2008/965/EC: Commission Decision of 5 December 2008 on financial aid from the Community for the year 2009 for certain Community reference laboratories in the field of animal health and live animals (notified under document number C(2008) 7667)
Date: 2008-12-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, EU financing, animal disease, disease prevention, health control, live animal, research body, research budget, research expenditure (EU), veterinary inspection

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DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 5 December 2008

on financial aid from the Community for the year 2009 for certain Community reference
laboratories in the field of animal health and live animals

(notified under document number C(2008) 7667)

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

(2008/965/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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,

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,

Whereas:

(3)

(4)

(5)

(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.

(EC) No

1754/2006

of
Commission Regulation
28 November 2006 laying down detailed rules for the
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

Community

of

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1, as corrected by OJ L 191, 28.5.2004,

p. 1.

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

granted if the approved work programmes are efficiently
carried out and the beneficiaries supply all the necessary
information within certain time limits.

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

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

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

— Council Directive 92/35/EEC of 29 April 1992 laying
down control rules and measures to combat African
horse sickness (4),

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

for

ducing Community measures
Newcastle disease (5),

(4) OJ L 157, 10.6.1992, p. 19.
(5) OJ L 260, 5.9.1992, p. 1.

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— 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 (1),

— Council Directive 2006/88/EC of 24 October 2006
on animal health requirements
aquaculture
animals and products thereof, and on the prevention
and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals (11),

for

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

ducing minimum Community measures
control of certain fish diseases (2),

for

— Council Directive 95/70/EC of 22 December 1995
introducing minimum Community measures for the
control
bivalve
of
molluscs (3),

affecting

diseases

certain

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

to monitor

tests

— Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000
laying down specific provisions for the control and
eradication of bluetongue (5),

— Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001
on Community measures for the control of classical
swine fever (6),

— 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 (7),

swine

fever

— 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
Decisions
and
amending Directive 92/46/EEC (8),

89/531/EEC

91/665/EEC

and

— Council Decision 96/463/EC of 23 July 1996 desig­
nating the reference body responsible for collab­
orating in rendering uniform the testing methods
and the assessment of
the results for pure-bred
breeding animals of the bovine species (9),

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

— Council Directive 2005/94/EC of 20 December 2005
on Community measures for the control of avian
influenza and repealing Directive 92/40/EEC (10),

(1) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 69.
(2) OJ L 175, 19.7.1993, p. 23.
(3) OJ L 332, 30.12.1995, p. 33.
(4) OJ L 79, 30.3.2000, p. 40.
(5) OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 74.
(6) OJ L 316, 1.12.2001, p. 5.
(7) OJ L 192, 20.7.2002, p. 27.
(8) OJ L 306, 22.11.2003, p. 1.
(9) OJ L 192, 2.8.1996, p. 19.
(10) OJ L 10, 14.1.2006, p. 16.

— Commission Regulation (EC) No 180/2008 of
28 February 2008 concerning the Community
reference laboratory for equine diseases other than
African horse sickness and amending Annex VII to
Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of
the European
Parliament and of the Council (12),

— Commission Regulation (EC) No 737/2008 of
28 July 2008 designating the Community reference
laboratories for crustacean diseases, rabies and bovine
tuberculosis,
laying down additional responsibilities
and tasks for the Community reference laboratories
for rabies and bovine tuberculosis and amending
Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the
European Parliament and of the Council (13).

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.

Agricultural

In accordance with Articles 3(2)(a) and 13 of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on
the common agricultural policy (14),
the financing of
animal disease eradication and control programmes
financed from the
(veterinary measures)
shall be
European
(EAGF).
Furthermore, Article 13, second paragraph of that Regu­
lation foresees that in duly justified exceptional cases, for
measures
by Decision
90/424/EEC, expenditure relating to administrative and
personnel costs incurred by Member States and benefi­
ciaries 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.

programmes

Guarantee

covered

Fund

and

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

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

opinion

the

of

(6)

(7)

(8)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

For African horse sickness,
the Community grants financial
assistance to the Laboratorio Central de Sanidad Animal de
Algete, Algete (Madrid), Spain, to carry out the functions and
duties set out in Annex III to Directive 92/35/EEC.

(11) OJ L 328, 24.11.2006, p. 14.
(12) OJ L 56, 29.2.2008, p. 4.
(13) OJ L 201, 30.7.2008, p. 29.
(14) OJ L 209, 11.8.2005, p. 1.

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The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the eligible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No
1754/2006 to be incurred by that laboratory for the work
programme
to a maximum of EUR
101 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2009, of which a maximum of EUR 35 000 shall be
dedicated to the organisation of a technical workshop on
African horse sickness.

and shall

amount

Article 2

For Newcastle disease,
financial
assistance to the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA), New
Haw, Weybridge, United Kingdom, to carry out the functions
and duties set out in Annex V to Directive 92/66/EEC.

the Community

grants

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the eligible 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 88 000
for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2009.

Article 3

For swine vesicular disease,
the Community grants financial
assistance to the AFRC Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright
the
Laboratory, Pirbright, United Kingdom,
functions and duties
to Directive
92/119/EEC.

in Annex III

to carry out

set out

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the eligible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No
1754/2006 to be incurred by that laboratory for the work
programme
to a maximum of EUR
125 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2009.

and shall

amount

Article 4

For fish diseases, the Community grants financial assistance to
the Technical University of Denmark, National Veterinary
Institute, Department of Poultry, Fish and Fur Animals,
Aarhus, Denmark, to carry out the functions and duties set
out in Annex C to Directive 93/53/EEC.

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the eligible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No
1754/2006 to be incurred by that laboratory for the work
programme
to a maximum of EUR
255 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2009.

and shall

amount

Article 5

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

Article 6

For rabies serology, the Community grants financial assistance
to the AFSSA, Laboratoire d’études sur la rage et la pathologie
des animaux sauvages, Nancy, France, to carry out the functions
and duties set out in Annex II to Decision 2000/258/EC.

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the eligible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No
1754/2006 to be incurred by that laboratory for the work
programme
to a maximum of EUR
205 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2009.

and shall

amount

Article 7

For bluetongue, the Community grants financial assistance to
the AFRC Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory,
the functions and
Pirbright, United Kingdom,
duties set out in Annex II(B) to Directive 2000/75/EC.

to carry out

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the eligible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No
1754/2006 to be incurred by that laboratory for the work
programme
to a maximum of EUR
298 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2009.

and shall

amount

Article 8

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

set out

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the eligible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No
institute for the work
1754/2006 to be incurred by that
programme
to a maximum of EUR
and shall
215 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2009.

amount

Article 9

financial
For African swine fever,
assistance to the Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal,
Valdeolmos, Madrid, Spain,
the functions and
duties set out 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 eligible 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 208 000
for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2009 of which a
maximum of EUR 43 000 shall be dedicated to the organisation
of a technical workshop on African swine fever.

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the eligible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No
institute for the work
1754/2006 to be incurred by that
programme
to a maximum of EUR
and shall
105 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2009.

amount

By way of derogation from Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No
1754/2006, the laboratory referred to in the first paragraph
shall be entitled to claim financial assistance for attendance by
a maximum of 50 participants at one of its workshops referred
to in the second paragraph of this Article.

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Article 10

Article 14

to the

Institute

For foot-and-mouth disease, the Community grants financial
assistance
for Animal Health, Pirbright
the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences
Laboratory, of
to
(BBSRC), Pirbright, United Kingdom,
Research Council
carry out the functions and duties set out in Annex XVI to
Directive 2003/85/EC.

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the eligible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No
1754/2006 to be incurred by that laboratory for the work
programme
to a maximum of EUR
300 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2009.

and shall

amount

Article 11

For collaborating in rendering uniform the testing methods and
the assessment of the results for pure-bred breeding animals of
the bovine species, the Community grants financial assistance to
the INTERBULL Centre, Department of Animal Breeding and
Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala,
Sweden, to carry out the functions and duties set out in Annex
II to Decision 96/463/EC.

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the eligible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No
1754/2006 to be incurred by that centre for
the work
programme and shall amount to a maximum of EUR 91 000
for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2009.

Article 12

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 set out in Article 32(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 882/2004.

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the eligible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No
1754/2006 to be incurred by that laboratory for the work
to a maximum of EUR
programme
269 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2009, of which a maximum of EUR 28 000 shall be
dedicated to the organisation of a technical workshop on
brucellosis diagnostic techniques.

and shall

amount

Article 13

For avian influenza, the Community grants financial assistance
to the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA), New Haw,
Weybridge, United Kingdom, to carry out the functions and
duties set out in Annex VII to Directive 2005/94/EC.

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the eligible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No
1754/2006 to be incurred by that laboratory for the work
programme
to a maximum of EUR
400 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2009.

and shall

amount

crustacean diseases,

the Community grants

For
financial
assistance to the Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aqua­
Laboratory, United
culture
in
Kingdom,
Part I Annex VI to Directive 2006/88/EC.

the functions and duties set out

(Cefas), Weymouth

to carry out

Science

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the eligible 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 95 000
for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2009.

Article 15

For equine diseases other than African Horse Sickness,
the
Community grants financial assistance to the AFSSA, Labo-
ratoire d’études et de recherches en pathologie animale et
zoonoses/Laboratoire d’études et de recherche en pathologie
equine, France, to carry out the functions and duties set out
in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 180/2008.

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the eligible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No
1754/2006 to be incurred by that laboratory for the work
to a maximum of EUR
programme
515 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2009 of which a maximum of EUR 40 000 shall be
dedicated to the organisation of a technical workshop on
equine diseases.

and shall

amount

Article 16

For rabies, the Community grants financial assistance to the
AFSSA, Laboratoire d’études sur la rage et la pathologie des
animaux sauvages, Nancy, France, to carry out the functions
and duties set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 737/2008.

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the eligible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No
1754/2006 to be incurred by that laboratory for the work
programme
to a maximum of EUR
285 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2009, of which a maximum of EUR 25 000 shall be
dedicated to the organisation of a technical workshop on rabies.

and shall

amount

Article 17

For tuberculosis, the Community grants financial assistance to
the Laboratorio de Vigilancia Veterinaria (VISAVET) of
the
Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid,
Madrid, Spain, to carry out the functions and duties set out
in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 737/2008.

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of
100 % of the eligible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No
1754/2006 to be incurred by that laboratory for the work
programme
to a maximum of EUR
205 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December
2009, of which a maximum of EUR 25 000 shall be
dedicated to the organisation of a technical workshop on tuber­
culosis.

and shall

amount

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This Decision is addressed to:

Article 18

— for African horse sickness: Laboratorio Central de Sanidad
Animal, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural Y
Marinos, Ctra. De Algete km 8, Valdeolmos, E-28110,
Algete, Madrid; Sra Concepción Gómez Tejedor, Tel. (34)
916 29 03 00,

— for Newcastle disease: Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA),
Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB,
United Kingdom; Mr Ian Brown, Tel. (44) 1932 35 73 39,

— for swine vesicular disease: AFRC Institute for Animal
Health, Pirbright Laboratory, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey
GU24 ONF, United Kingdom; Mr D.
(44)
7900 16 20 31,

J. Paton, Tel.

— for fish diseases: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Veterinæin­
stituttet, Afdeling for Fjerkræ, Fiske og Pelsdyr, Hangøvej 2,
DK-8200 Århus, Danmark; Kristian Møller, Tel. (45) 72 34
61 89,

— for diseases of bivalve molluscs: Ifremer, B.P. 133 F-17390,
La Tremblade; Mme Isabelle Arzul, Tel. (33) 546 76 26 47,

— for rabies serology: AFSSA, Laboratoire d’études sur la rage
et la pathologie des animaux sauvages de l'AFSSA, site de
Nancy, Domaine de Pixérécourt, BP 9, F-54220 Malzéville;
Mme Florence Cliquet, Tel. (33) 383 29 89 50,

— for bluetongue: AFRC Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright
Laboratory, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey GU24 ONF, United
Kingdom; Mr D.J. Paton, Tel. (44) 7900 16 20 31,

— for classical swine fever: Institut für Virologie der Tierärz­
tlichen Hochschule Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15, D-
30173 Hannover; Herr Peter Joppe, Tel. (49-511) 953 80
20,

— for African swine fever: Centro de Investigación en Sanidad
Animal, Valdeolmos, Ctra. De Algete a El Casar, E-28130
Valdeolmos, Madrid; Sra Marisa Arias, Tel. (34) 600 31 51
89,

— for

foot-and-mouth disease: AFRC Institute for Animal
Health, Pirbright Laboratory, Pirbright, Woking, Surrey

GU24 ONF, United Kingdom; Mr D.J. Paton, Tel.
7900 16 20 31,

(44)

— for collaborating in rendering uniform the testing methods
and the assessment of the results for pure-bred breeding
animals of the bovine species: Interbull Centre, Institionen
för husdjusgenetik, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Box: 7023;
S-75007 Uppsala, Sweden; Mr João Walter Dürr, Tel. (46-
18) 67 20 98,

— for brucellosis: Laboratoire d’études et de recherches en
pathologie animale et zoonoses de l'AFFSSA, 23, avenue
du Général de Gaulle, F-94706 Maisons-Alfort, Cedex; Mr
Bruno Garin-Bastuji, Tel. (33) 607 94 26 31,

— for avian influenza: Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA)
Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB,
United Kingdom; Mr Ian Brown, Tel. (44) 1932 35 73 39,

— for crustacean diseases: Centre for Environment, Fisheries &
Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Weymouth Laboratory, The
Nothe, Barrack Road, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 8UB,
(44)
United Kingdom; Mr David Grant Stentiford, Tel.
1305 20 67 22,

— for equine diseases: Laboratoire d’études et de recherches en
pathologie animale et zoonoses de l'AFSSA, 23 avenue du
Général de Gaulle, F-94706 Maisons-Alfort, Cedex; Mr
Stéphan Zientara, Tel. (33) 143 96 72 80,

— for rabies: Laboratoire d’études sur la rage et la pathologie
des animaux sauvages de l'AFSSA, site de Nancy, Domaine
de Pixérécourt, BP 9, F-54220 Malzéville, France; Mme
Florence Cliquet, Tel. (33) 383 29 89 50,

Facultad

— for tuberculosis: Visavet, Laboratorio de Vigilancia Vete-
la Universidad
de Veterinaria
rinaria,
Complutense de Madrid, Avda. Puerta de Hierro,
s/n.
Ciudad Universitaria, E-28040, Madrid; Sra. Alicia Aranaz,
Tel. (34) 913 94 39 92.

de

Done at Brussels, 5 December 2008.

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission