2000/704/EC: Commission Decision of 3 November 2000 on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference laboratories in the veterinary public health field (residues) (notified under document number C(2000) 3163) (Only the German, French, Italian and Dutch texts are authentic)

Commission Decision
of 3 November 2000
on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference laboratories in the veterinary public health field (residues)
(notified under document number C(2000) 3163)
(Only the German, French, Italian and Dutch texts are authentic)
(2000/704/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 Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999(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 in Council Directive 96/23/EC of 29 April 1996 on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in live animals and animal products(3).
(2) Community assistance must be conditional on the accomplishment of those functions and duties by the laboratory concerned.
(3) For budgetary reasons, Community assistance should be granted for a period of one year.
(4) For financial control purposes, Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy shall be applicable.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,