95/476/EC: Commission Decision of 31 October 1995 on financial assistance from the Community for storage in Italy of antigen for production of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine (Only the Italian text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)

COMMISSION DECISION of 31 October  1995 on financial assistance from the Community for storage in Italy of antigen for production of  foot-and-mouth disease vaccine (Only the Italian text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)  (95/476/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field   (1), as last amended by Decision 94/370/EC  (2), and in particular Article 14 thereof,
Whereas, by virtue of Council Decision 91/666/EEC of 11 December 1991 establishing Community  reserves of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines  (3), establishment of antigen banks is part of the  Community's action to create Community reserves of foot-and-mouth vaccine;
Whereas Article 3 of that Decision designated the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale at Brescia  in Italy as an antigen bank holding Community reserves;
Whereas the function and duties of these antigen banks are specified in Article 4 of that Decision;  whereas Community assistance must be conditional on accomplishment of these;
Whereas Community financial assistance should be granted to these banks to enable them to carry out  the said functions and duties;
Whereas for budgetary reasons the Community assistance should be granted for a period of one year;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the  Standing Veterinary Committee,