96/716/EC: Commission Decision of 29 November 1996 on financial aid from the Community for the operation of the Community Reference Laboratory for the analysis and testing of milk and milk products (Laboratoire central d'hygiène alimentaire, Paris, France) (Only the French text is authentic)

COMMISSION DECISION of 29 November 1996 on financial aid from the  Community for the operation of the Community Reference Laboratory for the analysis and testing of  milk and milk products (Laboratoire central d'hygiène alimentaire, Paris, France) (Only the French  text is authentic) (96/716/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 28 (2) thereof,
Whereas Chapter I of Annex D to 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 the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, designates  the Laboratoire central d'hygiène alimentaire, Paris, France as the Community Reference Laboratory  for the analysis and testing of milk and milk products;
Whereas all the functions and duties which the laboratory has to perform are specified in Chapter  II of Annex D to the abovementioned Directive; whereas Community assistance must be conditional on  the accomplishment of those functions and duties by the laboratory;
Whereas Community financial aid should be granted to the Community Reference Laboratory to assist  it in carrying out the said functions and duties;
Whereas, for budgetary reasons, Community assistance should be granted for a period of one year;
Whereas, for supervisory purposes, Articles 8 and 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21  April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy  (4), as last amended by Regulation  (EEC) No 2048/88  (5), should apply;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the  Standing Veterinary Committee,