96/721/EC: Commission Decision of 29 November 1996 on financial aid from the Community for the operation of the Community Reference Laboratory for the monitoring of marine biotoxins (Laboratorio del Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Vigo, Spain) (Only the Spanish 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 monitoring of marine biotoxins  (Laboratorio del Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Vigo, Spain) (Only the Spanish text is authentic)  (96/721/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 Article 3 of Council Decision 93/383/EEC of 14 June 1993 on reference laboratories for the  monitoring of marine biotoxins  (3), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland  and Sweden, designates the Laboratorio del Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Vigo, Spain as the  Community Reference Laboratory for the monitoring of marine biotoxins;
Whereas all the functions and duties which the laboratory has to perform are specified in Article 5  of the abovementioned Decision; 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,