2001/341/EC: Commission Decision of 19 April 2001 on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference laboratories in the field of veterinary public health (biological hazards) (notified under document number C(2001) 1091)

Commission Decision
of 19 April 2001
on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference laboratories in the field of veterinary public health (biological hazards)
(notified under document number C(2001) 1091)
(Only the Spanish, German, English, French and Dutch texts are authentic)
(2001/341/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
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 2001/12/EC(2), and in particular Article 28(2) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Community financial aid should be granted to the Community reference laboratories designated by the Community to assist them in carrying out the functions and duties laid down by the following Directives and Decisions:
- Council Directive 92/46/EEC of 16 June 1992 laying down the health rules for the production and placing on the market of raw milk, heat-treated milk and milk-based products(3), as last amended by Directive 96/23/EC(4),
- Council Directive 92/117/EEC of 17 December 1992 concerning measures for protection against certain zoonoses and specified zoonotic agents in animals and products of animal origin in order to prevent outbreaks of food-borne infections and intoxications(5), as last amended by Directive 1999/72/EC(6),
- Council Decision 93/383/EEC of 14 June 1993 on reference laboratories for the monitoring of marine biotoxins(7), as last amended by Decision 1999/312/EC(8),
- Council Decision 1999/313/EC of 29 April 1999 on reference laboratories for monitoring bacteriological and viral contamination of bivalve molluscs(9).
(2) The work programmes and corresponding budget estimates submitted by the Community reference laboratories for 2001 have been assessed by the Commission.
(3) Community assistance must be conditional on those functions and duties being carried out by the laboratory concerned.
(4) For budgetary reasons, Community assistance is granted for a period of one year.
(5) Article 1(2) of Commission Decision 2000/692/EC of 25 October 2000 on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference laboratories in the field of veterinary public health (biological hazards)(10), sets the financial assistance to France for the functions and duties to be carried out by the Laboratoire de l'Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments, for the analysis and testing of milk and milk products at a maximum of EUR 95000 for the period 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2000. Article 1(3) of the same Decision provides that, depending on the results of an appraisal then under way, that amount may be revised. The results of this appraisal were favourable and the amount of financial aid for the period 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2000 must be brought into line with the laboratory's expenditure during that period.
(6) As provided for in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999, the veterinary and plant health measures undertaken in accordance with 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.
(7) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,