shall not exceed EUR 26 000.

the Community grants

Article 17

The Community grants financial contribution to the Chemisches
und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA) Freiburg, Germany, to
carry out the functions and duties provided for in Article 32 of
Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, in particular for the analysis and
testing of residues of pesticides in food of animal origin and
commodities with high fat content.

For the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009,
that financial contribution shall not exceed EUR 198 900.

Article 18

The Community grants

financial contribution to the
1.
Fødevareinstituttet, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
(DTU),
Copenhagen, Denmark, to carry out the functions and duties
provided for in Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, in
particular for the analysis and testing of residues of pesticides in
cereals and feedingstuffs.

For the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009,
that financial contribution shall not exceed EUR 198 900.

In addition to the maximum amount provided for in
2.
paragraph 1, the Community grants financial contribution to
the laboratory referred to in paragraph 1 for the organisation of
workshops. That contribution shall not exceed EUR 110 000.

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By way of derogation from Article 13(1) of Regulation
3.
(EC) No 1754/2006, the laboratory referred to in paragraph 1
shall be entitled to claim financial assistance for attendance by a
maximum of 110 participants at its workshops referred to in
paragraph 2 of this Article.

Article 22
The Community’s financial contribution referred to in Articles 1
to 21 shall be at the rate of 100 % of eligible costs as defined in
Regulation (EC) No 1754/2006.

Article 19

de

Generalitat

The Community grants
Agrario

financial contribution to the
1.
Laboratorio
Valenciana
la
(LAGV)/Grupo de Residuos de Plaguicidas de la Universidad
de Almería (PRRG), Spain,
the functions and
in Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No
duties provided for
the analysis and testing of
882/2004,
residues of pesticides
including
and vegetables,
commodities with high water and high acid content.

for
in fruits

to carry out

in particular

This Decision is addressed to the:

Article 23

— for milk and milk products: Laboratoire d’études et de
recherches sur la qualité des aliments et sur les procédés
the Agence française de
agroalimentaires
(LERQAP), of
sécurité sanitaire des aliments
(AFSSA), 23 avenue du
Général de Gaulle, 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France,

For the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009,
that financial contribution shall not exceed EUR 440 840.

— for the analysis and testing of zoonoses (salmonella): Rijks-
instituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM), Postbus 1,
Anthony van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The
Netherlands,

2.
In addition to the maximum amount provided for in
paragraph 1, the Community grants financial contribution to
the laboratory referred to in paragraph 1 for the organisation of
workshops. That contribution shall not exceed EUR 10 000.

Article 20

The Community grants financial contribution to the Chemisches
und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA) Stuttgart, Germany, to
carry out the functions and duties provided for in Article 32 of
Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, in particular for the analysis and
testing of residues of pesticides by single residue methods.

For the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009,
that financial contribution shall not exceed EUR 332 000.

Article 21

The Community grants

1.
financial contribution to the
Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA) Freiburg,
Germany, to carry out by the functions and duties provided
for in Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, in particular
for the analysis and testing of dioxins and PCBs in feed and
food.

For the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009,
that financial contribution shall not exceed EUR 432 000.

— for the monitoring of marine biotoxins: Laboratorio de
Biotoxinas Marinas, Agencia
Seguridad
Alimentaria (Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo), Estacion
Maritima, s/n, 36200 Vigo, Spain,

Española

de

— for monitoring the viral and bacteriological contamination
of bivalve molluscs: Laboratory of the Centre for Environ­
(CEFAS),
ment,
and Aquaculture
The Nothe,
Weymouth
Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 8UB, United Kingdom,

Laboratory,

Fisheries

Barrack

Science

Road,

— for

Laboratoire d’études

Listeria monocytogenes:

et de
recherches sur la qualité des aliments et sur les procédés
the Agence française de
agroalimentaires
(LERQAP), of
sécurité sanitaire des aliments
(AFSSA), 23 avenue du
Général de Gaulle, 94700 Maisons-Alfort, France,

— for coagulase positive Staphylococci, including Staphylococcus
aureus: Laboratoire d’études et de recherches sur la qualité
des aliments et sur les procédés agroalimentaires (LERQAP),
of the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments
(AFSSA), 23 avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94700
Maisons-Alfort, France,

— for Escherichia coli,

including Verotoxigenic E. Coli (VTEC):
Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Viale Regina Elena 299,
00161 Roma, Italy,

2.
In addition to the maximum amount provided for in
paragraph 1, the Community grants financial contribution to
the laboratory referred to in paragraph 1 for the organisation of
workshops. That contribution shall not exceed EUR 55 410.

— for Campylobacter: Statens Veterinärmedicinska Anstalt (SVA),

Ulls väg 2 B, 751 89 Uppsala, Sweden,

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— for parasites
Anisakis):
Elena 299, 00161 Roma, Italy,

(in particular Trichinella, Echinococcus and
Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Viale Regina

— for the analysis and testing of residues of pesticides in food
origin: Chemisches
und Veterinäruntersu­
(CVUA), Postfach 100462, Bissierstrasse 5,

of
animal
chungsamt
79114 Freiburg, Germany,

— for antimicrobial resistance: Fødevareinstituttet, Danmarks
1790
(DTU),

Bülowsvej

27,

Tekniske Universitet
Copenhagen V, Denmark,

— for animal proteins

in feedingstuffs: Centre wallon de
recherches agronomiques (CRA-W), Chaussée de Namur
24, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium,

— for residues: Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu
(RIVM), Postbus 1, Anthony van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, 3720
BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands,

— for residues: Laboratoire d’études et de recherches sur les
les désinfectants de l’Agence
médicaments vétérinaires et
française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments (AFSSA), Site de
Fougères, BP 90203, 35302 Fougères, France,

— for residues: Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebens­
mittelsicherheit, Postfach 100214, Mauerstrasse 39-42,
10562 Berlin, Germany,

— for the analysis and testing of residues of pesticides in
cereals: Fødevareinstituttet, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
(DTU), Department of Food Chemistry, Moerkhoej Bygade
19, 2860 Soeborg, Denmark,

— for the analysis and testing of residues of pesticides in fruits
and vegetables: Laboratorio Agrario de
la Generalitat
Valenciana (LAGV)/Grupo de Residuos de Plaguicidas de la
Universidad de Almería (PRRG), Ctra. Sacramento s/n, La
Canada de San Urbano, 04120 Almeria, Spain,

— for the analysis and testing of residues of pesticides by single
Veterinäruntersu­
Chemisches
(CVUA), Postfach 1206, Schaflandstrasse 3/2,

residue methods:
chungsamt
70736 Stuttgart, Germany,

und

— for the analysis and testing of dioxins and PCBs in feed and
food: Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA),
Postfach
Freiburg,
Germany.

Bissierstrasse

100462,

79114

5,

— for residues: Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Viale Regina

Elena 299, 00161 Roma, Italy,

Done at Brussels, 28 November 2008.

— for

transmissible

(TSEs):
Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Woodham Lane, New
Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB, United Kingdom,

spongiform encephalopathies

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission