1999/761/EC: Commission Decision of 8 November 1999 amending Decision 98/393/EC of 19 May 1998 on financial assistance from the Community for storage in France, Italy and the United Kingdom of antigen for production of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine (notified under document number C(1999) 3608) (Text with EEA relevance) (Only the English text is authentic

COMMISSION DECISION
of 8 November 1999
amending Decision 98/393/EC of 19 May 1998 on financial assistance from the Community for storage in France, Italy and the United Kingdom of antigen for production of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine
(notified under document number C(1999) 3608)
(Only the English text is authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(1999/761/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 94/370/EC(2), and in particular Article 14 thereof,
(1) Whereas by virtue of Council Decision 91/666/EEC of 11 December 1991 establishing Community reserves of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines(3), the establishment of antigen banks is part of the Community's action to create Community reserves of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine;
(2) Whereas Article 3 of that Decision designates among others the Institute for Animal Health at Pirbright in the United Kingdom as antigen banks holding Community reserves of foot-and-mouth disease antigen;
(3) Whereas in accordance with Article 4 of Commission Decision 98/393/EC of 19 May 1998 on financial assistance from the Community for storage in France, Italy and the United Kingdom of antigen for production of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine(4) Community assistance shall be paid on the basis of supporting documentation submitted to the Commission before 1 March 1999;
(4) Whereas for technical reasons the Institute for Animal Health in Pirbright has submitted the required supporting documentation on 1 June 1999; whereas therefore in paragraph 2 of this Article the date "1 March 1999" should be modified in order to allow the payment of financial assistance;
(5) Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,